The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-26
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Thanksgiving feast OF excellent
variety is what the Temple theater
is Offering, this week. It is a we'll
balanced bill OF entirely new acts to
Detroiters, and heading It IL none 9TH
er than Henry Woodruff. the light
comedian, who IL appearing In q COM
edy-drama, "A Regular Business Man"
by John Stokes, author OF Between
Trains" BABY" etc. It IL a stirring
little play, teeming with comedy and
containing a liberal dash Of heart In
terest
Woodruff, as Robert Hornblower. :"
an indolent lawyer. suddenly decides
to become ambitious. He has chance
to make $4,000 out Of $1,000, IL he
can raise the latter amount on short
notice. A neighbor client offers him
5000 to evict an aged woman tenant
from a house, the lease being worth
more for other purposes Hornblower
agrees TO tackle the proposed evic-
ton, on non-payment Of rent grounds,
but declines to act when he learns
that the tenant IL woman whose
daughter has found and returned to
him a lost pocketbook. containing
500. He becomes attorney for the
woman, with the result that the own
er OF the property pays over $4,000
TO get her dispossessed Of the house.
She gets $4,000 of the roll and $1,000
Is Hornblower's fee. This he invests
In time to make the $4,000.
Margaret Lotus, Isabel West and
James M. Brophey are Mr. Woodruffs
assistants.
AS q genuine mystifier. Rush Ling
Toy, Chinese, has an act which makes
one sit up and take notice. II Ia a
case OF now you see 1t, and now
you don't" with him. He makes his
assistants disappear from cabinets
and re-appear in others with such re-
markable success that one is bewttd'
cred in trying to follow him. He also
does a number OF sleight-of-hand
tricks.
In music and song. chiefly the form
er, Morgan, Bailey and Morgan. are
popular, according to the reception
they received in the opening perform
ance, Monday afternoon. Two OF the
trio are men, one playing a banjo
and the other the piano and violin.
while the third, young woman, sings.
The music is sweet and charming
and pleases exceptionally well.
Acrobatics, with comedy trimmings.
are furnished by the -Four Doric
Comiques" They perform some new
turns in gymnastic work and the an
tics Of the clown members OF the quar-
tet are novel and amusing.
Laura Guerite, billed as the "Musi-
cal comedy favorite," gives an admix-
ture OF melody and mirth, assisted by
Arthur Conrad. Miss Guerite wears
a number Of different costumes, some
OF which are both startling and stun
ming. The two do some dancing and
have O line OF patter, In addition to
their songs.
"The Two Drummers," Is farce.
which serves TO introduce George w.
Jones and Harry Sylvester. formerly
with THAT Quartet" Their act Is a
breezy bit of chatter, with which she
town. "Idano' has much to do. They
sing a number OF songs and show good
voices. Their sketch was written by
Leo GARLIC, the mimic, often seen
at the Temple.
Frank Hartley, Englands Juvenile
iuggler. does some clever work: the
Farber Girls. two OF them, Constance
and Irene, entertain with songs OF
burlesgue character, and the Mooreo-
scope closes the bill with the usual
moving pictures OF Important happen
! ings. a feature OF this weeks series
being the launching OF the "See-and
bee" the largest fresh water pas
senger boat, at Wyandotte. recently