The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-23
THE STAGE
nr1Rol1 OPERA HOUSE.

The brassas and the drums of The
rohanesoue-nooray brand of musical
>0mndg give way TO the soft tones OF
The harp and the cello, In the pretty
musical inlay, THE Girl OF My
Ijfeans." current this week in the De-
lroif opera house. A good-siEed and
4npreclatiye audience testified unmis-
taxable approval OF "the soft pedal
sort Of entertainment offered them by
Miss Leila Mcintyre and John Hyams
and their associates. Encores were
90 frequent that Mr.. Hyams was com
PEELED 10 beg the audience TO per
NIT the plot 10 go on TO save MS
hard working associates from fatigue
and collapse.
aThe Girl OF Ny Dreams" paid a
brief visit OF one day to the Detroit
last season. filing out weekend len
vacant by Nine. Bernhard. This visit
l<u on Saturday, and. somehow or
other, the pretty little musical play
came and went without the majority
OF theatergoers knowing anything
about IL. hence the opening perform
ance of the present weeks engage
ment. Monday evening. practiealiy
presented a naw offering, Tae book
was written by Wilbur ID. Nesblt ana
Otto Hauerbach, and the music by
Carl Hoschna, the latter best Known
10 the amusement-loving world through
Nine. Sherry" The collaboration y
these young men has resulted IN
clean, merry and tineful entertain
ment.
The music is melodlous without pre-
venting any strikingly pew and orig
'Inal tunes. and as mentioned before
the orchestration employs the strings
especially the harp and the cello, IN
stead OF the strindent grasses which
are the blatant bulwark or the aver
age musical show. The songs have
been prettily staged and the chorus
effects are pleasing and deflly worked
out. In comparison with the muslcai
shows seen on the Detroit stage IN
the immediate past, THE Girl OF Ny
Dreams" is the most perfectly respect
able entertainment the season has
known. The chief figure In 10, dainty
Leila Mcintyre. is supposed TO be
Quaker maid. and there you have the
whole thing in a word. II is modest
simplicity personifed.
Miss Mcintyre and Mr.. Hyams are
well known 10 vaudeville patrons, and
TOT years nave Dtel dLiOub INC hiNot
popular visitors TO the Temple the
alter. Their individual and combined
stage work is we'll set In The Girl oil
NY Dreams" They are both expon-
ents OF the quiet style Of comedy and
action, graceful dancers and pleasing
singers Toward the close or the
present entertainment, Miss Mcintyre
has an opportunity 10 offer some OF
the well-kDown child representations
IN which she exeels. She Is pretty
young woman with a graceful charm
al her own. and she was an effective
picture In the soft, silken gray froeks
and dainty fichus of the little Quaker
maid of the play.
The supporting company numbers
several clever men and women: lrv-
ing Brooks. William G. Ricacrdi, Henry
Carl Lewis. Percival Aymer, Harold
Forbes, Miss Della NiveD. Miss Alice
Hills and Miss Carrie Bowman. The
play Is prettily staged. the whole end
ing with tableau peep into Toyland,
with an enormous lighted Christmas
tree occupying the center OF the stage,
"The Girl OF My Dreams" will re-
main all week with matinees We'd
nesday and SATURDAY, Next week
Henry Miller will present his latest
success, THE Havoc
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.