The Detroit times., 1912-11-01
THE STAGE

sunday evening. Nov. 3. Eastern Ger
many, section In which the ancient
and the modern are delightfully."- blend
ed and contrasted, will be visited,
showing pictorically the remarkable
development OF the Fatherland. Muir
emberg, Beyreuth. Lelpsic, Weimar,
brunswick, Hildesheim. Eisenach and
Dusseldorf, cities with varying at
fractions and allurements will be In
Guided In the itinerary. Mr.. New
mans motor car carried him into the
remote sections OF the Thuringian
forest where stofks build their nests
on chimney-tops and where he Sc
cured some remarkable photographs
Of life among the peasant folk.
Fern Rogers. young woman OF
marked talent, who IL said To have
that rare combination OF singing and
acting ability, will make her first ap-
pearance In America, Monday even
ing, Nov. s, when My LATHE Friend"
the new Straus opera. IL presented in
the Garrick. Miss Rogers has been
studying abroad for a number OF
years. and created something OF q
sensation In several OF the Fred g.
Whitney productions I'm London re-
Gently. my Little Friend" which
10 to be given for the first time In
this country In the Garrick on Mon
day evening, Is a rollicking French
comedy 10 which Oscar Straus. the
composer OF THE Chocolate Soldier"
has written what is said to be the
best music OF his career. The pro
duction comes to Detroit directly from
rehearsals In New York and goes to
Chicago after the engagement here
to the studebaker theater for sea
sons run
Louis A. Simon and Kathryn Oster-
man. In the miniature musical com
edy, "A Persian Garden" to be seen
in the Temple thoater next week, Is
said TO be one of the vaudeville tri-
umphs OF the year. II IL a bit OF mu-
steal comedy running above 45 min
utes with background OF merry
singers, dancers, comedians and pref
ty girls. Miss Osterman, the clever
and brilliant Coincidence, il well
known In Detroit Edgar Allan Woolf,
author Of many vaudeville hits, IL re-
sponsible for the book and lyrics and
the music was written by Anatol
Friedland, comparatively new COM
poser. The song. hit in the piece is
My Little Persian Rose" Another
big act on the program will be The
Yellow PERIL" one-act drama played
by Miss Nina Morris, assisted by a
capable company. II Is q detective
play United States secret service
operators being arrayed against plot
1 ting Japanese, with the famous dicto-
graph as the piece-deresistance
Other acts will be Miss Robbie Cor
done, q beautiful posing model In
classic reproductions of famous stat
ues: Swor and Mack. In realistic i'm
pressions OF the southern darkey;
Billy Halligan and Dana Sykes, clever
comedian and pretty girl; Ben Linn,
late feature Of Lasky's "Pianophiend
Minstrels:" Honors and Leprince, &C.
centric French .pantomimists. and the
Pathe Weekly.
The Augustin DAILY collection OF
portraits OF eminent men and women
OF the stage will be sold at auction
in the Anderson galleries, Fortieth-st.
and Madison-ave. New York, Wednes-.
day afternoon, Novs 81. The collec-
ton will be- placed on exhibition Sat
urday, Nov. 16. The catalogue has
just been published and will be sent
on application. Along with many
items of theatrical interest are exam
pies. OF Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir
Peter Lely, Thomas Hudson. Jackson
and others. Among the more prom
inent portraits ara those OF Nell
Gwynn, Kitty Give, Mrs. Cibber, Gar
rick, Mrs. Siddons, Cooke, Wallack,
Booth, Forrest, Salvini, Sothern,
Tar nhaL al
Charlotte Cushman and such later
favorites as Ada Rehan, John Drew,
Fanny Davenport, James Lewis, 1
Edith Kingdom and Mrs. Gilbert. The
old playbills include a Garrick Drury
Lane bill OF 1856 and another Drury
Lane bill OF 1889, with Mrs. Siddons
and John Philip Kemble heading the
cast II will be recalled that this
unique collection was formerly in the
lobby and green-room OF Days
theater in New York.
That remarkably clever child
Boots Wooster. who had the part
OF the little girl In "A Fool There
Was" plays the title role In THE
Littlest Rebel" In which William Far
mum will present himself, as a star,
next week, In the Detroit opera house. !
Fortunately for little Miss Wooster,
Mr.. Farnum's play places her In a
moro wholesome stage environment
than the unhealthy "A Fool There
Was" THE Littlest Rebel" was
written by Edward Peple, author OF
The Prince Chap" and the scene Is
laid In Virginia during the civil war.
A striking scenic feature OF the play
10 the battle scene. For this scene,
. large number OF supernumaries
are employed and about 20 horses.
THE Pink Lady" in the Detroit
opera house this week, is truly the
Beautiful Lady" In the words of the
fascinating waltz song whose charm
ing melody runs throughout the score
The show Is big and beautiful pro-
duction, with company OF players
unusually capable. Hazel Dawn Is a
great success as Claudine, the pink
lady" and she shows herself an ac-