The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-27
THE STAGE

Lyman Howe will pay a secord
visit this season, TO the Gsirick thea
ter, Sunday evening, Jan. 8, present
ing a travelogue on Holland The
Howe pictures are great favorites III
Detroit and never fail TO attract large
audiences.
BILLY" Hungerford and his pretty
wife. whose stage name Is Lizette
Fuller, are making good" with the
home folks In the Miles thee'er, this
week. While most oil their time has
been spent on the road the past few
seasons, they still make Detroit their
headquarters. Mr.. Hungerfo-d used
10 sing In st. James vested choir. OF
which Norman Hackttt was also
member. He later joined the Lewis
& Wilson Ministries, well known
local organization, which proved q.
stepping stone for many talented Ee-
, troiters. He left Detroit 20 years
ago with the Weber &c Fields summer
stock company. Alter 4 sho~. season
he caught on" In New Yo.k. playing
with Grace George In Pretty Peggy
for two seasons. He mas been with
Harry Bulger IN "Noahs Ark" Sam
Bernard in Nearly Hero" and spent
two years In the Princess and La
Sale theaters, In Chicago. after
wards going with The District Lead
err on the road. The past two sea-
sons Mr.. and Mrs Hungerford were
with "The Girl from Wiselard" and
The Girl from the u. s. A. MIS-.
Hungerford playing the title role in
the latter piece.
That wonderful Chinese spectacle.
THE Daughter OF Heaven is TO v.sit
the Detroit opera house, the week be-
ginning Monday evening, jan o. com.
ing direct from the Century theater.
New York. Like its comranion pro
duction, "The Garden of Allah the
Chinese pageant is Of the new impress
sionistic order OF stage oferip So. 1t
Is said TO be mass Of color, bewilGcr-
ingly beautiful pictures ard viii,
dramatic theme OF sublime human
love and lofty self.abnegatioI. Viola
Allen plays the leading part
Gowns are the feature in the Sam
Bernard show, "All fer the Ladies'.
now on view in the Garrick thea'er.
Dresses OF every hue and the latest
mode. OF every material and divers
trimmings All OF the scenes Of the
comedy are laid In fashionable
dress-making establishment, in the
Rue de la Paix, In Paris. and the chorus
and principals are gowned 4 In node.
The dresses cost, on an average, $500
each and are furnished b. tie man
y aRement, as a chorus girls salary Is
not sufficient TO cover her own ward
robe but, the gown is fitted to her
and she is the only one who wedis 1t.
While the gowns are the <St word
in fashion this season. II Mr.. Bernard
retains All for the ladies' next year.
the fashions Will have changed, which
means oil new costumes. RE has
Nuromised TO each girl who remains
with the show during the EeiHaiEary
road tour and the run IN New \ ork,
who is never late for Tenearsa!s, does
her work faithfully and wall, and
whose gown does not get spotted or
soIled. that 1t will become bfr own
when the engagement is ove..
Otis Skinner, in all his ambitions
and successful career, has Lever had
a role so splendidly suited To his per-
sonaHty. his genius, and hiT art, as
that Of Hail, the Begsdr. in "lIisTet."
now m the Detroit opera house. The
character is picturesque, rCmpntic
Nod vigorous, possessed o. humor
nat Is ever present, aud. that lends
a humln quality 10 the bsgsar or
Baghdad which endeais him to the
spectator, in spite OF mis- n any and
various crimes Hail runs tne entire
gamut OF shuman emotion in the
course q the play, rising TO neigats
OF ecstaQ at one moment only TO be
plunged, at the next turn Of cate. 20
the uttermost depths OF des )air. To
interpret such a role the greatest
technical skill IL required, as well as