The Detroit times., 1912-10-25
THE STAGE

chan. Miss Briscoe IL one or the re-
cent recruits TO the ranks OF vaude-
vile players from the legitimate
held. She long appeared with prom
inent American players, one OF her
most notable engagements being with
the late Richard Mansfield.
Threeheadliners are announced for
the Miles theater next week In Our
Boys In Blue" patriotic military
spectacle; May Ward. the Dresden
doll comedienne, and jolly Fanny
Rice. The Boys In Blue" are veter-
ans or the United States army and
their drills and maneuvers are strict
y In accordance with army tactics.
They use a regulation gatling gun In
their act. May Wards engagement
will interest the little girls, for she
Will distribute dolls as souvenirs at
certain performances. She was heard
in the Miles last summer and made
q big hit. Fanny Rice will be seen In
her original Offering, The Miniature
Mimic World" Other acts announced
are eDodata, the Italian magician;
John Clark, comedian. and Muller
and Stanley, all-'round entertainers.
Making his first appearance in De-
troit in eight years. Henry K. Dixey
| versatile, clever and popular COM
! edian, will appear at the head of the
| Temple theater program next week
This famous star OF 'Evangeline,"
"Adonis,' Mary James Pa" David
Gafrick," "The Man on the Box" and
"Over a Welsh Rarebit," is now pre-
senting In vaudeville his original
idea entitled "Mono1 o1Drama-Vaudo
logue," In which he depists on the
American stage and his many accom-
plishments are all called into play
during the presentation OF his new
act. which is described as one of ver-
satility, artistry and uniqueness.,
Dixey's long and honorable stage
career first began in the early '70s
when he appeared In "Evangeline,"
and his greatest success perhaps was
in&"Adonis," which enjoyed one Of
the longest runs ever recorded In
stage history. Mrs. Gardner Crane,
jolly and plump, and her company, In
the ripping Pullman car farce, The
Little Sunbeam" are booked as the
second feature OF the program. The
riddle OF the century is promised In
Henry Gives famous Spirit Paint
ings." an illusion that puzzled Lon
don, Paris and New York Other
numbers booked are Kitty Traney,
Brown, Harris & Brown, Billy X.
Wells, Cooper & Robinson, and Leon
ard & Louie.
, Ned Wayburn, who staged "The
Whirl OF Society" due in the Garrick
theater, next week, has trained over
$500 chorus girls during his career
as a stage director. He has been in
the business for Is years, and in that
time has staged at least 10 shows
each year. In big musical production
so girls Is fair average so that Mr..
Wayburn probably has trained 500
girls each season, and in the years he
. has been at this work, has drilled
1900.
Graham Moffat's delightful comedy
OF Scotch life, "Bunty Pulls the
Strings" will be seen in the Garrick
theater, the week Of Nov. H. The
play, one OF the biggest theatrical
successes in recent reasons, has just
completed a twoyears' run in New
York and II is the New York company
which will present the play, in De-
troit
"Switzerland-the playground OF
Europe will be offered by Z. NJ.
Newman, Sunday evening, in the Do
troit opera house, as the third in the
series OF interesting travel-talks. Not
only those who have never been In
Switzerland, but those who know the
country will desire to renew acquaint-
IL n ts s<<..x Ia ~
summer Mr.. Newman made special
efforts to secure new pictures of the
familiar places, as well as pictures of
entirely new places, of the beaten
path OF travel His motion pictures
will show an ascent OF Mt. Blanc;
life among the tourists, as we'll as
the natives, in town, village and re.
sort; panoramas OF Zermatt, the Mat
terhorn. and the Engadine; Interlak-
en-, Chamonix, Berne, Lucerne and
urich.
James Francis Sullivan who has
been featured by Henry Savage in
''The Prince of Pilsen," will make his
debut as. a burlesque comedian In De-
troit next week. in the Gayety with
Charles Robinson and the Crusoe
Girls. He mas won a reputation as a
singer and comedian Of more than
usual ability and his talents have
been taken into account In the writ
ing of the two travesties which will
be presented by this popular COM
pany. Those who desire to hear
election returns under the most pleas
ant conditions may make reservations
now, for seats at the midnight per-
formance which will be given, in the
Gayety, Now. 5.
One of the notable productions OF
the season I'm Detroit will be the first
presentation, in America, In the Gar
rick theater, Monday evening. Nov.
4, OF Oscar Straus' latest opera, "My
Little Friend" which will be given
by the Whitney Opera company, un-
der the direction OF Fred G. Whitney.
Oscar Straus wrote the music OF
The Chocolate Soldier" and II Is
said that In his latest work, he has
written the best music of his career.
The book, in the original, is by Leo
Stein, one Of the authors OF The
Merry Widow" and DR.. A. NJ. Will
ner, one of the authors of The Dollar
Princess" Baron Trenck" and many
other notable Viennese and Berlin
success. Harry b. Smith and Robert