The Detroit times., 1912-02-20
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

iectious laugh opened an engage
nent In George Bronson-Howard
Snobs," in the Detroit opera house,
Monday night, and the only regret
table thing about IL il that II lasts
only for three nights. An evening
.~fth Frenk Mcintyre Is as bractng to
tired brains and jaded nerves as a
Stroll by seashore or days holiday
in the country. IL matters little what
his vehicle may be, you can depend
upon II that Mcintyre il going TO
make you laugh without offending
your decency or dignity in the slight
st degree. Good, clean, wholesome
fun is the only kind Mcintyre deals
in. and Ii doesn't require any govern
ment stamp to pass inspection, either
And the large following Mr. Mcintyre
has built up In the comparatively few
seasons he has been before the pub
tic Is a splendid Endorsement for
comedy untainted by vulgarity.
Patrons OF the Detroit opera house
still recall with pleasure, McIntyre's
work as Bob Blake in The Travelling
salesman" He was the life OF that
show, just as he is the life OF "Snobs, -
and he Is oven more entertaining in
his new role, il that is possible
''Snobs" is appropriately labelled in
The program "satirical farce" Its
satire Is certainly keen, and yet good
natured withal. 1t strikes home with.
out rubbing II in" and II entertains
without necessarily exciting class
hatred. The situations are so clever
ly devised and so we'll handled that,
instead OF feeling an inclination TO
Hiss at the snobbery Of the counter
feit aristocrats whose weaknesses are
aid bare. we are merely amused and
laugh with Mcintyre at their dis
comflture.
The play tells the story OF the rise
Of Hen" Disney (Mr. McIntyre),
from a milkman in the slum district
Of an American city 10 an English
,lukedom. At first, he is inclined 10
look upon his unexpected elevation as
sort of joke, and the making-over
process, which occupies the second
and third acts, gives rise TO many
highly amusing situations. This Is
accomplished finally with the hearty
cooperation or Nondas Parkyn, daugh-
ter of a millionaire pickle manufacture
or who has risen from the lowly po-
sition of oyster shoveler Society
viii have nothing TO do with him or
his family. While still milkman.
Disney has lost his heart 10 the fair
Nondas, who finds herself in his
humble quarters quite by accident,
and she takes fancy TO him.
Disney has a roommate in the per-
son OF Buck" Reade, a furnace ten
Ter with aspirations for the hand OF
Laura Lanvale. society girl whom
ne has escorted through the plant
where he is employed Through an
IL nf OH nat q N rms
'Iiss Lanvale has come TO believe that
Reade is the humble workman" NEIL
Toned in the papers as having fallen
teir 10 the dukedom. with it's vast es-
fates and no end of titles, while Dis.
ney, who appears at the country club
4 which Miss I.anvale and her snob-
Dish aunt are members, I'm the most
,utlandish gsrb Is supposed to be the
luke's private secretary. Reade real
y looks the part, and when he pro-
loses 10 Miss Lanvale he is over
loved to find himself accepted, not
showing, however. that Miss Lanvale
belieyes him 10 be the duke. When
4 turns out, in the end, that Disney
md not Reade Is the titled one, there
is great CONSERVATION in the Lanyale
camp.
In the meantime. the little affair
between Disney and Miss Parkyn has
peen progressing famously, and whlic
the latter may have had her sus-
uicions, il is not until the Dig
Gene" which takes place in the pass
,reway behind the boxes of theater,
hat she learns his real identity. Ana
he pickle makers daughter, who mas
heen snubbed by the "aristocratic
Miss Lanvale, walks OF III triumph
ON the arm of the real duke.
Next to Mr.. McIntyre's delightful
comedy efforts, the work oil MISS
Myrtle Tannehil as Nondas Parkyn
stands out as the best thing in tie
MAY. She has a most attractive per
ronality an easy stage presence ana
,lentv of magnetism. and she plays
ser part to perfection. Roy Fairchiid,
as Buck" Reade, is a capable actor,
md credit is also due Orlando DAILY,
as Phupps Maynadier Miss Eva Mac
Donald. as Laura Ianvale: Katherine
Stewart as Mrs. Pendleton Bauresad,
and John Cumberland as Bradley
Fairfax.
Following "Snobs," Miss Blanche
bates, Thursday night, will open an
engagement OF three nights and sat.
urday matinee. in ''Nobody's WIDOW
GARRlCK.
The craze of thef moment for The
swaying. alluring waltz tunes when
seem TO be peculiarly part OF VI
emma life, is responsible for the resur
rection OF one of the original sources
from which the present-day lSh'
opera composers find their tnspiration
Johann Strauss die Fledermaus,
which appeared in the guise OF Ihe
Night Birds" Monday evening, In the
Carrick theater with Nine. Fritz
Scheff. in >le part of the coquettish
ipischievous, lady's maid. This oper
ctta score is one long waltz dream
waltz melodies that mean Blue pan
Tbe-T "Thousand and one Nlghts'
vienna Blood" Wine, Women ano
Song" and all Of the other waltz pro
ducts of the Strauss family. woven
/. into one brilliant gem of melody.
The book OF the piece has beer
brought down-to-the -moment, TOT
naturally. the libretto of an opera
that had its debut forty years age
would seem decidedly old-fashioned In
these swift days when current jargor
~ made over night But. the tinker
ing Is not unacceptable, and as ar
's.r,od Cor Nine Scheff'R use The