The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-31
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Father Time rolled back the curtain
{. several years, Thursday afternoon ana
evening, In the Garrick theater, ana
many OF those present gave them
selves I'D to believing that they were
hack in the little music hall on Broad
way. near Twenty-ninth-st., thu once
famous home of galaxy of famous en-
tertainers who visited Detroit, Decofa.
4 ton Day, 1912. under the title OF
Weber and Fields Jubilee company
A half dozen of the favorites VINO
for years were the magnet TO draw
more dollars in the box office OF
Weber's music hall, tiny box or
Mace. than the biggest theate" in
Greater New York could boast, were
behind the Garrick footlights, appar-
entity not a whit less gay and youthful
and merry than in the good old gold
en- DAYS" when the WeberffeldianS
were In their zenith.
There was the greatest American
beauty OF them all, Lillian RUSSELL
with her eyes as blue. her stage conf
Dlexion as peaches-and creamy, her
golden hair as fuzzy and glinty, her
figure as rounded and graceful, anu
3 her jewels as numreus and glittering,
q shistory ever recorded. Lillian SIM
ply defies time and the gods TO create
havoc with her good looks and wins
every time Even the Russell good
nature Is never ruffled even when a
real rude person in the audience
laughs loudly when the conversation
on the stage kids" Lillian about her
age or her matrimonial changes. With
that prince OF farceurs, Willie Collier,
I It was always Willie in the music hall
days, as a side partner. Miss Russell
gave the holiday audiences some o.
the best laughs OF the season Mr..
4 Collier brought his "shufflin' feet
with him on this jubilee trip, and
cavorted around the stage in light
some dance with the liveliest lot Of
I"squabinas" a stage Johnnie could find
ian a midnight tour Of the lobster
palaces.
Joe Weber, who has not been in
Detroit since a Weberheld visit sew.
eral years ago TO the Lyceum theater,
and Lew Fields. with whom local
audiences have a closer acquaintance
through recent visits, kept the aud
fence screaming with glee, while they
Aongue-twisted and rough-housed and
pummeled each other all over the
place
The show was called on the pro
gram Hickey Pokey," and meant No
more and no less than the old Weber
field shows "Pousse-Cafe" or "His
Kledy-P iggledy" or 'Topsy.Turvey" Of
any OF the others. Ii was just rip
roaring mixture of music. dauciag
burlesque, travesty, sent along al
pace that left the spectator gasping
"A big orchestra, carried with the com
.pany, and under the baton OF cap
able director, set the pac eand accleI
ated IL as the performance went OF
II such a thing could be possible.
Helen Collier Garrick, sister o
Willie, did some very clever burlesqu
stunts with her brother and Ad
Lewis, convulsed the audience with
caricature of the Scotch spinster. I
the burlesque on the Moffat coined
"Buntye. Pulls the Strings" Gale
"Bunty Bulls and Strings" The ira,
esty naturally lost much in the fac
that the original comedy was vi
known TO the majority OF the audienc'
and, so, many OF the bulls an
strings" fell fat Fay Templeto
made her only appearance as Blunt!
her song numbers not being give
and the audience thereby being dow
right cheated" for anyone who M
ever heard the clever Templeton ono
wants to hear her again. John
Kelly. the unctuous Irish comedian
and George Beban. the cleverei
turin /. comedian on the stage an
one OF it's most talented actors
serious work. too, and frankie Bale
whose figure was wont 10 be held U
as the most perfect on Broadway
completed the roster OF principle
with Bessie Clayton. the dancer. o
cnpying a niche OF honor by hersei
The Clayton dancing for many yes
was the goal to which the eyes az
toes OF ell young stage dancers poin
"a. and it still remains the most agil
remarkable and graceful of the acr
Datlc. ballet type.
The show was deliberately dresss
and set. II was a leaf from the res
brushed up until II was projected b
rond the present and into the futul
and one that could not be turned e
many Zines when the result offers :
many hearty laughs and so mnch gei
nIno fun and iolllty,
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE