The Detroit times., 1913-05-15
THE STAGE

Date OLD lazy making amOrOuS al
vances to a professor In order to test
his affection for her "scoldly," widow
ed daughter, and doing Ii so charm
inely. and SO fetchingly as to win from
him to her daughters utter astonish-
ment. proposal OF marriage, thereby
proving his Inconsistency. or, II you
can picture to yourself this same dear,
understanding old lady, in the wee
small hours OF the morning. plunging,
pulling and twisting herself over the
rail OF a second story porch-veranda
and falling into a chair nearly ex-
hausted from her right out" then.
you may have some idea OF May Rob
son in her newest character role. of
Granmum. In the farcical comedy, "A
Night Out" in the Detroit opera house
this week. Miss Robson is affording
tho most gleeful merriment TO large
audiences.
o
Dainty Dashing Marie, whose gym
nastics, singing, dancing and comedy
have won her a large following in
burlesque, will be the featured per.
former In the Avenue theater next
week when The High School Girls"
will be the attraction. Marie will
rings. The company will be seen in
two musical pieces, Pat, the Porter"
and The Piano Movers" Gloria Mar.
tinez will play the prima donna role.
frankie Rice will be the soubrette
and the burden of the comedy will fall
on Burt Jack. Freed and Rice, Fox
and Evans and Williams and Mills
will contribute specialties. The High
kn oil Of
chorus effects and the 90 young wo-
men engaged In this work will feature
a score OF songs and dances.
Molassos pantomime production,
La Soumabula" will be the leading
attraction In the Broadway theater
next week Molasso's Dance of Vio-
Inns" The Rose OF Mexico" and
Paris by Night are familiar to
vaudeville patrons. La Somnambula'
is little domestic drama that Just
falls short OF tragedy and presents
certain feature of Partisan life that is
said to be intensely interesting. Other
features of the bill will be Frank
Evans and VIII Vidocq, bright stars
Of "darky" comedy: Bertha Walker
and Charles III; Mae Francis; the Lee
man. The latest worlds events of the
week Will be shown via the Wardo-
scope and also the latest fashions in
Paris and New York.
Martelle. feminine impersonator,
whose handsome gowns, striking ap-
pearance and dainty dances, have
made him big hit this season with
burlesque audiences, Is one of the
stars OF The Passing Review" which
opens the summer season in the Gay
ETY. theater, May %. He will give an
impersonation OF Julian Eltinge in the
first part OF the review, while his
dances will be featured in the second
portion
Whatever else may be said about
the stage, particularly by biased ana
prejuiced people who know nothing
at all about the life before, or behind
the curtain, one thing is certain" says
Miss Gertrude Hoffman,. who at the
head of the New York Winter Gar
den company, in broadway to Paris"
In the Garrick theater this week, 1.-The
stage il the only field in wage-earning
life where woman has the same
chance as man.. and where she is
paid equally with men for her SER
vices
Miss Hoffman, can speak with
some authority about this subject be-
cause il Is only few years ago that
she applied at the stage door OF
theater, in Washington. for place as
a chorus girl, in second-rate opera
company, while now she is being paid
close TO $4,000 a week. Miss Hoff
mann was born in San Francisco and
obtained her first work on the stage
"suping" for s. week, with travel
ling organizations. appearing in the
Golden Gate city. Then someone
gave her railroad ticket east ana
she stopped off In Washington She
stayed there summer season, per-
forming the ordinary duties OF the
ordinary chorus girl, but she was also
learning something about stage man
agement and inventing business for
numbers used In musical comedies.
One day she went to New York and
applied to Oscar Hammersten for a
place on the Victoria theater roof
garden bill. She not only wanted to
sing and dance, but asked for
chance to put on some ballet num-
bers A great deal of the success
which the Victoria show met with that
summer was due to the clever and
novel way in which dance numbers
were put on by the young girl from
San Francisco Since then Miss Hoff-
man has risen higher and higher in
the footlight world. until today she is
one OF the highest paid entertainers
on the stage.
One of the most pretentious offer
ings in the way Of tabloid drama
ever produced on the vaudeville stage
Is the playlet, Lucky jim, which Is
one of the headline features Of the
Miles bill, this week. 1t is elaborate
from a scientific standpoint. In ad-
dition to the cyclodrama. showing
section of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains with snow.covered Mount Shasta
In the background, there are l15 set
pieces of scenery. and 1t requires
a soft box car to transport the pro-
duction. Several barrels Of salt are
used to produce the snow effect on
the trail leading to Lucky Jim's" cab.
in. It's no snap for the stage hands,
for the SNOW" has to be shoveled in
to the barrels again after every per-
Torrance. The scenery used in
Lucky Jim" represents an invest
ment of over $4,000. The piece IL