The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
THE STAGE

LII - ASA
Julian Eltinge. one Of the most pop
ular OF men stars, will re-appear in
The Fascinating Widow for .
weeks engagement beginning, Mon
day, March 81 In the Detroit opera
new styles In frOcks for the gentler
sex. The Eltinge wardrobe will con-
tain several specimens OF the
modiste's art which have been import
ed direct from the Rue dc Ia PAX.
This engagement will be Mr.. Eltinge's
farewell appearance, in this city In
the role OF the widow, as At the pres
ent time playwrights are busily en-
gagged In constructing a new vehicle
for his use in the Eltinge theatsr. in
New York, next year.
Apropos of the visit OF u. H.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe to the
Garrick theater next week, in shakes
perean playsf the following 10 Bill
Nyc's famous Life of Shakespeare:
Il do not undertake to stand up for
the. personal character Of Shakes
peare, but I sag that he wrote good
pieces and / don't care who knows Il.
II IL doubtless true that ut the age OF
eighteen he married q woman eight
years his senior and that children
began TO cluster about their hearth
stone in way that would have made
q man In New York fiat commit sui.
eide. Three little children within
fourteen months. including twins.
came to the humble homo Of the great
bard, and he began to 80 out and
climb upon the haymow to do his
writing. Sometimes he would stay
away from homo for two or three
weeks Ut time, fearing that when he
entered the house some one would
tell him that he was again q parent.
Yet William Shakespeare knew all the
time that he was q great man and that
some day he would write pieces to
speak. He left Stratford ut the age
OF ,twenty-one and went to London,
whore he attracted very little atten.
ton, for Ne belonged 20 the yeomanry,
being . hind Of dramatic Horace Gree
ley, both IN the matter Of clothes
and pcnmanship. Thus Il would seem
that while Dir Francis Bacon was at-
tending business college and vetting
himself familiar with the wAOIe-arm
mOvement % - to - able TO write
Z free. cryptogamus hand. poor w.
Shakespeare vas slowly thinking the
hair OF bic head, while ever and
anon be would bring out his writing
Mster1ala and HE bright ready
tongue, and write . sonnet On IN
empty seomaoA~
''Tho Rose N6Id," for whom ~
nanagors claim the distinction az be-
ius he oa!y oomic opera since The
Merry widow q ruu Ill summer In
New Pork CITY. w1h play N engage
msnt IN the Dstroit opera house 81
einn;ns Nocday. Aprfi Z. From eli
reports the r:sos has challenged he
hssusicui -spr,ns Nai1.s ies score
being equally tunSfal and delightful.
EvsfywAsre that Il has APPEARED o.
chestrna are featuring IN se1uoe1vs
"Rosss Bloom for Lovssr' and ether
meloAic gems WITH which. Il 10 said
70 b dlled. TIE oocspessr. Bruno
0rani0hsta9dssu. adds . new name
ard II may be- said . long one, 70
the INST Of visunsss compossrs who
have vet the world s-valtx1ng. Head
Ing the brilliant east Win b dainty
Miss4 HAjos. the petite Hungarian
l:1ma donna who scored such . quo
cess last season. IN the role Of the
saucy Prinosss Dossna In 'Jns Spring
Maid" and che viii % imported BY
Al Hhsan. who has established = REQ
ord Is one Of tie leading opponents Of
German comedy, In HE 0hafaotsfisa.
ton Of The Quaint rsensyisndsr.
Schmuke
Louise Galloway and Joseph Hart.
man. two players Who have Won their
spurs In the legitimate. win appear
It the head Of the Temple .heater
program next wssk. r. Lite Moth
er," q comedy OF homie lie, BY Edgar
Allan Woolf. Tho suppor1tpg com.
-pany has been carefully chosen and
the production 10 said 20 5s complete
IL every detail Miss GALLOWAY has
scored In the productions 81 Charles
Frohman and the Shuberts, while Mr.
Kaufman was prominent in LEADING
roles with tho Country Boy" VIA
wireless and "Brewsters Millions"
''Idttle Mother" II 10 said. took the
New York vaudeville public by storm
when presented recently In the Fifth
ave. theaser. The Thomas A. Edison
talk'ng-motion pictures, or Kineto-
phone, Will be retained as prominent
feature. new and interesting subjects
being shown. In the near future. the
Edisoh studios promise some repro
auctions Of current plays that are
scoring In New York, one of the Arst
TO 1e Edmund Breeze and company
IN The Master Mind" Other acts on
the Temple bill next week will he
Clown Zertho's dogs OF all natious:
Marshall MoutRomerv. thceA co..