The Detroit times., 1913-04-04

On the Bank. According to all &C.
counts nothing remains old about the
comedy except the title The stars
will be seen In their well-known roles
OF Lord Percy Soakup and Baron Har-
old DeCanter, and Lucy DAILY. who has
been identified with the careers OF
these noted funmakers for so long
that q Ward and Vokes production
would not be complete without her
presence. heads the feminine contin.
gent She is an important factor in
the fun, and will present her famous
dancing and singing specially.
One OF the best girl acts Of the
season is on view in the Miles. this
week. In Ned Wayburn's English pony
ballet. They have been together for
the last nine years, and have been
featured with numerous musical
shows. Before they went on the
stage. all were pupils in a dancing
school In London, Eng. Their last
visit TO Detroit was with Montgom
cry & Stone. in The Old Town" two
seasons ago. Ii was In Detroit. by
the way. that they conceived the idea
OF putting the bagpipes in their act
They sent 10 Scotland for their In
struments and learned TO play in 10
lessons, their instructor being an
Irish professor. The bagpipe number
is now one OF the best features OF
their offering, which Is beautifully
costumed.
The producers of The Rose Maid
Xlh u m ha
house next week, are said TO have
ignored old-fashioned comic opera
convention in this work as they did
in The Spring Maid" The Rose
Maid" Is invested with an atmos-
phere OF joyousness that starts at the
rise OF the first curtain and continues
right throughout the entire piece. The
action opens with gay house party
in Liberty hall, the young Duke OF
Barchester's London house, and ends
with brilliant cavalry tournament In
Ostend In the latter scene the stage
is filed with horsemen and horsewo-
men OF all the principal nations OF
the world. each appearing In the
gorgeous uniform OF their respective
armies. The Rose Maid" was the
bestliked OF all the operas in New
York and Chicago. since The Spring
Maid" and will be presented here
with the same elaborate production
and extravagant detail that made II
the vogue during its engagements In
these two cities.
One OF the biggest musical comedy
hits In recent seasons was tribes
Nightmare" as presented by Marie
Dressler, and although Miss Dressler
returns TO the Garrick theater next
week, In an entertainment OF an en-
tirely different nature, II will be the
same Marie DRESSER as OF yore. Her
performance this time which Is OF
her own designing, consists Of a series
OF one-act plays. interspersed with
singing and dancing numbers. Miss
Drcssler's own offering, In addition 10
single turn" will be burlesque
on Camille. in which she will be
assisted BY Jefferson De Angels. Mr..
De Angels will have also a one-act
play OF HIS own. called All At Sea-
and Macy Harlan and Daniel Jer-
rat. Jr., will present a dramatic play
let, called The Outpost" Among
the specialtics To be offered are vocal
numbers by Frederick Hastings. a
grand opera singer OF note, and a re-
pertoire OF Irish ballads by Mary
Desmond, contrnto who halls from
Covent Garden, London.
Jesse l.. i.asky Will present for the
first time In Detroit In the Temple
theater next week. his latest metro
politan success, The Little Paris
ienne," described ns miniature
musical comedy. Valerie Serice. who
recently came to fame In vaudeville,
heads the cast OF 80 players The
stage settings are said to be hand
some The book and lyrics are by
William LeBaron and Cecil DeMille