The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-19
THE STAGE

| The newest show on the Empire cir
cult. "Dantes Daughters" will be- the
attraction in the Avenue theater next
week. the company making its first
! local appearance al that time. Fea-
tured I'm the cast Is Gladys Sears.
character comedienne. who will be
seen In two musical skits. Three
Brown Hats and The Trial or Mile
/ Fla These trayesties were written
I by Charles =. Taylor, owner OF the
company. and staged by Leon Enrol.
formerly we'll known as byrlesque
comedian and now with Ziegfeld' 3
"Follies. Supporting Miss Sears are
! Sam Ward. Harris and Letford. j.
Theo Murphy, Pauline Robson, Wat
son and Bandy, and others. There
will be half dozen vaudeville acts
and several special features. such as
Texas Tommy dancers and living pic
lures.
/ One OF the charming members or
the Gertrude Hoffman, show. Broad
| theater, Is Marion Sunshine. Miss
| lIOlu ohc
went TO New York about two years
! ago. and made her debut In vaude-
Vile as a member of the team. Tenn
pest and Sunshine. which team later
appeared in the Temple theater in
this city. Miss Tempest has retired
to domestic life. Miss Sunshine was
gobbled up by the management OF the
Winter garden in New York, and she
| has been one OF the most attractive
| features of that big entertainment
palace during the last year. She Ia a
petite person, with a smiling. sunshiny
| face, and a pair Of beautiful eyes. she
says: Like most Californians, / am
always longing for home. In intend
| to return to California for the Panama
Exposition. as I have obtained con-
cession on the grounds. and ! mean
to conduct that enterprise under my
own personal direction"
Ada Gordon. OF Nevins and Gordon,
whose act, The Little ManDicure,'
| Is one of the most entertaining fea-
! lures o: the current bill In the Miles,
is we'll known In show circles as the
original "scarecrow girl In Ziegfeld's
"Follies Of 1907 and her impersona-
| ton was one Of the big hits OF that
years revue. Miss Gordon has been
doing the scarecrow stunt" In vaude-
| vile ever since leaving the Follies,
and 1t is a part OF her present offering.
| Her partner, Charles Nevins, Is the
same man who played opposite her in
| the Ziegfeld production. They were
married last November. Miss Gordon 8
scarecrow is really one OF the clever
est bits OF its kind ever seen on the
stage She allows her partner to
throw her around much as he would
bag OF sand. and it Is hard to be-
| lieve, sometimes that the bundle oi
rags really contains human form.
In the early part OF their act. Nevins
and Gordon introduce some bright
new dialogue that wins the audience
from the start. This is their second
visit to the Miles.
| A. f. Thomas play The Rainbow
which Henry Miller is presenting in
the Detroit opera house. this week, is
remarkable for the striking contrasts
Of character woven into its appealing
story The opening scene is laid in a
card room, where coterie of men
about-town are gambling at auction
bridge for high stakes. The leader OF
them Is Neil Sumner. (Mr. Miller), In
whose luxurious apartments the
gambling Is done. The next scene is
laid I'm the same apartments, but a
character is introduced who changes
the atmosphere Of the story. She is
Summers l7-year-old daughter, Gym.
thia ruth Chatterton), who walks
into his home, unannounced. TO meet
the daddy" she has not seen since
she was a baby girl. The meeting be-
tween the two is singularly effective.
Summers sister. kind-hearted
though slightly cynical woman OF the
world, takes the girls hand, and. bow
ing ironically to the startled father,
says Miss Sumner. allow me the
honor OF presenting your fether. Mr..
Sumner" 1t is a quietly played stu
alton, but one that fascinates an audi
ence. The girl Ia so young, so beauti-
full, and so ingenious. and her pride
In her newfound daddy" who Is
much more handsome than she had
expected" Is so sincere, that. the
audience Immediately surrenders to
the charm OF the situation