The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-12
THE STAGE


Y, Eugene O'Brien. who plays the
young attorney, Robert Hayes. M
"The Governors Lady" this week. IN
the Detroit opera house, 10 q native
Of Denver. and gave up the study Of
medicine for theatrical career. Mr..
O'Brien's first notable work on the
stage was In the part OF the young
artist. In Henry w. Savage's produc-
tion OF THE Million" As the young
lawyer In the Belasco piece this week
In the Detroit. Mr.. O'Brien gives q
splendid account Of himself and wins
the plaudits Of the audience with his
excellent portrayal OF the manly
young attorney who finally wins the
lovely Katherine Strickland-Gladys
Hanson--for his own. Miss Hanson
and Mr.. O'Brien make a splendid.
looking stage couple.
The hrst performance, In Detroit.
OF 1.-The Count OF Luxembourg" Franz
Lehar's opera. will be given Monday,
In the Detroit opera house The lead.
ing members of the company are Mil.
dred Elaine, Maude Gray, Fern Rog.
ers. Helen Gilmore George Leon
Moore. Frank Moulan, Fred Walton,
Harold j. Refill, +. c. Jones, Edward
Kirby, Paul Frenac, and George
Kruger. There are more than 100
In the cast and special orchestra of
80. The opera is In two acts. yhe
hrst Is laid In an artists studio, I'm
carnival time, and the second. In the
reception hall Of grand dukes pal
ace Both are said to be stunningly
mounted and to display the latest
Partisan styles.
Doris Keane. whose portrayal of
Madame Cavallini In Edward Shell
don's Romance" has made her a
star OF the first luster, and who Is to
be seen here. in this sparkling role.
In the Garrick theater the week of
Sept %. is graduate of the Ameri-
can Academy of Dramatic Arts. She
made her debut In "The Whitewash-
Ing OF julia" and her first real hit
in another Henry Arthur Jones
drama. The Hypocrites." Miss
Keane has been In Detroit with John
Drew and played the leading woman's
part In the detective play, "Arsene
Lupin," when that amusing comedy
visited the Detroit opera house two or
three seasons ago.
Mercedes. billed as a musical tele-
pathist." will top the vaudeville pro-
gram In the Temple theater, next
week. with his musical mystery act,
In which he is assisted by Mile. Stan
tone. pianiste. They give startling
demonstration OF thought transmits
sion by means of musical compost
lions. Other acts for the State Fair
week bill include julius Tanner,
monologist and brilliant wit: Wilfred
Clarke and company in gale of
laughter and fun, entitled "A Wife
For An Hour" Paul Seldom's Poems
In Marble, a remarkable posing Aum-
Der; the Empire Comedy Four; John
& Winnie Hennings. the Randalls in
a realistic glimpse Of the far west;
Alberta Moore and Myrtle Young,
and the Microscope pictures
Cecilia LOTUS who Is giving such
. delightful impersonation of Rose
Trelawney. in "Trelawney of the
Wells" this week. in the Washington
theater, hardly suggests the militant
sufragette, but. she takes much pride
In the fact that she Is an active mem
Der of the Actresses Franchise
league, OF London, aud. in one of the
suffrage professions walked five miles
through the streets Of London. THE
sympathy Of the crowds" Miss LOTUS
told The Times, was all with us.
especially the working men who
seemed interested and appreciative
We we're all dressed In white and
carried garlands OF flowers, and
must say. we looked very nice" Miss
LOTUS valiantly defended the strenu-
. GUS tactics OF the militant suffragette.
The measures In England may seem
unnecessary and abhorrent to Amer
leans" she said, but, they are the
only means by which. in England,
women may obtain justice which
should be hers by right and without
q struggle. In view of the recent
riots In England, which have aroused
q good deal Of condemnation in this
country, must say something for my
English sisters. who are working
under very different and much more
difIicult circumstances than Ameri-
cans have any idea Of. The average
Englishmans firm conviction IL, that
woman should keep her place; and
his view II that her place Is at the
feet and not at his side. There ia no
use for & woman to ask an English
man for square deal. He thinks
either that II Is ridiculous In her to
expect II, or, that she Is not In earn
est. The true purpose Of suffrage 10
not alone to secure the vote, but II Is
a universal desire to do good, to right
wrongs. and to help those who can
not help themselves"