The Detroit times., 1913-05-02
THE STAGE

1he Behman show. one OF the head
<liuprs Of the burlesque worfd-wiil visit
\ the Gayety theater next week. Lew
kSKefly, Freda Florence, Fred Wyckoff,
n tho Watson sisters and number OF
N0tlgers. clever and vell-known. are
with this company. The skfts 10 be
h presented might be called reviews
x rather than farces, as there is little
n OF plot, but, plenty OF specialties,- inn
PRESENTATIONS. comedy dialogues and
dozen. or so, big musical numbers.
Henry Kolker. one of the most popu-
lar matinee idols in the country. heads
the cast of Our Wives" 10 be pre-
scented in the Detroit opera house next
week. coming here from four
months run in the Cort theater Chr
cage. This comedy in it's German yer
sion was declared by Kaiser Wilhelm
y to be the funniest he had ever seen.
Supporting Mr.. Kolker will be- Marie
Leonhard. delightful comedicnne.
William Hodge. who comes "a tho
Garrick theater next week, in new
play, The Road TO Happiness, Tor
the last six seasons has made sue
eessful tours OF the country IN The
Man From Home, and his quaint i'm
PRESERVATION OF Daniel Voorhees, Pike.
the Indiana lawyer. f. perhaps more
widely known than any other char
acter on the contemporary stage The
4 play in which he Is now 10 he seen
was presented for his consideration ny
! It's author in Chicago few weeks
ago and. recognizing I'm H. the distinct
elements that appealed To him, he
made arrangements at once 10 produce
It. The story is said 10 have the home
iy quality that attracts and interests
and the characters drawn along nat
ural lines are placed by the develop
ment OF the plot. in natural situations.
Miss Chez Toy. the l7year-old
daughter Of Ching Ling Foo. the fam
Gus Chinese magician, who. with her
!, father and company Of Ii original
entertainers. is a feature OF THE Fol
lies Of 1912" in the Detroit opera
house this week. is said to be the only
Chinese woman on the stage singing
popular American songs. In addition
to Miss Chez Toys songs in The Fol
Hes the Ching Ling Foo company
presents Ii Shee, Shoe Kwai. and
Ching Yum in Chinese ditty, and
though II Is a very sweet melody 10
the ears OF the Chinese. IL provokes
the laughter of American audiences.
A horizontal bar performance of
which there Is no duplicate upon any
stage In the world. is furnished by
Soon. Fuh Sung and Soon Wo Kwai
The two performers have marvellous
muscular development which they
utilize In most hazardous way upon
q peculiar looking bar made OF Chi
nese hickory. Yu Ehr. small statur
ed Chinese. furnished the comedy in
terspersed throughout the perform
ance. He is the clown OF the act al
though he Is more than comedian,
juggling a 50-pound Chinese bowl.
Throwing it so feet into the air and
catching 1t on his forehead. He spins
1T around on his chin, catches 1t on
the edge and does other marvellous
things. Ap original strap act is pre-
scented by Lung Ngn Yung and Chang
sNgn Yung, strong men OF the com
fpany, who use the straps as an Amer
lean performer uses the Roman rings.
~ pair OF rciever plate spinners are
Shoe Kwai and Chinese Chez Yum.
tive Of the children OF the troupe
What .theatergoers have talked most
about. In Ching Ling Foo's perform
sSnce ~ his. magic. Working upon a
stage that Is clear, except for gorgeous
Oriental settings. and brilliantly-light-