The Detroit times., 1913-12-16

kept fttO trom getting one OF tnOSe
oid-fashioned baseball welcomes when
he opened his weeks engagement In
the Temple theater Monday.
Doom is the headliner. not so much
because OF the fact that he led the
runners-up In the National league
baseball race last season. but because
he Is really good singer and en-
tertainer besides. He and James Nc
Cool put across some Characteristic
Irish dialogue. mostly concerning the
Emerald Isle and Americass national
pastime. and then they sing solos and
duets that please. Clarke refuses to
don q uniform to help get the APP
plause. He prefers to let George Coh-
ans waving of the American nag be
the beginning and end Of the appeal
10 patriotism from the stage for ap-
plause as far as he is concerned.
Doom has a clear tenor voice. and
he sings his songs In q most accepta-
BILE manner.
The ever-popular Six Kirksmith Sis
ters seem just as young and beautiful
and talented as ever. although they
have been appearing In vaudeville for
some time. The six sisters are &C.
complished musicians. playing sever
al different instruments. One OF the
sisters has clear. strong voice which
she uses in two solos.
Minnie Allen has new act In which
she combines the ordinary antics OF
a coincidence with some feats OF mag.
ic and singing and dancing In the cos
tunes and manners Of various coun-
tries.
Burley and Burley are fantastic ac-
robats and comedians who have a
lot Of new stunts. violinski, q young
foreigner. entertains with unusual
feats on the violin and piano. playing
them separately and simultaneously.
Harvey and Devora Trio do some
clever modern dancing. Add HOyt's
MINISTRIES opens the bill with q snap.
Ply bit of singing and joking. and Har.
ry Towards animal novelty and the
Microscope pictures close It.
MILES.
The Miles, this week. has the best
show II ha had IN some time. F1rt.
there are Sullivan and Mason. enthu.
siastic singers. One OF them IL not
thin and the other Is very fat, but
weight has not interfered with their
voices. Then Miss Pearl Whiteside
appears with her ak dancing pick
aninnies. Mis- Whiteside wears sew
eral dresses, not all at once. but In
succession, and one shrill-voiced won.
an had the nerve to remark, in quiet
moment: "Oh. amt she skinny" The
picks dance we'll; a. for their sing.
ing-what did Lincoln do for this
country, anyway?
Vera de Rassini announces herself
as the italian nightingale" Her
voice Is very goone soprano. espe-
cially clear and beautiful In its higher
tones. She sings III Bacio" and Com
In Through the Rye" and gives q
clever imitation OF u violin.
Edwin Keough and Helen Nelson
bition." In II they introduce the pro-
actor Of the old school, Mr. Keough
10 undoubtedly close to truth. He
struts and rants and shakes like the
ancient stage villain. and let's one
see how far the modern stage has pro-
crossed since the days Owed say
Booth, If the old folks wouldn't take
o6ense. 1t Is = crude society that
would take 'Ingomar" seriously. The
b0SSlok IOI llllS bIcuc 10 one Ot the
most beautiful ever seen on the vaude-
Vile stage.
Burt Gone" Belmurn, black-face CO.
median, has a lot Of new stun that
keeps the audience roaring. Sam
pies: He's CO narrow.minded that
his ears grow together" There are
two classes Of people who own auto
mobiles-the Fords and the can't az
fords."
The Dollar troups OF eight people
have an acrobatic act that Is corker
A sprfng-board figures extensively in
the operations Of this double quar-.
tet. enabling some Of Its members to
spring from the stage to the shold.
ders fanother, who stands on the
shoulders Of third: and In his prog.
ress through the air, to make the
act more dimcult. No. does q half
turn. II the leaper doesn't care for
the shoulder stunt. he alights on the
head Of No. 2 and clings there very
comfortably.
There are several moving picture
plays before the show begins, and
the usual Keystone comedies at the
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