The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-05
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lutelligently and satistyingly staged
and acted Mary James ia, one OF
those "homley" dramas OF real life
as lived i'm provincial little com.
muufirs was played iu The Garrich
rhclter l8st night h> the llonstele
company ITS presentation was IN ac-
cord with a request made by many
of Tho patrons of this clover stock
compauy previous offering OF IL
having won il scores of friends.
Mary James Pa is HE sort OF
play that Is almost inevitably popu-
lar That it lis psycholog.cally untrue
does not dim the impression II gives
OF re0eeting a certain type of life
with iaithtulness. this impression be-
ing derived from an ingenious hand
ling of details Bur the same may
be- said of dramas that have had a
greater vogue than Mary Jane 5
PA: The Easiest Way for IN
stance, and The Chorus Lady
The plot centers about the lie OF
an heroically intrepid little woman.
who paws for the folly OF marriage
az rs. by facing desertion with two
children go care for, and no money.
How she rises on the wings ot adj
yers tty until she is owner, editor
publisher. reporter. typesetter and a
few things beside. of "A newspaper
which stands for principle AGAINST
mora! and political corruption in the
small field OF its influence. is hu-
morously made clear
o. ..f To-. d fr..
happiness OF her two daughters full
OF rosy premise Wneu. enter the de-
sorting hus band shabby and penni-
less he has returned after satisfying
his WardcrluSt. lis desire 10 live and
experience, 10 share his wite's hard
won comfort His diction is high
fown. his air OF intellectual superior
lily full OF bombast his seltishuess un-
abashed. his manner all he while
Chesteriieldan
IT'S clever biz OF coutrast-the
airy WhimsiCality oi The husband
against The uncompromising p"aC-
ticality of the Wife, his verbal pur-
ism against her forceful slang. his
graceful badinage against her literal
honesty her penchant tor hammerine
Nt NNfN ldtIS. HIS TOT fNdNlNS lNtlu
With subtle hnesse
Edith Ellis Baker has made Of this
character one strongly suggestive ot
The Beloved Nagabond" OF Locke
Corliss Giles, interpreting IL achieves
the most interesting bit OF acting in
the entire east He makes OF this
errant husband, al first contemplate.
a lovablc and gracious figure toward
the end. whose yellow streak is root.
ed ont under the influence Of his
Wife's nobility and his childreu's APP
pealing sweetness II is by his apt
ness in nttering spicy and ironic epi-
grams that the bourgeois morality OF
the SNUG scandal mongers in Goos-
port, Ind, IS shown mp. Innumerable
laughs are achieved thereby and what
is almost as good-some excellent
teaching
Miss Bonstelle is always satisfying
to the big following that she has ac-
quired in Detroit In her role of the
heroic wife. she Is especially happily
cast. there being a quick play between
laughter and tears. between the ten
derness OF the mother and the en-
forced stoicism ot the hard business
woman who must face the world
alone II Is this sort OF thing which
Miss Bonstelle does best Notably
natural and charming Is the acting OF
little Rhea Robinson who takes the
part OF Mary Jane. always keeping il
simple and true and free from the