The Detroit times., 1913-11-17

ed a bit from the rAvages Of time, II
Is still q good counterpart Of the de-
lightful comedy which pleased throngs
several years ago.
BROADWAY.
Joe Maxwell's dancing and singing
girls, with Ada Proctor as the petite
! star, present the most interesting
number on the Broadway bill this
week. The girls In the miniature
chorus are all good to look upon and
spritely. Artistic scenery, as well as
the elaborate costumes Of the dancers,
plays an important part in the sue
cess OF this musical act. In one scene
the girls sing Rain Dear" while q
stage rain Of real water patters on
their oilslSins.
Plenty of comedy Of the burlesQue
order is found In an upto-date trav-
esty on Macbeth. Victoria Walters,
Thomas Herman and James A. Kier-
nan perpetrate this joke on Shakes.
peare.
Fred Warren and AL Blanchard ban
ish dull care with their mirth-provok-
| ing grist of nonsense. Warren Is q
black-face comedian Of the rolly- polly
order. and his efforts keep the audi
ence In q constant gale of laughter.
Lee Tnng Foo. billed as the only
oriyinal Chinese baritone and enter
tainer, wins applause with his quaint
humor and his rendition OF Irish and
Scotch dialect songs. Hazel Berke
and Alex Korae, child prodigies, offer
] musical treat. Alex hammers out
| the List Spanish rhapsody In most
approved Paderewski style. while little
Hazel initiates the great Melba- In
good voice.
Patrick, Francisco and Warren.
Athletic Rubes" open the bill. Ada
Carlton Is a talented singer, while
George renner and Marie Fox con-
tribute a song and dance number as
their share Of the entertainment.
The Wardoscope weekly, showing
several interesting motion pictures,
closes the bill.
CADILLAC.
Standing room was much In demand
Sunday evening, I'm the Cadillac the
ater, where billy" Spencer and the
Stars of Burlesque" are playing this
week. billy" IN his role Of Grogan,
an Irish comedian. Is the life OF the
show with his jokes. puns and amrfs-
ing antics. which drew many rounds
Of applause. In the first OF the two
acts, entitled Two Old Fools Spen-
Ger is afforded German foil by Ar
thur Meyer, as Otto Schmidt In the
second, "A Day at the Seashore,"
their relations are about the same
with Spencer as an Irish porter and
Mayer. his boss as proprietor OF the
summer resort hotel.
Numerous musical numbers In
which the chorus was led by Babe
Mills, Lillian Emmerette and VIII
Nell Lavender were well received.
Jack Howard sang several songs
acceptably. including Daddy Has q
Sweetheart" which prpbably was the
most popular Of them.
Lew HOFFMAN,, who caused much
laughter with his presentation OF Q
| by q vaudeville act of jugglery. In
which he did about all the tricks on
the calendar with hats.
oAvETv.
An unusually clean book, clever
comedy work, and an exceptionally
good-looking and well-drilled chorus,
distinguished Ed Lee Wrothe's Gin
ger Girls" who opened q weeks en-.
gagement In the Gayety, Sunday, In q
/ farce entitled. "Janitor Higgins"
Wrothe's work az q comedian was Of
q high order. and although the piece
sparkled with laughs, there was not
a word spoken which should have
offended the most fastidious.
! Jane La Beau. Luella Temple and
FAY st. Clair pleased In the musical
numbers. Miss La Beau's Indian
songs. being particularly well re-
ceived.
The Alpine quartet, Al Weston. Al
Dwinnell. Gus Roeber and Lew Fiber
also pleased.
! Herman Schmals and Owen Martin
lare second only to Wrothe In mirth
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