The Detroit times., 1913-12-30
MLOcal PlayhOuseS

The entertainment is a TYPICAL Win.
ter Garden show. which means that
II follows in general outline It's prede-
cessors from that place OF amuse-
ment THE Whirl OF Society and
the varlons Passing shows" II Is. OF
course. brought right up TO the mo-
ment IN It's slangy pstter. music and
ne latest gyrauons and wiggles mas
queradlng under the name OF dancinec
stageiul OF girls, and gOodly mum
Der OF the recently much.maligned
poor chorus men. coming on and OF
the stage In one different set after
another OF gorgeous costumes,
present constantly changing picture
or life and color The chorus men and
maidons work with might and main
and are AS snappy as tobasco sauce
The express schedule is kept up from
rise 10 fall OF curtain.
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name is race between an automobile
and an express train. This scene. in.
geniously devised and carried out. is
particularly Interesting 20 Detroiters
IN the fact that IL WAS originated and
staged by two former Detroiters -
i~angdon Mccormick and Howard
Thurston The latter is the we'll
known magician and the former has
a natural turn OF mind for devisng
Unique mechanical surprises FOR mel
oCrama;ic "thrillers"
Al lolson is probably as popular an
entertainer as ever won hand"
from a Detroit audience tie good
naturedly announced that ne would
sing any OF the songs associated with
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ence requested and. had he been able
10 live mp TO his offer, in this respect
he would be singing yet As IL was.
he sang SO generously that the audi
ence found itself getting into its mo-
tor car or "hoofng' il for the D. L.
r. "electrics. az 1870 O'Clock sorry
TO leave Jolson.
Melville Ellis. who can dash on
song. or a popular melody while YOU
wait, plays the piano like Paderew-
ski and hand you a color costume
plate. If not the completed frock cut
on the bias and sewed ON the straight
with his own fingers and sewing ma
chine. with equal dispatch and aplomb
shared the spotlight OF popular ap-
proyal With Jolson Ellis runs Ger
trude Hoffman, a close race for the
blue ribbon OF versatility The cos
tunes III The Honeymoon Express
were designed by Ellis. whose re
markable GIFT in this direction has
been SO often yisualized for local
audiences in the big musical come.
dies that have visited the city at va
ri0us times
-ttttt tzeTvfs- whose CUTTrry tdt''rrts
are genuine, is ever A welcome mem.
Der of a company presenting an en-
tertainment OF this sort Anna Whea-
ton. attractive TO look al. with a good
voice, and the lightest OF dancing
feet had several good numbers With
Donald Macdonald Harland Dixon
and James Doyle gave some clever
eccentric dancing, and their recep-
tiou by the audience suggested that
there could be a lot more OF their
clever work In the show TO advantage.
Ray Samuels. Juliette Dika, Jack
storey Earl Benham and f. J. De
Narny we're other principal entertain
ers whose talents were not wasted
So great has been the demand for
seats FOR The Honeymoon Express
that the Garrick management an
nounces that In addition 10 the even
ing performances and the regular
Wednesday and Saturday matinees,
there Will be- extra matinees on New
Years day and Friday
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE