The Detroit times., 1913-11-10
THE STAGE
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

The audience in the Detroit opera
house. Sunday evening, forgot all
a0out the blizzard howiing outside, In
a delightful journey with K. NJ. New.
man, 10 Venice and Florence. Snow
and bitter wind were quite obliterated
from the mind In the charm OF blue
skies. soft breezes and the bloom OF
fragrant flowers in these two love
lest cities of sunny Italy.
Mr.. Newman when travelling last
summer for the purpose OF securing
fresh material for his series OF travel
talks, spent considerable time In Ven
ice and Florence and succeeded In Sc.
curing many new and beautiful pic
lures OF points OF interest, historical
buildings and world-renowned palaces.
as well as out-of-the-way hooks, for
which these cities are noted.
In an interesting talk descriptive
of the pictures thrown upon the
screen, Mr.. Newman told his hearers
OF the glories of medieval Florence
and Venice, when romance and art.
beauty and chivalry hourished like
the green bay tree and produced
great painters. musicians. and strange.
ly enOught. great churchmen. He
led his keenly interested hearers
through the ages to the cities of the
present day, splendid pictures show
ing reproduced In color, the exact tints
OF nature beneath the brilliant south
ern skies.
the beautiful" will be the city visited.
Newman will give two extra travel
talks, Nov. % and 30.
LYcEUM.
The High Cost OF Living a play
seemingly written to prove that the
trusts, or whoever or whatever II Is
that controls the price of food-stuffs,
will give a rebate to the virtuous, IL
the weeks Offering in the Lyceum.
The production deals with the trials
of mother and her two daughters,
one Of whom, in order to save the
family home, enters the easiest
way while the other remains true
to her standard of virtue and mar
ries poor but honest" young man.
Family conflict results, but In the end
the easy-going sister Ia set In the
right path the poor young man be-
comes rich, the home Is saved, and
they live happily ever after"
While the tone OF the play itself
Is In serious vein, II il saved from
entire sadness by the introduction OF
some comedy In the person of Swe-
dish maid-of-allwork, whose general
"boneheadedness" provokes great
laughter. Eleanor Rella interprets
this part.
Probably the strongest character in
the entire production Is that of Fan.
ME Matthias, as mother of the girls.
Miss Matthias has u good stage pres
ence. and Is worthy iof better oppor.
tunity than the production In which
she Is appearing offers.
There will DO the usual matinees,
Wednesday and Saturday.
BROADWAY.
Bert Leslie, the American slang
artist, who possesses vocabulary
that Is both extensive and original,
heads a first-class vaudeville bill in
the Broadway theater, this week.
Leslie appears with his company in
a comedy sketch called Hogan, the
Painter His free interpretations Of
our idomatic English language, as Il
Is commonly spoken, are humorous,
and II Is easy to get his drift with
out strainng a muscle. although none
OF his talk can be found in Web
ster's unabridged.
Sebastian Merrill and his Zip Yaps,
trick cyclists. mix comedy and dar-
ing In their feature act. A dangerous
Feat. called "the tandem somersault,"
briggs their act to thrilling climax.
When II comes to "raggy" songs.
Brown and Blyler have q few new
ones that are good, including a bur-
lcsaue on a baseball game that makes
= decided hit with the audience.
r.. O'Malley Jennings and Edna Dor.
man. In "A Little Bit Of English. are
Miss Dorothy Christy
is q cauable performer with the harp.
The PHANTOM Mirror" 10 q clever II.
lusien. BY, the use OF original light.
ing effects, living figures are made
to spepar and disappear behind .
large mirror. james and Prior pre-
sent o fsrcical sketch entitled. AT
the Depot" The Jessika troupe, gym