The Detroit times., 1914-11-03
:: Ia Local Pldyhouses

sented. Miss Taylor especially scor
ing decided hit. James M. Brophy
as the broker. IL also good.
LAMBERT. "the master musician.
presents series Of approximations
OF Strauss. Joachim. Gounod and
List. His impersonation OF List
was especially good.
Carsdinnis Menagerie, a combina
ton Of fourfooted wonders, IL some
thing out of the ordinary. The AMI
mails are especially well trained and
present some unusual stunts.
Babtiste and Franconi, In their act
called "acrocomics" are the only aero
bats on the bill, They accomplish
wonderful feats OF contortion and
strength.
The pictures are good.
MILES.
Gene Greene. who calls himself the
emperor OF ragtime. Is billed as the
headline attraction In the Miles thea.
ter this week. and the way he can
draw the rousing applause OF his audi.
ence. during a half-hour OF ragtime
songs. indicates that he isn't a mere
pretender to the throne.
Greene sings his songs in way to
make the audience sway with him
and every one of the swingy. yirile
Interpretation was distinct hit He
Is assisted at the piano by Charles
Straight. who thoroughly understands
the capacities OF q piano.
The Gray of the Dawn" an In
tensely human playlet OF life In that
part OF the underworld that makes
Its headquarters In q grog den. and
pursues Its loves and its hates with
one eye open for the plain clothes
man, was splendidly acted by a cast
or six, with Miss Ricca Scott In the
stellar role. As Kate Kerrigan. who
loves her brute man, regardless OF
beatings, and OF his entirely criminal
personality, Miss Scott has an emo
tional role or great possibilities, and
she rises to the requirements splen.
didly. Evelyn Abbott plays the hard,
painted woman without a heart,
Douglas Graves does some splendid
acting in the part OF Terry. the brute
gang leader. and Paul Meacham IL
excellent In the part OF Jim Nolan,
the rough-diamond saloonkeeper.
David Kaleikoa, Hawaiian musician.
has AZ pretty musical act as one
could wish for. It's just David and a
chair and a guitar. but such music
as he plays was never before coaxed
from o guitar.
The Reckless trio, really a very
good name for this acrobatic troupe,
consists OF two men and q woman of
remarkable muscular strength and
agility, the young woman's feats OF
strength being particularly astonish-
ing.
Arthur Hartley and Ruth Pecan
have Q patter Of talk, some songs, and
some dance steps that are entertain
ing. and their stage quarrels are
really funny.
lii Kerslake and his troupe or
trained pigs make hit with Stbe
youngsters--and others.
Moving pictures open and close q
really high-class bill
ORPHEuM.
Salvation Sue," q clever and we'll
acted sketch with the scene Laid in
the Klondyke. and Motor Madness
q whirling, aerial traHeze act, divide
first honors In the Orpheum theater
this week.
Susan Bedford. the Salvation army
lass In Salvation Sue," and played
most excellently by Blanch Morrison.
gains the love OF handsome young
gambler and the admiration OF "A
husky bartender, rescues q poor VIC
tim of circumstances from the rage
OF thousand miners, and finally in
duces, all three to join her army. The
gambler gains her promise to marry
him, and the curtain falls as the new
ly-organized army Of the gospel drums
Its way out OF the saloon door.
David Walters, as the gambler, does
very well, and George C. Denton, as
Lonesome, the bartender, portrays the
to perfection. Frank g.
Parrot, as the 'down-and-out, individ-
ual. has mastered the art OF looking
forlorn and hopeless. The thousand
are left to the imagination.
A man and woman doing perilous
trapeze stunts while two men on mo-
torcycles race around an elevated
carrying the trapeze ar
lists with them, constitute a very
thrilling act that brings forth storms
Of applause,
Argo. the harp player, earned re-
peated encores. and Cooper and
Eshell. in their singing and dancing
act, pleased the audience. The four
'slickers," as the village cutups. are
very funny and dance well. Belle
and Jones, billed as comedy entertain
ers. fulfill the requirements.