The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-17


company are presenting SO cleVery
fhis week In the Detroit opera house,
Nh shaw puts the following shreWd
4. reasoning on the morality OF mar
NJ rage into the mouth OF Elias father'.
n Alfred Doolittle, who has just been
asked by Col Pickering why ne
does not marry his firth "mlssus
and become respectable. rel her
Id governor, I'm willin'," he says.
/ TITS me that suffers by 'ayin no mar
riare cer'mony. I've no old on her'
. got 20 be agreeable to her. got
10 give her presents. got to BUY
her clo'es somethin' sinful. I'm
slave to that woman, governor, Just
because I'm not her lawful usband'
And she knows It too. Catch her
marryin' me. Take my advice, gov
ernor. marry Eliza while she is young
and don't know no better. II you
DON'T you'll be sorry for II after. IL
YOU do, she'll be sorry for II after;
hut better you than her. because
you're a man, and she's only a wo-
man and don't know how to be Apply
anyhow"
The successful melodrama, "On
Trial" will be the Christmas week
\ attraction In the Detroit opera house,
beginning Monday evening, Dec. Il,
"On Trial Is claimed to be some
thing new, In the fact that its author.
Elmer L Reizenstein, a young law
clerk, has borrowed from the motion
picture producers the system or re-
yerting to- -picture. OF the scene
rather than description - This novel
arrangementof or. the story makes an
interesting and unusual exploitation
OF a play and ~0ns Trial" has proven
A the biggest Esurprise theatrica1ly that
n New York has seen In many moons
v Among the important members OF
the specially organized Chicago COM
pany to be seen here will be Lee
Baker, Emily Ann Wellman, Maxine
Elliott Hodges, Harr- Mestayer.
Harry c.. Browne, James Keafney,
& Thomas Meighan, Bernedetta Hodges.
y Harry Hubbard, Jane Wheatley, Har-
~ Steadman, Neil Moran, Sam Mey-
\ ers, Franklin Hall, Reginald Fife,
Daniel Day and others.
william Schilling and company will
offer a new one-act dramatic playlet,
ssDestiny," In the Orpheum theater next
week. The production Is of moro than
unusual Importance locally, because
the play was written by q Detroiter,
James R Shannon, wellknown
song-writer, who was for many years
manager of the music department in
Grinnell Bros music store. The piece
has been successful In the leading
vaudeville theaters elsewhere. Other
acts on an attractive Christmas bill
include Carl Mccullough, the Joy
germ" who gives trayesties on Anna
n Held. Harry Lauder, David Warfeld,
Ethel Barrymore and other iesdtn<
stars: Archer and Carr In q musical
comedy skit, "The Fortune Teller"
the Five Juggling Normans, Dooley
and Evelyn, John A. West and COM
pany and war pictures. A motion pic
lure program lasting two hours be-
\ gins each day at 1880 o'clock proceed
Ing the matinees.
Beginning Monday evening. Dec. Il.
the attraction in the Garrick theater
for Christmas week will be Neil
O'Brien and his American minstrels.
+ with q complete equipment OF new
scenery, new wardrobe and almost an
entirely new company, with all new
features. This is O'Brien's third year
B ct the head of his own organization.
b which Is now firmly established as a
standard theatrical attraction. and
Detroit theatergoers will have an op-
portunity TO see the best In min
\ strelsy next week. Headed by the
inimitable O'Brien, the list Of COM
odians Is an imposing one, including
Harry Van Fossen, Eddie Mazier,
X Pete Detzel, Major Casper Nowalk.
David Morris, James Barardi, Leslie
Berry, Charles r. Wright and others.
a Mr.. O,Brien has written another OF
those Characteristic sketches or
Negro life for which he is famous.
for the olio, called Demon Rum, or
Dry Town"
One month after the first issue OF
4 the printed edition OF Mrs. Katrina
Trask's "In the Vanguard" which is
being presented this week In the
Garrick theater, the World Peace
Foundation ordered 10000 copies OF
the scene, after the battle" for free
distribution At this time also, Pro
4 fessor Ernest Richard, OF Columbia
university, became so interested in
the work that he obtained permission
4 from the author TO translate IL into
3 German. In July of the present year
the Carnegie Peace union ordered
& 10000 copies OF the play to be dis.
tributed to clergymen throughout the
country. In the convention of the
American School Peace league, held
IN 81. Paul. Mimi. In July, the league
presented their gold medal to. Mrs
Trask as the one who had performed
the most signal service in the cause
Of peace during the year.
A. new show known as the French
Froiiques" will be the attraction in
&N the Cadillac theater next week Hand
somely mounted and presented by q
company of hurlesque favorites, the
show II regarded az one OF the best Oh
the Columbia circuit. George A. Clark
"the Scotch laddie." and Jim Barton
eccentric comedian, head the company
which includes Lloyd Murphy, ]
Howell, Irene Meara. Florence Tan
ner, Nancy, Walker Charles -Fagan
John Woods Josie Wright and Elsi
Elmer. "A Night in Paris' will one
many musicei numbers and vaude
vile srecialties, including Psnita, a
oriental dahler.. " - /.
~ y --s.t s4E- 49,
Eugene Walters play, Fine Featl
crs.r which was first presented in ID,
froif by an .all-star cast including Roi
ert Edeson and Wilton Lackaye, wi
. be seen In the Lyceum theater mex
week, beginning Sunday Afternoon