The Detroit times., 1914-10-07
THE STAGE

III I'LL ~ AhS
CLOSEUP r. Garry. who gives clever
Characterization OF the crouch" de-
tective. In The Dummy" this week.
In the Detroit opera house. 10 one OF
the charter members OF the Catholic
Actors guild organization last spring
In New York. During has stay In De-
troit Mr.. Garry has visited Bishop
Foley and number OF the priests OF
the city OF interest them I'm the guild.
the purpose OF which Is 10 keep In
religious touch with visiting Catholic
actors. Mr Garry hopes 10 have
Bishop Foley appointed Detroit priest
local chaplain OF the guild. then all
members OF the guild visiting Detroit
In the course of their professional
work. will be able 10 seek out the
priest The Catholic Actors guild
aims to do the same work among Ro.
man Catholics In the profession as
the Actors Church alliance has &C
complisEed In recent years.
Frank Craven Is said to have spent
three, years In the preparation Of his
comedy. Too Many Cooks" now In
the Garrick theater. II Is his first
full length play. although he had
previously written number OF
sketches and one-act plays. After his
great success In the character OF jim
my Gilley In Bought and Pair For.'
Craven received flattering offer TO
go to vaudeville His letter Of refusal
classic. MY soul Il vet 20 be nibbled
.,nxr Ax. n
comes from an old actor family and
his life has been intimately connected
with the stage. He made his debut
as a Child Of three in Boston In "The
silver King"
The dime novel ambition of q Ger.
tain type Of boy to be a real. sure
enough "detectuf'' Is amusingly elab-
grated In The Dummy" the funny,
thrilling and excellently acted play
now in the Detroit opera house. Bah
bling. the Sherlock Holmes Of the
Babbing Detective agency, hires Bar
ney Cook. with Bowery accent and
the heart of night-errant. to be his
ONCE boy. Babbing proceeds TO put
his young detective In use on the
Meredith kidnapping case. first to
solve the mystery Of the secret cipher,
next to play "deafand-dumb' and be
kidnapped by the gang Of crooks who
are holding the Meredith child for
ransom. How Barney with his quick
wit his Irish humor, his stout heart.
and his faculty for talking deaf-and-
dumb" manager the case for de
boss" outwits the crooks and the
boob" detectives, alike, il told with
many exciting complications, anus
ing contretemps and hairbreadth es.
capes, in four rapid-fire acts. and with
a Observation-Disclosures" climax Sthat
lifts the play into the poetry OF child.
hood without a mawkish moment or
the missing Of laugh.
Robinson's elephants will : share
headline honors with the Gasch sis
tiers In the Miles theater next week.
The elephants are among the largest
in captivity and were feature with
Ringing Bros circus the past sea
son. They go through an intricate
routine OF tricks under the directions
OF their trainer and present an i'm
posing appearance on, the stage. The
Gasch sisters are remarkable aero
bats and their work Is characterized
by remarkable rapidity. They were
last seen in the Miles two years ago.
Louise Richmond and Arthur Manu.
singing and playing their own songs,
promise n musical treat. Other acts
will be-, The Bell Boy triof In . riot
OF FUN; Trovello. In q ventriloQual
comedy drama. AT the Road House; =
Parise and his piano accordion. aud
the photo comedies. Beginning FIJI
day at o'clock. the Miles viii 70
produce the worlds series between
the Braves and Athletics on it's cleo
fric scoreboard, and the usual yauds-
Vile matinee will start at $3.50 in
stead OF 2:30 o'clock.
In the newest .farcical musical com
edy, The Only Girl, to be presented
all next week In the Garrick theater.
Il Is said that Henry Blossom, who
wrote the story. has any amount of
FUN with husbands who may chose 20
consider themselves slightly hen
pecked, and wives, who think they
are unjustly accused Of henpecking.
Victor Herbert has written for this