The Detroit times., 1914-07-28
THE STAGE
GARRICK

"How my heart leaped when ] De-
held a rainbow in the sky.
All people love to see rainbow, It's
seven prismatic Colors blended into q
beautiful harmony OF hopeful hueS.
"The Rainbow" In the Garrlck, TINS
week. has but two COlOrs, black and
white. and Just as the colors IN a
real rainbow, though distinctive at
first, gradually become fainter and
mingle with one another, so the Waite
In this mimic rainbow first combats
and then obliterates the sombre black.
The luminous white in this rain.
bow" represents Tn elife OF beautl-
full young girl, whose parents are es'
tranged and who has never seen her
father The black symbolizes the
life of the lonely father before the re-
turn of his daughter When she comes
10 him in all her inenable purity ana
innocence he sees how black ana
wretched his life has been but grad
ually. with the uniecked, blameless
life near him the blackness yields and
for her sake he pushes aside the Bo-
hemian friends who have proved I'M
worthy and stands for the purer
things his child typifes.
But Ruth, the mother OF the daugh.
ter, Cynthia, daes not want her child
TO be amidst so many undesirable peo-
pie, so she comes TO the home of her
husband, Neil Summer, and tells him
that when Cynthia comes TO visit him
that afternoon that she will not come
(, back. Neil realizing for the first
time how much his little daughter
means TO him, takes leave OF her, dar-
ing not to- tell her that the parting Is
forever Cynthia departs just before
severe thunderstorm-sym OF the
tempest in the fathers soul.
But Neil Summer has two true
friends-the kind OF comrades who
stand by even in time Of trouble His
sister, Betsy Summer, and his lawyer,
Edward Fellows. After a long time
Edward arranges to bring his friend
where his divorced wife and daughter
are staying. The mother and father
having failed to become reconCiled
Cynthia cries 10 her father as he
turns TO leave, II love you both.
can't live without you both
And the father responds TO that
cry OF a hungry heart, gathers his
wife and daughter in his arms anc
achoes the cry love YOU both,
cant live without you both. And the
rainbow does the rest.
Miss Bonstelle charmingly portray'
Cynthia. giving 10 the role the alter
native appeal to joyous and heavy
emotions. Corliss Giles as Neil sum
mer, depicts with consummate art the
fathers transition from empty world
Illness and heart desolation into tn,
tel a a 4 ffsv,
Edward Fellows (Robert Adams
makes a manly quality of lawyer anC
friend. Though this IL the first tim,
Kathleen CSomegys has had an i'm
portant part, the audience was no
disappointed, for she played the rol,
OF the living, loyal sister Betsy" witt
such engaging grace and charm tina
she gave the story one OF its mobiles
aspects. Roxanne Lansing splendidll
represents Ruth" Neirs wife, whil'
nicholas Hollins," his racing man
ager, is looked after capably by Lynn
Pratt. Miss. Won Ottinger has tn,
responsibility OF depicting Jane Pal
mer% one of Neils inseparable com
panions.
Those taking minor parts-tints II
the rainbow, so TO speak-zcQntTibut,
faithfully to the colofful crescent.
Manton Marble as William MORT
mer," William Pringle as John Car
penter Gilmore the American con
sui; Teris Loring as Elsie Davis.
and Margaret 'Chidsey as "Therese,
Cynthia's maid.
All the week, with the usual natl
nees, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.