The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-06
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scene me introduction or the dlctO-
graph and dictaphone adds much 20
the realism OF the piece
Miss Stella Archer As Mary Masu-
ret. adopted daughter OF John Argyle,
who ~ wrongly accused or Staying
her los3erfhthef shows dramatic abil.
ity Of a high order Her part ia
wolves emotional scenes which will
admit OF no bnngling, and in every in
stance she fully met the requirements
Others deserving Of mention are
Harvey CLARK as Bruce Argyle. son
or the slain man Miss Wanda Car
lyle. as Kitty, parlor maid, and w.
T. Clark, as Daniel Colt, secret ser
vice expert
GARRick.
The audience, and not the play, was
the thing, In the Garrick theater
Monday evening, when The Lure
proved as good as its definition in the
dictionary and attracted SO many per
sons To the theater as TO threaten
the walls OF the building 10 bursting
point. Hundreds OF persons were un-
able TO gain admittance. Nine-tenths
OF those i'm the auditorium were plain
4y-tf-tife- t-ia5s-tlif frequent tHs-tha-
alter only to see II show Is as
sensational. as "off-color,' and as
great an offense against the proprie-
ties as "A certain sort OF advance ad-
vertising has proclaimed it To be.
The Lure" as every newspaper
and magazine reader knows, has had
the greatest amount OF this sort OF
publicity OF any play known TO the
American stage II was taken off the
boards i'm New York, and then per
mitted TO resume its more or less
baneful way, following expurgation
OF some of its lines and scenes that
proved too great a stencil In the nos
trils OF even the accustomed-to-vice
portion OF the public that constitutes
Broadway"
The Lure" as a play has nothing
in it's favor but a vital. awful true
theme. Perhaps in the hands of
master-dramatist IL might have been
so handled as to drive it's truth deep
into the consciousness OF those in
whose power lies. 10 great extent,
the weapons with which to remedy
the evil it aims TO expose. The au-
thor OF the play, George Scarborough,
once newspaper writer, later an
agent OF the government secret ser
vice, placed upon cases connected
with the federal investigation into
white slavery, is not master-dramat-
list He is not even good play
maker. The Lure" except in the
fact that ii deals with matters which
every thinking and reading man and
woman In America today knows 10 be
true, IL frequently mawkish ia its
lines, meiodramauc TO the point OF
melting derisive, laughter. and with
an obvious way OF leading 10 climax
that reminds the onlooker accus-
toned TO the theater. OF the make
shifts which used 10 be dragged in
by the hair of the heroine's head, in
the Lincoln J. Carter type OF melo-
drama, in the good old days OF the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
But the audience In the Garrick
theater. Monday evening, harbored a
very small handful OF regular play
goers. To the majority, The Lure
made an appeal that brought forth
loud laughter at cheap or over
strained attempts az humor, Kisses
for the william and loud applause for
the hero when he saves the innocent
girl.
The Lure is bold exposition
OF the nefarious means employed by
men and women 60 pro-
cure girl victims FOR the white slave
trade which United states govern
mcnt statistics, following careful IN
vestiRation. have proven 20 The wo-ld
exists in this fair land OF liberty The
good TO BE- gained by showing these
means 10 the general public. over the