The Detroit times., 1914-09-29

The supporting actors are worthy OF
their principal Adeiine Bourne's por-
trayal OF the queen mother is won
derful piece OF work, and Walter
bingham IL an excellent King Claud-
ius. Ian Robertson's, Bolonius Ii q
true type OF the meddling old fool
and Laura Cowie Is q truly fair
Ophelia. Fl. Athol Forde as the first
grave digger Is convincing In his
rusticity.
TEMPLE.
Billy b. Van, the inimitable, again
appearing as Steve Gall In "Spooks, :
is easily the headliner OF the Temple
bill this week Although the sketch
Is the one he used last season, new
lines have been added and the "bus-
mess" refurbished In such way az
TO make II even more pleasing than
II was before. Billy himself has lost
none Of the old pep" and he puts
his stun across" In the same old sure
fire manner. He is ably supported
by the Beaumont sisters.
Nellie v. Nichols is q rather like
able young person, with Irish eyes.
and good voice. which Is aided by
Ia pair OF talkative hands and arms.
She sings the raggiest OF rag and
her syncopation-mad audience just
couldn't get enough of her.
Angelo Patricolo. q pianist, who
looks the part, presented several very
ponderous selections In q mastery
manner which delighted the high
brow" portion OF the audience. and
which was not altogether lost on the
crowd in the gallery. Patricolo y
1ustsas much Of an artist as he looks,
which ID saying good deal.
Bill Pruitt, who >bin@ himself as the
Cowboy Carusov comics very neafly
telling the truth about >hirhself. HIP
has q good tenor voice |
Harry BROOKS pressnts q good little
skit called The Old Minstrel Mani.
which strikes the two extremes Jf
the farcical and the pathetic. II
gets across big
Sutton. Mcintyre and Sutton start
the show on with combination Of
foolishness and acrobatic stunts.
Mindell Kingston and George Elmer
have q strenuous song and dance act
which Is above the ordinary.
AL Rayno's bull dogs ring down the
curtain with mighty good act.
The Mo0reoscope pictures are up
to their usual high degree of excel
lence.
MILES.
Rather pretentious is about the cor
rect way to refer to the current bill
Of the Miles theater, where q tabloid
playlet and condensed musical com
edy compete for the stellar honors,
with four other acts, all good, round
ing out two hours OF real amusement
The Toll Bridge ID the title OF
the playlet, which IL well acted by
James Grady. Ben L. Peer and Made
line Clark. Just simple little addi
ton to the program, and you know
what It's all about The program i'm
forms that Job Williams owns the
bridge: Dan tends the bridge, and
Cherrie comes over the bridge. Just
add that old Job Williams "druv his
son from home 20 year ago" and
there you have Il. But Mr.. Grady,
as old Job. does fine bit Of char
acter work. and Miss Clark, az the
"cheeild" IL really good, while Dan
carries out his small part In quite
the proper manner
As to "A Morning Plunge" sched-
uled as "a seaside romance Of mirth
and melody, with Howard Langford
and JacQuelin Tallman," little
speeding up OF the engine will make
marked Improvement In the frothy
BIT OF dancing, singing. and non
sense; and the PHILOSOPHERS Of one
Hurry-Up Yost are TO be injected
into the skit, at rehearsals. Tuesday.
Arno and Stickney, the musical
lads. play ragtime and music, on vio-
lin and piano. respectively, with
equal skill. and the rendition, OF the
Sextette from Lucia, played with only
the left hand on the piano, might be
used az sample Of skill, while the
violin solo of The Rosary was q bit
OF artistry that held the audience
spellbound.
The Ward Sisters, presenting "Ths
Doll Girl OF Vaudeville" whom no
man can lift, have . distinct novelty
The claim II made that one Miss
Ward can make herself weigh either
SO pounds or $50 pounds, Just BY mus
cular tension. Maybe. maybe. One
fellow tried to lift her. He couldn't
After which the doll and her sister
did very pretty bit Of dancing.
Sampson and Douglas, in bunch
Of nonsense, would force q laugh from
q boy with the mumps, and Game and
Odom have q rapid-fre fun sketch
with the lady playing the piano while
the man talks, making their sketch
real novel. But the lady talks some
too, and II seems that she has the
last word.
Then the movies"