The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-25
THE STAGE

September Morn new musical
Fomedy. will be the attraction in the
.yceum theater next week, presented
~ a large company OF well-known en-
ertainers. The musical numbers are
aid TO be particularly catchy and
prettily staged.
When Kitty MacKay" comes TO the
iarrick, Monday evening. Nov. go for
weeks engagement, there awaits
pleasant surprise for all who would
ee sweet and dainty love-story un-
olded. The play is not only clean.
put its humor is such as appeals to
people who can detect the subtleties
y wit in sparkling dialogue that deals
With the things people of intelligence
Ind worth while. The production is
Inder the personal direction OF VII.
lam Elliott. son.in-law OF David Be
bsco. Among those In the cast are
rene Haisman. as Kitty; Reginald
Denny, Agnes Kelly, as Mag Duncan
1.-The now famous but dour little Scot;
R. Henderson BLAND. lock McGraw,
ohm F. CLANCY, Blanche Moulton,
Elizabeth Merson, and others.
Nobody loves a fat man. soulfully
ighs Shep Camp as slim" Hoover.
n THE Round Up" now in the Ly-
cum, and the audience always
hughs. But in real life the fat man
as at last found a defender. He is
". ID. Quimby, president OF the New
England Fat Mems club. He says
hat Nobody loves a fat man" is a
lie, and that fat men make the world
% round Furthermore, he adds that
ew fat men get divorces; fewer are
h jail, and all love their homes and
Ihildren Just 10 show that the sher-
N In 1.-THE Round Up was wrong In
Is conclusion, canvass was made
ind from many parts OF the country
word was received that statistics
howed the correctness OF Quimbys
report.
Edmund Hayes, a popular comedian
NTH big following locally. will head
ext weeks bill of vaudeville in the
Niles with his satirlcal comedy
Iketch, THE Piano Movers" Hayes
has long been favorite and his
Iketch Is regarded as one Of the
Greatest laughing acts in vaudeville.
| Jones and Johnson. famous team OF
folored entertainers, will have
prominent spot and Caesar Rivoii.
fthe man OF 100 roles" will return
NTH his clever protean novelty. 9th
pr acts announced are. Yvonne and
her piano accordian; Schrodes and
Chapelle, in the laughing riot. Mar
Pied Bliss" and the Ed Zoeller trio,
fomedy acrobats and pantomimlsts.
Charlotte Walker. who is In the De-
| roit opera house this week. present
Ing her husband Eugene Walters
blay, THE Better Way" is quite In
Earnest about the power OF mind
bver matter" and Is herself a proof
be her theory Miss Walkers foot
light career is far from having been
limited. She says that several stock
Engagements, after her first appear
|lnce in England, under the watchful
bye of Charles Hawtrey, were source
BIZ great knowledge to her. She has
worn the grey garments OF Nora, in
lsben's "A Doll House" and the "trip
berries OF Zaza and other emotional
ladies'. Cyprienne, in Sardou's "Di-
Eorcons," is the sort OF character with
which Miss Walker says she Is most
bt ease. IL find my present role in
THE Better Way" which Is highly
Emotional and runs the scale from
passive unselhshness to passionate
tebuke, very trying. | have to keep
| n the auditors mind the idea that
Anna. the faithful Bavarian girl. Is a
bure and devoted soul, even when her
hctions are those of protest against
her husbands spiritual intexieation'
frhe role OF the wife In THE Better
WAY" is entirely different from any
Thing Miss Walker has hitherto play
I'D. II is the type of character with
which her career on the stage has
bot been associated.
watch Your step" which comes
10 the Detroit opera house. Monday
evening. Nov. 30, for a weeks en-
Eagement. is new musical comedy
bf which q good deal Is expected.
hot only because its music has been
composed by Irving Berlin. and lis
|ioretto has been written by Harry
B. Smith, but for the reason that
|rh'ef among the comedians will be
found that prince OF entertainers,