The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-14
THE STAGE

Corliss Giles. who will be seen here
in The Escape Paul Armstrong :
latest play. will be remembered as
having appeared with the Jessie Bon
stelle stock company in Detroit. iast
summer The Escape" Viii be the
attraction In the Lyceum theater next
week
Detroit devotees OF dancing VIII
have an opportunity to learn the very
newest steps in the tango. the Max
Ike, and the other fashionable dances
that are the craze just now al the
tango matinee 10 be given by The
Pleasure Seekers" in the Garrick the
alter Immediately after the regular
performance. Friday arern0on IN
the setting showing the ballroom Oh
the Ritz-Carlton hotel IN New foTK'
which is the last scene in the snow
members OF the company Will appear
and demonstrate the various dances
and the audience il invited TO 20
upon the stage and join in the dane
ing Free instruction VIII be gwen
in the new steps by Clay Smith and
Virginia Evans The dance Will last
from until $50 o'clock and the
music will be furnished by the com
bined orchestras OF the theater and
The Pleasure SeekersB company
William Hodge who will bring the
delightful comedy. The Road 10 Hap
uiness' 10 the Garrick "theater, next
week. has no use whatever for the
problem sex play and doesn't care
who knows It, Il have never been
\ one OF the many actors VINO can't
about being on the stage for the sake
J o, my art or, who continually Din
/ into the ears OF an uninterested pup
lie that they are working for the up
ift OF the stage. | act for liveH
hood but. | am proud OF the fact that
IL never yet has been necessary for
me TO appear In a play OF which
felt ashamed. In the hst OF pa
In which | have acted within the
memory or most OF the readers OF
your paper. namely Sag Haroor'
Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch,
The Man from Home and The Road
10 Happiness. there cannot be founo
one that contained as much, as what
a press agent might call. blush. In
choosing q vehicle for use after my
six years tenure in The Man from
Home I had the pick or almost q
hundred plays, several OF which could
be called salacious, and which, hrm
Nv believe, would have proved com
mercial successes. One OF the strong
est arguments for my selecting The
Road to Happiness was the purity
Of its story.
Charles Frohman will present Ethel
BARRYMORE in the Detroit opera house
next week in "Tante" the new com
edy In which she has been playing &c
crowded houses In the Empire the
ater New York. "Tante" is the work
OF c. Haddon Chambers, the well
known English dramatist. author OF
"Captain Swift" "The Idler, Pass
ers BY" and THE Tyranny OF Tears,
which John Drew has revived this
season. II is founded on the popular
novel OF the same title by Anne Sedg
wick. The principal characters are
the same in play and novel, but the
playwright has not hesitated 70
change them TO suit the different
medius. Tante herself. for instance
In the book Is middle-aged woman
OF as. Miss Barrymore makes her
much Younger and gives her more
human aspect, finer nature. The
story itself, while the denouement Is
practically the same, is developed
quite differently In the play and only
one or two OF the scenes shown on
the stage are taken directly from the
book. Tante is said TO be ths best
role Miss Barrymore has ever played
In her support are Charles Cherry
William Ingersoll. r. Henry Edwards
Eileen Van Biene, Mrs. Thomas Whif
fen and Haidee Wright.
The Honeymoon Girls" with
large company OF clever comedians
and attractive chorus girls will be the
attraction in the Gayety theater nexi
week. The cast Is headed by Phi
OFT. whose comedy methods are
familiar and popular with Gayety
pa,rons. Chief among the feminine
entertainers is Alice Lazar, who sing:
and dances with spirit and gooc
humor. other principals are Billl
Jusman. Frank tBud) Williamson
Nettie Nelson. Virginia Ware, th'
Harmony trio and Dave Kinder.
broadway Jones'. with Geo, NJ
Cohan. It's author IN the title role
will be the attraction in the Detroit
opera house the week OF Jan. %
broadway Jones" is an all-Cohar
comedy. This means that II Is clean
legltsmately funny. easily recogniz
able characters whose circumstance
strike close To american life OF TO
day. urban and rural. As an actol
Mr.. Cohan depends much on his well
known mannerisms Of poise and gal
and knows 20 dot how 20 extract al
the comedy there is in line.
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Margaret wycherly. In private IKE
Mrs. Bayard WELLER. who enacts III
leading role in her husbands play
In the hot rOI