The Detroit times., 1914-03-25
IN LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

, come. to the Lyceum theater, Sunday
afternoon. April 4. For the nrst
weeks attraction Mr.. Glaser VIII pre-
sent Rupert Hughes powerful drama
dealing with capitol and labor en-
titled "The Man Between" Mr..
CHASER will play John stoddard. the
bridge builder. which part was orig.
inally acted by Guy Bates Post, ana
Mas Courteney win be seen IN the
role Of Janet Van Nest. Harrison
Stedman, Martin Woodwork, Helen
Maroua. Constance Kenyon and
other members Of the company Will
be cast in ntting roles.
| That thrilling melodrama Within
the Law" will return to the Garrick
theater next week, for It's third en-
gagement. Helen Ware In the role
of Mary Turner. the shop girl. and
the same company which scored %
heavily In Detroit earlier In the sea-
con will again be seen. Within
] the Law" d full to OVERCOMING with
thrills and throbs, but there 10 also
plenty OF chance 70 indulge In hearty
laughter, most OF which Is furnished
by the clever sayings Of little Aggie
Lynch, the blackmailer. Helen Wares
Mary Turner constitutes one OF this
admirable actress finest stage Dor
trayals.
Helen Ware. the well-lrnown &C.
tress, who will be In Detroit next
week in the oarriek thsater. in the
third engagement this season OF
within the Law" addressed the
Trinity Social club. In Toledo. Tues
day evening yhe club membership
IL made up OF Toledo department
store girls. Miss Ware, who plays
the shop girl heroine In within the
Law" was the clubs guest of honor
at dinner and afterwards she gave
an informal talk to the young wage
earners. Among other things Miss
Ware said: When the young &C.
| tress has mastered her part IN
play. she learns more important
role. This 10 called 'understudying.'
You shop girls should all understudy
q more important duty than the one
you are paid to perform. Some day
| the chance for advancement comes.
The great secret OF the theater Is to
be ready. So 1t should be with you.
Be ready to do more important work
than you are doing and some day you
will get the chance you have been
waiting for"
A new musical burletta in two acts.
plenty OF singing and dancing, inter-
polated vaudeville specialties, living
pictures and an oriental dancer are
some of the ingredients making up the
show to be given by The High Life
Girls" In the Cadillac theater next
week. The burletta is called "Frolics
ut the Beach" and Is . laughable trav-
esty on high society, the scenes TAX
Ing place at Newport. A chorus OF
girl II employed In the Song numbers
and the girls also pose In the living
pictures. Princess Tokeyta. the dan.
Ger. IL an added attraction. The COM
pany IL headed by Ambark Ali, and
Margie Pennetti. A pantomime dance
called THE Apache Dance of Death"
Is q special feature.
The report sent out from Denver
last week to the feet that e. H. Soth-
ern had discarded his entire Shake
spearean repertoire Is true only In
part. The plays In his repertoire At
the present time are Justin Huntley
McCarthy's romantic III Were King"
Tom Tsylor's comedy, Lord Dun
dreary," and Hamlet" Hamlet" 10
the only Shakespearean play In which
Mr.. Sothern will appear during the
remainder of the season. Since his
first appearance in Hamlet In 1900,
Shakespeare tragedy has remained
q permanent feature of his repertoire.
In Chicago. Monday. April 6. Mr.. Soth-
ern will add Justin Huntley McCar.
thy's romantic play, "Charlemagne" to
his repertoire. When he appears here
In the Garrick theater, the week Of
April 10, he will be seen In Lord
Dundreary," RI Were King" Ham
let" and "Charlemagne."
"The Happy Widows" win pay Wis
| II to the 0syety theater next week.
The company OF 50 people is headed
by Joseph X. Watson and Will II.
Conan. The entertainment II . mus
ical comedy In two acts called "ln
Dreamy Mexico" Vaudeville special
ties are featured with the show, which
Is said to have an unusual number OF
attractive. welldressed song numbers.
Included In the company are such 10
vorites az Helen Van Buren,, Fay
Odell, saida Watson, Irving Hay. Murl,
ray Simons, Howard Hall. Phil Smith,
Arthur Brooks, Ed. Weldon and Philip
Winston. The Temple quartet u .
feature of the vaudeville novelties.
Do you want to earn $26? All you
have to do II to stand for 10 seconds
on Q pair Of unicycle skates, and the
money II yours. The Great Henri,
on the Miles bill, this week, In thrill
ing roller-skating novelty, makes the
OFFER. and the management Of the play
house stands back Of him. On nu-
merous occasions the Great Henri's
challenge has been accepted, but 40
yet he has never been Obliged to part
with the $26. His unicycle skates are
of q type all their own. They are
20 inches high. and the foot plate II
10 inches above the center Of grav-
ity. In the ordinary unicycle skate.
the plate Is below on q level with the
center. II took Henri Z year and .
half to master the wheels. Many 10
the header he has taken, and more
than once be was on the point OF Civ.
ing up the task as impossible. To the
ordinary observer II looks easy, but
try It. Henri's act II full Of thrills.
He makes ones nerves tingle when.
wearing the ordinary roller skates. he