The Detroit times., 1914-11-03
oerRo,T OPERA HOUSE.

Theatergoers who have seen Maude
Adams In Barrie play were prepared
for a treat when Miss Adams opened
a weeks engagement In THE Legend
OF Leonora. In the Detroit opera
house. Monday night.
Many who have fallen In love In
past seasons with Babbie, and be-
come as little children under the spell
OF Peter Pan, thought they had en-
joyed 10 the full the joint product OF
this delicately whimsical playwright
and the versatile. witching actress
But The character OF Leonora offers
still greater revelation of the potency
for charm found IN the Barrie-Adams
combination.
Every facet OF Miss Adams person
ality Is brought into play In the char
acter of Barrie's newest heroine. Fol
Leonora Is. as the author says, "a
mother, a coQuette. feminist, q wid
Iow who dances divineiy. woman
without q sense Of humor and Q wo
man with too much sense OF humor.'
And Miss Adams, In her fnterpreta
ton, Is all these. and more.
Leonora, being all these things. can
not understand why she should bs
tried on a charge of homicide, because
she pushed from q moving train
man who refused to close the window
when her little girl was catching cold
"for what else was there to dof" she
asks. And she even brings that most
solemn institution. q British court OF
| Justice, TO her point OF view. Oi
course the story is In direct violation
Of all conventions and probabilities
how much 30 can be guessed by any
one who has ever seen q British cour'
In operation and then tries to imas
ine the jury decked out In nowers pre-
sented by the prisoner and the digni
fed Judge engaging In what approach
es q irritation with the fair culprit.
But the absurdity Is delightful and
underlying all IL rich and tendel
vein of sentiment.
Barrie himself sums up the whole
story In the. words spoken by the
Judge In the play, after Leonora's &C
| Quittal:
"You are one OF those around whom
legends grow even In their life time
This IL the sort Of thing you nigh
have done had your little girl had
cold. and this is how we might have
acted had you done It. You are moi
| OF today. But as we lool
longingiy a: you we see again, In theil
habit as they lived, those odt-of-date
unreasoning. womanish creatures. oul
mothers, our grandmothers, and Other
very dear ones long ago loved and
lost"
While, Of course. the play is al
Miss Adams, the excellent support
which she receives should not be lost
sight OF. The Mr.. Justice Grimsby
Of Arthur Lewis IL admirable; Nor
ton Selten n an excellent attorney
general, and Charles Hammond q
Captain Rattery, portrays the tradi
tional English naval officer.
The play is concluded by o Barrie
version Of The Tanning OF the Shrew'
which the author calls "The Ladies'
Shakespeare" In this II IL made ap
parent, that the famous Katherine
was never q shrew at all. On the con
trary. having decided to be married
and have the thing over" she de
termined to wed only man whom she
could turn around her finger BY max
ing the masterful Petrucnio imagine
that she is violently opposed to wed
lock she fires him with q desire 10
tame her, thereby accomplishing heI
own ends and at the same time hllin1
her husband with self-satisfaction.
CARRIck.
The best part of High Jinks." the
lively musical comedy that opened
Ia weeks engagement In the Garrtck
Monday night, Is that the magic per
fume that makes light the hearts and
heads OF the company Is waited out
into the audience. and has q similar
result there.
The frst-nighters packed the house
and they discovered well-staged
and vell-cast performance. filed to
the brim with irresistible music,
clever, and on the whole, clean
humor. amusing situations and dane
ing that is far above the ordinary.
There is chorus. Something
Seems Tingle-ingling." that Is repeat
ed every few minutes throughout the
ey ening, that splendidly describes the
show. Something Is "tingle-ingling
on the stage every minute, and before
the performance has fairly started,