The Detroit times., 1914-03-27


Offering In the Washington thsster.
| The comlcal situations euaanate from
| the tAbricatious Of benjamin. Fits
hugh, 70 conceal from HE wife ana
| friends the fact that. through ecci'
dent, b. has been c0mpolled 20 spend
his supposed vacation 70 MEXICO In
Jail. In sheer mspdacity he out
Glasses the famous Baron Munchau'
sen. The ludtcrous complications
which snsue from his wholesale pre-
vnSications are % fast and furious
that the audience almost feels that
e should come to his rescue and re-
liovo him from his distroas and en-
bsrrassmeut. Charles Carver Will
play the role Of Eitxhugh, originally
played By william Collier.
Beginning Easter Monday. the
Washlugton thsater win inaugurate
fourcWeeks' season Of grand opera.
The principals 90 far engaged include
Adsjside Norwood. the creator Of LA
Tosca." In America: Mile. Johanna
Kristo0y. visnna's famous "Thsis;"
Gertrude Rennyson. Bayreuths great
Elsa: Marguerite Crawford. OF the
San Francisco grand opera: Louise
LsBarron. Of the Boston opera; NINE.
Rosalta Chariia. spain's famous Car.
men; Henry Taylor. Of the Montreal
Opera company: Henri Baron. OF the
st. Petersburg Grand opera: Arthur
Deane. San Carlo Opera company, Of
Australia; Frankie Werk. OF the Hot
opera, Berlin; MarshAll Vincent OF
Covent Garden. London. and Alsxan.
der Bevan. of the M0oney.l6anney
Opera company, England. Herr ~.
Fichandler will be the musical d.
rector, and Charles H. Jones, former
IL OF Hnmmerstein's opera h0use. IN
New York, will be the stage director.
There will be & chorus Of 100. among
which Will be some Of the best Of the
local operate students. The scenic
productions will be greater than any.
thing heretofore attempted. and the
costuming will be on an exceptionally
elaborate scale, Il II promised. The
first opera to be given will be Verbs
Ada" the second, verdrs I'll Trova'
tore:" the third. Wagner's "Lohen,
grim" and the fourth. Bizet's Gar.
men," Perhaps one Of the greatest
features OF the engagement will be
the scale Of prices. In the evening,
the prices will range from Is cents
in the second balcony to 80 and Is
cents In the frst balcony, and Is
cents and 81 on the orchestra floor.
Two matinees will be given, Wednes-
day and Saturday, when the prices
will range from % to Is cents. Seats
will 20 ON sale Monday morning,
April 6, in the box office OF the the.
Ater.
sketch, will be one Of the headliners
In the Palace theater. next week, pre-
scented by Cora Simpson and CON-
pany. Barber and jackson. "a man,
a maid and Q piano." will be another
of the feature acts, with . Commute
musical act that IL new and entertain
ing. Ten other acts including the
Hoffmanscope motion dramas, Will
complete the bill.
Il might have been saleslady. or
seamstress, or . lot Of things instead
of being an actress" remarked Gypsy
the clever character woman
with the Oscar and Adolph" show, In
the Lyceum theater. this week. II
might have been Q lot of things. but
think Of all the fun I might have
missed, for really, rye got q lot Of
fun out Of this theatrical life. and !
am not sure it's over yet. The most
fun / ever had was In Gay New
York. l used to play French. maid
In the hrSt act, dressed very decol.
lete, and as you see, am very thin.
80 l looked like IN animated SOUP
bone. / sang . song about 'Beaut.
ful Dop and the audience would lock
at me and yell. Then In the second
act, l appeared In white tights, TO-
lead a number. waving Q dag. A man
In the audience took one long, finger.
ing look ut me one night and said:
How can she live with that shape!
In the last act, appeared % m old
lady. I couldn't affOrd Z wig, %
used to buy about three pounds OF
corn starch every night to put In my
hair. After the show I would 60 to
the hotel and wash Il out with tar
soap, and sometimes got It OF in
time for the next performance. l
have been gifted with sense Of hu-
NOR. % l can laugh at the things the
ordinary woman cries about"
The Wolf,' which will be the last
attraction to be presented by the
Washington players In the Washing-