The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-06
WARRINGTON.


cert Of the season BY Neddermeyers
band, In the Washington thester. sun.
day afternoon. was the presentation
to Conductor Frederick L. Nedder.
meyer Of handsome medal set with
jewels. as q testimonial from NOM
bers OF the band and friends Of the
popular director. The presentation
was made by Frank r. Lamb. stage
director for the Warrington Players,
and large audience cHeered and
applauded Mr.. Neddermeyer a. he
said few words Of appreciative
thanks.
Mr.. Neddermeyer and his band gave
II Sunday afternoon concerts in the
Washington. each week winning new
friends and attracting larger audi
ences. The work of conductor and
players has been uniformly good, the
programs wellselected, presenting
many things not usually played by
bands, and Of caliber calculated to
be educational to the average audi.
ence. The band, numbering so play
ers. will hold together throughout the
summer aud will resume q series Of
concerts In October similar to the
season just closed.
LYcsUM.
One OF the best stock productions
ever seen in Detroit was the express
ed belief OF those who. Sunday. wel
coined back to the city Vaughan
CHASER and his company in the Ly-
ceum theater.
Mr.. CHASER presented 1.-THE Man Be-
tween," a stirring drama Of capital
and labor. with a maximum of excit-
Sunday afternoons audience liked the
production 80 well that after eight or
nine curtain calls the demands for q
speech" became so strong that both
Mr.. CHASER and Miss Fay COurteney
were obliged to express their appre.
citation OF the enthusiastic welcome
and approval.
The play centers about the efforts
OF q young bridge engineer who at
teMpts to stand between warning cap.
ital and labor and Is nearly crushed
between the two millstones. His love
for the daughter Of the president of
the road helps to complicate matters.
At the very verge of a strike, when
the engineer pleads in the name Of
mercy. humanity and business for the
arbitration of the matter the capitals.
tic railroad head drives a bargain
whereby the engineer will give up
the daughter to secure peace and bet
ter wages for his men.
It takes several months for the
hard headed but really warm-hearted
old railroad president to see the Or.
ror Of his ways and place his daugh-
terS hand In the hands of the IMAM
between"
The drama gives Mr. CHASER end
less opportunities for the display Of
his talent and he seizes each and
every one. He plays the part with
quiet force that Ii e relief after a
season of ranting. He is well sup
ported by Miss Courteney. who gives
the railroad mans daughter q charm
and winning personality that please
greatly. The several character parts
are handled In q mastery way by
members of the company, among
whom may be mentioned with special
praise, Harrison Steadman as the rail-
road head, Martin Woodwork as a
Bohemian laborer. Solmer Jackson as
Kenneth Stuyvesant, member Of the
idle rich and q generally worthless
sort. Helene Marqua as the engineers
sister, and Miss isabella Sherman as
Alma Pond. racy young society wo-
man with fondness for highballs
and cigarettes.
The minor characters are splendid
IL acted and the production is well
staged, the bridge scene in the Sec
ond act being especially praiseworthy
from q scenic viewpoint.
Next week will see the "Rejuveha-
tion OF Aunt Mary" comedy made
famous by May Robson and favorite
with Detroit theatergoers.
AVENUE.
There's q pleasant dramatic tale OF
life In Lancashire, Eng. in "Haxel
Kirke." which the Permanent players
OF the Avenue theater are presenting
this week. The play Is by Steele Mac
Kaye, who wrote 16 different plays In
a. many years. beginning In 1872, and
never exceeded, perhaps, the popular
approval accorded "Haxel Kirke,"
which created q veritable sensation
when produced In New York with .
fine cast Of players, many Of whom AZ
terward became famous.
In the Avenue revival Leona Slater
impersonates Hazel Kirke, the daugh-
ter OF the stern old miller, and the
old English and Scotch songs which
the part requires her to sing. In the
first and last acts, revealed her we'll
trained singing voice. As Arthur Car
ringford, Lord Travers. the young man
who IL rescued from drowning by old
Dunstan Kirke and who later falls IN
love with the girl who nursed him
back to life, Roy Walling has part
In which he II seen at his best. Aaron
Rodney. the country squire, the gen
erous friend Of Hazel Kirke. IL impsr.
sonated by Harry A. Starr with efIec-
tiveness; Milton Mobiles, Jr., - Pit
ticus Green, keeps the audience In an
unroar with his Interpretation OF the
serio-comic lines; George Earle -
Dunstan Kirke: Robert Hombere
plays Methuselah MiSgins. and A. w.
Lewis, Barney O'Flynn; Ruth Amos
has the role Of Dolly Dutt0n, the hery
little niece Of the old miller. and Lyn.,
da Earle and Carolyn Calvert portray
Mercy Kirke and Lady Travers, re.
spectivey.
Uncle Toms Cabin will be pre-