The Detroit times., 1914-11-24

by the Introduction OF vulgarity which
should be eliminated without delay.
( ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
TEMPLE.
The union OF the North and South.
the Blue and Gray, was cemented in
Good old York state rye" with a lit.
tie iawlens sugah to take OF the
curse in the Temple theater, Mon
day, when Sergt Bagby, late OF the
Kentucky He'll Haounds. 'Tobe' Ezell,
or the Fourth Georgia, and Ezra
Bloomfield, who "At through the hull
war with the Twenty-fourth Massa-
chusetts," drank TO the combined
healths of Gems. Jackson. Lee and
Grant at the finish OF Irwin S. cobb's
sketch, "Sergt Bagby.' dramatized
from the short story OF the same
name Incidentally, little love story
! Is woven into the production. and an
/ lfrate Yankee stepfather is foiled in
! his attempts TO halt the wedding OF
/ his stepdaughter. The sketch
! abounds with wholesome humor ard
exemplifies, in thorough 3manner.
the new relationships between the
enemies of a half-century ago
! AS laugh producers Ben Ryan and
, Henriette Lee beat anyone else seen
in the Temple this season, although.
III Is difficult TO understand Just sAshy.
Their act consists OF large amoant
OF squeaks. giggles. acrobatic dane.
Ing, squirms, Jerks. etc. apparently
/ mingled with neither rhyme nor rea.
son. but people just laugh and laugh
and laugh. without understanding why
themselves.
Mayo and Tally, formerly OF the
Empire City quartet, sing several
songs In an acceptable manner and
/ spring quite a bit OF real funny stun
! In edition.
Detroit telephone users (and there
must have been a lot OF them in the
audience) appeared thoroughly to
enjoy the farce "A Telephone Tan
gle" In which the antics OF a half
dozen persons trying TO get their
number" formed the basis for
whole lot OF laugh-producing sitIa.
tions. An Ingenious arrangement or
lights enables the audience TO see
each person at the 'bhJne
Tho Misses Campbell entertain
with some songs OF tire old south.
They have pleasing voices and make
4 judicious use of the banjo and piano
Hymack, who changes his clothes
about a million times In the 15 min
utes he works. keeps his hearers
guessing where he gets them. He
has the most mystifying quick-change
act seen here for many. many moons.
He does all his work in full view OF
the audience.
Jack McAllen and May Carson open
the bill with q pretentious skating
act, and the Four Nightons close II
with unique posing and acrobatic
number.
The Mooreoscope pictures are OF
the usual high order
MILES.
! "You see, 1t happened Ike this: The
girl with the golden curls was lying
on the edge of the river. and the
bracelet with the mysterious jewel
was on her right wrist, thusly; and
the villain came up to the edge OF the
river and said, 'Ha ha, | have you In
my power, woman and Just then our
young heroine fell into the river: and
our dog Rover (kind beast that he Isl &.
rushed upon the scene, drank up the
river. and our young heroine walked
ashore: and then the wretch OF a vii
I lain went back over the edge. and our
! dog Rover (kind beast that he is)
spit out the whole river and drowned
him"
What would you do II man wear
ing a long rain coat: a girth of gen
erous proportions and the facial ex.
preston OF a child who unwittingly
springs Joke and looks with won.
dering eyes when someone laughs,
1 told you a story like this? James j.
Morton has been telling stories like
this for good many years. He has
been wearing that same rain coat, and
i ne still seems 10 be nightly surprised
when you laugh at him. James j.
still has that plodding walk He used
81 Monday afternoon 10 walk out on
I the stage OF the Miles theater. The
I band played a few lines from Its a
\ Hot Time in the Old Town" there
came a thump, thump, thump and
I James j. started OF TO throw house
/, ful of people into Mysteries.
Inez Macauley. a Detroiter, I'm "The
Girl from Child's," a clever little
sketch. shared honors with Morton on
the bill. Mile. Fleurette4 presents a
series OF gorgeous living pictures The
Victroha Four mix music with comedy
and the combination is well received
Armstrong and Ford, presenting an
English Johnnie" and cop" who
succeed in Misunderstanding each 9th
er very well, also help TO make the
Thanksgiving program far above the
average: The juggling OF the Morton.
Jewell troupe is 2 bit more sensational
than most offerings OF the kind Two
hours OF motion pictures are also Civ
en al each afternoon performance in
I the Miles.
ORPHEUM.
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