The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-09
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Il cout nucto0lN1a.
Verify. The Whip" produced in
the Garrick theater Monday nigh
for the frst time locally. takes yot
back a few years-back 10 the days
when the old-fAshicned. -dyed-inthe
wool" blood and thunder melodrams
Was IN high favor. II Is Lincoln J
Carter raised to the nth power. so &c
speak. and given an atmosphere
10 raise Il above the popular-prict
level
And society enjoyed a.; aye, rev
eled in t. Daintily gioved hands
clapped wildly. exultantly when the
villains great coup was foiled. and
sweet lips parted In unlovely fash
ion TO hiss the wretch as he passed
In review with the rest OF the com
pany after the sensational train
wreck climax For many. no doubt
Il vas a new and novel experience
10 exercise q prerogative which In
those hectic days OF the ''ten-twent
thirt' was accepted as a matter oi
course by the patrons.
But. Of course. society knew oil
such things only by hearsay: now
Il has the advantage OF actual ex
perience. and The whip undodot
ediy will be one OF the principal
topics Of discussion at this weeks
bridge parties. To be able TO hiss
the villain At 81 q throw certainly
Is privilege worth waiting for in
these ultra-modern days when there
f. 30 little that Is really new.
The Whip" starts OF as a color
ful picture OF English life In the
north country. the scene being the
kennels At Faiconhurst on the es
tate OF Lord Beverley. Even In the
beginning thu air Is surcharged with
excitement. for the annual hunt is
on. and what with the horses and
hounds and an automobile acciden,
right in the middle OF the nrst act.
your sporting blood Is all a-tfngie Al
most before the thing Is under way
The vL.ain makes his appearance
early In the person Of Capt. Grea
vile Sartoris. hish-toned scalawag
Who gets away with his deviltry un-
suspected at FIRST because OF his
suave manners and his kinship with
the Lord OF Beverley. You can't
really bring yourself 10 hate the
fellow an he deserves 10 be hated.
he's such an easy going chap and
rather handsome. too Sartoris has
. very able confederate in Mrs.
D'Aquiila. a woman with a past. who
readily assents TO a plot TO force
herself on society as wife OF the
Earl OF Brsncaster by taking the
marriage record. in which undertak.
ing they are assisted by an assist
ant rector on whom Sartoris -has
something
Thus the plotting goes on all the
way through until the great train
wreck in the third act. when the
fast limited crashes into the horse
box that contains BeverIeys val
ued racing mare. The WHIP after
n has been detached from the train
ahead OF course the trusting sta
bic boy Is aroused in time by faith
full woman dependent Of the house
Of Beverley. who has raced the train
in an automobile and beaten Il by
q few seconds SO the horse Is saw
ed without a moment to spare, but
some OF the passengers on the train
are less fortunate The right OF way
Is strevn with bleeding forms. The
wreck. OF course. Il some more OF
the designing captains work.
After the railroad accident things
begin TO clear up rapidly. and The
Whip carries the Beverley colors
to victory in the 1000 guinea race
Just as everybody expects her to DO.
In II necessary to add that the fall
ing curtain finds the conspirators In
the tolls OF the law
Someone has said that the English
have no sense Of humor; IT'S a mis-
taken notion. What could be more
fitting than thai the authors should
choose the chamber Of horrors in a
London museum az the setting for
the chief comedy scene7 And It's
excruciatingly funny when Tom Lam.
bert. the honest Beverley trainer. TO
escape the scrutiny OF the jealous
Madame Nesmlsh. takes the place
Of a dummy that represented DIT.
crippen In the homicides' Dor. IT'S
all rippingly funny. don't yer know
It's easy 70 see why The Whip
should enjoy long runs In London
and In the larger cities % America.
The people always did like lurid
meiodrama when it's we'll done. and
the fact that you wear a tuxedo
doesn't exempt you from this class.
You'll enjoy The whip and you
may want 10 20 again. IT'S really
great fun. There's a laugh even I'm
the train wreck.
The parts are In uniformly good
hands. and the English accent IL
strong throushout. Miss Hilda Ho-
miss as Lady ana ssrtoris. Eric
hsyne a. Cant. GreaviIle sartoris.
and John T. Shine are especially
worthy OF mention.