The Detroit times., 1915-01-12
;: In Local PlayhOuses

ing funny stories about his father.
As long as "the old man" retains his
health, Charley will never want for
something laughable to talk about.
Albert r. Hawthorne and Jack In
glis Nuts are just jump ahead
OF Pontiac guard in their hilarious
absurdity, "A Fool There Is"
Adelaide and j. j. Hughes, referred
TO as Americas representative dane
ers, appear in a new arrangement Of
dances, entitled "The Dances OF Yes
terday, Today and Tomorrow" Ade-
laide is a fairy-like- little creature
with the daintiest. twinkling feet.
VILLA Holt Wakefield. who enter
tains with original and exclusive song
readings, is on her farewell vaude-
Vile tour, according TO announce
ment. Miss Wakefield is a vaudeville
pet with large following.
Walter Shannon and Marie Annis
sing and play in "A Shine Filtration
Shannon, In good voice, sings an ode
TO highball and another to pretty
ankle.
The Alpine troupe. two men and
two women, perform on double wire.
Motion pictures close the bill.
MILES.
Two acts won the lions share OF
the applause in the Miles theater
Monday afternoon, and in each in
stance the audience, capacity house.
displayed excellent judgment from
the critics viewpoint. Senator"
Francis Murphy, the German orator"
is easily entitled 10 the comedy hon.
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edition OF Cliff Gordon, and, in spite
of his Irish name, he has a German
dialect that Is simply irresistible.
His Grafton on the war is scream.
He says very solemnly that Germany
has placed an order with we'll
known American mail order estab-
lishment for 5000 ash cans. What
for? why, 70 clean up the allies
of course. And then he wakes elo-
quent indeed as he describes our con-
gress as ''the greatest aggregation
OF statesmen that money can buy
And his references to the "star-span-
gled strips and stripes" are always
good for laugh.
Next in favor with the crowd were
the two Johns, Murphy and Foley.
whom many regular theatergoers will
recall as the dancing wonders" fea-
tured with George Primrose in big
time vaudeville several seasons ago.
Their teamwork is neat and classy
and brought them a well-deserved
encore Monday afternoon. They APP
pear in blackface.
The big fash OF the bill is minia-
ture comic opera, THE Japanese
Prince" which has to its credit an
attractive stage setting, a couple OF
tuneful musical numbers and pretty
moonlight effect for a finale. The
story revolves around an American
girl whose rich papa. Chicago glue
manufacturer. wants her toN marry
Japanese prince until the latter dis
gusts them both, and papa tells him
plainly to go TO Halifax. OF course
there Is a rival, an American naval
officer, who comes in strong at the fin-
ish and claims the wealthy heiress
for his own. William Naughton as
the naval officer is just the sort OF
hero women love to read about in.
novels, while Louise Kay Is satisfac-
torily cast as the actress.
A familiar domestic problem is Civ
en- very frank treatment in the play
let Between Eight and Nine" which
the audience finds amusing in spite
of its serious trend Eva Prout is
a sprite-like little coincidence with
some exclusive songs and dainty dance
steps. Marie and Trevette open the
show with vocal selections ranging
from popular ballads to the clowns
lament from "Pagliacchi," and photo
comedies send the curtain down.