The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-17
TEMPLE.


Grace La Rue, a Broadway song.
tird OF rarest plumage. occupies
seventh position on the Temple bill
this week. Her program OF songs
includes several Of the newer COM
positions. which she renders with a
peculiar dramatic effect that 10 alto.
gether pleasing. Miss La Rue's voice
Ia we'll adapted to her selection OF
songs. including ARTS" 1.-TWO Eyes
OF Grey" "Salutation OF the Dawn"
u Love You SO" and my Tango
Dream" The dress creations worn
by Miss La Rue are both original
and extreme.
Pathos and comedy are simply
heaped together In Veterans" a
oue-act comedy drama In which the
inimitable Harry Fern and his com.
pany are appearing The action Is
supposed to take place In front Of
the Old Soldiers Home, Johnson
City. Tenn. where Harry Fern. In
the character OF Henry washington.
q loQuacious darkey. 10 proprietor OF
q fruit counter. lunch room, barber
shop, shoe shining parlor. etc. The
grating superintendent of the home
Is the villain In the play. He at
tempts to eject an old soldier be-
cause the latter fails to contribute
to the post fund. Through the in
tervention Of United States SEN
ator. who arrives at the ground In
an Anticipated street car just In the
nick OF time, the cid soldier Is
properly provided for. and the super
intendent Is threatened with I'm
vestigation." While all this is TAX
Ing place, Henry Washington. the
darkey. keeps the audience In a con-
tinual chuckle with his witticisms
and quaint sayings.
Dorothy DeShelle & Co. present
"Crookology." a playlet by Una Clay
ton. and intended to be a satire on
modern crook plays OF the Deep
Purple" class. The authoress falls
short In her attempt at satire, but
she does present an interesting COM
edy that carries few knocks for
the police officials higher up" The
fact that the clever man crook In
the play is easy prey for girl
crook only goes to prove that after
al the girl Ii the cltverer crook.
There is a good laugh In Leona
Thurber and Harry Madison's skit.
"On . Shopping Tour" which serves
TO introduce Miss Thuroer in orig
inal song numbers and Madison in
clever dancing specialties, in add
ton TO their store" comedy.
The Musical Johnstons have a
xylophone Offering that Is unusually
good. Other acts on the program
are the Six Military Dancers; Ward.
Bell and Ward in an acrobatic and
dancing novelty: Under the White
Top" and the Flying Mayos in an
exhibition OF skill on the trapeIe
and rags. The Microscope pic
torial review concludes the bill.
oRphEUM.
Anthony & Adele open a very
good bill in tho Orpheum. this week.
with q whistling aud accordeon-play.
ing act. Anthony has some bird
like trills. and Adele goes through
the Miserere In great style on her
"accordeen."
Howard Chase. a Detroit boy, and
q company consisting OF Emmett
O'Reilly and Janet Fisher present
farce comedy called when Ignor-
snce IL Bliss" The comedy is cheap
and the dialogue no good at all, but
the actors show considerable ability
and work hard with their poor vehi-
Gle. They should have sketch
more worthy of their powers.
Warren 4 Francis do song and
dance stunt. with the emphasis on
the dance. Miss Francis is plump.
but she displays surprising agility.
end the team makes a hit.
As soon as the curtain goes up on
he Cadets de Gascoyne, the audi
once knows 1t is in for treat. There
are three men and q woman. and
every one OF them has a good voice.
They start on BLUE Danube and
lead through the Miserere from I'll
Trovatore" to the Soldiers chorus
from Faust" The act 10 artistical-
ly staged. and Is OF such high class
that the audience cant get enough
Of II.
Arthur Risby, black-face COM
edian, has q limo OF talk that simply
goes on from one thing to another
without finishing anything. After
mediocre start he becomes genuine
ly funny, and before he Is through
he has several women going through
ell the stages Of Mysteries.
Miss ellis. known as the woman
Hercules" assisted by two male
acrobats. presents a good closing
act. Mis- ellis bulges out OF her
tights like white hope. She has
need of all this muscle. however,
Her big stunt Is TO catch a flying
man on her hands and balance him
upsidc-down-a remarkable test OF