The Detroit times., 1915-02-16
pEIRoiI oPERA HOUSE.

OeTHOtV OpeNS WSSS
The Potash and Perlmutter stories
or Montague Glass which entertaineo
readers of the Saturday Evening Post
for so many months. are ON the stass
OF the Detroit opera house this wseA'
and an audience that crowded tna'
theater In every corner Monday even
ing, shrieked and chortled IN one con-
/ tinuous spasm OF laughter over tns
iups-and-downs Of the famous nrm VI
suits and clothing"
Abe Potash. In the person OF Juhsn
Rose. and julius Tanner. as
russ" Perlmutter. are very successIu,
In making these characters seem rear
| to the audience and In bringing 10
life from the pages OF the Post INC
..pardners" whose wordy war has caus-
ed many q chuckle by the home nre-
side a. pa. ma and the whois is'
have taken turns at the Post
The arrangement Of incidents In ~
stories 30 a TO make . sempiance ~
play Of continuous events anu
tion has been skilfully accompnsnso
To no particular person ID given tne
credit OF author. The program mero
" statss: "'Potash and Perimuttsr,
an up-to-date garment In three pieces,
made By our special designer non
material In the famous SATURDAY
Evening Post stories by MontAsus
Glass. trimmed with . thousanc
laughs and guaranteed TO at IA ~
and ages" The garment has oeeu
accepted BY thousands Of persons =
other cities a. being all wool anu
yard wide, and In view Of the TACT IN!
anxious customer not only crowdeo
the Detroit opera house Monday even
Ing, but have been eager buyers ~.
every performance during the week
Potash and Psrlmutter' WIZ pc
successful In selling their GOODS "
Detroit a they have been eisewne.s
interviewer with the laughs cresteo
By .Abe" and "Mawruss In tno,l
play Of wits with each other and WI.
their customers, n o tender OH q
sentiment In the romance netMeen
"Abe'ss daughter. lrma, and youns
Boris. to save whom from being 90
ported to Russia % q Nihilist, ADe
and "Mawruss'' come to the verge O
bankruptcy, and the attachment wnicc
springs up between "Mawruss' AND
Ruth Goldman. the best designer =
the business.
Beneath the shrewdness and sharI
business dealing Of ABE" and 49,
russ" are hearts Of gold and an aimos1
childlike innocence and trusttuiness
There n deep affection for eacn otne.
too, and while sNawruss" lets nimseil
speak his mind OUT to ABE" q
every turn, he has no mercy Tor any
one else who says . word against nii
partner. Mr.. Rose and Mr.. Tanner
succeed In bringing out the human
side OF the characters they interpre'
very deftly, and while the oniookel
LAUGHS he flnds himself also with
feeling OF sympathy and respect fol
1.-The very excellent qualities which Ar
| to DO found In the makeup OF tnt
members OF the nrm of Potash ans
Perlmutter."
Carolyn Lila, a. the blonde design
er OF "suits and clothing" Ruth GOLD
man, acted with business-like brisk
meas and has such Q pretty way VIII
i her that "Mawruss" was not the ONLY
person In sight to succumb TO ne'
charm.
Helen salingsr q Mrs. Potash
Blanche Aimee % Irma; Maurice
Barrett as Marks Pasninaky; Harr,
tHanlon as Attorney Feldman: LIZ
Donneiiy as Mozart Rabiner; RALPH
J. verbert az Boris; John Fenton al
Henry Steuerman. and Ned Burton q
Senator Murphy, were I'll important
members OF the large any. Juhs
Bruins. Montgomery Eggs famous
model, as the typist, and Jane Gilroy
Maude Leroy and Rose Chester were
an attractive group for the display o.
the Potash and Perlmutter models.
The ~Potash and Peramutter- en-
"a cement Is for the week with Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoon per
formances.