The Detroit times., 1915-11-03
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lacludss tAe Dooslas comedians
Leon Enrol end blg. baaek Deet VII
,iams. and . large Aumber of thr
cleverest entertainers wAoas s9orts
have been Identified With this class
OF stag sntsrtainnsnt n recent -
sons. tossther with many new facee
and talents. Tue heauty ee the
scenery and costumes, which vsse
designed By Jossf Urban. was much
commented upoa when the Folliss
wss arst presented n New York .
few months ago.
Daniel Frohman. one Of the fore.
most theatrical manassrs Of THE
country and elder brother ef the
late Charles Frohman. win arrive
In Detroit wednesday 70 witness .
performance Of Otis Skinner 10
Cock o. the Walk" In the Detroit
opera house. Mr.. Frohmsa b pres-
ident OF the Charles Frohnan or.
poration under whose Aireetioa end
managemsnt Mr.. Skinner 3 oeW ap-
psaring. One Of the CHIEF purposes
Of Mr.. Frohman's brisf visit - D.
troit win b 70 coafse WITH nP
Skinner regarding IN early psoluc.
tion OF Cock O. the Walk" n oQe
OF the leading Broadway Dlayhoasss
The Enslish company which r.
new on tour under the dirsctieo o.
Granville Darker aNd Percy Burton.
the latter Sir Johnstoas FoybeeRob
ertson's business manager. present
irg George Bernard Shaw's satirs
"Androclss and the Laoa." aAA Ana
tole Frances comedy. Tho Man
Who Married . DumA WNs." VII
be teen IN the oaryiek thsatsr the
week Of Feb. II. Mr.. BARKER viii
offer the original company. inciud.
ing his wife. Known professionally
as Lillah Mccarthy.
81 frequently have considerable
fur with my tricks," says Thurstou
the i,agician. now In the Lyceup
thcster. "nnd 7 rec3ll IN instance
during my world tour when ! was
playing an engagement IN Rotorua
New Zealand. which. By the way. r.
ono of he most wonderful places !
have ever seen. There met IN
old chiohain. whakerewarewa by
namc, who had coolie ~,g o.
which he was very fond. I admired
the das ard casually extracted .
sovereign from his tan. without
reeming to notice the Incident .
inquired whether he liked the dog
or not. and before he had time to
rerly extrarted another gold piece
firm the puppy's ear. I re~arked
tina. the dog was Q very valuable
animal. apparently. and strokins his
tail at the ssm~ time showered .
h"ndful Of sovereigrs into NV hat
This was too much for the Maoris.
who. upon my offer to buy the dog.
shook his head wisely. and led the
dogFic into fis hui. learnsf after.
ward he killed aud dissected the
animal relieving that he WAS filled
with geld"
Joe Navin. known ~ one Of the
movie worlds most daring dare
revils" In waking the sofoot lear
down o elf on horseback In one
o' tho cl,maves In the m~tiou drama
Of Carmen" now on view In the
broadway Strand. broke his lea
The unfortunate movie actor II
row laid up indefinitely end plsns
In which ne figured In the william
rox studios have had to Be chsnsed
until he recovers the use Of hi,
limb.
Says r'orence Martin. who plavS
so rrettiiv snd sweetly the lttl"
Irish ei-i in "Pe~ o. Ny Heart" this
week in the Ga-rick theater: "Most
acfcr-fo'k will tell you thev like 10
h"ve a lot o. men In the audience
men who have hsnds and are not
afraid to use them: ren who are
quick TO discriminate and not afraid
to say thew like something convey
Ing the information with hearty ap-
plause. Men probably make more
noise and give you more curtai"
calls. but give me- the audience Of
women. Women are not only quick.
or to see Q point. but rors sincerely
appreciative. better Judges Of act.
Ing. snd mo-e discriminating. Once
they like your play and you. they
are walking advertisements. and
VIII 30 out of their way 70 phone.
write or ten their friends the nivit
~ the attraction. Not 20 with men
While thew give their applause With
. large degree Of spontaniety. they
do not 90 % fAr 90 to heartily rec.
on,menA the performance 70 thsi-
male frienHs unless there 10 . pretty
chorus With the comoany. Il 10 the
wo~en who appreciate and sttsnd
the theater IN payins numbers."
Another poted actor has abandon.
"A tha ys~fttsaaNn sts@> tn0,0o0a pflv