The Detroit times., 1915-11-03
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Iacludss the popular comedians
Leon Enrol and big. black Bert WI.
'iams. and . large number of thu
cieverest entertainers whose efforts
have been identified with this class
OF stag entertainment In recent sea
sons. together with many new fAces
and talents. The beauty Of the
scenery and costumes. which werr
designed by Josef Urban. was much
commented upon when the Follies
vas hrst presented In New York
few months ago.
Daniel Frohran. one Of the fore
most theatrical managers Of this
country and elder brother Of the
late Charles Frohman. will arrive
In Detroit wednesday to witness
performance Of Otis Skinner In
|, Cock O. the Walk" In the Detroi'
opera house. Mr.. Frohman 10 pres
ident OF the Charles Frohman cor
poration under whose direction and
Management Mr.. Skinner 10 now ap-
pearing. One of the chief purposes
OF Mr.. Frohman's brisf Wait 70 DE-
troit will be 10 confer with Mr.
Skinner regarding an early produc-
ton OF Cock O. the Walk" In one
of the leading Broadway playhouses
The English company which r.
new on tour under the direction OF
Granville Darker aud Percy Burton.
the latter Sir Johnstoue ForbesRob
ertson's business manager. present
irg George Bernard Shaw's satire
l"Androcles and the Lion" and Ana
toe Frances comedy. Tho Man
Who Married . Dumb WIFE," viii
be seen IN the 0an1ek thsstsr the
week OF Feb. II. Mr.. Barker will
offer the original COMPANY. inciud-
ing his wife. known professionally
as Lillah Mccarthy.
81 frequently have considerable
fur with my tricks" says Thurs.on
the i'agician now IN the Lyceum
theatcr. "and I rrc9Il An instance
during my world tour when I was
plying an enlargement In Rotorua
New Zealand. which. BY the way, r.
ono Of he most wonderful places !
have ever sten. There I met an
old chintrain. whakerewarewa by
nsmr. who had coolie S'g %
which he was very fond. adm red
the das ard casually extracted .
sovereign from his tail without
seeming 10 notice the incident. !
inquired whether he liked the dog
or not. and before he had time to
rerIy I extracted another gold piece
firm the puppy's ear. re~arked
tina. the dog was a very valuable
animal. apparently. and strokins HE
tail at the pm" time showered
h"ndful Of sovereigrs into nv hat
This was too much for tho Maoria.
who upon my ofYer 70 buy the dog.
shook his hssi wisely. and led the
coggic into ris hui. learnet after
wa-d he killed and d!ssected the
animal believing that he was filed
with geld"
Joe Navin known az one OF the
movie worlds most daring dare
fevils" In -aking the s0-foot lear
down cliff on horseback In one
OF tn c''maves In the motion drsma
% "C-rmen now on view In the
broadway Strand. broke his leg
The unfortunate movie actor is
row laid up indefinitely md plsns
In which he figured IN the u-illiam
Fox studios have had TO be changed
until he RECEIVERS the use Of his
limb.
Saws Florence Martin. who PLAYS
so rrettilv and sweetiy the littlc
Irish girl IN "Pe@ o. Ny Heart" this
week In The Ga-ri"k theafer: "Most
! ar'or-fc'k win tell you thew like TO
h"ve a lot % me, In the audience
men who have hands ard are not
afraid to use them: ren who are
quick TO discriminate and not afraid
TO say thew like some hing. convey.
ing the Information with hearty ap-
plause. Men probably make more
noise and give you more curtai-
calls. but give me the audience os
women. Women are not only quick
er TO see q point. but '-o-e sincerely
appreciafive. better Judges Of act
! ing. end moe discriminating. Once
they like your play. and You. they
are walking entertainments. and
will 20 out % their wav. TO phone
write or tell their friends the mirif
~ he attraction. Not % with m.n
{ whi'e thew give their applause with
large degree OF spontaniety. they
do not go 30 far ~ to heartily rec
on,mend the performance to thei-
male fricnHs vn'ese there 10 q pretty
chorus with the company. II Il the
wo~eu who aprre~iate and efterd