The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-26
:: In Local Rayhouses


previous years and they appeal both
as beautiful children and as finished
artists.
Henry Duggan as the dog, makes
the part the symbol of loyalty which
the author intended II, and Thomas
X. Corless, the cat, was sleek and sly,
the embodiment of feline treachery.
The story OF the Blue Bird is the
elaboration Of an old legend believed
by the children of Belgium and
France. Tyltyl and Mityl. aided by
the fairy Berylune, start on search
for the mystic blue bird, the symbol
OF happiness. Tyltyl is given the
power to summon to his aid the spir-
its OF fire, water, milk, sugar,
bread. the cat and the dog. Their
search leads without result through
the land Of memory, the kingdom OF
the past the kingdom Of the future
and the palace Of night, without sue
cess, and at last, after many journey
ings. they find the blue bird In their
own home.
TEMPLE.
Nat M. Wills, John e. Henshaw and
the Hanlon brothers-old-tim all
OF them-are renewing acquaintance
In the Temple theater this week.
A turn of the vaudeville wheel
would not be complete unless It
brought Nat Wills. ''the happy tramp"
to town. Little change in Mats make
up Is noticeable as the seasons roll
by. Perhaps there Is q little more red
grease paint on his nose, few more
rents In his tattered sack coat and q
dozen or SO extra medals" pinned
on his be-spangled vest-but additions
or subtractions do not materially
change the familiar tramp figure. And
Mats monologue Ii also much the
same. The war bulletins" that he
reads and his parodies on popular
songs are what tickle the audience
the most. He winds up with cur
tain speech In which he tells about
the difficult time his SON is having In
college.
John e. Henshaw, for many years q
familiar figure In musical comedy, ap-
pears with Grace Avery In riot, Of
song and chatter, entitled "A Vaude-
vile Table d'Hote." The act il gen
timely pleasing. particularly their lit
tie burlesque onSa society party and
the subsequent journey home In q
hired taxicab. Mr.. Henshaw also has
"a curtain speech and he tells his audi
ence that he played In Detroit when
the parQuet occupants now looking up
at him were smiling down ON him
from the top gallery, meaning that
In ha xotp Ear q
some 20 years ago.
Homer Miles and Helen Ray have
in An Innocent Bystander'' sketch
that is both dramatic and humorous.
The play depicts an interesting. II un-
usual, phase of night life In New York.
Bernard Cavanaugh. Caroline New
combe, Charles T. Lewis and John
Carter also take part In the sketch.
Lucille and her educated cockatoo
provide one OF the novelties on the
bill. The bird talks and sings after
a fashion. Sammy Burns and Alice
Fulton are agile terpsichoreans. They
are roundly applauded. not SO much
for their graceful dancing. a. for their
|lightning-like footwork and acrobatics.
The Hanlon brothers, famous In "Su-
perba" and "Fantasma," appear in
their farcical pantomimic absurdity
entitled THE Haunted Hotel" assist
ed by Edward J. Morris and William
J. Hoyt. The pantomime dancing of
the brothers has never been success-
fully initiated.
Betty Bond and Jimmy Casson
please with their songs and dances.
Betty is pretty and Jimmy sings well.
Collins and Hart, two Strong men.
earned many laughs with the old wire
act Microscope motion pictures
close the bill.
CRPHEuM.