The Detroit times., 1916-11-14
~ THE
CTAGE
pErRoLr OPERA houss

Fate decided thar conventional
uelodramA. even y that drama 3
tr~atse IN An unconventional man
net aud Fery Veil acted. Is not ex
actiy what the Detroit opera house
patrons entov most This vas made
apparent Monday night. when Henry
y Sat age offered Fate Decides
Nhich 10 terms play ~ parallels
Some really nne acting and some
excel e0tionally clever lines Won cor
siderable applause. bat there vas
little n he way of a demonstration
. tns- might he construed as enlhgs!
asu
u taxes loaS ,ime 20 tel he
itiie story because it - all done
over twice The tale Is unfolded I'm
tao acts each az tE0 scenes The
TWO acts. dialogue and al. arc al
most IDENTICAL save for slight all
terariou A. the fnish which invoIv-
ID a suicide Az the end OF the frs-
half ore man snof himself and then
shen the story vas rehearsed it uas
another man Who san, q stage rgi
let crashing thru his hear
The deadly parallel is desi gned TO
show that fate rules in this lite and
/ that one cannO' SNOW What Is best
until II Is too late In This case a
I drink ~ sherry lhar had been srug
I ged vas SUFFICIENT 20 change The
I whole future for aH the characters
and 20 send one schemer 70 death
( instead Of his victim
JACK Hilliard. played hy Paul Cor
don. went 20 New York from Akron
O.. 10 make good SO thar he couic
marry Mary Norweli who in The
person of Nina Com bel. vas very
attractive and Re,i worth making
good FOR Things don't break right
for Jack and - r. ahoGf 20 conf mis-
suicide when some % his old kKror
friends reach he metropolis IN
he erst rendering - the play they
discover Jack in bis tenement house
room Ia the lower east side. aEc
fase him 70 heir ane apartment on
Riverside Drive where tate makes
Jack me victim ~ circGmstantisI
evidence and drives him 20 death
when The story IL told over JACK.
under the influence % he drugged
liquor. goes With 9 pair Of burglar
20 rob he apartment o. the Akron
folk RECEIVERS lis senses in time to
betray ais supposed accomplice. who
.n Turn exposes fhc man higher up
ard drives him 20 suicide
In other words Fate dsCreed that
fhe man who Was strong and resist
~d GFtna ann other temptations a.
r1ined -ut shsn he weakened and
took 10 he bottle IN desperation
Fafe guided him thru devious paths
tr h4roine The moral would sp-
pear - be that Fate saves the weak
ard INV o-hy and gets after he
81 -oug and manly Vith cruel lash
The story has this other weak
1eas that ~ is quite obvious from
hrsi f0 issi one anticipates every.
hing and sits quietly waiting for
20 happen just aS he had foressen
rat ' would happen
Glad Bowen. ahose voice is the
voice ~ Pate endows that interest
inE spirl' with truly splendid vo-
"a equipment Earle Mitchell and
Pauline Lord burglar and burglar
ess o. some very good work Frank
Mills a. ne real villain. is highly
appreciated FOR his fine acting and
ihc other parts are all IN good
bands including those OF Guy Cor.
con. Fi zateth kriaans Kathleen
romsgys Charles Hallock aud J y
Rollins
lncldnatslly Fate almost decided
20 give the audience = thrill that
was NOT on the program A short
time before Che final curtain those
iu tte audience began 10 deteCf ths
odor ~ something burning and
maDy began 20 gef nervous Soon
one nan picked up his overcoat and
hurried out In moment another
followed ard soon perhaps a dozen
or more had left The audience vas
plainly srcited and women were
lrEing iheir escorts 20 take them
away Finally a. n b. common I'm
pulse most ~ those IN the front
rows gof 20 heir feet and started
f0r fhe aisles
Paul Gordon eaE In The midst ~
a pretty little love scene with the
object " his affection al fhis time
Dur tr gave 10 WooinE for the mo
meui while no cslmsd the audi
enre
Please keep your seats he call
I'd some rags we're burning on
Tho sage. but they have been taken
our and here b. no danger"
This aafished the timid ones and
they resumed their seats and saw
he remainder % the play. altho the
last &C, vas spoiled ny the Incident.