The Detroit times., 1916-06-06
- THE
.OTACE
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

IT'S great show. that Frisrs
/ Yrolic. which disported itself Mon
I Aay afternoon and evening. in the
Detroit opera house.
Abbot George Conan says so, and
Al who saw Il will agree with him.
1 IT'S even worth FIVE bucks" which
Louis Mann, disguised as bill"
( shakespeare. marveled that a gull
BE public could be induced 20 part
with TO hear Frank Tinney play the
piano.
The "troupers" represented some
tOf the brightest, cleverest. and most
entertaining folk the American
stage can boast. with the oldest
member. George Primrose, the ia
mons minstrel. and the youngest
william Collier. Jr. William, Sr.'
was there and George Cohan had
his father. Jerry, along.
George, as abbot Of the Friars,
had arranged the show and so, of
course. II was full OF Fourth OF July
fireworks and snap. II went with a
bang from start to finish.
The Frolic opened with minstrel
FIRST part In which the following
well-known stage personages took
turns at being end men and inter
locutors: John King. James Doyle,
Julius Tanner. Max Figman, Ed
ward Garvie, Harland Dixon, An
drew Mack. Frank Tinney, James j.
Corbett. William Collier, Jr., Hap
ward. Neil O'Brien. George Prim-
rose, George NJ. Cohan. Jerry j.
Cohan. William Collier. There
we're songs by Felix Adler. Vaughan
Comfort. Frank Coombs, Irving Ber-
lin, Conan ard Collier, and dancing
By Doyle and Dixon and George
Primrose. The chorus numbered
men whose names mostly fare in
headline type and electric lights.
Bud" Fisher made Mutt and Jeff
pictures, and r. l. Goldberg wrote
'roolish Questions" and sketched
sTm the Guy" Bert Lewis there
q cieverer person on earth than this
famous Australian made portraits
Of Lincoln and Wilson in the amaz-
1rG manner which he alone seems
~ have mastered.
n The burlesque musical skit. THE
Bold Brave Black and Tans,' ex-
;o1oded a lot of perfectly good stage
and had the audience
acreaming at the picture of villa
bR0sented by BUSY Tzxy" Sidney
Edward CARVE was second hit in
NE skit. as Louise Lucas in search
.0f her renegade "niggah." Harry
Fraser. another Julian Eltinge, made
= handsome senorita. and there was
some remarkable dancing by Doyle
and Dixon. Tom Dingle and l. Idle
CliR.
n VIII Rogers. the cowboy come
dian and lariat .wirler, had about
the cIassiest Offering that ever came
down the trail. Wills political mon
oloGue was a wonder and as keen
- ~ Wy III which hc ahdhiPuia'tt
thoDg Innocent looking ropes of his.
Laddie Cliff sang and danced in
his inimitable way. Frank Tinney
was never funnier. and he didntt tell
his tomato joke either.
Conan and Collier joshed the life
out OF each other. sang and danced
and cavorted all over the place, just
to show they were "reg1ar guys"
Albert Spalding, that fine violin
ist. charmed everybody with the
playing OF Chopin Nocturne aud
! muted composition Of Fritz Kreis-
ler's
At seven different pianos were
seated Irving Berlin, Jean Schwartz.
Ernest Ball, Bert Grant, George
Botsford. George w. Meyers, and
James ". Monaco. and these famous
popular song composers played their
own syncopated tunes while Dave
Ferguson sang snatches from the
songs with which they first hit the
bull's-eye OF public favor.
Irving Berlin can sing and dance