The Detroit times., 1916-02-02

Margot Williams, who Is playing
Molly In kick In this week In the
theater. devoted her spare
time to doing what she could for
soldiers of the Allies during her
long stay In London, In Willard
Mack's melodrama. She helped to
entertain invalided Tommies at teas
and appeared several times at bene-
At performances. She also endowed
a bed In one OF the hospitals. Miss
Williams. being Irish, naturally
made warm friends among the Irish
officers, and she was desirous OF DO
ing something for the men at the
front She asked one OF the irish
colonels what she might send MS
men. "Send them mouth organs,
he told her, and II you want to
make them real happy. give them a
portable gramaphone.' So Miss VIII
liams bought a large assortment OF
mouth organs, together with a
gramaphone on wheels that could be
trundled about like q tea wagon.
Many a Tommy, the colonel told
her later. had gotten q wound by
going back to the trench after the
mouth organ he had left behind.
Fixing Sister" Is the rather GU
rious title OF william Hodges new
play, which follows his 10 years OF
success with THE Man From Home"
and "The Road TO Happiness and
will be seen in the Garrick next
week. II tells in it's four acts how
devoted brother outwits head
strong sister who has been carried
away by the temptations OF luxury
title-hunting and bridge whist gam
bling of the gay society life OF the
metropolitan rich. AS result of
her foreign travels she has also al
most annexed "A foreign noleman
OF untested lineage. Her brother
John Otis, representative Ameri'
can of a shrewd and humorous sort
such as Hodge is ideally fitted tc
portray-learning of his sisters
peril, hastens to New York from
Kansas City. II is his native com
mon sense and shrewdness which
effect q not sudden but, finally, very
effective cure. He rescues his owr
sweetheart, a tantalizingly indepen
dent sort Of American girl. from the
wiles and the guiles of dew York
society and foreign nobility.
There is said to be variety and
quality in the musical success, ME.
Him and L. which will be the at
traction in the Lyceum theater next
week. or late il has been consid.
cred disagreeable, not to say imper-
tinent. In an audience to expect a
plot with a musical show and this
is one Of the many reasons why
"Me, Him and |" always pleases. The
mere story Is good comedy. in itself
and the music quite above the aver
age. Primrose Seamon Is said to
score with her singing. while Meyer
Harris, Arthur Conrad and Charles
Van, In German, Irish and tramp
characters, cause many laughs.
"The Birth of Nation" continues
its prosperous stay in the Detroit
opera house. where 1t is being given
twice daily, including Sunday, rc
practically capacity audiences. Mr.
Griffth's treatment of this spectacle
Is much greater and grander than
the original play of "The Clansman.'
He shows 5000 scenes of far-fung
battle lines of many, many miles
and the Ku Klux ride in the open
surpass in thrills any automobile
races ever shown. Other marvels
OF the work are the accurate histor
ical details. the wonderful repro
duction of crowded interiors like the
theater where Lincoln was shot. and
the South Carolina legislature ses
sion of 1870, the taking OF battle
scenes al night by secret new
process. the use of $4,000 yards OF
cloth for Ku Klux costumes and IL.
900 yards for womens dresses. "The
Birth Of a Nation" will conclude its
engagement in the Detroit Sunday
evening. Feb. 13.