The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-18
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.
Daddy Long Legs" have done
some tall travelling into Detroit
esteem. judging from the cordially
with which their second entry into
our dynamic midst was acclaimed
! in the Detroit opera house, Monday
night. Well. "Daddy" deserves II
al right. His legs were elongated
In Q good cause. He permitted
them to Be pulled In, IN uncomplain-
ing tag day spirit Of patience and
philanthropy In order to rescue Judy
Abbott ruth Chatterton) from the
clammy, mush-and-moremush insti-
tutional atmosphere Of the John
0rier Home for Orphans and put
her through college.
Daddy" vas Judy's name for
her bsnefActor. known TO her only
az her guardian. ''Mr. John Smith.
the charity-working disguise OF Jer-
vis Psndlston Henry Niller). But
on the day the orphan was informed
that she was to b liberated from
the desolation and drudgery OF the
John 0risr Homo and sent to col
lsee-the bedraggied blue Bingham
-of the orphanage to be replaced BY
q pretty frock-she was permitted
70 see the silhouette Of her bene-
factor through the window. and as
the legs be was pleased TO have
pulled for her were unduly extend
Cd In the shadow, abe hit upon
Daddy Long Lays" ~ a more en-
dearing description Of her rescuer
than "Mr. John Smith.
Pendleton. . prosperous bachelor
who u convinced that 1t IL . poor
investment to put . girl through
college to have her appropriated by
some whipper-snapper-directly she
10 educated. changes his mind when
he hears the embittered Judge Alb
bot defy the matron of the John
0rier Home for robbing her Of her
girlhood. But he wants to befriend
her anonymously: stipulates that
she shall write once . week--let.
tiers to be read by his secretary
but shall not be expected to reply.
In due course. however. his bache-
lor heart begins to respond 10 the
heart-talking reports from college.
He goes down to see for himself
how his protese Is getting along
not - the alleged guardian, but as
the only and original Jervis Pendle-
tcn-and Is . result finds himself
taking . four-years' course in the
Academy Of Cupid.
Judy loves him. but lets him
60 away from Lock Willow Farm
latter graduation) with an unap-
peased yearning in his heart be-
cause Of the blank pages In her
genealogical record. But Pendleton
think II Is because he has become
q dried-up mullen-stalk in the pas
ture Of existence: thinks II is the
young Princeton whipper-snarper.
James Mcbride. rnustached. scion
Of an overall manufacturer. who has
also taken q keen interest In Judys
education. The unhappy girl thinks
she ought to seek Daddy Long
Legs" counsel on the subject of a
product OF the John Grier Home &C.
cepting the love Of a member OF
the proud House of Pendleton. She
writes to ID. l. L." but he has
been hurt In . hunting trip and all
letters are withheld After a month
the fairy goAmother in the person
Of Miss Pritchard--who IL Q great
help TO everyone Immediately con
cernsd, including the author Of the
comedy, Jean Webster-wires
Judy to come at once.
In the Jervfs Pendleton library
she discovers that Daddy Long
Legs" b Just the one to clear up all
misgivfngs touching her attitude to-
ward Jervis Pendleton. and the Joy
Of the latter over her revised re-
Spouse to his mature devotion in
duces the conviction that he will
be satisfied with any ancestry that
Judy can procure from . nrm in
Boston that furnishes such things
upon application.
Not much room for dramatic In
tensity here; but It II mellowins
and merry, BY turn. and IL guaran-
tsed 70 beguile one into forgetful.
mess Of war and the fortunes 70 be
made out Of real estate. Henry
KILLERS portrayal Of the late swak'
ening Of the tender passion - . d.
lisAtful study In stage naturslnesu
and repression: while Ruth Chatter
tons conceptioa Of the bsclouded
Judy springing into the radiance d
life bears the stamp Of emotional
genius.
The telling Of this tranauilisina
story u very materially enhanced
BY the clever playing Of Charles
Truwbridge - James Mcbride, Ma
bel Burt - Miss Pritchard. Mrs
jacques Martin - Mrs. Semple and
the group Of little folks who depict
"a the high state of anarchy tina
Il liable 70 break out IN too vel
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