The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-06
~ THE
STAGE
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

..S It's great show. that Frisrs'
troiic. which disported itself Mon
day afternoon and evening. in the
Detroit opera house.
Abbot George Conan says so. and
all who saw II will agree with him.
It's even worth five bucks" which
Louis Mann. disguised as bill"
shakespeare. marveled that a guilt
Bile public could be induced 10 part
with to hear Frank Tinney play the
piano.
The "troupers" represented some
OF the brightest, cleverest, and most
entertaining folk the American
stage can boast. with the Oldest
member. George Primrose, the ia.
nous minstrel. and the youngest,
william Collier, Jr. William, Sr7
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
bang from start TO finish.
4 The Frolic opened with a minstrel
flrsf part In which the following
well-known stage personages took
turns at being end men and inter
jlocutors: John King, James Doyle,
Julius Tanner, Max Figman, Ed
werd 0arvie. Harland Dixon, An
drew Mack, Frank Tinney, James J.
Corbett, William Collier, Jr.. Hap
ward, Neil OBrien. George Prim'
p0s4, George NJ. Cohan, Jerry J.
Cohau. william Collier. There
were songs by Felix Adler, Vaughan
Comfort, Frank Coombs, Irving Ber-
I'm, Conan and Collier, and dancing
by Doyle and Dixon and George
Primrose. The chorus numbered
men whose names mostly flare In
headline type and electric lights.
bud" Fisher made Mutt and JET
poctures, and X. L. GOLDBERG wrote
,sHoolish Questions" and sketched
<Tm the Guy" Bert LEWIS there
= eloverer person on earth than this
lanOus Australian!--made portraits
C Lincoln and Wilson in the amaz-
M manner which he alone seems
- have mastered.
The burlesque musical skit THE
nood Brave Black and Tans," eN-
fnblo6 q LOT Of perfectly good stage
3USunition and had the audience
SCREENING at the picture OF villa
nesdentsd BY BUSY IEzy" Sidney.
inward CARVE was second hit in
- exit. - Louise Lucas IN search
g her renegade "nigsah." Harry
Dresser, another Julian Eltinge. made
3 tMdSUms senurftx, xnd there was
ooae remarkable dancing by Doyle
aa1 DIXON. Tom Dtnsle and iaddie
0nR.
) WIN Rogers. the cowboy come
Dlaa and lariat twirler, had about
~ elassiest Offering that ever came
0own the trail. Wills political mon
a11ogues was . wonder and as keen
~ ne way In which he manipulated
thpoe innocent looking ropes OF his.
snA1die Clif sang and danced in
NJ inimitable way. Frank Tinney
~ never funnier. and he didn't tell
- tomato joke either.
II CohaA and Collier joshed the life
ct Of each other. sang and danced
~ cavorted al over the place. just
@ show they were "reg'lar guys"
Albert Spalding. that fire violin
~. charmed everybody with the
playing Of Chopin Nocturne and
3 muted composition OF Fritz Kreis-
lor's.
At seven different pianos were
seated Irving Berlin, Jean Schwartz,
Ernest Ball. Bert Grant, George
Botsford. George w. Meyers, and
James v. 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