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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 71

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Ill PART IVE MILES The STAGE ft HOW Mat Dally Continued from Preceding Page MOTHER INLUENCE and CADILLAC OLLY Stories of the Prize oremost Instrumentalists COMING Reed And Three American Singer Whirlwind Gymnast (OXTIM'OUS MATINEBS TODAY ROM 3 TO ft GAYETY feen Rill R1HI Yale! Giants vs Athletics ants SERIES In a See These Games at Home ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC SCORE BOARD At the MILES THEATER DOGS AMILY TWICE DAILY 2:15 AND 8:15 Top 9 jETTM SDIVINGC ntYMPHS pl' Holden company in Girls from Starland 4 ilo: fa 10 Game Today DETROIT vs BURLESQUE Klimf Ganolo reeni he Hudon Theater Sueees Returns efi I from a VERON Liner Ad in BREWERY TELEPHONE MAIN 137 in the The Detroit CALL OR A CASE Night Prices: 15 25 50 75c Mats Sun Wed Sat 15c to 50c ree Press HOME COMING POPULAR ACTOR sff Mr NORMAN HACKETT Double Donald Stuart's Dramatization of 0 Great Novel than any other Detroit paper per word BROADWAY li to Rl DETROIT'S THEATRE BEAUTIUL Is Mrd off the action Quicker Better with a bevy of beautiful and a great singing and danc Ing chorus Added attraction M' Pl A and may photo COMEDY hai the appeals to all acres and all classes of theatergoers but STAY AS LONG AS YOU LIKE Of of 1 MATINEE EVERY DAY on i imen Stalls $7 pu oa 1 I GREATEST AMI RKMKNT VALLE After Breakfast go to The amily st Coa PLAY BY PLAY SHOWING THE RUNNERS GOING TO AND BETWEEN THE BASES EVERY MOVE THE BALL AND PLAY ERS BALL BEING DELIVERED ROM PITCHER TO BATTER WATCH THE BALL ON THE MOST WONDERUL CONTIxrOI vt CDKV1LI Wu 1 Wc Cl ratt llde tssullfc Assisted by Al Lamar' and Th attraction will be three Mo Burke comes to the house on Monday A Sextette of Exquisite Beauties In the Most Remarkable Exhibition of Aquatic Skill Ever Presented Archie Goodall Is coming to the Broadway for the week of October 5 hi a headline girl and muslc sketch according to advance infor mation Morris reeman Co with a new sketch will be a feature act that week Master Gabriel the midget come dian who has made countless thou sands laugh as Buster Brown and Little Nemo will appear at the head of the Temple theater pro gram during the week of October ttih Assisted by Al Lamar and an excellent company Gabriel will offer his latest comedy creation en titled "Little a playlet said to contain twenty minutes of solid laughter Gabriel has just conclud ed a feature engagement at the theater in New York where he played the principal role in Mrs rances Hodgson play "Rackety Packcty be rits William and erdinand Gottschalk two members of the original cast In America twenty A Gigantic Success With its new policy of giving two big shows daily a full regular bill of nine acts of the highest grade vaudeville (instead of two short shows an evening as formerly) but at the same old liberal prices of 10c 20c and 30c with loge and mezzanine seats at 50c and box seats at 75c Matinees 10c and 20c Night Prlos 25c JL Smoklna Allowed NEXT STAR 4 GARTER CO IIOi3SaiJadE3ffli3EL INCLUDING The Paramount Pretentious Water Novelty of the World THE STUNNING AND SENSATIONAL the distinguished players MR and MRS TREAT Rfe QPP HOTEU WEEK STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE LATEST MOTION COMEDY AND DRAMATIC By PORTER EMERSON BROWNE AUTHOR OOL THERE we children had no was the remark of an observer who had been attentively listening to the testimony in certain cases of way ward juveniles in the court lately Her meaning wai that the mothers had neglected to exercise the salutary Influence their authority gave them In the training of their children In early youth A beautiful Instinct even where law does not control seems to impel her to throw about their moral being the arms of her protecting care Still there 1 cause to fear that in many instances mothers are responsible for the un godliness of their children Some times parental ambition i the mis leading spirit The mother wishes to see her daughter or her son a mem ber of the more exclusive social seti If familiarity with urh pleasures and ways of life as nobody doubts are spiritually harmful be consid ered essential to such popularity and well people must be young "Two things a master commits to his servant1 saya an old writer: child and the child clothes Tc will be a poor excuse for the servant to say at his masters return here are all the child elothea neat and clean: but the child is Christian Herald Girls rom one "The Girl rom one the big burlesque hits of the year comes tu the Gayety theater Sun day afternoon for a stay This show is a real musical comedy Nothing that the average patron of burlesque or the most exacting one for that matter looks for good show is missing in this The principal women in the are Billie Hill and Katherine Celesta McConnell of whom It be said that they rank among th handsomest women on the stage They have already made good in musical comedy and are given parts in the new production that allow them opportunity to shine again The mate contingent is notable It includes Hany Stanley Charley Horn Joe Niemeyer Chas Lam mers Kaymune Castcl Harry Kearnley arl Mich and Uttoe Koerner Tn chorus is a' collection of young girls who have good songs to sing and who are able to sing them well The show is gorgeous ly costumed and the lighting effects are striking and original Contrary to usual custom in burlesque there are three acts The first snows a steamer coming into port an illusion jjuLLis worked out by ingenious mechanical devices As a finale to this act tne gang plank is lowered and the actors uid actresses trip over the footlights and out into the aisle as em barking irom vessel The next aet gives the theater ghfir a peep at the real world behind the scenes the stage being set as for a dress jvhcarsal and the perfornnTS going through their parts in that spirit Lastly there Is a cabaret scene in which a number of specialties ate introduced village near The heroine of the story is or me vinage a handsome daughter has the goodlook nephew of a The marquis Australian BoyScouts Camp Life and Sport Week ComMendno Sunday Mat Sept 28 Most Talked of Show in America Dance the Winds Special added features: Wed nesday night Amateur Contest Thursday night Chorus Girl Contest riday night Wrest ling match Burlesque that IS for less money 10 20 30 Next week SEPTEMBER MORN be an amateur diving aud swim minc coinuetltidn in connection with swim tor a Winthrop Ames Is to produce the delightful fantasy or Love in a by Laurence Houseman and Granville Barker at the Little theater New York "Ben has started on Its fifteenth season In these days when plays on subjects that are usually taboo are attracting atten tion it Is worth while to note that the American taste is sadly mis judged by those managers who think that the Tenderloin theme or the private confidence of the phy sician's office are suitable for stage treatment "Ben proves the contrary bv Its long and prosperous career The trouble is that authors are not turning out plays like Hur" The other sort ot stage material Is easier to fashion Hiss pillle TT frrtli nnpra rvpning October 6 In "The Ama It tells a story of how an English lady failing to bear a soil has brought up her three daugh ters as boys Miss Burke plays one of the daughters the real tom boy of the family who likes being a boy and who resents It when st the end of the play her mother orders her and her sisters Into frocks confessing that her plot against nature has failed that "girls will be It Is a de lightful play and Miss Burke Is de lightful In it In her support will Rheingold Beer Always the Same Good Stuff Voigt Drinks Same Since 1855 VOIGT BREWERY CO DETROIT ED MORTON A Comedlaa Wit Sing THE! SPENDTHRin A Substantial Story of a Society Spender The Avenue theater will enter the stock company held and will be reopened Sunday afternoon October tr ith i nn occupancy Most Imposing and Gaily Capari soned Show Ever Seen in Burlesque nn JINGLING TINGLING 4V MUSICAL NUMBERS Dally Mat 25o 50o LADIES lOo tho diving girl act Local mers ere eligible to enter prlie Entire change of show every Monday Commencing tomor row afternoon The Lady Birds Cecelia Loftus has been engaged tn play Juliet and Desdemona in William performances of "Romeo and and "Othel or tho present Mr ever sham will not include as he intended among hl pro ductions thought he may do so later Announcement has been received of the subjects ot the new scries of Newman traveltalks which will be given at the' Detroit opera house on live successive Sunday evenings beginning October Itf The marked progress and develop ments in the large cities of Eu rope which the constantly increas ing number of American tourists find from year to year have Creat ed a demand for such a series as Mr Newman will present The first subject "London will por tray tne metropolis as it is today The Militant Suffragettes the progress ot their movement anj its effect will be an interesting feature The second subject "Paris" will reveal life in the real Ixitin Quarter the season's fashions as worn at the races and on the boulevards the shops where they originate and the priceless art treasures which abound in the city "Home Ancient and the third subject will be followed by a pictorial journey through "lor ence and and the City will conclude the course it especially Interests women There are many reason for this notably however because It 19 an eaempiiftcation of style in dress and furniture Three periods of dress are 1860 1883 and 1912 In 186(r the boopsklrt'flour Ished: in 1SS3 the exaggerated bustle and in 1912 the straight cut clinging are fashionable Then too the decoration of the reception room in which the action of passes is a matter of Interest All three acts are In this room but time marks extreme changes in the furnishings The patterns of the furniture carpets wall hanging and other movables change with each act "Bought and Paid the great George Broadhurst comedy drama uf New York life will be presented for the first time in this city at the Garrick theater for the entire week beginning Monday evening Octo ber 6 "Bought and Paid may well be called the greatest play of our time It has scored tho most pronounced hit of any play produc ed in recent years and has to its credit a continuous run of over one solid year at the Playhouse New York six months at the Princess Chicago five months at the Adel phi Philadelphia and was also produced by William A Brady at the New Theater London where it ran for over six months Perkins ischer Present HAL WAY GRAND OPENING ALL AND WINTER SEASON at is rrrnr rrrxixn A BEST SEATS tic 15c S5c 3Sc SOe and lit WEEK STARTING MONDAY SEPT 29 M00RE0SC0PE Moving Pictures times In London and 1447 time In tho United States During all tho teasona Miss Stahl had th remark able record of having miss ed a performance of the play What makes tho lead ing lady grouchy? Hatvlle She had counted on mak ing a big hit with her divorce case this season and just a the was about to bring proceeding her hus band had to go and Mabel! (indignantly NoW lnt that just Ilk a Judge THE DETROIT REE PRESS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1913 Many people have said Elsie erguson ever got the right fort of play she will become on off the most popular player on the American This season Is to appear in Strange Wo a play of American life dealing with a woman of rather ad vanced Ideas by William Huribut It is now in rehearsal and among Miss erguson's friends it Is thought that she has the desired play at last Mr Huribut showed excep tional promise in his earlier effort "The ighting That Strange will be his finest achievement is confidently predict ed The scenes of the new play ar laid In Delphi Iowa Mrs Alice Megan Rice whose Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch made us familiar to the English has written another play mance of Blly Goat William Crane 1s due from Europe early in October and will soon after start ta rehearsals of the new version of "The Henrietta Much that would be regarded as old fashioned In the famous play will lo eliminated and some of the characters will be materially changed but all that was best in the early version will be found in the new Mr Crane han been abroad for several months Most of the time he spent at Carlsbad Oliver Doud Byron will be Jho actor of the parish priest in the American performances of canon John Regan Marie and ay mem play may or may not have a literary value without affecting Its value as a Donal Clive Stuart writes In the North Amer ican Review in a discussion of the relation of drama to literature it has a literary value without harming the construction the play has an added charm but it does not follow that a play should be criticised for being without a mus ical accompaniment One ha no right to pass Anal judgment on drama from literary svanaards and in all justice modern drama can not stand In a classification of the arts as a subhead under literature but must stand' alone a an inde pendent head "It seems very obvious to say that drama should be judged by standards of dramatic criticism alone but the trouble is that the theory is not put in practice and future generations mayr criticise our drama as we criticise the drama of the drama of the in book form and almost entirely from a literary point of view In this way the future critic may do gross Injustice to many good plays ot the present as we do injustice to many plays of the past which are now noted merely in footnotes ot histories of literature because arey are not literature" In barest outline this Is the story founded on the play by Caillavet and de lers around which Leo all has written the delightful melodies in "The Doll The scenes of the play as in the orig inal rench comedy are laid in raris ana in a ov the pretty daughter tobacconist: herself woman The pretty male a conquest of ing but bashful naucrhtv marntiin however has picked out another bride for his young relative and besides his own susceptible old heart has been touched by the pretty village maiden So with the aid of a strolling actor he con cocts a scheme to separate the lovers and to entice tho girl to Paris make a great actress of her he promises if she will go with him and she having his trionic ambitions consents She ar rives at the palace chap eroned by her doll and after that there is but trouble for the wicked nobleman and fun for the audience A jealous Spanish sweetheart gives a dash of color to the complicating nf the plot IW MASTER GABR1 itvAl In The Most Perfectly Telephone Cadillac 554 EVERY NIGHT et 8:15 MATINEES at 2:15 SPECIAL EATI RE ATTIIACTIOJI IRISH QUEEN box CLINE PRICES ALWAYS THE SAME MSee8i Tuday Thursday Saturday 25c and 50c 1000 RESERVED MATINEE SEATS 25c The Progressive GJrl at That Mouse This Week Starting this afternoon Jack Reid and the Progressive Girls will play a week's engagement in the Cadil lac theater A daily matinee will be given Mr Reid is the leading comedian of the show and in the two burlesques which will be pre sented he is given full scope for his talents The burlesques are en titled Night in and Saratoga" The first part deals with the experiences of Murphy iniiliohairo and henpecked husband who flees from his wile in Pitts burgh and seeks solace in where he surveys the caoaret and society "ragging The second part of tne bin is a burlesque on the races at Saratoga and Keid is east as a race track tout and dope fiend Reid has himself with notable cast of players including fils wife 1 Lila Itam Gilbert Kua Joerns prima donna Dave Broderick tell tale tattler" A Bonhanr Beil the American baritone Kentucky Trio Will Hall Harry Carr and a large beauty cnorus A sensational feature of the show will be the presentation ot ihe Girl" a novel musical number While the auditorium of the theater is darkened so as io hide the massive mechanical equip ment which is used a pretty girl floats out above the heads of the audience seated on large crescent moon Specialties will be introduced by Dave (Broderick the Kentucky Trio Willis Hall and other members of tne company Lady will Present Bur lesque The Lady will at traction at olly this week starting matinee It is a burlesque musical comedy tn two acts Lt Is constructed on original lines and i a decided departure from th usual run of humorous theatrical devices Many of th latest musical hits will be ren dered by the chorus during ac tion of th play Among are Girl in the Heart of Am Going Back To "Any Time at "Old ront "Hug Me "Harmony A added attraction Verona in the Dance of tne Minds Manager Shun also wih have three special nights Wed nesday will be amatturnignL whenin addition to the regular perior marine amateurs ot tne city will contest tor a prizx Thursday night will be Hie cnorfls guts contest rriday a wrestling maten win be given Wilfred Barrett meeting Davy Daniels ot lint Barrett has won three mutches from Chr1 Jor dan Agelo Marina MileSCOpe Bertran ean 4 no the iudlcrous playlet The Dutch Military which Is a convulsive portrayal of the equal suffrage question Miss Emily Bgamour dainty comedienne offers anu uancing act 11 3 Bernard innerty Mitchell grotesque singing comedians Uon pictures eloae the bill Double dramatiza tion of popular story by Donald Stuart a Detroit man and played by own drairatic star Mr Norman Hackett will be offering at the Lyceum theater tor one week beginning with a mati nee Sunday afternoon October Prominent in Mr sup port Mauric Sullivan and Ilka Marie Diehl The play teems with tetirrlng and exciting scenes with a Spanish American at mosphere and has humor pathos HIT OR MISS Si LOUIS Game Called at 3:00 Baervd and Box Seats at Cigar Wort new IHme Savlntr Bank Bld lliuuleuff Klug la Vaudeville liner Cunning sensational jail breaker arid handcuff king will be the headliner at the amily theater this week This is Cunning's first to Detroit He defies the police to place any typo of handcuffs on his wrists and without being assist ed will divest himself of lh mana cles The comedy feature will be the humorous playlet "Zeke in So This sketch is presented by Hoy Millard assisted by the Misses Kale Millard and Mildred Astor The Menards fernale acrobats have an Interesting and novel act Among other feats they skate on a slack Wire with the roller skates attached to their heads George Iteevos Is a black face comedan who will make merry in a mono logue with several new songs II Ttart McHugh offers Miss Helene Bell and the Quinn boys in the vaudeville oddity "raming an This is said to be one of tho cleverest expositions of preparing a vaudeville number ever staged Tanean and Claxton will present lMtE CHAN BURNHAM IRWIN John Mason's tour In Augustus Thomas's latest play "Indian burn in which Marina cd man have a part equally important with Mr Mason's will begin at Buffalo September 29 The theatrical season In London was not the most satisfactory one within memory by any means Particularly the local London themes as worked out by ngHsh playwrights seem to Mravc larked virility and interest Miss Rose Stahl played Patricia In "The Chorus Lady 2J5O times 1000 times in vaudeville 103 A WONDERUL SHOW AT 10c 20c 30c World's ormer Lightweight Champion JIMMIE BOBB BIG SHOWS LITTLE KICES THE AMILY THEATRE io7 CONTINUOUS 10 A TO 11:30 I No Higher TONIGHT SUNDAY at 8:15 LAST TIME HELEN WARE AND THE WILLIAM MORRIS PLAYERS IN Stirring Play of I Postern 4rmy Life Next Week Monday September 29th I MISS WARE AND THE WILLIAM MORRtS PLAYERS IN A THOMAS' ROLLICKING COMED1 HER WIE HARRY TIGHE AM HIS (10) COLLEGIANS AND CO EDS (10) bers of Dublin's Abbey theater company during Its early days will also act In the Hanay comedy It Is the general opinion that Klaw ami Eriangsr have found a fitting successor to "The Round I tn their new production "The Winning of Barbara Worth" writ ten by Edwin Milton Jloyle from the book of the same name by Harold Bell Wright Produced re cently in Atlantic City for the first time It was received with great favor Scenlcally it most pretentious The prologue gives a realUtlo picture of the des ert culminating with a sand storm The final act shows the town of Barba during the flood and is quite as novel a scene as has over been presented upon ue scagc Mrs Leslie Carter who Caroline Payne when kuo hmillfhf fLrt against John Cort theatrical man ager to collect 8924287 alleging breach of contract says sh was to receive 1000 each week and one halt of the net pro fits during a thirty week engage ment in each ot the ginning September 1 1910 Dur ing the last five week of the eja son of U11 it alleged Mr Cort failed to provide an engage ment or to pay her salary Premier Bushman JACK MORRISSEY LASM) AND SIURP SHOOTING EXrKRT jra raa a a ga MOST BY iVl AMUSEMENTAPLACE i starting MAT1NEETODAY I TUESDAY Oct 7th Reserved Seats Now Selling Secure Them Early 25c 50c AND 75c PROGRESSIVE GIRLS WITH AND A REALITY SINGING AND DANCING CHORUS 25 In Her amoa Mong Hits Including Him Down a quaint Comedienne UNA CLAYTON ft IX CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM All Seats 1 10c PICTURES No Higher AUGMENTED OBCHBSTBA RITZ MAUKS DIBECTOB VN1MI THE JAIL BREAKER AND HAWPCUE KIKG THE MENABDS NEW SENSATIONAL EMALE ACBA1BAT8 GEORGE REEVES HELEN EELL Sc QUINN BROS Original Black ace Comedian an Act" I KJ ORIGINAL BURE ZzXLfjnlt in comedy scbeam Preaented By MB ROY MILLARD AND COMPANY TANEAN A CLAXTON EMILY EGAMOUR Dutch Mmlcal Comedy Brilliant Singing Coraodicnn SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION BERNARD INNERTY MITCHELL AMERICA'S MOST NOTED GROTESQUE SINGING COMEDIANS GOOD SHOW ALWAYS CLASSY BUR LESQUE pla i 'I a PT one JiXi Mat 7 1 2 9 rl a fteata Er re Corn i 1 BRITT In an Original Monologue at 4 a Harry Hoimanx to 1 1 Presenting the One Art Comedy MERCHANT I Gp 'I TEMPLE "I I II Ill LI i i 'a IQ nil ya In the amVu rolic With Song Trimming JD THINGS EASY" BYl mm AWN'at i a I opt A Is I I I I it Jijg jl jr 9 A 1 1 fi BIQ SHOWS LITTLE PBIC I kS Zf NlMDiLLftU I 'A nLI I I 'l I SI ntlnre Dally JS Kvenlng ir 25 X' S0 75c dk WlHII I i ar OLLY I Iy rc? i 1 sSJlrlr I 1 I I I 1 8 7 rf V' BROADWAY I 1'1 (KJfi ir Il'ilimfflJWtMltW WKl a 5 ai 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