Frank J M'intyre In Detroit

PLAYING IN "JEROME, A POOR MAN"

______________

The Free Press Critic Says his Character Portrayal is Excellent

Frank J. McIntyre is in Detroit this week with Walter E. Perkins, playing "Jerome, a Poor Man," at the Lyceum. The engagement is for a week and opened last night. Mr. McIntyre acts the part of Squire Merritt and the Free Press this morning says his portrayal of the part is excellent.

The play deals with life in one of the small villages of New England, where Jerome Edwards is struggling against poverty and supporting his aged mother and sister. Fortune seems to smile upon him, and with his meager savings he succeeds in buying a tract of land and erecting a sawmill, which promises well until a freshet sweeps it all away. Nothing daunted, he again branches out, and is finally started on a career of usefulness and happiness. There is a pretty live story running through it all, which adds to the interest.

The scenes are laid in the early '60s, and the quaint New England types of those days furnish material for some excellent character studies, which are handled in a pleasing manner.

Mr. McIntyre is expected in Ann Arbor for a few hours' visit tomorrow morning.