Thens Theatre

The BroTvnios at the Athens Theatre last night were up to expectation, auxA most of the andietiiee pronouneed the erateptiainment tlíe íiuest thing oí the kind ever pre.sented in Ann Arbor. It was of coiurse, mostly epectacular, and very brilliant. The flying ballet Being especially iiae. ilanager Liesemer is giving the people here the "Öest tfrere is traveling. a ml the audience evidently appreeiates It, ;or Vrlth ernvded galleries last nigtot there was no roTvclyisin, no elevating o ieet on the rail df the gallery, uo cigarette smoking. The effoirts to make t3ie theatre a first-class place sf entertainment are bearing g .o. i iruit. The Atlieais Theatre was crow.led Jast Thursaay night. t hear the rcllïkiDig play of "A Boy Wanted." The erowd eejoyed it, too. Madeleine Lucette Ryley's fainous somecly. "Christopher Jr.," will liave ita first performance in this city tliis Tveek Saturday night, an event which should prove of exceptional interest to those who would enjoy a hearty kugh and at the same time would be legitimately entertaiued. It will Be presented by a specially selected aast. Tlie title role will be played by ilr. George Backus, whose performmce of Gillotte's part in "Too MncL lohnsou" last season caused so moch Savorable continent. Other importüiit members of the company are Miss Lilla Vane, who will be remembered iri "Shenandoah" and as leading lady for Nat Goodwin; E. W. Thomas, who played second to Mr. Willard ; Ernest Tarlton and Harriet Arbury, late of "Daniel Frohman's eompanies; Mrs. J. T. Craven and Soldene Powell, who were with Charles Frohman last year, nd others of equal merit. The play nill be staged in an artistic manner, all the special scenic effects and accesaories being carried complete.