El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-08
HAPPY HOUR NOW
OPEN IN FL
PRSC
New Vaudeville Theater Has
Two Big Audiences on
Opening Night.

"The Happy Hour theater opened
last night and gave two performances
to two big audiences. 1t is a cosy little
theater and when San Antonio street Is
opened and the exits are cut on the
side, it will apparently be as safe as it is
cosy. Tin ceiling beneath the balcony
might also be better than painted can
vas. An exit has been cut at the back,
beside the stage, and there axe two
large doors at the front and a very
pretty lobby and entrance, with a candy
store on one side and a place Cor an
other store of the same sort on the
other.
the music, and, while the regular thea
ter chairs which it rs planned to put
down, have not yet arrived the substi-
tuted chairs are not uncomfortable until
the new ones arrive, though dangerous
in case of panic.
From the opening welcome the house
received from FL Pasoans it promises to
stitution. The vaudeville is just as good
as that played in the ten, twenty and
thirty houses in the bigger cities.
There was little delay last night in
getting started as it was the opening
night, but after the curtain was rung
up. things went smoothly.
BY far the best number on the pro-
gram was the singing IN Spanish anu
English by Senior Baptist Baronda, a
baritone singer whose name did not
appear on the program. He has an ex
cellent voice. It is said that a free
translation of some of his Spanish,
however was risque, to say the least.
The sketch by James Keane and COM
pany, Held for Ransom" is a very
clever piece of work, has many good
lines, and gives the young man a
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very enjoyable and would be a gooo
act anywhere. The scenes are laid in
Mexico and the special scenery for the
setting Is very pretty.
Mayne and Mayne can do some buck
dancing that is as good as the best, but
the rest of their act is rather poor The
male part of the duo Furnishes the Eng
lish language quite freely.
George and Georgette in a talking
and singing act, get off some good
things. but in some others they spoil
it, Some blue penciling is necessary
The male member of this duo is another
example of the field for teachers
of English among certain vaudeville
artists.
The management announces that
there will be some pruning and editing
before the show is put on again tonight
and if this is properly done, the show
ought TO be a most enjoyable one
Owing to the inability to connect up
the picture machine last night, there
were no motion pictures, but it is prom
Used that these viii be operating to-
night.
On behalf Of the mana cement, one OF
the performers made an announcement
from the stage last night that man
aged Howard Fogg- had been in the
theatrical business a long time, but had
never "syndicated" any of his theaters,
as II that made any difference with
the public long as he gets the shows;
also just as If the show going public
does not know that all theatrical aSso-
Citations, vaudeville and otherwise. are
''syndicated' in some manner. The So
called syndicate" vaudeville and other
shows are banded together and the so
called Independent" concerns are syn
dicated' in the same manner. 1t is by
such working arrangements that the
different booking agencies are enabled
to exchange acts and keep new people.
d. c. Booth is secretary and treasurer
of the new company.
AT THE MAJESTIC.