El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

a member Of the company has failed
I 20 attract and uold special notice in
! the show world since leaving here.
The Rick play Of social inqui-
sutton now appearing at William A
8Iady s New York playhouse, is the
tlFsI attraction OF the season depend
{ ING Tor It's merit upon dramatic situa-
tons, emotional climaXes and its power
TO cause thrills. 1t is a serious story
are critical as the Fast Set OF New
Ork- Touching upon the divorce Gues-
uon primarily, lt suddenly branches in
the third act into Irritation that
doesn't end in the fashionable stereo-
typed divorce, but IN q murder; and IN
the closing scene there is a murder
trial that rivals ia emotional interest
the famous court scene in Madame
Blanche Gordon. from the west. and
therefore unrrammeled by restrictions
which In book ana play are made TO
hamper the women or the east, tries to
be Little Miss FiX-It," and make
UP the marital troubles OF her friends.
1t is Tor this purpose she makes a
luncheon engagement with Jack Free
man, society home Wrecker, whose
tllrations with married women have
removed the foundations under three
homes, including his own. She is led
TO believe his wife viii be there, and
that she can make up the estran cement
existing between them, and discovers
when she arrives that the wife is not
expected, and that Freeman has taken
her TO rOadhouse Of dubious reputa-
ton.
Tom Gordon, the husband, follows,
and when Freeman steps into the cor
ridOr TO meet him the Wrecller OF homes
Is shot and killed. the husband thinks
his wife shot him TO avenge her honor
and the wife thinks the husband shot
him. In the closing scene the husband
s 3 nnm
ing bullied by the prosecuting attorney,
and thrills are running riot, when a
man arises from the crowd Of specta-
tors and confesses he is the murderer
dead man has wrecked
There are many emotional chmazes in
THE Rack, which was written by
Thompson Buchanan but Il is TO be
Withdrawn as a failure.
Following "The Rack Immediately
at the Playhouse viii be George Broad
bursts now play, Bought and Paid
For" which has been in rehearsal for
At the end Of october Douglas Fair
banks win have TO Yacate the Globe
theater to permit A. H WoOds's mu-
steal work, Gypsy Love TO have a
New York hearing as scheduled, and
the Messrs. Shubert and Mr.. Brady
are arranging for another theater to
which "a Gentleman OF Leisure viii
extend its New York stay. Mr.. Fair
Playhouse only that at the time when
he viii wish to leave his present quar-
tiers Grace George and the Playhouse
repertoire company VIII be taking pos
session there.
Last season Mr.. Brady, in order to
satisfy the demand for Baby Mine,
was forced to transfer it from theater
20 theater -FOUR or 11v6 times, ana at
present he and the Messrs. shubert are
facing a similar situation regarding Mr..
and "a Gentleman Of Leis-
ure,' which already has the distinc-
ton Of being the only attraction to
play in syndicate and independent thea
tiers in the same city.
John Philip SOusa has composed a
new march, and it occupies prCmi- I
nent place in the program he is giving
in his concert tour this year. For the
first time In his career SOusa allowed I
another person to select the title Of
his new composition, and 1t came
about in a peculiar way. The march I
was written to commemorate his first I
visit 90 Australia land it lis dedicated I
TO that commonwealth 1t had been I
SOusa's idea to call it "The Land Of /
the Golden Fleece" but when he played /
it in London to Sir George Reid, the Z
latter who is the high commissioner I
for Australia. suggested that the title
TO his wish, and il is under /
that name that the march was given i
to the world. Sousa organized the I
band that bears his name in September. 7
1892 and since then he and his men
have Travelled about 600 900 miles. Sousa /
estimates that he has given between /
5000 and 5000 concerts. His band has I
just reached Vancouver on the last lap [
Of the longest tour he has ever under ]
taken This tour began IN New York ]
last August and has taken Sousa and 4
his band around the world, into South I
Africa. Australia, New Zealand and
honolulu, in addition to Great Britain
and Ireland The great bandmaster is
the author OF nine operas, over $50 /
musical pieces, two novels ana a book
Of "reminiscences. He attributes it an /