El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-22
MARRIED LIFE THE SECOND YEAR
BY MABEL
HERBERT URNER

Helen made several further comments
On the play the setting and the actors
but as Warren only answered in mono
syL-aoles sne turned TO the advertise
Hsnts IN the program.
1nere was the inevitable skin food
Win me actress endorsement, the DoD-
uIaT Scotch whisky the fashionable
tailor with his fall ana winter r,-o7
els, the familiar brand of chocoiafes
ana the Broadway restaurant announc-
ing a special after heater supper-s1l
on one page On the next was a tooth
paste q table sauce and a column On
Ihe Well Dressed Man
On listen dear,i reading "tOufte
IS many cutaway coats are now braid
less as braided, the custom OF braidinE
them having been so Overdone that h
has been unacceptable TO some -.a,,S
now you won't have yours BRAIDED. viii
you. No matter what the tailor savs -
~. wasn't going to anyway. But that
lhlns wouldn't influence me Pm NOT
following the styles Of q theater nro-
gram.
Here two men. who had crowded
pasl them when the curtain fell, now
lslurned- Again Helen stood m
eIutching at the things in her Ian
ner purse, program and opera glasses
while they pushed through
me curtain rose now on the second
In this act the wife discovers her
nuSDand's dislOyalty. In a Somewhat
melodFamatic scene she confronfs bI~S
win me proof She cries out that
since she no longer has his love she
VIII accept nothing else. She will 80
lwdy tnaI ne may have the woman ~
mas preferred to her.
o. Inc man, baffled and at bay, tries
20 explain mat It wasn't lova-thaf 81
VS. only an infatuation. But the wife
viii accept no explanations she
rushes into her room. returning IN a
Ss MLap ana big feathered hat.
And the curtain falls as she sweeps
o. the stage and, presumably. out 81
tne mouse fOreFeri" LEAVING the bus-
pand standing helplessly looking after
What rotl" murmured Warren as
home like thatr'
You mean she wouldn't gog
Wen she wouldn't go in an evening
dress and an opera cloak she'd nrob9
doly nave sense enough to put on street
SlotneS: and at least take her tooth
ooh. Warren, don't-D1esse DOM b.
wonderful play"
Wonderful! It's wonderful that the
- VI stand Tor it, and they call
tnat realism! There's almost as nsllch
realism in that as there is I'M -Daus-
ing Tor want OF a comparison
n me next act IS "A lodging house in
GoWef street SIX months later said
f1elen- reading from the program
Hun, I suppose it takes them six
months to find they cant live Without
eacn otner- He'll probably discover her
working as a seamstress IN vTraF.is.7
lodgings and win come up after her
with sable coat on his arm and 60
morse power car footing outside. He'll
wrap her in the coat and carry her out,
leaving g bunch OF bills as big as vour
fist for the landlady."
And, euriOusly enough. the last act
was very much as Warren had said
But how did YOU know dear7'
asked Helen. as they made their Wv
out. Did you read a review OF the
play2"
"A review2 You don't have TO read
a review 10 know what the third act
VIII be when you've seen the other
two. I've vet to see one Of these plays
that I couldn't dope out the last act
as well as tho author. They're all aliss
Originality IS the last thing TO aX-
pect."
And Helen, much impressed, was
firmly convinced that II Warren would
only try, he could write q better play
than any Of the modern playwrights