El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07

! the enterprise never had a chance for
success, even at the beginning, because
I he lost money during the first few
weeks when the capacity OF the inca
ter was tested at every performance.
Mr.. Harris expects to have the
! tables removed and kitchen done away
FOlies Bergere, under new name VIII
be ready to be reopened as regular
theater-1
1T win have a seating capacity Of
$50 on the ground floor, which viii
make It compare favorably with the
majority of other New York playhOuses
IN regard to size"
Nine. Nordica, first Of the grand
opera stars to begin work this season,
gave her initial concert Of the year at
KeOkuk. Iowa, assisted by Myron Whit
ney, the basso, Of Washington, ana
dtva's repertOry included two japanese
songs by Wakefield Cadman, Schu-
mannS Der NuSSbaum," W ebSters I'm
Anvil" VidaIs Ariette, a duo from
lie N0zze di Figaro by Nordica and
AIRS. Whitney, and The Erlkiug," by
Shubert, as wen as her favOrite Oper-
attic arias. Nine NOrdica is travelling In
her private car, the Isolde" and en-
jOying all the comforts to which she
IS accustomed in her own home, which
she opened just before starting on the
tour. As the tour viii take her through
much unbrOken country In Canada and
the west, in which accommodations are
often archaic, Frederic Shipman, her
manager. has seen TO it that the car
was stocked to meet any emergency
that might arise Nine NOrd1Ca is this
week in Salt Lake City, where she
sang in the great Mormon tabernacle.
with its capacity Of 1000. She reached
Salt Lake City at the same time as
president Taft, and as they have been
friends for many years, the singer in
Vited him to be the guest of honor at
her concert on October 3. The next
few weeks the singer will spend in
san Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, ]
Seattle and other coast towns after |
which she goes up into Canada for a l
month.
After her appearance with the Phil
harmonic in New York and at the I
Boston opera. house, NOrdica viii make I
her second tour.
Miss Blanche Ring and the members |
Of her The Vail Street Girl" COM /
pany opened at Wilkesbarre, Pa in
her new musical comedy on Monday Z
night. Accompanying Miss Ring are /
Margaret Mayo and Edgwar Selwyn, /
the authors Of the book: Karl HOschna I
its composer; HapgOOd Burt. who has /
supplied the lyrics; Jack Mason who /
staged the piece, and numerous others /
interested in the preparation of the I
production Later on Miss Ring will /
appear in New York in The Wall /
Street Girl"
The London theatrical season opened /
quite brilliantly with an unusual /
number Of successes. Two of the new
musical comedies, Bonita and "The /
MOusme" have scored undOubted hits
Sir John Hare has found a delightfui 1
medium Tor his splendid comedy char
acter acting in 1.-THE MariOnettes."
The Great Name" at the Prince Of /
w ales has been received with unOuali- !
fled approval and is in for a long run
while the new melOdrama at Drurv
Lane, The Hope bids fair to main
tain the best traditions Of that fine
old playhouse There have been a
goOdly proportion Of failures and there
are q number of productions that must I
remain on the doubtful list, such as
Married By Degrees" at the Court 1
theater, and "A PerpleXed Husband" /
at Wvndham's. Perhaps the most nor I
able success according to London crit
les, is that of Bonita" at the Queens /
for it brings Granville Barker to the
front as a producer Of musical comedy, |
a field which he has hitherto never en-
tered.
The alI-Scotch company which is to
present the recent London comedy sue |
cesses, "Bunty Pulls the Strings" in I
this country will open in New York
at the Comedy theater Monday Octo- I
Der g. "BUnty Pulls the Strings" is
a Scotch comedy OF rural life at
period Of about 40 years ago. "Bunty"
is the name of the leading feminine |
character and. as the title suggests,
LllE Aull u lA-E N-a- AElEllAS on many .
changes and the manner in which this I
woman sets everybody and everything
right.
So rapid has been the Improvement I
i'm Mrs Leslie Carriers health during |
the past week that her manager. John /
COrt. has placed the company that |
viii surround her this season in Two
Women" into rehearsal Mrs. Carter. |
however, is not yet sufficiently strong [
90 direct the stage, but soon viii give
all rehearsals her personal attention. /
Wednesday evening at the I,vric
theater. New York, Henry w Savage |
offered a novelty in a new comedy en-
titled 1.-THE Great Name" with Henry /
Kolker as the star. The play is an