El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-30

JULIA MARLOW'S new play is one
of her best-or rather she is at her
best in the new play. She has lost
Zone of her charm; in fact her acting
is more enjoyable than ever, if any
Thing.
It is the nature Of the sunflOwer, the
tall, slender, beacOn-tOpped backyard
beauty-during the shining hours Of the
day, when PhOebus Apollo, in his golden
chariot, scampers athwart the dome OF
heaven, to follow his course, never once
turning away its face Should II neg
fect this, the chief business of its life,
for a tiny instant, IT would quickly
3rither and die.
1t Is seen. then, that this singular
creation Of nature becomes the emblem
b Of perseverance and a warning to the
unstable and incOnstant
In the nature Of this flaming floral
fIambeau We may then discover the
!. occasion for so many enhancing in
igenues, jump Juveniles and lovely lead
ling Iadies-yea, even shtmmerlng
f'sIars.' failing to attain TO the zenith
of their ambitions. Instead OF logged
" and steadily following the sun Of the
dramatic sky-knOWn from BettertOn
10 Garrick. and from Garrick to SOthern,
Is sfeadfastne ss-these theatrical sun
Flowers grew fainthearted, turned
way their heads, and expired
tThese hapIess failures lack the nee
a9sary. essential for a fun growth, since
iDhOlence, like a drOuth, dries up the
s-,rfnes Of hope Without perseverance
-, is impossible for them to bud and
fiAwer as impossible as to mount up
ward on the shadow OF a staircase
Albeit il is not intended to infer that
70 succeed on the stage the histriOn
mist become a mere vegetation In hu-
man shape The SunflOwer does not
taech us that What we learn from 1t
is {hat constancy-like its own bright
face-is golden, and that the actor who
would surmount the cleaning parapets
OF the Alpine pyramids OF the drama
r1ust possess fixednesS Of purpose, and
NOT allow his intellectuals to wobble
TN the cream Of his brain turns into
TTbrOugh stress and storm. with Greek
precision and Roman vigor. all the
great actors OF the past kept their
faces nersistently to the sun Of their
ambition. and knew not the Weartful-
ness of constantly wandering Ike a
LEAF OFF a tree. II misfortune beat them
with his fist their spirits arose and
licked freely. The accidents Of fortune
or the tyranny Of circumstances had no
terrOrs for them. You could not cause
them, either by lure coaXing or threat
to relax their shining resolve, the all
conOuering purpose Of their lives They
had an enthusiasm that hunger could
not dry up or misfortune deaden- NO
rnisns az the mind, no fumes OF the
brain could cause them to be disheart-
ened. and swept away as a cooWeo with
a dash of the hand
WITHOUT such stern resolution, denot-
ing energy Of WILL the actor Is as pow
srIase as grubs-vague, loose and un-
predestinate as the clouds over our
heads Asfnce cleverness without effort
lie an attribute solely of the "Selecter
missionary ueutenants of satan. those
[ Of +be7 stage who feel the approach OF
fnsiduous IanguOr. and give way to IT,
are lost. Success is intensity. Idleness
/ is emptiness. Where it is there the
/ door, are thrown open and failure
I troops in
( To q FLYING chariot in conducting the
actSr across difficulties and abstrac-
I lions to the bright heaven of accom-
Dlishment. Even the "avant courier,
/ f. he would be considered a literary
flower. must never turn his face
m the euphOnistic SUM