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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09
Faversham Appears In Re
vival Of Julius Caesars"
Story Of Balkans Staged.
CBy Emory B. CaIvert.)

New York, n Y Nov. 9.-The past
week marked an epoch IN New Yorlz's
play production, no less than nine new
pieces making their bow to the theater
going public Six OF these were offered
On election eve, the other three being
produced on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday nights respectively.
To review these plays il, their chron-
olog1cal order, presenting the most
meritOriOus of the Monday night pro-
auctions first, suggests THE Yellow
Jacket" for the place Of honor.
Many attempts have been made to
dramatic the Orient, a fair number
OF which have proved abOrtiVe. but in
The Yellow Jacket. which had its
premiere at the Fulton theater, there
seems to have arisen from the ashes
of these former failures the Phoenix
Of success.
The Yellow Jacket is billed as a
play in three parts and it was written
by George C. HazeltOu and J. Harry
BenrimO. This versatile pair have pre-
served much Of the mysticism of the
east in their work. In fact. they admit
they have taken the play from no less
% than three original Chinese dramas
in the first place it may be well to
explain that the drama Of the Chinese
is. in q. measure, a reversal OF our own.
Where we allow for the climax and the
tense situation. the Oriental is content
TO sit with childlike interest listening
TO the story.
The work of IIazeItine and Benrimo
has been done with such art however.
that they have combined the theatrical
lore Of the Orient and the Occident
with a nicely that has left in the piece
the spirit of the exotic east and yet has
included all the tension of Occident the
atricaI production.
The story of the play is told in much
the same ingenious method that proved
so great 1avorite in the Lewis James
Katherine Kidder's performance of -
Midsummer's Night Dream We refer
TO the portion of ShaksDere's master
piece given over to the troupe of
strollers who would nlay before the
king.
In that scene, all the crudities Of the
medieval property room were exploit
ed for the amusement Of the audience.
In "The Yellow Jacket" the same course
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

pro and anti-marriage Jokes which go
to make up the mOrtuary section Of our
daily newspaper cOmfe sections Tha
occasion for all this talk is a love feast
given in honor of one Of their number
who is about to be married
As the play progresses his wife
freezes suit the gangsters and subse-
quently opens a letter referring to
previous love affair Of her husbands.
Thus a touch OF drama was added to
the already unSavOry Offering
Anything so hpele0ssly inapt as
Bachelors and Benedicts' New York
has seldom seen The mistaken idea Of
the whole affair was pronounced even IN
the acting. Ralph Herr played the heir
who had to be humorous and serious
in his role His comedy never bears
a recognizable relation to nature His
serious scene on Saturday night was
played altogether in the vein Of bur
lesque- Out Of the disasters in which
the performance proceeded there sur
vived one pleasant memory It was con
cerned with the substantial. vel built
interior scene in which the action
passed
The actors are not in the least re-
sponsible for their failure to put across
a success There was no opportunity
for them.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

should not be told certain poignant
truths after their dresses have been dis
creetIy heightened to hide the gangling
legs on which young females ever ap-
, prOach Maturity was ably and apply
discussed by the actors and actresses
who presented COsmO HamlltOn'S play,
The Blindness Of virtue. at the SSth
street theater on Thursday night
The play might have been a success
had it dWelt with a less preachy sub
ject As IL was Mr.. Hamilton created
the usual Wears daughter Of about II
or thereabOuts- who was very beautiful
and the usual fallen sister who was also
very beautiful and about to become a
mother
With these two set characters he pro
cccded to pass large and uninteresting
portions of his own personal opinion IN
regard to female enlightenment across
the fOOtlightS- The wears daughter
who plays the virtuOus puppet in this
animated tract, is led to garb herself
in a loose flowing kimOnO and unbound
hair. and visit the room of her fathers
boarder, who, by the way, IS a man
or at least wears trousers
All this is done through her limo
cenCe. Though why a normal minded
young woman should feel lmpelled TO
walk into a mans bedroom because OF
excessive innocence was q, mystery un-
explained However, she does and fur
thermore. she sits on the bed in a most
innocent and passive manner
This is the juncture where the tract
begins to make its appearance The
father discovers his daughter in this
unconventional situation and takes his
wife to task for not intoxicating the
primal truths of life in the daughter.
As contrast to all this innocence,
Mary Ann. who isn't innocent but was,
is lugged in
Through an ingenious method OF
suggestion promised on Mary ann the
author manages to awake a mild inter-
est which has as its head and center
conjecture as to the outcome Of the
vicaress'S indiscretOnS- The prOsey dis
course of the vicar soon diSpelled the
interest Of the audience in the young
Women's fortunes and before the final
curtain many OF them seemed inclined
to abandon the play and the heroine TO
their respective fates.
Miss Doris LyttOn. who was very
pretty indeed. played the part OF the
Wears daughter. A HOlmes-GOre was
the vicar and Miss 8Iadge Murray was
the very-much WrOnged Mary Ann
@BacheIO-s and Benedlefs-7
An alleged comedy in three acts,
Bachelors and Benedicts." by James
MONTGOMERY and J. ID. HOag was staged
at the Criterion on Saturday night The
piece consisted of much slang Of the
street some alleged humOr unlaDeled
by either one or the other of the au-
thors. and few situations which may
or may not have been meant to furnish
the comedy"
In the first act six large, strong, wei
dressed men. who apparently nave
nothing better to do, sit about the stage
and emit from time to time the funeral
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

American stage of late years. Not only
did Mr.. FeVersham treat Julis Caesar
as a drama of Intrinsic merit and not
clothes horse upon which to hang all
the colors of the SartOrial rainbow. hut
he was careful to choose actors of his
own calibeT to help him in bringing be-
fore the public all the emotional lights
and shades of this great Roman drama.
Mr.. Faversham elected to play the
part Of the eloquent Antony himself.
For the part of julius Caesar he choose
Fuller Mellish, and for the part of Cas-
sius, Frank Keenan,; while Tyrone
Power was delegated to the role OF
BrutUs and completed the quartet Of
stars.
Inasmuch as any review Of this well
worn ShakSperian Offering must evolve
into a criticism OF the personal inter
pretatiOns Of the actors, it may be well
to state at once that many students
were at variance with the reading of
ShakSperes lines on Monday night
On the whole, however, it was agreed
that Mr.. Faversham's production OF
Julius Caesar" deserved hearty apprO-
baton and that it should be seen by all
lovers OF Shakspere and by all those
who still appreciate good acting and
poetic drama
"HawthOrne OF the L. s. A.
It would almost seem that playwrit-
ing had been reduced to the status of
the quick lunch and that plays could
be produced with the facility shown by
the fair waitress who nowadays passes
over your order of three hard boiled
two minutes after 1t is given. In fact
it would not be amiss to state that in
these days of modern inventions no
event Of worldwide Importance could
happen without play bearing upon
that same subject speedily making its
appearance In proof whereof we sub
nit Hawthorne of L. S. A." which made
its bow to New Workers at the Aston
on Monday night.
This stirring four act drama has to
do with uprising in the Balkans, which
If one is to believe James B. Pagan, the
playwright, must be an exceedingly
hair raising convention at arms. But
Hawthorne OF the L. S. A. does not
rest alone on the news dispatches for
its advertising. 1t is so Wierdly and
wonderfully impossible that no one can
see 1t without commenting upon this
same imprObability to his neighbOr.
This does not mean that the play IS
not without merit. In fact it is of that
rabidly melOdrama type that has proved
so fascinating to playgOers. To cite
some of the impOssibilities accom-
plished by the impossible Mr.. HaW-
thorne, let it be stated that ne starts
out to win the princess Of an imaginary
Balkan state, and before the four wild
fast and furious acts are done, he not
only wins her but discovers a govern
mental conspiracy, captures q, WOuld-be
assassin, fights an army single handed.
slaps the crown prince in the face; puts
down a revolution, restores the old king
to the throne and in a year turns a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

is taken, greatly to the added humor
Of the piece
To exemplify this humor and at the
same time hand the pla6dlts to the
actors who won them by their excel
lent work on Monday night, leads US TO
nentiOn Arthur Shaw, who played the
/ property man, ana SignOr Peruginl,
who took the part of the chorus
1t was the duty of said property man
and chorus to furnish, as We have al
ready mentioned, most of the humOr
Of the play For instance, the proper
ty man, true to his designation, hustled
in and out of the scenes smoking a
ciagret Were a crime to be committed,
. he was inevitably on time with the
necessary weapon and trailing clgaret
To the chorus there remained the
job of explaining each scene as 1t was
enacted This signor Perugim did in
q neat little speech, whose humor lay in
its careful explanation Of the perfectly
obvious and the complimentary manner
in which he referred to himself during
the peTOration.
tably threaded through the Oriental
drama was preserved in The Yellow
Jacket through a series Of incidents
whose strangeness and improbability
, would have done credit to the lively i'm
agination of Lewis Carol.
The story of the play has to do with
the adventures Of WI Sin Yin, his
son, WI Hoo Git whom he has plotted
to kill. and other Oriental characters
who are neither of his household or are
employed about the palace.
Besides the property man and the
chorus, who have been already men
toned, George Ralph, who played the
duel role of WI Sin Yin, the cruel,
and WI Hoo Git, the virtuOus and he
roic son. deserves to be mentioned as
the preeminent member of the cast.
Julius Caesar"
A notable revival of Julius Caesar
was presented to New Workers by Viii
liam Faversham as another of Monday
nights prediction offerings. Mr.. Fa-
versham's production represented a fine
ambition and a notable achievement
He approached the great Shaksperean
play with a reverence that was a well
come relief from the usual pictorial
portrayals of the works of the bard
of Avon which have been placed on the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09
An THE 81 PASO THEATER.

~PoIv of the Circus one of the
daintiest and most heart touching plays
on the American stage, VIII play Sun
dav and Monday nights with a matinee
Sunday at the Ell PasO. The company
travels in two special cars and carries
small menagerie which IS used IN the
famous circus scene The night prices
are $500, $3.50, S1.00; the matinee S1.0O,
75c. 50c-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09
ADJUSTMENTS
HIPPopRoME SKATING RINK.

HIPPODROME SKATING RINK
Manager FOgg says those who wish 70
learn to skate should visit the rink any
morning from ten to twelve Lessons in
skating viii be given at this time free
of charge The Olympic club has the
exclusive right to the rink on Tuesdays
and Fridays after 9 p. m.-Ady.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

bankrupt state into kingdom in which
gold is ankle deep.
1t was a year well spent and for
that matter it was an evening well
spent for the audience at the AstOr. In
spite OF imprObability it is indeed hard
to fancy a more pleasing tale than
these same improbable stories that
now and then find their way into print
as the children of some master of mag
iuatiOn. 1t may be said with truth
therefore, that Mr.. Pagan, the play
wright, having delegated to his hero
the accomplishment Of every possible
and impossible feat open to humanity,
and having laid such imaginative
geniuSeS as Anthony Hope, Robert
Louis Stevenson, and Baron Munchau-
sen away in moth balls, has at the very
least put over a play which will prove
Of interest to many audiences.
Douglas Fairbanks played Anthony
Hamilton Hawthorne "Of the U. S. A.
with a vigOr in keeping with the &C
ton of the piece. He was ably assisted
by Irene Fenwick, as the princess and
Allan Pollock as the old king of the
fancifuI Balkan state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09
a TrinI lInrrinEe.''


a liaisCn that takes its parties Of the
first Part from the daily walks of life
and places them in a secluded cottage
on the coast OF Maine, was unfolded on
Tuesday night at the Hudson theater
under the name of a Trial Marriage.
As matter of fact the entire issues
Of a trial marriage was evaded by El-
mcr Harris, the author Of the play He
sets several fine speeches in the mouths
of his chief characters, Blair Thomas
and Miss Marie Ridgway, anent the de-
nance OF convention, and the newer and
better marriage and then lets them
stink away like a guilty plOwbOy and
his clandeStine sweetheart to live apart
from the world in illegal union
Their place Of sOjOurn Is the summer
cottage of an actor friend-AleXander
Prince, affectiOnately termed Uncle
Alex" BY way of making up for fail
ure to explain trial marriage satisfac-
tortly Harris brings in a truth or two
Of humanity that in a great measure
serves to center interest in his play and
to raise it above mediOCrity.
One Of these axiOms of life has to do
with the inevitable effect of the un-
churched intimacy. Thomas finds that
a love which has come to him so lightly
and at so little personal cost is one to
be doubted, as thousands of other men
have done, he finds that he cannot be
Geve in the love of this woman who has
left the COnventiOnalitieS of life behind
and he becomes jealous of Uncle
Alex"
Eventually he accuses his partner in
crime of infideHty and as is not the
case in so many denominations where
the woman is all too apt to battle bit
ter reproach with tears, she throws him
out of the house in a thunder storm.
This OutburSt of maidenly anger brings
Thomas to his senses.
The tangle ends happily. Thomas and
his affinity meet at the home of a
friend. there is a reunion, explanations
a wedding ring, and an intimation Of a
regular, truly marriage
Helen Ware played the role of Marie
Ridgway, while Harrison Hunter per
formed a like service Tor the part of
Blair Thomas.
The Blindness Of Virtue.
Whether young women should or
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

Albert Taylor will give two more
performances of ''The siege Of tbs
Alamo" today, at the Crawford This
is one of the strongest bills yet played
by the popular company and should
not be missed, the management says.
sunday night and matinee Mr.. Tay-
lar viii present The Christian ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09

and met the requirements Of a rather
difficult role with ease. Paul EVertOn
and Ralph Morgan were good as the
father and son and Lillian SinnOtt was
ciety.
ssThe Dove of Peace
Inasmuch as the chief factors of a
comic opera are tunes and humOr and
inasmuch as both these factors seem
to be lacking in THE Dove of Peace, %
which was written by Wallace Irwin
and Walter DamrOsche and served up
to New Workers as an election eve con-
lection, 1t may be said that the play
was not a faVOrite- The new comic
opera began auspiciOusly with a chorus
IN which the cacklng hens was 1ml-
tated by the orchestra while the women
Chartered This pleasing novelty was
brought TO q climax at the end of the
first act by another equally as thrill
ing. In the second innovation the or
chestTa played the Star Spangled Ban
uer' while the chorus acting as its pro-
tagOnist loudly beloved another mel
Ody. After the excitement engendered by
these two thr1- ling exhibitions had died
away and the evening had worn itself
toward last curtain" time, however, it
was found that the Irwin DamrOsche-
shafts Of humOr auC ingenuity had long
ago been spent and that little remained
OF the Dove Of Peace" save the nimble
gyrauons of the chorus, a few jokes
that would not nave lived long even IN
a newspaper comic section and some
songs that were hardly worthy of the
many and tuneless pianos of Harlem
There was one thing that The Dove
of Peace" had in common with other
successful comic operas, however, and
that was its lack of plot This airy con-
lection has to do with one Willie Per-
kins, who was born in Elizabeth, n J.,
and whose mother has said that if he
does not kiss a girl before he is 25
years universal-pe will descend upon
man.
Willie apparently is a prO-militarist
for he religiOusly abStained from Oscu-
latiou until the time set by his second
sighted mother has nearly elapsed. In
the end, however, he is forced 10 brave
the dangers lurking upon female lips.
The kissing of his first danlsel takes
place in the Island OF Guam, after q
chase by a troop of armed natives and
a threat OF death to all the European
inhabitants have prompted him to the
act.
OF the actors who wresued with the
aforementioned lack of humOr and tune,
those nimble girls who made up the
chorus were perhaps most worthy Of
mention. Aside from them, Jessie Brad
bury came nearer tnan anyone else to
suggesting the idea of comedy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-22
new SHOW
AT the Odeon Theater Now is
Quite Clever and Very
Pleasing.

The new show at the odeon theater
opened with a matinee Thursday for
the balance of the week pleasing the
crowds that filled this cozy theater
for the three shows yesterday.
The Richard Sisters. clever pair
Of young ladies', opened the show with
some good singing and character
changes, finishing with double buck
dance that earned them we'll merited
applause,
The Three Franks, comedy aero
bats, do some good tumbling, intro
duclng number of different stunts
which they do in manner that shows
them to be finished artists. The
comedian OF the trio is funny and the
burlesque on mind reading makes q
big hit with the audience.
Three feature reels of pictures are
shown rounding out good bill for this
remainder of the week.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-22
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF BELLS SYSTEM

The growth of the system is indi-
Gated by an increase Of 749, SOC in
the number Of stations, making a to-
tai at'the end of the year of $685.
625, of which 2.158,454 are oper-
ated by connecting companies.
The Bell toll lines now reach TO-
600 places, which is 5000 more than
the number of postofices and 40 900
mora than the number of railroad
stations in the Unoted States. The
total wire mileage has been in
creased to nearly 100000 miles,
OF which over half is underground,
and the new 4i5O-miIe subway be-
tween Boston and Washington has
been completed except for the draw
ing Of some of the cable.
The traffic over the Bell lines
shows daily average of 24,1S2,-
600 or at the rate of 100000, 900
connections a year.
Comparison OF the total tele-
phone, telegraph and first class mail
traffic of the United States and OF
Europe, shows that telephone con-
versations are IS per cent of the
whole in the United States and only
23 per cent in Europe.
There was spent in plant addi-
lions $55y66O, 1888, as against $685.
5S2,SO0 the year before. Estimates
for the current year are $50. 900, 900.
There was applied to maintenance
and reconstruction during the year
$5S, $4,000. making total pro-
vision for the last nine years OF
1924. 300, 900.
The report goes very thoroughly
into the financial condition of thu
Bell System, giving more figures
than ever before and explaining
carefully the methods of accounting
upon which the figures are based.
The gross revenue collected from
the public in 1911 for telephone ser
vice by the Bell system-not ia
Guiding the connected Independent
companies-was $179,5OO,OOO; al
increase of nearly $14, 900. 900 owe
last year. OF this, operation con
sumed $6O,OOO.OOO; taxes, $4,000,
900 or one and one-half per cen
on the outstanding capital; curren
maintenance, $3O,OOO,OOO; and pro
vision for depreciation. $2S,7OO,
900.
The surplus available for charge,
etc, was $51,6OO.OOO, of whic
$40, 100000 was paid in interes
J and nearly s26,OOO,OOO was paid i
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-22
Shows Great Progress Made
and Finances in Ex-
cellent Shape.

NEW YORK, Mar. 2I2-The
growth of the Bell System, it's
broader usefulness and resulting
prosperity, are shown in the annual
report of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company for 1911 by
the financial statement and other
comparative statistics.
In addition to this usual informa-
ton, President Vail has made a
very comprehensive statement of the
policy of the company both in the
management of its business and ii
its relations to the public.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-22

dividends.
The total capitalization, including
inter-company items and duplica-
lions, of the companies of. the Bell
system is s1,1Ss. 1893, OBS. OF this
S52 1913, 951. is owned and in the
treasury of the companies of the
Bell System. The capital stock,
bonds and notes payable outstanding
in the hands Of the public at the
close of the year were 1852 ,OO0, 900.
If to this be added the current .ac-
counts payable, s2S,40O,OOO, the
total outstanding obligations Of
every kind were $685., 400, 900, as
against which there were liquid as
sets, cash and current accounts re-
ceivable. Of $74.SOO.OOo, leaving
$61O,6o0,OOO, as the net permanent
capital obligations of the whole sys-
TEN outstanding in the hands Of the
public.
Against these obligations, the
companies had actual, tangible prop
erty, not including franchises, pat
ents or good will, which cost $751;
200, 900, an excess Of twenty-three
per cent over the obligations.
1t will be noted there has been a
steady decrease in. revenue per sub
scriber's station, SO that now the
average subscriber pays for a higher
grade, more comprehensive service,
less than half what he paid sixteen
years ago for the much less useful
service that was then possible.
The net earnings Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
for the year were 1901, 245.77,
an increase Of $1,S6S, O31y28 over
1910. The interest charges were
ST, 567 ,9S0.3O, and the dividends at
the regular rate of eight per cent
were. s22 ,T6s, 449.79. OF this bal
ance, $5t563, S15.6S, there was car
ried to reserves, $2,8OO,OOO, and to
surplus, $2,76S, Sd5.6s
The number of shareholders, A.
S41, on December 81, 1911, shows
an increase Of $3.50 during the
year, and Increased to 49,O11 on
March /, 1912. The distribution is
general, there being 1,O16 share
holders who hold less than 100
shares each. 5,s71 who hold from
100 to 1000 shares each, S24 who
hold from 1000 to 5000 shares
each and thirty who each hold 5000
shares or more. The average num-
Der of shares held was sixty-seven'
"a majority of the company's stock
holders are women. Less than eight
per cent OF the stock was at Deem
Der 81 in the names of brokers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-22
VICTORIA
'-Nrr- $50 u. Ss-..i. ..-L-.,-
Has Another, Good Show for
Last Half of the
Week.

What is considered the, best show
ever produced in Clarksburg vaude4
vile circles is now on the boards at
the popular Victoria theater.
The Governors Son. comes highly
recommended, and we'll it deserves
1t. From beginning to end there is
not weak spot in it. The music is
all new and catchy. The costumes
are laborate. 1t is a hard matter to
depict any one. part better than an
other. Suffice 1t to say that they are
all good, clear through.