El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-07

| are increased. The dancers say that
the matter Of two inches more or less
I to step might throw them on com
/ pletely.
At the top they hesitate moment
| and then fairly shoot across the pal
| cany to the stairway on the right. one
| would think coming down would be
easier. but it isn't. There IS tendency
| to hurry and then the good old law OF
! gravitation is at work So they dance
| their way down, around and around
at the first beat of every measure.
! it was asked. do you ascend a step?
br5e moi %itb qai! Smile Every third
| step we change on the second beat IN
| stead of the first"
'MiIestones," KIaw & changers
/ Edward KnOblauch comedy, is de-
| parture from the present accepted
| form of stage writing. The underlying
! conflict of wills goes deeper than the
| clash of tWoOr three characters. 1t IS
/ the age-Old clash of lmper1ouS youth
| and conservative age Forces at war
| stand apart from the main personages
| of the play. who pass in review from
| ''Milestones' applies successfully to
| the difficult medium of the theater
! method of telling a tale and drawing
a moral that heretofore has been the
| monopoly of the novel and epic poetry.
! 1t deals not with a page torn from the
4 lives of the characters. but with the
/ whole book The interest of the play
/ does not spring from the fortunes and
! fates of each individual, but rather
| from the Interchangeable verities of
| human nature that dictate the penalties
which the characters in the end are
| compelled to pay
The idea of 'MiIestOnes'-three gen
eratiOns in a play-originated with
| Frank Vernon, a London producer. He
outlined it to Arnold Bennett and in
| troduced him to Edward Knoblauch, the
author of many successful plays, and
they wrote it.
Elsie Ferguson. who Will sing the !
title role in hlaw & Changers pro- |
ductiOn of Franz Lehar's Eva" was |
passenger on the Olympic. The pro- !
ductiOn will be made in November with .
a big cast and company The plot !
tells the story of Eva, a founding, !
who was adopted by the employees of a !
glass factory. 1t is full of melodies !
and has a charming waltz number.
Robert HnIiard will open his season |
in The Argyle Case" in Atlantic City, |
Oct II gooing to the Broad st,, street |
week. His new play is by Harriet !
Ford and Harvey J. O'Higgins. founded |
on detective story by William J:
a detective in search of a gang OF |
counterfeiters- Selene johnson and |
Stella Archer have been engaged for |
roles. Gustav Won Seifertitz will stage /!
the play and enact the role of a Ger
man scientist who turns counterfeiter- |
It viii be his first appearance aI as an !
Irving Place theater. New York. J
Henry Miller in The Rainbow" by
a. E. Thomas. is making his first tour
in this comedy which delighted New |
York the latter half of last season.
The Philip Michael Farraday produc- |
ton of The Pink Lady" including Fred |
Wright. jr, is touring England, playing /
/ Liverpool this week to crowded houses. |
An enlargement will be played in Ire |
land next month. Klaw & Changers /
production of The Pink Lady" with |
Olga De Baugh and John E. Young, |
has completed a most successful tour |
of the New England states. and will |
now turn southwark to repeat the !
visits of last season,
Arrangements have been made by I
Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph Brooks |
for the dramatizatlon of Hall Games
new novel. The Woman Thou Gavest |
Ne" which will be published serially !
beginning next month 1t deals with |
the large subject of woman's place in |
the family in relation to marriage,
motherhood and divorce
William H. Crane, the comedian, !
opened his fiftieth season on the Amer |
lean stage on Monday night in Wilkes |
barre, Pa in The Senator Keeps |
House" by Martha Morton. Mr.. Crane |
made his first appearance in Utica |
July IS, 1868, with the Holman opera |
company. During the most of the |
course of his long career, he has been
associated with his present manager |
and friend. Joseph Brooks
For the highly important role of the |
Queen in Somewhere Else" the fan |
tastic musical comedy by Avery Hop !
wood and Gustav Luders, which Henry |
w. Savage will produce in December |
Miss Cecil Cunningham has been en- |
gagged. Miss Cunningham is the young |
American prima donna who attracted 4
such favorable notice by her singing
of the title role of The Pink Lady
Franklin Farnum, whose experience /
includes an extended engagement with 1
Madame Sherry" has been assigned |
to the juvenile role of the same piece
Because OF the tremendous physical |
demand which the title role of that /
joyous operetta, Little Boy Blue.
makes upon its incumbent. Henry w /
Savage has arranged to tighten the |
labors of Miss Gertrude Bryan by pro-
viding her with an alternate" Miss |
Eva Fallon, who has appeared under /
the Savage management in The Yam |
kee Tourist" and The Love Cure" is /
now so familiar with the name part 1
as to be able to assume it whenever /
occasion calls her
Miss Mayben AIinne Macdonald has !
been awarded the part of Natalie in |
Mr.. Savage's revival of The Merry
Widow" Miss MacDonald's father /
was a bishop of the Methodist church \
and parental opposition for along time
prevented her seeking an engagement |
with an operate production in which |
her voice could be used to greatest /
advantage. Miss MacDonald's home is J
in Beatrice Neb.. but she was visiting
friends in Portland, Ore, when she fl
naIly obtained her mothers consent to
adopt the stage as a regular profess
sion. She started for New York the
next day. Arriving in the metropolis /
in the morning, she called at the Saw
age office that same afternoon and |
was given contract after her first |
voice trial. Miss Macdonald declares
that she puts little faith in the stories
she has read of the tremendous diff
culties which Obstruct the path of
those who would get a start upon the /
path to stage career.
From this time forward the Henry 1
W. Savage attractions for the season |
of 1878 will take to the road with /
an interval of only about one week
between each pair of openings. one /
company in Excuse Ne" began its !