El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09
William Faversham and Julie
Opp In A Delightful Comedy
e. PasOans Aby Surprised by Seeing Instead of on-The
By G. A. MARTIN.

2 ence tinkling with the music Of wit
I ana truth, with every whit of disagree
aDleness removed
People always enjoy laughing at
] themselves; that is why they laugh at
i aversham and his play for il is one
l OF the keenest satires on society and
modern life that it has been the good
fortune OF modern playgOers TO enjoy.
Z II was written by ChaS KnOblauch,
an experimentation who viii say an
Eng tlsuIIlan Is not a Wlr--and produced
I Dy Mr. Faversham for whom II was
written It required two bright minds
20 make it a success-an author like
ar 4 kano2laa1ch and then an actor like
The name has little to do with the
story. The herO-AIr. Faversham-is
supposed TO be faun. a primeval- man,
who lives in the woods, who has horns
ana tail and wears no clothes and
lives for thousands of years. He sud
denly finds himself in England, in the
garden OF nobleman who is about
to commit suicide very coOlly because
OF heavy losses on the races. He wants
70 know something about life among
humans-about the herd as he calls
It; society the titled Englishman calls
lt-and ne makes q compact with the
nOblenan to pick winning race horses
Tor him, II the Englishman will intro
duce him into society for awhile. BY
reason Of his life among the animals,
the faun knows their habits and Ian
guage so that he can communicate with
them He is thus able to pick the win
ners for the Engiishman as he bar
a.
suit and trousers are too hot and he
can't bear to wear shoes that pinch,
and It takes him a whole month TO
learn how TO smoke a cigaret and not
Wiunstanding that he IS in society, he
Just can't help speaking the truth as
ne reels Il ana then can't understand IN
MS simple. clean mind why his words
create so much disturbance.
COnVenUOnalitles marriage bonds,
dress, vices and fOfbles Of people and
the foOlshness Of customs all are tar
rHr ~n = Hs-Tl-
fun OF the piece rests in its delicate
satire on society and its convention
II all ends by the Taun firing of the
shau1s and masks Of the people he has
been thrown in contact with and his
hurried exit to the fields and forests
back 70 nature-as he divests himself
Of and losses back the clothing that
has been loaned him for his little ex-
curslon into civilization, and-he has
10 answer the curtain call when the
show IS over, in a dressing gown And
Dy ble way TO digress from the play.
MI taVersham can go away ana tell
the people-lf he considers 1t important
enough that he Is the only man who
has ever had a curtain call at the end
OF the last act In an FL PaSO theater
FL PasO audiences generally have their
mats and wraps sailing through the air
Ilndlng their places in preparation for
the hcmeWard journey, long before the
curtain hits the floor, and, before IT
could get Up again they are almost all
on their feet and starting I'D the aisles
Friday night, however, they sat still
and forced the cast to respond TO three
calls with Mr. F'aversham himself ap-
pearing in the last IN his dressing
gown to smile good night It was 4
Difference that FL PasO does not often
pay to an actor
Every character of the cast was in
splendid hands Miss Opp as the suffra-
enough 10 make votes for women
among any band Of men anywhere, and
was most delightful in her scenes with
Mr. F'aversham in the first and last
acts.
H Nye Chart as lord Stonebury. was
typical enough to pass for the real ar
ucle anywhere be ought to be able to
marry a Newport heiress If he would
only act his part as effectually for
season at the famous watering place
and rendezvous for manageable mil
HOnafresses, as he did Friday night in
the cast at the FL PasO theater.
But II is Unfair even to the men who
did the bits Of my men, to give praise
TO individuals, for the entire cast was
splendid-Misses Louise Wakelee Ell
lott Miss Elsie Oldham. Miss Daisy
Belmore, Miss Celia Haskell Leon
w neateroft, Legal Robinson and Arthur
FL Paso viii not forget the perform
hnce or William EaVersham and COM
pany ana VIII welcome them back any
TINE liley want to come. The box office
-4 p" AIspeIe0 good cheer to the haVer-
s-LelH Illanagement, and business man
dE6r bODDle Priest out in California
wiz nave the satisfaction Of saying, "I
Lot9 YOU so when the star gets there
s &C cV ~ -sts him on his good Judg-
tLlenl IN DOCKING this city after It had
schedule.