El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-03
AMUSE1FENTS

GOOD SHOW At aIEDOME.
In engaging the Coney 1s-and Musi-
cal Comedy company for run at the
AlrdOme. manager Fogg has certainly
brought q show that should be appreci-
ated. He has secured a company that
IS far and away above any talent ever
offered in Fl Paso at popular prices
in the musical comedy line. FL PaSoans
who saw the opening performance
were unanimous in praising the COM
pany as an attraction worthy of pat
ronaGe and manager Fogg and treas
urer Zen Baker received many con-
gratuldtiOns after the curtain had fall
len on the last act.
The first production introduced eight
principals and 10 chorus girls. The
chorus is well trained and the girls
wear some very striking and becom-
ing costumes Their work has life
and ginger in it and their voices blend
splendidly- In one of the numbers.
several of the girls are given an op
portunity to exhibit their voices indi-
vidually. and Miss Nellie Rose in par
ticular. made a big hit She has a
very sweet voice.
The hOnors among the principals are
so evenly divided that il is hard to
pick an exception. Miss Mabelle Ba-
ker, the prima donna. is a strikingly
handsome girl. with a splendid voice
and a charming manner. Her two
song were real treats and her acting
was finished.
Miss Violet Fisher, Jne soUbret, has
feet that just won't behave when the
music is going. and she is as cute and
dainty as she is clever. both as an
actress and a singer. One OF the big
hlts of the performance was her
"Honesuckle" song She had to re-
spond to five encores.
Walter Bohme. in 2 German char
acter role kept his audience laughing
all the time. He is not unfamiliar to
Ell Pasoans. as he appeared here three
years ago in the leading role in THE
Royal Chef when Ell Pasoans paid
81 to see him.
Al Ruebens, as the bell hop with the
George Conan line of prize fight
slang, got many a laugh and when II
comes to singing, he is a regular
10 be with the one and only Cohan
and played the character of Tommy
Burns in Forty Five Minutes From
Broadway
Ed Allen m the role of the Hebrew
lawyer. ma !e much out of a part that
is easy to cverdo. His PAROLES in
sorG proved one of the big laugh get
ters Of the evening and, while they
savored a little of the burlesque type
of entertainment. still they could not
be said to be vulgar. In fact. one of
the strong features that recommend
the company is that none of its mem
bers depend upon vulgarity to get
laugh They give clean comedy and
cut the rough stuff"
Ed Nose as Dick Wellington. a col
lege boy; Irwin Baker as the hotel
clerk and Bessie Allen. as the wife,
handled their roles capably.
The title of the piece is "Papa's
Millions" but it would be just as good
by any other name. 1t is of the usual
musical comedy mixup variety, serving
as a vehicle for Introducing some
good lines of conversation and many
chorus and solo numbers by the prin-
cipals. not one of which failed to go
big as they say on the stage.
1t is the sort Of show that FL
Pasoans can enjoy and will no doubt
patronize to encourage the manage
ment TO keep up the standard of en-
tertainment
A record for the Airdome was es-
tablished Monday when every seat in
the summer theater was sold before
o'clock Manager Fogg offered any
one IS who could go to the box office
and purchase seat after that hour.
as the reserva tions made earlier in the
day sold the entire house,