El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-03
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LOCAL THEATRIcALs.
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Manager Howard Fogg is preparing
to close the summer theatrical season
at the Airdome with some stock pro-
auctions by the Albert Taylor COM
pany. after which he will open the FL
Paso theater for the winter season
with one of the best lines Of attrac-
tios ever booked for the place, accord
ing to the present outlook.
''The Heartbreakers'' viii be the open
ing bill during the last week in Sep
TENDER. It is a musical comedy, star
ring George Damerel and his latest
song, our Smile, Your Eyes and
You" a song that has made hit equal
to "Cuddle Up q Little Closer" The
Yama Yama Man." and other popular
favorites. This production will be
followed rapidly by others.
Meantime, the Albert Taylor company
will come into the Airdome with some
royalty bills, opening with The Chris
tan Monday night and following this
with The Man from Mexico" Miss
Sylvia Summers is leading woman FOR
Mr. Taylor.
The change from what the Airdome
patrons have had most of the summer
viii be welcomed by a large number
of people While many Airdome
patrons have apparently enjoyed the
Lee musical comedy performances
and the company has some good per-
formers and a clever chOrus-most OF
the people have grown very weary OF
the sameness OF the shows and par
ticularly OF James 2. Lees work,
which lacks much Of being comedy.
This weeks production is composed
mostly Of stuff that was presented
earlier in the season, even to the songs,
proving what most people contend, that
it is impossible for one set Of people
to put on a show for any considerable
period and keep giving new stuff that
is worth while. The Lee offerings
have become stale and flat, not to
say tiresome, and the patrons will
welcome some sort Of a change. Man
ager FOgg ought to profit by this next
year and arrange to book in several
companies during the summer.
The Lee company makes announce
ment that 1t is going to remain in Fl
is going to present some Cohan and
other new bills A brass band is tc be
engaged for the performances.
Manager VIII Winch. OF the wig
wan theater, is making plans with a
view to getting work under way in a
short time toward rebuilding the
theater and making it into one Of the
finest in the southwest The new
theater viii take in all the space now
occupied by the theater and the ad-
joining restaurant and will have a big
marble wainscOated lobby. with new.
cushioned seats. set wide apart. and,
in fact, will be big enough and cosy
enough to accommodate firstclass
vaudeville as soon as the town arrives
at the point where Mr.. Winch believes
it will support vaudeville. and when
he puts in vaudeville 1t will be worth
while for Winch is a man who knows
how.
While New York is still having
Its trouble with the strike OF the
musicians, the strikers having failed
to induce the stage hands or any other
stage people TO join them in the walk
out and they are alone in their fight.
FL PasO has u parallel in the strike Of
stage hands against Howard Fogg.
manager of the FL PasO. Crawford and
Airdome theaters. These striking
stage hands have not been able to
get the musicians to join with them.
Union musicians play in the Fogg
houses regularly, though the stage
hands are on a strike. Manager Fogg.
discussing the strike last night, said:
7 am willing to settle If the union
will arbitrate the matter. I have in
sisted on appointing one man, the union
appointing one and the two appoint
ing another to decide a basis of agree
ment, but 7 am willing to go further
now. Z viii leave it to The Herald. If
it will act to appoint the man instead
Of myself; then let the union appoint