El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-20
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aThe Talksr" Brings Out New Star Tuly Marshall
By J. W. HcCOnauSbY
"The Talker" Also Brings Out New Star,

IT'S. coming. Before long you will see
one of those interesting, illuminated
4 word puzzles in front Of a Broadway
rheater bearing these mystic letters
s'T-u-I-I-y-m-a-r-s-
Mr.. Marshall is featured - not
starred-with Miss Lillian Albertson in
The TaIker." which has begun TO do
business at the Harris theater. With
small risk of lowering our well known
forecast average. we predict that it viii
be there for quite a spell
This forecast is more OF less based on
the attitude o. the first night audience
toward Mr. Marshall and Miss Albert
son. who have grabbed most Of the
show for their very own It was quite
a grab, but they carried 1t off.
We were especially interested in see
ing Mr. Marshall in his new character
Considering that he has never been
starred. he is remarkably well remem-
bered and liked And In this new play
he breaks new ground He made his
first big hit in Paid in Full" where
he PLAYED the part OF young man
whom you would eheerfully have
showed under a brewery wagon and
chuckled at his death throes. In The
City ne added TO the moral deficien-
cies Of the former character by con-
tracing the drug habit and killing his
sister.
We understand that Mr.. Marshall OBJ
jected to being ~perpetually labeled
professional BLACKBOARD and demanded
an opportunity to show that he could
really be a decent sort Of chap on the
stage. THE Talker" was the chance,
and he went 10 it with enthusiasm and
excellent results. And Miss Albertson
held up her end as well as any OF them
as the unlettered but discerning critic
remarked Of Othello. ~
The general ground plan OF the new
play is as old as the marriage custom
with which il deals. But the big deYel-
opment OF the old theme is decidedly
novel The Talker" Is woman,
strange as It may seem Miss Aibertsou
plavs this part. She is the dissatisfied
wife of a hard working young business
man, who has a normal mans deep love
Of his wife and a normal mans ambi-
ton to build a home that is worthy OF
the name He bought a $4,000 house in
Flushing with a 500 bill, and his one
idea was to pay for It and live IN II ana
have children and be happy. Ihis Is
TTarr4 Ienox-TulIy Marshall-and It Is
eertainlv the first time he has had a
chance to be that kind OF a man On the
stage. -. =. .,,
he shame for her to waste her great !
gifts in this fashion. She has studied /
he writings Of women who have had I
careers and had nothing else to do but I
career She feels that she is one with i
them. Every time she spreads the PIN
ions Of her mentality Tor an exalted /
rlight they beat vainly against the ne 1
eessftv for getting dinner ready o. /
wrestling with the iceman- Zach day 4
She feels more surely that she cannot /
Re much longer confined IN the pressed /
prick instalment plan cage InaI mas
been built up around her.
Naturally this makes for bad dinners
Ind a generally uncomfortable nome
ant the worst of II is that her hus-
,and's younger sister has q profound
lduiration for her sisterinlaW and
: Ires in su-of this junk about q wO-
nan living her own life in her own
rav at anv cost" as being the inspired
.tterance Of a great genius The result
6 mt she breaks off her engagement
;-ffil y decent. clean young fellow who
g head over heels in love with her and 4
ZONES to Chicago with a married man
This hapDens just at the time that
Jenox has begun to suspect his Wife OF
more than g passing interest IN the
-,srrfed manor to be more definite, at
- md of the second act. This is the
~ scene-When the young fellow
-aebes in with the note from his
Wae4heart and holds Mrs I4enox's talk
esponsible for the whole business, Then
,e1ox starts In on her and tells her
--bet he thinks. It seemed to Us that In
his crisis AR. Marshall was trifle
unconditional for an Anglo Saxon
,nsIness man with a rolltop desk In q
cal estate office
Tbe last act eases up the situation.
" find here a subdueo and different
Frs I,enox, who IS spending her time
nd her money trying to find her sis
eTfnls4v. and Incidentally making a
BUSINESS Of doing good works on the
~ The young lady-deserted, OF
ourse-at last comes back and Is re-
eived with tears and affection. LenoX
nd his wife declare the slate clean and
make fresh start
members Of the cast up to this point it