El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-09
"Our Wives"


A satire upon the illusion OF love was
given on Monday night at Wallack's
under the title Of Our Wives" The
comedy, which was written by Helen
Draft and Frank Mandel, was meritor1-
Gus IN itself, and Its success was en-
phaSiZed by an excellent representation
and highly attractive stage setting.
The story of the play centers about
Frank Bowers, who is a GbrettiSt with
a fear Of women Bowers has three
bachelor friends who disappoint him by
marrying. After much discussion upon
the relative merits of being married or
single librettist accidentally hears
melody whose mellifluous intonatiOns
enthrall him.
over him that he sets out to find the
author. His discovery was more or less
OF a shock, for the writer of the song
was a woman The meeting proves
somewhat disastrous for the bachelor
notions of Mr.. Bowers. He, however,
tries to overcome ais affection with
aeStheticiSm Therefore they agree to
forget sex and work IN harmony The
only trouble is that their harmony fails
and in the end. of course, they find the
trouble with their work and decide to
forget that sex has been forgotten
This metamorphOSls does not take
place without considerable pain on the
part of both. On the woman 5 side, pain
arises because the man Will not be
manly, and on the mans part he finds
fault with his mate because she per-
sists in being wOmanly.
Henry Koalker played the young
writer who succumbs, and Pamela Cay
thorue had the role of the composer
with a wOmanis heart and ability at
pretense.
One OF the most delightful comedy
touches of the performance was given
by the three bachelor friends who sud
denly decide to become the "happlest
men in the world" They bring their
respective wives to a dinner provided by
the bachelor librettiStS and the humOr
lies in the exceedingly. human way in
which the old order and the new fail
TO mix in the ease and fluency with
which the women make it plainly un-
deTstOod that their respective husbands
are not longer free to roam the earth
with the careless bachelor.
erich Mans SON.
James Forbes has written so many
clever plays that the audience at the
Harris theater on Monday night was
rather inclined to judge him by past
performances and not by the intrinsic
value of a Rich Mans SON. his latest
production.
Even with this somewhat unsympa.
ihetic attitude evident, however, a
Rich Mans Son" proved itself TO be OF
the usual Forbes caliber before the eve
ming was over. 1t also showed that the
writer had lost none of his cleveInesS
though he had ventured further into
the field of sentiment than he has ever
done before
The story of the play is not new. 4
rich mans son, inclined TO daily with
the pleasant things of life. falls in love
with his fathers secretary, despite the
desire of the latter that his son shall
marry a young woman in society
The boys mother who dislikes her
husbands social aspirations, sympa-
thizes with her son and takes his part
to such a degree that she is willing to
leave her husband when he threatens TO
turn the boy out of the house Discov-
cry by the father that the secretary
has been responsible for his sons turn
e IL. -
about a reconciliation and the curtain
happily fell upon a reunited family.
The company was excellent in its in
depreciation of Mr.. FOrbes's comedy.
Jessie Ralph, who played the mother.
exhibited a rich fund of humOr and was
sincere in convincing when her role re-
quired these qualities. Louise Rutter,
the secretary, played her part naturally