El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18

than Mr.. lyman. He made one feel that
/ he was the Joseph of old He has the
! intelligence, the fire, the sp1tuahsuc
and the physical grace for this role ana
his playing OF 1t IS treat 20 tne 6,aSS;7
The SPLENDID acting OF James . Nell
as Jacob. was also an important e1e-
ment in the success OF the play IN QS-
J picting the old patriarch MI NelI
spiritual beauty that exceeded anything
he has done throughout his long ana
varied career on the stage II was the
embodiment OF all that was Dest anu
] worthiest of the old school acting
1t may also be stated in truth that
Howard Kyle, as the sinister elder
brother. Simeon. never did anything
half so well in his life. He MADE oe-
cided individual init"
The play begins almost where the
story does. And it moves along, snoolh-
" rapidly, dramatically, towards the
climax. enbOdying all the elements OF
the narrative with all its cross currents
of passion. hatred, avarice and love
The only liberty Mr.. Parker has taken
with tie story was to give PoupheI
wife a name. It is Zuleika- This role
was played by Miss Pauline Frederick
in such way as to cause one TO Won
der how Joseph escaped her wiles.
Running through the play is the real
! love story of Joseph and Asenath, the
daughter of the high priest 1t Is sweet
and convincing and provided all the TO
, nance that was necessary.
/ scenes. It was a moving spectacle filled
with color, dancing girls, slaves, music,
lnObs. warriors, priests. SoothSayers anu
| ma gicians, yet the pageant as such, neH-
/ er for a moment dominated the play NO
/ higher tribute could be paid to the ART
! of Louis n. Parker than that
The first act held one by its deep,
reverentiaI sincerity and patrlarcnal
dipnitv but the most effective scene was
/ the last the one in which Joseph re-
I vealsI himself to his brethren, and the
/ meeting with his father This meeting
| between Jacob and his son, Joseph, the
/ first horn of his beloved Rachel, was
/ beautiful 80, -. 49,.
story in making perhaps nlte I oO
much of the pursuit of Poupners W1e
! after Joseph. She is not content after
he has been thrown into the dung
/ No She must visit him in his misery
/ and depreciation ana NOES B. nm
/ 1eika is found out in the end, by her
| husband, and there, in the SHADOW OF
/ the pyramids. she sears out heF eyes
( and her hideous shrleks OF agony Pie s :
| the upper reaches Of the theater ana
| suppIv the only discordant note IN the
N" Miss olive oliver played wen. but
| looked a bit too young, as Rachel: ON
/ er members of the company VINO dlu
! T1,e1i were Frank Losee. Emmet King,
! Frank Woolfe, Lily CahtH and Dorothy
/ Parker. $3.50, 10 =. 7o,,,-
ssJOEeDn ana his d GtAA- - --- -
| career ahead of it
! ARRANGEMENTS have been complele4
! for the presentation of the MesSTa
! Shubert's big New York success, Inc
I Lottery Man. in FL PasO at an carry
';The Lottery Man." new comedy
| &c nv Rida Johnson Young, and VIII
J he presented at the FL Paso theater
| January "a with Herbert mayer III
The central figure in 1.-The Lottery
| Man" is lack Wright, news gatherer,
DIaVed bv Mr. Thayer He is warm
| friend of Foxy PaytOn. who owns the
! DaDer. and when he gets a Wall street
] fin Wright goes to his chief Tor
J money. promising as security, in the
! event of failure, his pledge to turn
] into the paper one of the biggest stor-
| les New York has ever known AS the
! tin fails Wright is compelled to make
good. This he does by offering him
! self as the prize in a lottery which Is
/ to be conducted by the newspaper
/ Naturally the coupons appeal mostly TO
/ women and the campaign among the
| thousands of contestants wakes warm
! Shortly after Jack has ottered himself
] as the human prize. he falls in love
! with Helen Heyer, which fact causes
| him to regret his entry into the
| scheme.
| The New York press was unanimous
| in uronouncing ''The Lottery Man" a
| comedy of unusual merit.
H., TDo-,os+s, Cor-o