El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-26

OF arnistice existing between the syn
dictate and the Shuberts- While hOstil-
tiles have been suspended these two
commanding factions are keeping
sharp eye on each other, and through
a maze OF agreements, concessions"
and arrangements" a Jealous rivalry
is still afoot. Il is not considered that
the syndicate has won any great VIC
tory. While the terms OF the ar
rangement'' between the Shuberts and
their rival the syndicate, are not gen
orally known, 1T is well understood that
the former, with their enormous back
ing, lost nothing in the new policy"
I1Iavv and ErIanger Favor Americans
In the Klaw and Erlanger prOduo-
tons for the coming season there viii
be a gOodly representation OF Ameri-
can authors The firm announces the
early production OF the dramatizatiOn
by Edwin Milton Rouie OF The win
ming of Barbara Worth" the novel by
Harold Bell Wright. This firm viii
also present q new play BY Frank
Wandel and Helen Kraft, authors OF
"Our Wives" The new play will be
called silk"
This firms first production OF she
season Will be THE Merry Martyr a
musical comedy adapted by Glen Mac
DOnOugh- The music is by Hugo
Reisenfeld. who was one Of the direct
Ors OF the grand opera season at tbs
Manhattan opera house.
Bert Williams. the negro genius OF
GoneQy VIII nave play All LOT
self. This viii be an elaborate pro-
duction OF Robinson CrusOC" which is
being written by Glen Mac DOnough.
Mr.. Williams will play Friday"
Elsie FerEusOn's New Play.
An October production will be that
Of Elsie Ferguson in a new comedy
called "A Strange Woman" written BY
Mllliam J, Hurlbnt. author Of The
Fighting Hope" The scenes OF the
new play are laid in Delphi, Iowa. and
Miss Ferguson viii portray a novel
type Of woman whose advanced views
set the town in an uprOar.
Among Klaw and changers plans
for the season are several transcOn-
tental tours which viii take in not
only the leading cities Of the Pacific
coast but the growing cities Of the
Canadian Northwest. The most extern
sive tour will be that Of "Oh. Oh Del
phine," which will begin in the east IN
September and continue throughout
transcOntinenta1 tour for ''MilestOnes.'
after it has been seen in Philadelphia
and some of the othe- large eastern
cities.
To Open In St Paul.
Henry Miller will open his season in
The Rainbow at St Paul in Septem-
Der and will go 10 the Pacific coast
Robert Hilliard will tour the entire
country in The Argyle Case" and
The Count of Luxembourg" viii also
be on the road throughout the sea
son.
One OF the most important theatrical
dates of the season is August IS. ar
which time Charles FrOhman viii pre-
sent his first musical comedy attrac-
Uon or the season, The Doll Girl with
Richard earle and Hattie Williams
The piece viii be first tried out at
Atlantic City and then sent direct TO
the Globe theater
The leading members OF the theat-
real profession are the cOuntrv's
greatest travellers and of them all
mrs Minnie Madden Fiske is perhaps
the one who has traversed the great
esI mileage in transportation history
her tours have repeatedly been as
comprehensive as the map of the cOun-
try itself; there is no corner of Il
that she has not visited. and vet sh8
VIII next season undertake OnS
1ected- She viii leave New York
Sept u, opening her season in To-
rontO Sept. Is. with one preliminary
night, en- route, and viii then go 10
the Pacific coast and back, terminal
ing her tour in Charleston. S. c., Feb
z. arriving in New York Feb. 9. The
extraordinary feature OF this five
every border state in the union Win
the exception Of Florida and those IN
New England. while on the otneE
hand, points in only five interior states
viii be played Mrs Fiske viii thus
girdle the country and as her EdWato
Sheldon success of last season IS ~
be her medium of appeal her tour ~
Road" around the United states
Brightest spot m El PasO-Greeian
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