El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

in the junk room of a Seventh avenue
storage plant.
But inasmueh as mention has been
made of it. perhaps a little more should
be added. But not much more than
the fact that ''ShadOwed'' was written
BY Dion Clayton CalthrOp and COsmO
Gordon LennOX. and was produced by
James Forbes. Hereafter Mr.. Forbes
will probably hesitate before producing
a plav solely on the strength OF its
authors imposing patrOnymic- These
authors supplied Mr.. Forbes with an
amending wilderness of aimless and
Dointless talk surrounding a 'crOOk," a
bank, girl pal of the gang who wants
to 90 right a bank robbery, some torn
post cards found in a volume of Marcus
Aurelius, which, so far as l could tell,
show that the authors had heard of
Marcus Aurelius.
Barrie Shines in "Half an Hour"
Thursday light was one of the most
JOYOUS l ever spent at the Lvceum
theater. l found Grace George at a
little bit better than her best. [ found
J. NJ. Barrie at a little bit better than
his best in MANY respects, and Mrs.
Stanley HoughtOn, author of "The
Younger Generation" better han ever.
What more could one ask?
Half an Hour Is the new Barrie
playlet which is likely to be the most
sensational hit of the season. The plot
is so unique-sO absolutely original.
Here we have the eternal triangle with
a new angle to it, and that new angle
is worked out with an absolutely artistic
precision. A married woman is in love
with a bachelor She has had a nasty
quarrel with her husband as the play
opens, and she decides to make the leap.
She gets in touch with her lover over
the phone, and 1t IS arranged for them
to meet in his apartments at once. She
strips herself of all the Jewels. her hus-
band has given her. she will have moth
ing of his Then she writes a fare
well note to the husband, wraps it
around her wedding ring and puts it
where he is sure to find it. The next
scene Is the lovers apartments. They
decide to 90 to Egypt. As soon as she
is divorced they VIII marry. They must
live their own lves-they are entitled
to happiness. Thus far YOU have been
born along on the stale, conventional
wave of the triangle. Now comes the
Barrie inspiration. The lover leaves the
apartment to get their tickets. While
crossing the street he is run over by
an auto and killed. There she is. Alone
in his apartments with all her bridges
burned. A doctor comes. He knows his
friend Is not married, so he advises the
woman to leave at once, to save her
face. He shrewdly surmises, from her
dress and manner. that she IS a WELL
born, married woman. She leaves for
home-that is the only place to 90 In
the meantime the doctor has arrived at
her home. He Is an old friend of her
husbands, although he had never seen
her before. She comes in while the two
men are discussing the tragic accident.
Tho b71shaud has found tho 1ama1s bTrt
not the note. The insinuating talk of
the doctor brings the husband to the
point of discovery and the wife to the
brink of hysteria, and thus furnishes
Miss George with an intensely dramatic
moment, and in a grand flourish of
finely suppressed emotion takes the doc
tors arm and they all 90 into dinner.
The role of the husband was played with
realistic brutality BY H. E. Herbert. The
other members of the cast are all very
Preceding the Barrie plavlet was
Stanley HoughtOn's latest comedy. "The
Younger Generation" This is a splendid
British comedy, beautifully played. 1t
deals with the revolt of the younger
generation. two sons and a daughter,
against the narrOwness of the Snug
stodginess which survives from the mid
Victorian era. While the conditions
with which the play deals are better
in England than over here.
it is a delightful little comedy. And it
was played with an exquisite touch
The elder son, who steals a latch KEY.
the Younger son who drinks wine. and
the daughter who runs away with the
man of her choice. are the three revolu-
tionary stands taken by "The Younger
Generation" against their fathers rigid
rule An uncle from Germany. who has
imbibed the free life over there. cham
pions the cause of the sons and daughter,
and turns the table on the SNUG father
by telling. right out loud, of a number
of that mans Youthful exploits
Sidney Erewitt. who PLAYED the part
of the father. was delightfully."- solemn.
Katherine MACPHERSON, as the daughter.
was the wholesome young Englishwoman
to perfection