El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
'"I,he Fight" Clever But too
Daring; "Hweethearts"
Scores From Start.
Bv Emory r. Calvert.l

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-ENF YORK. Sept. 13.-If chief
~ magistrate AIcAdoo had not put
4 stop to 1.-The Lure" and re-
ouired the producers Of The Fight
Va axnunge the brothel scene from that
otherwise admirable play, there IS no
telling to what salaclouS oeplhS Inc me
New York theaters would nave Iall l-
before the end OF the season ~ -! y
Donderant character OF season ; SldSe
ont nut is largely determined Dy tne
first big hits of the seansoh- y ..I I1tls
same token If THE Lure ana ne
Eight two Of the biggest hits OF tne
new season, had not been hlpPeu u
the bud. the present theatrical season
in New York would prODaDly haNS
been characterized in the history o.
the American drama as The Era OF the
House of III Fame 1t IS stated o.
the highest authority that the success
of the two plays mentioned ABOVE uau
ir6uced the hasty preparation OF al
lot q score of plays for as early pro-
duction as possible, every one OF WIllCn
was balder and more prurlehL ll 1
either The Lure" or The right Ohe
recalls with a smile the AuI e
aroused in this city less than dozen
years ago, by the production OF SiI-
Warren's Profession, play Wnlcn
not only possessed some OF shaw IN
est art but which was mild ana IN
nocuous compared with the two plays
A. n7agistrate McAdoO Characteristic
lure" il is not necessary 70 QlS Lllo
the sewer TO ascertain that 1t IS there
everyone knows it is there
I am heartily in sympathy Win me
chief MAGISTRATE in his calling a halU
on these young playwrighIs or lh9
tenderIoin. who. under the nypocTll lCs4
pretext trying to --upll1C soclety'
are irving TO flood the stage Win MAJ
OdOro11s filth to the delecJatlon OF the
pruient minded and the swelling OF the
box office receipts
R11t the week has brought out otner
plays of a far better ana more " 1FOlS
some nature. as we shall see
9sSyveetheartsv catches on.
Monday night was a triumph 10y
Christie Mcdonald and Victor HerDerI
'.Sweethearts" is the latest, ana N
MANY RESPECTS, the best thing HerDefI
has done. It is always nlelodlOus a4-u
tuneful and in one or two PASSAGES
rises to the height Of grand opera
Mondays night audience at the New
Amsterdam aEplauded Miss Mcdonald
and her able company most generously
There is more than a score OF me
most daTighrfuI songs imaginable IN
sweet hearts" but perhaps the pest
one is THE AngeluS' sung Dy MISS
Mcdonald and Thomas Conkey- Inc
audience seemed unable 10 get eHOuS II
of it, Among the other big song nlLS
were ''SWeethearts, Mother loose,
and IN the Convent They Never laugh I
Me That" All these were sung py
Miss Mcdonald and chorus Ana Speah-
ing of choruses, it is no more than the
truth to state that this chorus has
never before been eQualled in comic
opera in this city
The book is by Harry b smith ana
Fred de Gresac, and the lyrics by
Robert B. smith. The story IS coher-
ent and offers ample opportunity Tor
splendid scenic display and picturesque
cOstuming-
Among those who scored Individual
hits were Tom AIcNaughtOn, who was
exceedingly funny, but did not have
half enough to do; Frank Belcher and
Robert O'Connor, together with Miss
Ethel Du Ere Houston. The piece IS
fresh musical and Clean such a comic
opera as viii rejoice the hearts OF
New Workers for many days TO come.
ssFhe Fight a Red Light Expose.
To see a grey haired United States
senator in a house of i'll repute, to see
him there for purposes well understood,
and moreover, fully explained, to see
him thrust into room where there Is
a screaming girl only to find that the
girl is his own daughter, is the latest
STAGE thrill provided by Bayard Weller
in his drama, 'The Fight" The audi
ence at the Hudson theater Tuesday
night gasped in their surprise and
rubbed its eyes-cOuld it be true-was
the inner workings of a red light re-
sort actually put before them in its
most hideous possibilities But there