El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-14
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Lovers Of real melOdrama will find no
fault with "FTeckles." A fairly large
/ house full Of FL Pasoans witnessed the
/ attraction at the e PasO theater Thurs
| day night and the applause was fire.
/ quent and hearty.
! The play is in three acts and tells the
I story Of a boy who had been left an
/ orphan, with but one hand, and his bat
/ tie with the world. He finally wins the
admiratiOn OF the owner of a vast tim
/ Der tract and is set TO guard the tim
/ Der from thieves, where he prOvs his
( honesty and integrity and falls in love
/ with q girl, VINO returns the compliment
with equal zest Then conmes an acct
I dent IN which falling tree brushes the
/ lad almost to death and he is taken
| by the girl and her family, who have
y ealth and position, to the city TO be
nursed back to life. There are start
ling revelations in the last act rela-
and OF course, these revelations set eF-
erything Alright and make him mighty
happy; there Is another love story in
the play and II also ends just as hap
PLY.
The settings for the first two acts.
which are laid in the timber forest, are
SplendiOly done and very natural. The
last act IS the parlor Of the home Of
the girl"
One OF the enjoyable features Of the
performance is the portrayal Of the old
Scotch couple by John S Marble and
Dignan Meredith Both are exception
ally good in these characters and pic
ture two very lOvable, tender hearted
old stage people 1Ir. Marble has an
Of the past decade and is known to all
American theatergOers. Miss Meredith
was for time in the -Bunty Pulls the
String company.
Miss Carrie BeIIemore, as "the girl"
christened By "Freckles" as "the angel
OF the swamp is as clever as she is
pretty and easily wins the hearts of her
audience.
Julius Veile is the 'Freckles" Of the
cast While NOT as well cast for the
part as he might be, he got plenty of
applause Thursday night and his tenor
singing was very pleasing. He renders
three solos incident TO the action Of the
play. He was formerly tenor for the
Denver Posts Boys band and also sang
IN New York church chOirs.
Jay Mansfield, as camp cook, por-
trayed very good character part, -
good as that which he created in the
role Of the German sergeant in .Ari-
Other members of the cast were am
ply satisfactory. The drama tization is
very careful following Of the book,
Wnich made so many thousands laugh
and cry because IL seemed to get so
close to human nature in almost every
element and the cast is equal to the
parts, and but Slight criticism can be
OIIered to the manner In which the play
is acted. The management has in the
main been most happy in selecting a
very capable cast, and the many and
stIOnB character pOrLrayalS which the
development Of the plot permits could
hardly be improved upon over those in
the roles
As rural melodrama, telling a story
that is different from the usual melo-
drama and with a setting that is en-
urely original. "FreckIes" has a place
OF It's own The play is Neil Twomey's
dramatizatiOn OF Gene Stratton-Por-
ters novel The story is a good one.
and many who have read the book say
It has CANNED force in the transporta-
ton rom the leaves Of a book to a set
ting behind the fOotlights