El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12

self as a humble captain and the little
peasant girl does not know him; put
he grants her request and sends her
to Paris, where she is to await his
coming. The scene Of the second act
IS laid in the TuLerles- plot asalhst
the emperOr's life IS being lald Dy
Fouche, TaIeyrand, Murat and Berna-
dotte The peasant girl discovers II
and exposes the consplratorS-
The setting of the second act was
very elaborate The costumes were his
tOrically correct and Janet BeecneI,
who played the empress Josephine,
looked like she had stepped out OF one
of those familiar pictures OF NapoleonS
Another historical figure was the
duchess of Dantzig, played by Miss
Harriet Burt Her speciality was dane
ing, and II is safe TO say she danced
far better than the original ducneSs.
The role of Napoleon was played Dy
Harrison BrOckbank. who not only eX-
hibited a fine baritone voice, but a
striking resemblance to the Little Cor
poral Talleyrand was essayed BY I'd
ward Martindel, VINO acted ana sang
with distinction William = Fergu-
son, as FOuche, was fine ana impress
sive, rejecting the sinister size OF the
French intriguer with striking tidel-
~ The role Of Wanda, the little AUS
triau peasant, was played IN d uellBhI-
full manner by Nalh Nalh:
The book was full of bright dialogue.
albeit there was much current slang
which caused one to marvel: For IN
stance when Napoleon put MS admlra-
ton of the peasant girl into the phrase,
some class
But taken all in all. THE Purple
Road" is very far above the comic opera
s'DivOreOns.7
This sparkling Sardou comedy of do
nestle infelicity, was revived on Tues
day night at the playhouse, by Miss
Grace George, who seems to hold ma
lures commission TO play the role OF
Cyprienne, which she first played in
this city six years ago
"a
around the divorce problem, but "D1-
VorcOnS" still remains the best OF them
all. In fact every play on this subject
that has contained any surviving ele-
ments was modelled upon this master
piece Of comedy and satire
Miss George invests the role OF Cy-
prienne with a delicious comedy charm
There is nothing in the least farcical
about her delineattOn- It is aneerle,
Tarher cynical young person. who mas
absorbed eyerybOdy's views on mar
rage and tries TO assimilate them The
charm Of the Characterization is its
delightful femininity. Tuesday night
Miss George played Cyprienne as deli
Cately as she did some six years ago.
Perhaps she has even gained IN suav-
ity and sureness Of herself She played
it so easily that one didn't realize that
il was acting. Which is, of course, the
most difficult kind of acting
William COurueigh, as NJ Henri deS
Prunnelles, was entirely satisfactory
although he made the husband bit
fled Cyprienne's moods. Howard ESta-
brook played Adhemar with exactly the
right touch Of humor, and-unlike most
Adhemars, who usually make them
selves ridiculOus-he managed to give
the impression that he was quite worth
while.
The smaller parts were rather indif-
ferently done. But "DivOrcOns" Will
never lose its freshness. 1t is one of
the most exhilarating comedies ever
written and its revival at the play
house, by the most exquisite Cyprienne
on the stage, has already won the ap-
proval of the playgoinS public
@The Lady From Oklahoma
The Lady From Oklahoma" which
had its opening at the 4Sth street the
alter on Wednesday night is a sort OF
dramatiZed beauty parlor. The piece
was written by Miss Elizabeth JORDAN,
and when it comes to sticking satlric
pins into the little fOibles and vanities
of her own sex, CandOr requires US to
admit, that Miss Jordan is q brilliant
The play itself is the old story of
the man who has OutgrOwn the woman
As he has grown in influence and sar-
tOrial distinction she has lapsed into
the trump on the theory that the do
nestle virtues can be properly upheld
| only by plainess of dress and indiffer-
enCe to ones personal appearance
But, alas, she wakes up to find that
she has made the mistake of her life
and that her husband is casting eyes
az women VINO nOnOr the massage anu
despise the freckle- Then, of course
she rOuses herself. hikes out for little
old New York. where beauty is made
for you while you wait, in a pathetic
cndeavOr to turn her embOnpOint into
a svclt effect. chase the mOles from
her face and learn the mystic art OF
doing" her hair
While this would seem to imply a
more or less problem play. it is not II
I is simply and frankly a farce, and
I delightful farce at that. Nothing SO
screamingly funny has been seen in
New York in many moons as the scene
in the beauty parlor It is so intimate
that one has the almost uncomfortable