El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-01

Have. you frogs legs. waiter?"
No sir, its rheumatism that's the
matter with me-"
The programs call it a Pullman car
nival-jOke, for the three scenes are
laid in a Pullman car-and Excuse Ne"
is all of a carnival and more. A car
nival does not describe it A riot would
be better, riot OF fun for from the
time the curtain rises on the interior
Of the Pullman car with its grinning
porter, until it drops three acts later,
there IS not a second that it is not
laughable- Excuse Ne will not go
down into history for its unusually
bright lines, although there are lots OF
good things in it, as witness those at
good company. it is a scream; it has
all the elements of a scream in its
actors. which is. exceptionally true of
the company at the Fl Paso theater,
nothing more could be desired if it is
an evening Of fun one is looking for.
While the action. takes place in
Pullman car-tA ~ Its IN the pullman
and another in IL ombination buffet
observation car &c is none of that
Frenchy fun of m1Ning berths and all
that; it is cleancut clear comedy, some
an overland train-but never will
Think of the possibilities and then
realize that they are all carried out to
the fullest and you can guess what it
like First there is the porter, Willis
p. SWeatman, himself a star in black
face; then there Is a fat man who just
naturally makes you want to laugh
when you look at him. because he Is so
good natured, and TO make II tunnler,
he has on a jag, not a nasty. mean
Jag. but just Jolly, talkatave Jag
This role is done by Sidney Greenstreet.
Sidney is going to Reno to get a
divorce from his wife lReta OtWay)
because she smokes and drinks. His
for the same place, TO get divorce
from him because he drinks too much
A minister and his wife Jack Hollis
and Enid Cray on their first vacation.
are among the passengers, and they
disguise themselves. so they can have
real fun; the minister mas TO smoke
cigars, drink whisky and do lots Of
things Just because he turned his col
lar around and replaced his clerical tie
with a red one An old man with a
crouch against all women (Wm- V.
Strunz) meets an old maid missionary
sOured on men (LaliYe BrownelD in the
car: she was his boyhoOd sweetheart,
and they get married before the train
reaches its destination The wife OF a
man whose husband the fat mans wife
has been flirting with (role taken by
Ethel Weir) is also on the train en-
route to Reno ana she gets up nlrta-
ton with a drummer IT. j: Dougherty)
who is bound for nowhere IN particular.
An Englishman (Ga1wey HerberO with
a wagonload Of luggage and golf
sticks has a beaStly hard time because
there IS no tub on the train; the porter
fat NAM but no tub; and most import
ant of all, is a. young couple supposed
to be married. but who failed to make
connections with the minister in time
to reach the train and are searching
for minister to marry them and can't
get one and can't leave the train be-
cause the young man must reach Frisco
to catch a boat. (RObert ". Frazier
and Reva Greenwood are in these TOleS)
Then there is a poodle dog of the near
bride, a former sweetheart EWinifred
Lee of the near groom. two holdup
men near the end of things. a shyster
lawyer from Reno soliciting business,
a gambler, a neWsboy, and a train con-
ductor, a peach of a conductor, well
acted by Chas. Chappelle. Just imagine
what could be stirred up in four days
among such people on a train bound
for the coast, and yet you can't imagine
half the things that do happen.