El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Spanish custom of holding an annual
marriage market which has been kept
alive by the proprietor of the Palace
hotel. On this occasion the proprietor,
who is also the sheriff of the county,
substitutes a real marriage for the mock
ones of earlier seasons. 1t thus de-
velops that MaripOsa Gilroy, the daugh
ter of a multi-milliOnaire senator, finds
herself married to Tulare Teddy; and
that her friend, Kitty Kent, is the wife
of a silly ass" Englishman, lord Hur-
lmgham. whose man Blinker is in
love with MaripOsa's maid Emma. Of
course the usual complications follow,
but in the end the two couples find
that they love each other, the valet mar
ries the maid and all ends happily.
Of course. the feature of the per-
formance was the dancing of the won
derfully graceful Donald Brian, who
looks more youthful than ever
The singing hOnOrs are shared be-
tween Nenita FitZhugh lMariposa), Car
roll McComas kitty KENT and MOya
Mannering (Emmaj.
The music ran to the waltz style. as
did also the dancin~ but it was all capti-
waiting. Among the men. praise Is due
Percival Knight as lord birmingham"
and Arthur Reynolds, as his valet.
This musical comedy afforded Il thor
oughly enjoyable evening and in It
Mr.. FrOhman has found worthy sue
cessor to "The Sunshine Girl"
:
Monday night marked the opening of
the SOthcTn-Marlowe season of five
weeks at the Manhattan onera house.
About Nothing" That these two excel
lent artists still hold a vital grip on
their admirers was manifest by the
crowded house.
As "Benedick." Mr.. Sothern was as
whimsical and fiery as NAV be. His
acting had the refreshing finish of the
genuine artist-his touch was sure and
perfectly satisfying.
As to Miss MaTlOwe's Beatrice no
new praise need be bestowed She is
charming in all her situations. and her
rich, pure voice. capable of meeting the
remands OF any literature, is delight to
the ear.
The supporting company is one of the
most comDetent ever seen here. Espe-
cial mention should be made of Mr..
Frederick Lewis, Sidney Aiatner. J.
Sayre Crawlev and Lark Taylor. The
,~.Dogberry Of George Wilson was de-
hclous IN its unctuous stupidity
The most satisfactory thing. perhaps
the only PLEASING thing, about "The
Escape" the latest Paul Armstrong
play, at the Lyric theatcr. was the one
the audience made after the three NOR
bid acts of east side tenement misery.
This play is merely a thesis by Mr..
Armstrong on eugenics and the problem
of the tenements. 1t should have been
submitted to the department of sociology
at Harvard or some other Institution
engaged in disseeting the various. phases
of sOrdid life.
Here We have a daughter of "the
tenements," who decides to escape
from her 'boOzy" father, her latter
demaliOn mother. her consumptive sister
and an unfortunate brother who has
been hit over the head with a stove lid
and thus developed murder mania.
We next find her in the office of a
United States senator, acting as his
stenOgrapher. They go out together for
dinner and the next time we see her
she Is in a luXuriant apartment kept by
the senator. She tires of having her
soul degraded" and goes in for nursing.
and Is finally led to the marriage alter
by most verbose doctor. who had orig
lnally suggested stenOgraphv as the
way OF escape. I'm the meantime the
consumptive sister dies and her brother