El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22
price of admission New Years eve. shall
be raised to So.


be raised to So.
Pay for Rehearsals.
At the same time the Actors Equity
association is planning, as is now public,
knowledge to force a uniform contract
upon the managers. soon, all true.
! friends of the theatrical folk hope,
walking the ties back to the Rialto viii
be only a tradition. Also, the managers
won't be able to have a play rehearsed
five weeks on a nO-pay basis for the
actors. then run the show a week, give
the actors a seven-day salary check and
declare the enterprise a failure.
The Shuberts and K. and E, con
Guided a treaty of peace last winter,
but the effects OF this treaty are only
seen now. At first, Lee Shubert ad-
mitted the other day, each side was
afraid that the other did not mean bust
nessy9 But finally both saw such huge
profits in combination as against COM
petition that thew were scarcely able to
restrain themselves from linking arms
and heading a triumphal march of man
ayers down the east side of Broadway
at 2 o'clock IN the afternoon
Increase Picture Shows.
Abe Granger sat in box at the per-
/ Torrance of EThe Pleasure Seekers" in
! the Shuberts's pet theater, the Winter
! Garden. and arrangements were made
| for "The Passing Show of 1897 to
move from the Winter Garden tOs a
| Klaw & Erlanger theater, the Grand
I opera house. Many theaters are ito be
closed or turned into picture houses here
and IN other cities, and some 81 houses
VIII become 81 places of amusement.
Managers who have not smiled IN q
decade are indulging in gTIns that have
frightened young actresses into mysteries.
There IS no agreement to pool profits,
or anything of that sort, however, all
hands agree. It's simply a friendly little
understanding. And eveTybody's happy
except the actor.
The competition among managers to
obtain the services of the big stars has
forced salaries altogether too high the
managers are sure, and they must come
down. But. say the ever ready little
managers, there will be longer engage
ments and more work. The actors are
not wholly happy, however.
Limit Free ReheaTsals.
I found much grim determination the
other day in the meeting of the Actors
Equity association at the Little theater.
This movement was started by mature
actors, who are Independent of managers
and not susceptible to threats and the
like. A contract form has been drawn
up 70 be presented to the Theatrical Man
ayers association.
One -clause. of the proposed contract
viii end the practice of forcing players
to take part IN many weeks rehearsals
without pay. Free rehearsals shall be
limited to three weeks. If rehearsals
are necessary after that period. the
manager VIII be required to add a half
week to the usual two weeks, notice of
the closing of the show for each week
over three that the play IS IN prepare
ton. That Is, if a play Is rehearsed
four weeks the actor in the company
viii be assured of at least two and
half weeks work or salary for that
period. And if the play is rehearsed
five weeks. the actor must get three
weeks work.
There are many other beneficient
clauses, but the matter IS too involved
Tor me to take 1t up IN detail here,
NThe Strange Woman"
must get down to telling about one
OF the finest plays which has struck
Broadway for a long time.
This IS The Strange Woman in
which Elsie Ferguson Is starring at the
Lyceum theateT. The play opened Mon
day night. 1t is a comedy in three acts
by William Hurlout, and anyone who
does not see it cannot say he has
watched all the representative per-
formances of the day.
Elsie Ferguson Is at her best as Inez
de Pierrefond, the talented, beautiful
woman with a past who is suddenly
pumped down into the midst of the
provincial society of Delphi, Ia. She
has been brought home by John Heming-
way, tha-his mother NAV. see. the wo-
man he IS to make his wife, and imme-
dIately she becomes the mark for the
gossipsi
But the caclling old women of Delphi
lind their darts falling with their points
blunted and retreat in disorder before
the keen wit of the Partisan. On the
other hand, the Partisan yields some of
hers and Johns ideas to those of the
home making American It seems She
has been married Extraordinarily. of
course. And she cannot find If in her
heart to mouth again the meaningless
words Of the marriage ceremony. So
she and John have resolved to let their