El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-01

is the saving scene Of the whole piece,
the one redeeming feature, and quite
worth while waiting for.
As a convincing drama, the Play Is
too overdrawn, the human touch is
lacking, although very capable cast
did all that was possible to make II
'eThe Doll Girl
The ever funny Richard earle and
the three irresponsible Hattie WI
Iiams, supported by large company
of funmakers and a pretty and sprlte-
" chorus, danced and sang their way
into favor, in the rather flimsy must
cal play. 1.-The Doll Girl" at the GLOBE
on Monday night Since the ADVENT , OF
'aThe Merry Widow" this country has
had a surfeit of foreign musical
Dlavs. some of them good, most or
them of no especial merit. The score o.
the piece, written by Leo Eall' with
the INTERPRETATIONS and revisions BY
Harry r. Smith. proved to be very
meIodious and worthy of more SUD
stantfaI story than the one on when
it is strung. The dancing IS also very
good for a wonder, there IS no tur-
key trottong in the entire perform
ance- 49,
The thin plot centers around the
MARQUIS de la TOurelle, gay ana res
tive nobleman, portrayed by Rlcharu
earle. who comes from Paris TO MS
chateau for the purpose OF breaking up
+be love affair between his nephew
and Yvette, the daughter OF the VII
Iaea tabaconist, a curiously motherly
soul played by Cher1dah Slnpsoh,-"ho
does everything well w nile IN farls'
the marquis has had an aIla ar VIZ III
RosalilIa. a Spanish dancer, played Dy
Hattie Williams, who tolloWS MIN 10
the country. DISCUSSES herseit as a
country girl and spies upon MIN. me
MARQUIS falls in love with HYetle anu
n-ouofses TO get her a theaIrlcal en-
e-aqernent in Paris. Hither she goes
chaperoned only by doll, hshce me
title of the piece The nephew
Jealous of the uncle and the opahL S
dancer Kisses ~Caramba ana WOrS9
herself into a fine frenzy OF wraIn- IN
the end everything is set TO rts t,'s
amid the beautiful surroundings OF the
Bots de Boulogne. -
Tbe scenery and costumes are elan
crate. Several of the songs pro pro tls
to become popular on Broadway pc
fore long. The best ones are NOW
and Then" sung by Miss SlIhP ;2g.I
"COme on over Here" by MISS WI
liams, and chorus; viii II All hnQ - ~
Smoker by Robert EVetI' On On 1 a.
HONEYMOON" sung by him with MISS
Webb; "Rosalilla OF Sev ~ "a VIII aii5
you Are So Fascinating Love .2T17, " IN
q Cs1itaI L. sung by Miss iWlllaIns'
and That Ragtime Dinner Band Dy
Mr.. NcNaughton and chorus -,-..7
sHThe Doll Girl" while not rlVel
NJ .s,Tbe Merry Widow" or "The Choc,
oiate Soldier" will probably sing ana
dance it's happy way into nlgh AYR
with a none too discriminating puO4io-
aKiss Me Quick
y, Tuesday night kiss Me Quick,
new farce by Philip Bartholomae,
onened at the Forty-EiShLh sLt.
Heater. Helen Lowell and arthur
.AvIesworth are especially featured II
the cast ., .or,-
adv nv the authors Of Alma Wo
Wobnst DUP with the English aoat-
tsfio1 ~ Adolph Philip and Edward A
PauIton. opened at the bongacre On
Thursday succeeding The SILVER Su
Guides Natalie Alt, George cam, / d
Forde Crawford Kent, ~William Dan
forth DALLAS Wexford, Harry BRAD
ford and a bewitching chorus
on the same night Where !sno
ance Is Bliss" an English version OF
Ferenac Molners comedy Of stage Ire
and Affiliations, was presented az the
TL,caur1. under the direction OF Har-
rison Grey FisSe, Philip LltkteI mace
the English adaptation WllllaIh
Courtleigh, Rita Joivet and FRED
eric de Belleville were entrusted WIN
the principal roles. The comedy prom
ises to be as successful here as II was
abroad last season
HippodrOme ReOPenS
Saturday night marked the annual
opening OF the f1tpPoo - -, 49, -, -
show and a new cast. This year there
are no. foreign scenes depicted, the en-,
fire action taking place in America,
which has been selected as the title
for the new spectacle. The spectator
is promised a scenic peep at some OF
the wonders of this country, lncludlng
the Rocky mountains and the rama
No canal There are the usual num-
her of thrills and novelties, besides the
monster chorus. All new steps for the
ballet have been invented and none
of the conventional ballet dancing IS
given