El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25


/ queen. Her work was obviously de-
signed after the pattern of Marie
Dressler. But methods are one thing
and medium another.
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'sThe Woman Of It. is a slender lit
tie comedy by Frederick LOnsdale and
was first produced in London under the
title, THE Best People" This is a bet
ter title, for there is about as much
man of it, as there is woman of it. -
The play deals with the experiences
of two married couples who might be
described as society phflanderers, who.
finding nothing else to do, proceed to
get themselves into mild difficulties.
The piece has three acts and, while
there are many amusing lines in it, the
fabric of the play is so attenuated that
It leaves one with a decidedly unsatis-
fled feeling.
These couples belong to the idle rich
class. Wife No 1 is considered a CAD
about by her husband, and wife No. 2
considers her husband a brute.
OF course, husband No 1 and wife
No. . meet at a supper party and tell
each other how much abused they are.
The husband wakes unduly sympathetic.
His wife is abroad INDUCING IN a light
filtration herself. 1t is in a garden
Under the influence OF the soft moon
light and the music of a violin, she
permits a young man, who has shaved
off his mustache, for her sake, to kiss
her But fundamentally she is a loyal
little soul. She hurriedly packs up
and takes herself back to England She
arrives just in time to learn of a little
supper party her husband has arranged
for himself and the abused wife of the
second part in his fiat By way of re-
prisal- she calls up a man who had
manifested a disposition to fltrt with
her and invites him to Join her at
dinner Then she has the caterer lay
places for four. The amusing situa-
tiOns follow when she discovers the
identity of her husbands companion
and. of course, it is still more amusing
when the husband enters to find his
wife present
But wife No. I takes hold Of the stu
alton and so maneuvers things as to
put the two men in the wrong light
and to make them acknowledge that
they alone are guilty Of improperly.
While this situation is rather divert
ing, it is hardly big enough to carry
patching things up took altogether too
much time.
The thoroughly satisfying feature of
the play was the acting Of Janet
Beecher Sweeter and more gracious
than ever, she played with a keen
sense of comedy ana yet with that sure
touch of high breeding that was a de-
light to watch. She made you think
that things were going to happen. and
even though they didn't. you were kept
interested in watching her.
Dallas Anderson and Cyril Scott, as
the husbands, played their parts as
well as such parts could be played And
Wallace Erskine. as the unnecessary
butler, did fairly well. Miss Josephine
Brown was the other wife and she did
her part satisfactorily.
Upon the conclusion Of her tour in
broadway to Paris" Miss Gertrude
Hoffman viii organize a special COM
pany 10 play every important city on
the globe. London VIII be the first
stop in the world tour and there Miss
Hoffman will appear for the first time
before a British audience
Her offering viii be similar to that
she gave in vaudeville with her IA
miliar Spring Song" as the feature.
She will be accompanied by Pernikoff
who is now appearing with her at the
Winters Garden, and Max Hoffman. her
husband. The tour will be directed by
Morris Gest, and Altogether there will
be 50 people in the organization
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The first Of the spring productions
TO be made by the Messrs. Schubert will
be THE Passing Show Of 1913" It is