El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

bright Sunday morning about so per-
cent of the mems hats are high topDers
and about ten percent can afford
them a Frenchman is always pictured
in a high hat, yet no Partisan boule-
ward can touch our Avenue for the
frequency of the species
If you wear q silk hat to church in
Manhattan you are expected to put at
4 least 30 cent piece in the collection
plate NOblesse Oblige. And If YOU
wear one in the subway the bystanders
remark Why don't he take IL in a
taxi2
If wore a SLOUGH or q DERBY. people
wouldn't think I'm funny. I am so
sure OF IL don't dare try"
The Traffic.
A new white slave drama has ar
rived in New York Like its predeces-
sors. The Traffic" sets forth the tor
tuous way OF q young girl forced 20
lead life of shame partly by her own
poverty and partly by the Vaccinations
OF a villain. The cast is excellent.
The traffic was first produced IN
California, understand. It was writ
ten by Rachael Marshall and Oliver
Bailey.
A girl has a cousumptive sister and
is making small wages. To hold this
sister. the heroine, with the rempra-
ton at hand, goes the way Of "Hagar
Revelly,' who had no i'll sister and
poverty as excuses First the heroine
is the passive victim, later the assas-
sin Of the man. who, having brought
her into social slavery, also seeks TO
incriminate her sister. now restored TO
health Finally the girl who falls is
seen as the acquitted murdereSs who
is presumably TO die by her own hand.
The play sets forth in the simplest
terms the phases Of the social evil that
have lately attracted the attention Of
playwrights who suddenly feel on their
shoulders the added responsibility Of
acting as refOrmers as Well
Metropolitan Opera House Plans.
For the first time in many years the
run without a deficit Giulio GATH
Casazza, the general manager. made
this gratifying report in announcing
the plans for next season.
Among the new singers for next sea-
son will be Nine. Melanie Kurt, So
prano, Of the Royal opera, Berlin:
Nine. Elizabeth PuritZ-Schumann So
pranO, OF the Staadt theater, Ham
burg; Mabel Garrison. an American
soprano; Alfred Piccaver, an American
tenor. Of the Imperial opera, Vienna
and Arthur Middleton. an American
bass-baritone who has been heard here
in OratOriO.
On the question Of new works to be
given next season Mr.. Gatti CasazZa
said.
1T may be stated as certain that
Madame San-Gene will have its world
premiere at the Metropolitan in the
OF this opera, based on Nictorien Sar-
dOu's play well known to American
theatergoers, is by RenatO SimOni. The
music is by UmbertO Giordano. com
poser Of Andrea Chenier' Fedora and
Siberia who will be present at the
rchearsals and premiere.
other novelties under considera ton
are francesca da Rimini' by Zandonai,
recently produced in Turin: 'Notre
Dame Cbased on Victor Hugo's novel;
Dy FRANK Schmltt, which was produced
few weeks ago with great success
in Vienna; and Goetz's The Tanning
Of the Shrew CDer Widerspsnstigen
ZahmunE).
The management would be happy to
produce some novelties OF the French
and Slav schools. As TO the two short
operas by Debussy based on Poe's
stories. The FAN of the House Of
Usher and The Devil in the BeIfry.'
for which the Metropolitan has had
the rights for some time past. II is not
known whether they VIII be ready for
next season"