El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-21

I By the way, Faversham has promised
to produce Romeo and Juliet" before
long and then we will have an Op-
uortunity TO compare this admirable
actor with Sothern and other modern
ROmeOs.
"The Rule of Three"
Guy Bolton, a newcomer in the list
of authors known to Broadway, has a
capital idea in his farce, THE Rule OF
Three presented at the Harris theater
but in truth it must be said that he
has failed in measure to realize its
possibilities
Briefly, the story concerns Mrs.
tlOWer, who has twice been made a
widow by the divorce court. and who IS
now spending her honeymoon at q sum
mer hotel with Mr.. Flower. who is
NO. 3, in the matrimonial venture To
the same hosiery come husbands No.
I and p Mrs. Flower has not lost in
-terest in the affairs of her former help
meets, but on the contrary interferes
when hubby the second is about to
marry a widow, whom Mrs. Flower
deems unworthy Of him. Accordingly
she telegraphs for a woman friend who
viii make him an ideal wife. She also
mixes up in the affairs of hubby the
first and secures him a proper wife.
In order to pull the various strings Of
her scheme, she is forced to regelate
hubby the third to the background and
for time he threatens to lead her to
the divorce court Her child by one
OF the former husbands. who calls one
Of them Daddy" one Papa" while re-
ferring to Mr.. Flower as Father"
also furnishes some humOr.
Katherine Grey, as Mrs. Flower did
the best she could with q rather poorly
written part and managed to inject
some real farce into the role. George
HaSSel was really funny as one of the
previous husbands while Anne Mere
dith played Mrs. Vincent in good taste.
Orrin Johnson as the other previous
husband lacked the touch of real farce
necessary to a role of his kind. VIII
Archie plays the bell boy, who is study
ing medicine, with fine touch OF
humor, while Vivian TObin, Mary Al
den, Bernard Fairfax and other mem
bers of the cast did fairly we'll
After all, Mr. Bolton may be new at
the playWrightlng art, and experience
will undoubtedly develop his talent.
His lines are bright and witty, but he
has failed to infuse enough action into
his characters to carry along the farce
at a rapid pace.
''The Clever Woman"
After a run Of several weeks In
Boston, May Robson came to the West
End for weeks engagement IN The
Clever Woman" by James Forbes The
play is a new version of "A Rich Mans
Son. which ran for a brief period at
the Harris last year. In its new garD'
the comedy promises to be a success,
If the reception accorded II on It's
opening night. here and the press no
tees from Boston count for anything.
Miss Robson, in the character of the
wife of a wealthy Omaha man, comes
to New York to break into society
finds much material for splendid act
ing, in which she runs the gamuI
from pathOs to high comedy In an
probability, the comedy will be brouSnI
down town for a run at one OF the
Broadway theaters.
seThe Polar Bear gill;
Ever since Bessie Carette, the diving
girl at the New York Hippodrome' won
the Polar Bear trophy by being the
first Girl bather to take dip IN the
in 1914 Miss Carette dove into
the breakers at Brighton Beach at
Few. seconds past midnight on January
j. she has been swamped win IiaSn
The funny part of it is that not one
Of these notes came from a large city
and most Of them came from the-west.