El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
Marie Cahill and Richard
earle in New Play
"The Fallen Idol" a
Strong Play.
BY EMORY h. CALVERT.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The hippo
drome made even the circus look
slow when in six days it convert
ed itself into the real thing, with two
rings, canvas tent, lions, tigers and ele-
plants and every particular down to
saWdUst and peanuts. A full fledged
circus on a stage!
1 happened over to the corner Of
Forty-third street and Sixth avenue
while the transformation was going on
and the kids around that neighbor-
hood were enjoying the same thrills
felt by the village boy when Barnum
q Bailey came TO town.
From the immense dome at the top
down to the famous tank in the cell
lar, Workmen sWarmed and labOred
on the roof, L observed men taking off
the manhOles From the aperture the
platform had been suspended for the
performer who makes his death defy
ing leap through space. Then came
the stage, a hurly-burly center Of ac-
tivity- Wagon after wagon loaded
with earth was wheeled in and un-
loaded
Several feet of loan now filled the
stage and on this is a covering Of tam
bark and then plentiful sawdust.
Trapezes and swings were rugged,
while the critical eyes of the circus
women were fixed upon them. Some
of these circus women were real
queens. They appeared as if they had
just strolled over from Fifth avenue
with their Pekingese on their arms
But one who looked close would have
noticed the steady eye and the firm
stride which cannot be acquired at
tango teas. And when a circus Wom-
an gave an order to the workmen set
ting up her rig there was no doubt
whatever.
Great beams. sixty feet long, were
erected for the tent" When the
canvas had been stretched from the
prOscenium to the back of the stage,
circus tent, in which a two ring circus
is easily accommodated.
The stage has been built out over
the orchestra 1t engulfs several rows
Of seats, but the box office has to
stand it.
Despite the noise on the stage Of
hammer and pulley, there came to my
ears a noise as Of the jungle from
somewhere below Investigating, 1
found in the basement, or rather I'M
derneath the sidewalk on the eastern
side Of Sixth avenue a world of ele-
plants, camels, mules, and zebras.
They nibbled their hay as calmly as
though they had spent all their lives
great Judy headed a heard of nine ele-
plants, while numerous camels made
faces at the pachyderms.
In their stalls were the brOadbacked
Wnlte ring horses Tor the bareback
riders. on the FOrty-fourth street
side were eleven bears, eight lions,
two tigers and four leopards, all
trained by the celebrated Emil SchWe-
yer, Of Carthage. Ohio.
I must not forget the clowns. They
were there to the usual circus NUM-
Der, holding a little confab off in a
corner with absolutely serious faces.
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Although its title suggests Incidence
and case, $50 in the Shade is as live
ly musical comedy as Broadway has
seen this winter 1t is from the pen
Of Guy Bolton, who also wrote the
new play The Fallen Idol" / there
fore have the task of reviewing two
plays by the same man the same week.
Mr.. Bolton lays his play i'm the Phil
ippine islands, where the temperature
is supposed to be as aforesaid, 10 i'm
the shade, however. would not dampen
the spirits of Marie Cahill and Rich
ard earle.
in all the two and a half hours the