El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18

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Love is an affective Michael Adye The .
play is produced by the Garrick com
pany.
a gorgeous production OF Treasure
Island" is 20 be found today in d place
where you would little expect 1.-THE
tiny, coy old English interior OF
the Punch and Judy theater. Here is
all the talk Of the cltlasses,, and lug
gers and pieces OF eight that any i'm
aginative youngster could want
Blind Pew's stick is forever omi-
nously tapping on the frost-hardened
ground enough TO send shivers up the
bravest back, while the evil mariners
OF the Admiral Benbow roar forth with
great effectiveness:
Fifteen men on a dead mans chest.
''Yo-ho-ho and bottle Of rum
The stage version was prepared by
Jules Eckert Goodman and produced by
Charles Hopkins. who himself plays
the minor part OF Benn Gum
The setting is elaborate and pain
stalking. II is a big production for such
a little theater The quay at Bristol
where long JimS liver, that soft-spoken
rogue. had his Spyglass Inn, the cave
with the sight of the sea al the mouth
and the CLEAN OF old coins in the
coruSr. the cove where Jim finds the
marooned pirate. hungering for a bit
Of cheese. and the sight Of Hispanola
adrift-these are all delightful
As for the acting. honors were d.
vided between Mrs. Hopkins. who plays
the boy hero. Jim Hawkins, ana Ed
ward Emery, distinguished by the gem
ial hypocrisy which he gives 70 the
character Of John Silver Another ac-
tor worthy Of note is the fine Brazil
ian macaw which perches on Long
Johns shoulder and slaps its wings and
squawks 10 the delight OF the little
folk
'The Devils Garden which comes
to Broadway the latter part OF this
month. promises 10 be one Of the most
interesting events of the present dra-
matte season The play is based upon
William T. Maxwelrs book OF the same
title and its dramatizatiOn has been
made by Edith Ellis.
Arthur Hopkins. who is producing
The DEVILS Garden is bending every
effort to make il a noteworthy event
Robert T. Jones. whose settings for
! ''The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife. -
produced last year. attracted so much
! attention. is designing the scenic eff
fects and an unusually capable cast
OF which Lyn Harding and Lillian Al
bertson are conspicuous members, has
been engaged.
The advance interest in this coming
production is exceptional. due not a
{ little. TO the widespread comment
| aroused by the fact that when Mr.. Max
I wells book first appeared in England
7 il was promptly interdicted, the Libra
/ ries Association banishinGsit from their
! lists The book has had a tremen-
dous vogue in this country. having al
ready run through several editions
without the slightest sign Of any aDate-
ment Of interest in il.
As il has been dramatiZed by Edith
Ellis the play follows closely the line
/ Of thought pursued in the book and the
I discussion aroused by the written
I form of the author OF his book. shortly
after il was banned I'm England. Mr..
I Maxwell in an interview, defended his
1 book vigorously.
4 intended this to be a faithful
( study OF a mans mind" said Mr.. Max
we'll i banked on the interest Of the
J mental progress rather than the march
of external event. The main idea is
I OF course &c show how the hero. al
Z though he has escaped all material
7 punishment for his crime, is slowly but
} surely forced TO expiate it by the i'm
palpable force Of thought. From the
main point OF view the book is simply
a sermon and l may say that clergy
( men all over the country have so recOS-
( nized it.
7 quite admit that it is not novel
I lists function to preach sermons; but
/ il he does so. although he has no quar-
4 rel with anybody who calls him bore,
\ he naturally objects 10 being pro-
/ claimed an enemy Of public morals"
In speaking OF the controversy
! aroused by the publication OF The
I Devils Garden" Mr.. Maxwell said II
! has opened up a discussion OF the
I wider question Of realism and idealism
{ in literature What the realist says is
! this. 4 see all around me in the world
ugly and beautiful things. Life, indeed
| is like a skein in which beauty and
| ugliness are woven. the strands OF IT.
| regular proportions L claim the right
to portray life as I see it."