El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11

| OF Lord Dundreary." a play in which
he starred first many years ago 1t is
said that the piece was produced in
response to numerous requests from
Virtues" as the second of Mr.. Sothern's
repertoire. From all indications the
Booth theater viii be filled many
nights by the live old play
=
Mrs Lily Langtry Lady Hugo de
Bathe) appeared in a one act play.
Ashes" by Percy Fenden, at the Colo
NAL theater last week and proved that
even if she is, as she said in a curtain
speech. the Oldest woman in the
world" still she is one of the ablest
actresses on the stage today.
Her part is that Of a worldly wise
woman OF London society whom A cad
dish admirer attempts to blackmail
By a little trick at the end of the piece
she forces him to hand to her husband.
IS a casual incident, the check he had
exhorted from her.
The elimination of the unfit is the
theme Of Beulah POINTERS play, THE
Unborn" which was produced at the
Princess theater Monday evening after
legal storm Its theme is the right of
persons conscious of hereditary faint
to a marriage without children.
Young Mrs. Hartmann. who is nerv-
GUS and given to intoXication, does not
wish 10 have a child. But. in spite of
her protests, she does Her unfortu-
nate offspring at the age Of 20 becomes
an epileptic, denOunces his mother.
burns his poodle, strangles his fiancee
and shoots himself. Miss Poynter con-
cludes that he should never have been
born.
Cardinal Farley protested against the
public production of the play and the
license of the Princess theater was re-
voked. but the management procured
an Injunction and went on with their
program as arranged
Speaking of love-which is what they
do most of the evening in The Boone
rang" at the Balasco theater-now
what do you suppose the hero and
heroine thereof would say in their
proper persons on that difficult subject?
That is. supposing the author, Wineheu
Smith, wasn't there to pop in an appro-
pirate remark every time they opened
their mouths? Surprising they were
Just Miss Ruth Shepley and Wallace
Eddinger. as they really are when the
grease paints off?
Why. falling in love is my main di-
version Miss Shepley confessed
promptly. IT'S the greatest thing in
the world TO keep a person young. Just
keep on being in love and you'll never
grow old-not if you get enough va
riety into it. OF course. 1t gets more
difficult as you grow older; it becomes
a kind Of elimination contest. You want
somebody that hasn't got any of the
faults any Of the other had, and of
course after a while that. narrows
things down. But it's wonderful while
il lasts I guess I'm naturally cptimis-
uc-I fall so often and so heavy and so
hard. But then it's almost my only
amusement"
Amusement" echoed Mr. Eddinger
doubtfully.
"Oh. surely it's amusing" the inter-
viewer ventured Now you don't be-
lieve that in real life anyone gets ii as
badly as young Bud2"
"Oh, don't they2" said Mr.. Eddinger
sadly. IF you must know, that part
was written for me because-well, sew
eral years ago I had il just that bad,
and Winchell Smith happened to be my
best friend. and he had to listen to my
rawlings I suppose ne thought he might
as we'll get what he could out of il. so
he made a play Of il. with some altera-
uOns and additions A comedy, too It
wasn't much Of a comedy TO me at the
time I tell YOU one day 1 started to
swim out to sea with no intention Of
ever coming back; that's the way I felt
about it. And that's the way most of
the regular fellows get it. No.
wouldn't call IL amusing"
1T seems rather unfair that Mr. Smith
should have got all the benefit OF your
troubles" said the interviewer sympa-
thetically.
I wouldn't say he got all the benefit
out Of it.. said Mr.. Eddinger looking
remarkably cheerful considering what
he had been through
-'No2-'
NO. got my wife"