El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-01
DOLLAR SHOW IS
WORTHADOLLAR
Schuster and His Maids and
Men Dance, Sing and Joke
Themselves into Favor.


performers danced. sang and joked
their way into high favor with a
packed house at the Texas Grand
Thursday night. The box office was
sold out and people were being turned
away long before the signal for the
first curtain. It was a splendid crowd
and an suspicious opening.
Schuster like all actor managers.
features himself. but what's the use
of owning a show if you can't be the
star? In the role of the Hebrew, who,
when asked when he was born. says
about o'clock in the morning" and
where. says ''in the front room up
stairs'-you know the type 1 mean
got away with it to the evident salts
faction of the audience and in many
instances he made even the old timers
laugh real, hearty laughs.
As musical comedy, a Prince for
Day. is a good vehicle, since it has the
usual gauzy plot of the musical show
and affords ample opportunity for the
actors to introduce vaudeville, chorus
and song numbers FL PaSO mas seen
better shows, but not at the price The
people who pay their money are the
for without them, no show is success,
no matter what critic may say or
think, and those who paid their money
Thursday night. indica ted their de-
light in having done so by laughing as
l. they wanted to and applauding IN
til some of the performers. partlcu-
larly the quartet. had TO come back
three or four times If Schuster and
his girls and boys keep giving the
people the same sort of shows, they
are good for the indefinite engage
ment'' which they have been booked
for If they don't, then. it's their ,
funeral, and FL Paso is strong on do
ing the interment act for poor shows
and Just as strong on helping to keep
the good ones going.
That quarrel. made up of Amos Muir
ray, Bob Robinson, Herman Weber and
Lee Frost, is a regular quartet and
no mistake. Its imitation of a Haw-
allan guitar was perfect. but this is
not the best thing 1t does, though it is J
the most unique.
Edna and Joe Lurgio give a splendid |
exhibition and Edna, by the way. who !
sings a number of times, acts the part |
OF the sweetheart of the hero in the |
little plot that holds together the non !
sense and the music. Bob Robinson. a |
really good looking young chap-whO. /
strange as il may seem for a leading 1
man, does not appear a bit in love with i
himself: he just acts natural-lke and |
makes friends-falls heir to an uncle 1
get the estate, accompanied by all his |
friends. including his sweetheart and |
the Hebrew, who has been loaning him
money In Morocco-(You find out II
is Morocco only by the conversation,
because the first scene is a back drop |
OF an American country club)-he en-
counters the plots of willy officials to |
get his money and falls into the en-
brace Of somewhat portly person who |
has been his uncle's favorite wife and
who wishes to serve in the same
to the hero. The portly one
sings a song that gets an encore and |
would get her name on the program
y the theater was furnishing such |
things these days She is Helen Scott,
according to the manager.
Amos Murray is the bell boy who |
turns detective, and he puts over some
song hits without the slightest rroil-
bic, one of them being about a boy who |
goes 10 war with the sword his father /
and grandfather used to carry; of |
course it got hand from the khaki 4
clad part of the house. which these |
days is considerable.
Herman Weber acts the sultan's mes Z
senger with deep bass voice, which ]
ne also used in a song number
Al Bush has the makeup of a Dutch |
man. but not much of the ability of |
a Dutch comedian His principal func- |
ton IS adding one more to the cast |
When you count them all in an en-
semble-21
Ii Paso before, and whose name the |
management did not know. because he
has just Joined the company. yodled a |
too
These were not all that were worth |
mentioning, but all I can think of |
without a program. Oh yes, there |
are ten girls in the chorus and some |
other principals besides the portly girl !
and the little dancer. making alto |
gether something like-I5, more or less
The chorus girls dance well. sing well. |
smile fairly well, and in fact, would |
carry the show if they didn't have !
much support from the principals. !
Speaking Of support" all the girls an |
pear well supplied with this necessary |
requisite OF a musical comedy chorus. |
som wear about tens and a half, ac- /
oording to expert opinion.
Altogether. as already said one time.
the show made q hit with the people |
VINO paid their dollar to see it. and il /
IS going to stay here for some little 1
time, L predict If you expect a 50 |
show, stay at home; if you want a !
dollars worth, go see it, for it's there /
lVO cents to the dollar. It's a RELIEF /
from some shows that could be men 1
TONED and 1 don't mean the Crawford's |