El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-05
WAKE UP, GET 4
SHOW, SCHUSTER
Good People and Good Spe-
cialties at Texas Grand,
But Poor Bill.

Schuster didn't keep up To- the
standard or his opening biu. in ms
second offering TO FL Paso at the Texas
Grand Monday night. lie has promised
rs good stuff now stuff. Fl Psso VIII
support him If he gives If. but he can't
get by with stuff like that old gasoline
cocktail Joke and companion cripples
that we laughed at when We were
young. but don't like to be compelled
TO keep on laughing at in middle age
I'd rather write a boost than 4 knock
for q show. for 7 like q good show. but
Schuster needn't think Fl PasO viii pay
a dollar 10 hear him say Il am dis
gusted to meet you and Much obliged
to know Won The teu-twenty--th thirty
companies have sprung these until
they are out Of Joint
This weeks show is not rotten. It's
vaudeville and feature numbers are all
good. hut the alleged comedy or the
alleged plot is positively narrowing. If
he would throw the show together a g
vaudeville performance he would do A
lot better. Schuster Is not doing him
self justice with such stuf-nOt as an
actor nor IS a show owner As an
actor. he is capable Of getting the
laughs if he has the stuff TO put over
As a show owner, he's got 10 get the
stuff to get the business that's all
spEce reviewing any more shows like
tire present. and the people of Fl PasO
won't waste their money on them Give
US something worth while. Schuster.
and We'll tell the public about il and
the public viii spend its money for it.
Schuster has a good company-one OF
the most capable lot Of young men I
have seen in musical stock cOmpan-
in long time-and he introduces good
specialties and these young men and his
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splendid shape, but-it is up TO Schuster
to get good bills-somethinE with
funny lines, If he wishes to make the
money
Schuster himself is comedian Of no
mean ability, but he needn't think the
people OF El Paso are not used to going
to shows We know all the old PLAYS
on words stuff and ancient gags that
he pulled last night What Schuster
wants to do is to get the script ana
get il quickly. for those royalty musical
productions he said he would bring. II
he gets il. I'll guarantee he'll get the
business II he doesn't wait too long.
Last night. two young FL Paso bache-
lors were there and II they had been
pleased. il would have ment that all
of FL PasO society would soon be going
10 see Schuster. But they weren't
pleased: they left before the second
act The present performance is one
OF the worst advertisements the show
could have received and IL viii take a
long time to counteract the effect even
with gOOd new bills
The people are just as clever-Bob
Robinson. J. A. Murray. Herman Weber.
Joe LurgIo. and Lee Frost in particular
and the chorus dances just as well
dresses just as well and looks Just as
we'll Miss Edna Lurgio is Just as
dainty as ever: she and Joe Lurgio
dance just as gracefully as ever; in fact
the company is amply capable and in a
vaudeville way, they rendered some
pleasing numbers. but the old hospital
jokes that are worked in as an incident
10 the play, spoil everything else.
The audience last night liked and
applauded the specialties OF the COM
panv literally, but no more than II
applauded the provost guard when IL
came in at the end OF the first act and
took ont two drunk militiameu from
q box and put an end to an annoyance
that had not only bothered the per
formers. hut the audience as well
throughout the act The house man
agement hesitated about calling the
guard. but finally someone in the audi
ence sent in a message and the provost
wagon and guard came The only re-
-rer about the affair was that the
guards did not take along some OF the
sna rites who attempted a remonstrance
with them at the door
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