El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-28

de Reszke in Paris and gave her the
! best OF musical educauOns. -Four years
later she sang with success at the
! Opera Comique.
Miss Teyte is often the guest OF her
benefactors when in London and car
ries on a vOluminOus correspondence
y. interested in her discovery $
triumphs.
Maud Allan Dances.
Maud Allan. pioneer in barefoot in
depreciation. gave some new dances at
matinees in the 4sth Street theater this
week as a start 20 her tour Of the con-
tinent She had not been seen here for
five years
ton was the one act dance play. "Nair.
the Slave" OF which Pietro BOldrini
wrote the scenario and EnricO Bel
passi the music. The story is a varia-
ton of '-Schcheerozade." with the diff
ference that the faltnIess slave girl
kills the oriental prince Il was per-
formed before a rich setting designed
by Kemp Prosser, an English artist.
Ernest Bloch led the symphony orches-
ira.
Miss Allan retains all the old grace
and skill, which did so much TO enable
her and IsadOra Duncan TO introduce
interpretative dancing to Americans
The Flame Succeeds.
Richard Walton Tully's spectacular
Mexican play. THE Flame has proved
so successful at the 44th Street thea
bought up all the previous contracts
for this house. in order that his drama
may have a long. uninterrupted run
For those who like melOdrama, there
are escapades and smashing climaxes
in The Flame" while for those who
prefer love interest there are numerous
passa ges of exquisite tenderness Fas-
cinating music is played by a band Of
Cubans-
Hodge Master Of American Type.
William Hodge IS the leading in
terpreter OF the native American type
on our stage today He proves this
inc Tlliott's theater-
The Man From Home" The Road
70 Happiness" and old sag Harbor.
have all profited by the peculiar abil-
tiles OF Mr.. Hodge.
The star Of Fixing sister was al
most brought up in the theater- He
began as a property boy with a small
repertOry company IN Pennsy wanna
Soon he attracted the managers at
tentiOn and was gwen small parts.
He "trOuped- for seveal seasrons
among the little villages and towns
Of Pennsylvania and his native state
Of New York. playing every kind II
part known in the catalog or these
repertory organizations : He was nero
one night and villain the next
Perseverance Wins.
In time the persevering young actor
succeeded in forming a repertory com
pany # his own He was not only
leading man and stage manager Dut
owner and producer as we'll This was
all while he was yet in his teens. An
elder brother, who had had experience
in circus life. was finally made a man
ager Of the company but william
Hodge controlled all its variegated des-
TIMES. He even wrote plays for his
little company.
u have forgotten even the names Of
most Of the dramas 1 wrote IN nose
days" Mr.. Hodge said recently What
most remember about that early
period Of my career is that I developed
all BY myself. and uncOnsclously IN
way. a natural method of acting.
MY brother used to come TO me and
demonstrate with me for not being
more theatrical Why he would say
YOU are Just the same on the stage
as off That's not acting"
It was no doubt the late James y
Herne who confirmed the still youth
full Hodge in the simplicity OF his act
ing. Herne did not however, as so
many critics have taken IL for granted
plant the original seed, OF put Hodge,
his disciple. through q special school
ing Of naturalism- Herne himself rec
ognized Hodges innate talent and
never interfered with his characterize
ton OF Freeman Whitmarsh in sag
Harhor" He predicted the big hit
scored by Hodge as the drOll down-east
painter and village gossip.
Acts Well the Village Type.
Hodges Freeman Whitmarsh had a
sort OF twin brother in his stephen
fully, the boy who threw fits ina Ed
ward Eidder's SKY Farm His re-
cent portrayal Of young Sim Whitman
in The Road TO Happiness" was also
of the village type. but decidedly more
important in its thorough Americanism.
Two eccentric types were his Capt
Plummer in George AIDES Peggy
From Paris" and his Mr.. Stubbins in
Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch" In
almost any other hands Stubbins might
have proved a mere grotesque. Hodge
made Of this drink-loving, wife-hunt-
ing character a real human being, full
Of an oddly humorous appeal.
In Daniel Voorhees, Pike. which he
played in Booth Tarkington's The
Man From Home" the distinctly
American type was advanced from the
village to the small city type. This
role also inspired Hodge with the ann
bition to do "A large city type of ma
tiOnal character. and il is just this
ideal type that he now believes he has
attained in the new role Of John Otis
in Fixing Sister,