El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-23

phere the worlds great fiddler. He por-
trayed all the eecentriciJies IN which
Paganini revelled and which brought
about the legend OF the Satanic bar
gain.
In curtain speech. Mr. Arliss prom
ised TO appear here this season in at
least two other plays and limited one
Of these viii be a revision OF Barries
"The Professors Love Story
Mrs. Arliss took the part Of Lady
StrangfOrd and Charles Harbury made
an excellent country squire Fred
Nichols was a perfect British waiter in
the ship tavern.
Flora Bella"
More than the usual amount Of real
humor distinguish Flora Bella the op-
eretta. with Lima Abarbanell in the most
prominent place which has started its
career at the Casino theater
We suspect the credit for this goes
largely TO Dorothy DOnnellv. although
the glory is divided. according to the
program. between Felix DOerman. who
wrote the original text. Cosmo Hamil-
ton. the first reviser and adapter. and
finally Miss Donnellv. who did a second
blue penciline. And the lyrics come
from still another author. Percy Wax
man.
Miss Abarbanell again proved herself
a Young woman OF divers talents She
sings well shows intelligence and grace
in her acting and has made herself a
good dancer, while clever lines in her
hands are treated satisfactorily
She divided the honors of the even
ing with Lawrence Grossmith. whose
fun Is polished and quiet; Adolph Link,
an accession from the German stage;
Muriel Hudson, Juliet Lippe and several
Others
Many Excellent Actors in Cast.
Indeed. It Is quite a job mentioning
everyone to be lauded for this fine bit
of operctta- Charles Cuvillier and Nil
ton Schwartz composed the music. some
of which Is bound to be popular. Joseph
UrEan's hand designed the scenery. and
Nine. kerner the costumes; while Rich
ard Ordynski was stage manager and
Carl Randall directed the dances.
The plot concerns a certain Russian
countess. who believes her husband Is
not quite as ardent as he should be- So
she becomes a singer for a night in a
cabaret. makes her husband believe she
Is her own twin sister and then pro-
vokes in him an entirely acceptable
amount OF warmth toward her. All Verv
respectable. of course. but surprising she
had really been the twin1 Even sisters
can be Jealous.
The dancing is one of the best fea-
lures OF Flora Bella" Hilda Bivar. an
almost undraped beauty. was literally
spplauded. while Grant and Wing per
form evolutions which, if not dangerous,
at least look so.
%Pierrot the Prodigal,"
II IS bit difficult to make an Amer /
lean audience sit without restiveness ,
through a long pantomime With this
handicap "Pierrot the PrOdigal' strug-
giles CALAMITY at the Booth theater We |
fear, however, that even the genius of
Michel Care, who wrote ''L'Enfant !
Prologue" in French and whose work !
London for many months plus I
the art of Winthrop Ames. who has ]
done his best to popularize this old I
piece, will not be sufficient to their 4
task.
Augustin DAILY first produced "Pier-
rot here in 1891, but with slight Sue |
cess. Since then It has been seen for |
fleeing periods several times.
II tells the old story of the wastrel !
Tor. as the movies have it, wasterl who |
redeems himself by his bravery in war /
after 1t seems that his career Is wrecked /
forever. Aargot Kelly. who will be re-
membered as a Little Bit of Fluff" /
is the faithless Phryhette and the pro-
gram declared that she had been en-
gagged on a days notice to play the part. !
Mile. Marie Renee. cast for the roll, is
very i'll.
Marjorie Patterson who has the lead
ing role of Pierrot. IT.. does well with
her gestures and other devices of the
mime. but it is all very discouraging (
and must be so. Pantomime had best
be left to Europe
HMr. Lazarus"
The story OF the man who comes back
after twenty years absence to his wife |
and daughter is shown by Henry F. /
Dixey in the title role Of sAIr. Laza-
rus" at the Shubert theater. The au-
thors are Harvey 0'Higgins and Har-