El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04

! wild himself-so wild that he gives Up
l the thought Of holy hOnors, dons mauve
I satin instead Of the now despised cler-
ical black. and Weds the tantalizing
ward
Lily Cahiu is the lovely Irish hero.
inc and has some pretty ballads Of SEN
I timental Erin to sing There is dog
/ and blind beggar. The latter is
played by the notable James O'Neill,
who was Interested in seeing his
/ friends venture a success
Although the first night audience for
the most part certainly did not know
Mr.. O'Neilfs reputation they recognized
his genius without prompting and gave
him hearty applause In his curtain
speech Mr.. lyman told them about Mr..
O'Nein and his great career.
After labOring for five years to make
the name Of Mizzie Hajos a household
word Mizzie has given up the job. She
has been starred in several big musi-
cal productions but in spite Of having
her name flashed in electric lights and
piastered on btllbOards from here to
San Francisco. every unhyphenated
American insists on pronouncinE Mfz-
zie to make 1t rhyme with Lizzie.
Hence Miss, HajOs has filed a petit
ton in the probate court Of Suffolk
county to have the spelling of her first
name changed from Mizzi to the more
phonetic Mitzi, and furthermore that
she be permitted to eliminate the last
name altogether. II this petition fails.
she proposes to appeal to the New York
legislature after she reaches New York;
in her operetta, 'POm-Pom-" Mitzi, ast
she now prefers to be called. refused
to enlist the services OF a lawyer and
therefore filed her own application
This vagary of Miss Mitzis will put
over $1,000 worth of printing in the
scrap heap. for the Autographs and
posters which have been ordered for
Hajos. Henry Savage, her manager.
however, has endorsed the change, al
he fOresees that in the end the shorter
name viii save money in advertising,
space. And, besides. Miss Mitzi Is a
right cute name for a little star who
interprets SauCy roles
The Jockey club, haing finished its
labors completing the details OF next
summers racing schedule Will now
tackle one OF the most difficult prob
lens that has yet confronted the stew
ards. Through the application OF Miss
Louise Murray for jockey license. the
suffrage question. instead of legislat-
i've measures, win occupy the minds OF
Messrs. August Belmont Andrew Mil
Ter, Algernon Daingerfield and the 9TH
er exponents Of thoroughbred develop
ment
Miss Murray may be classed as an
actress, but she lays no claim to dis
tinctiOn in the profession. She states
that she merely plays the role of Madge
in IN Old Kentucky" because it affords
her the pleasure OF racing atmosphere
and hopes thereby to attract attention
to her plea for 1ockeky license. Al
though a native Of the plains OF the
state Of Washington. she strenuously
protests that she is in no sense cow
girl, and is not interested the least bit
in rough riding. A smany a famous
jockey is the development Of the racing
stables. so Is little Miss Murray, whose
early days were spent in and arOundF
the stables of Ellensburg and North
Y akima county fairs in the far-off
state of Washington, and IL was there
that she gained her first fame as a
rider of thOrOughbreds
Several western friends promised to
use their influence to get her a hear
ng before the stewards OF the Jockey
hub, but having failed to do so the
young actress took the reins in her,
OWN hands and sent formal applica-
ton to that body. Hence when the /
season is on we may have a females
Johnny Jones'"