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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
To Drive out Malaria aud nuiId II

Take tire old standard GROVES
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what you are taking as the formula is
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SOC.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
GEO. D. KENDALL

Makes Glasses Right. rs Mesa Ave.
dvertisoment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Otto Goritz

Metropolitan Opera basso first records
mighty voice for Columbia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22

Americas violin genius makes his initial UI
Columbia recordings.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22

5eauudes two ballads with her rare contrzlto
voice.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Maggie Teyfe
Frank GitteLson
Ballet Series

Daintiest pIima-donna sings Home,
Sweet Home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Graham Mari

American operate baritone makes his bow
two ballads.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Lucy Gates
Johannes Sen1boch

CoIoTatuTa soprano Pnma-donna sings Ibsen's
"Solyeigs Song.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22

Under personal direction OF Finest Anssmet, con
ductor Of Diaghisf's Russian Ballet Orchestra
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Greatest Of black face comedians makes
America laugh again.

Then there eighteen unusually good popular hits including
"y Country, Hear You Calling Me- and "Prety Baby
sparkling dancerecod with Walkng The Dog the big fox
hit chg four of march hits, patriotic songs four beauti
full recordings Of the Columbia Stellar Quartet orchestral tumph
quartettes tos instrumental novelties and sacred muscevehng
that could make this the 1 we'll the greatest monthly
record list ever issued
Neuu Columbia Records on sale the 10th euey month
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
Margaret Reyes

Greatest Of German sings the great
SKoId Ana Of -SiegfIied'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

whole, did not prove so unsuccessful.
"To be adventurous is great thing"
said Sir Herbert, land I believe that
the result justified my indiscretion. No
actress is built in a day, or week.
And Portia is the most difficult part in
Shakespeare u IS full of obstacles
that one must take at canter. But
Miss Ferguson has the charm OF
Shakespearian heroines in herself.
And, when nature aids art, these OBJ
stacles are not so imposing. With
every performance she gets more end
more the stately march Of the verse.
"Her voice and appearance ar. mag
nihcent
"You see. ! wanted an American
aetreI for the sake of the entente.
1t was The appropriate thing 70 do-a
graceful bit Of diplomacy. | looked
around. | sew Miss Ferguson in Mar
gsrct Schiller did not like her part,
but admired her personality. I saw
possibilities. So 7 engaged her. And.
as I say, believe that the result jus
tilted my indiscretion."
WILLARD MACK was rehesrsing
his new sketch, AN Eye for An
Eye" at the Palace the other day when
in the midst Of big sesne he stopped,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Bv r. {. SHANG.

7 UNKNOWN 70 large portion OF the
u world a. large. Frank Bacon. the
lovsble old Primrose in "The Cinderella
Man" owns a loganberry and prune
farm out in Mountain View, Cal, and
three plays from his own pen.
For those who do not know. logan
berry is a cross between raspberry
and a blackberry, and the names OF the
three plays are "The Hills OF Califor-
MIA" one and Grant" end Birds Of
Feather
Mr.. Bacon il Californian, and
plaved out West for nearly thirty
years. He got his start with q roper
tory company that toured the border
forts. playing "Blnck Flag and "Lyn-
wood" for the benefit of the troopers.
He played at Fort Grant, Fort HUI
chucha and other posts that are now
very much in the limelight. In those
days IL was even wilder there than it
is now, although fewer citizens were
killed. 1t was particularly safe for a
troop Of actors, as the soldiers would
supply an escort in travelling from
post to post.
Afterwsrd Bacon played at the Alca-
Ear and the Grand Opera House in San
Francisco for eighteen years-until the
earthquake shook things up Bit Then
he came East. He played the old drug
gist part in THE Fortune Hunter" in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

ONCE John Barrymore has been
y playing Fslder in Justice" ne
has. so TO speak. revolved IN
different social circle. He takes trips
10 Sing Sing, gets invited 20 prison re-
form meetings and goes to teas where
ex-conv:cts are the guests Of honor.
Frequently these men stop in TO visit
him in his dressing room, and only the
other DAY the fellow who shot Roose-
Welt in Milwaukee dropped in and pre-
scented Ny. Barrymore with nstty
ring. fashioned out Of a soup-bone by
the donor when he was a prisoner IN
the Wisconsin State Hospital for the
Insane.
The snapshots above we're taken on
Mr.. Barrymore's last excursion 10 sing
Sing. when he was the guest OF Warden
Kirchwev. "T noticed that they kept
duplicate copy" said Mr.. Barrymore.
with bis carefully restrained smile,
"and I agreed with them that il was
a wise prccaution, ard nigh, save them
some trouble in the future"
Visiting O real prison while YOU are
acting in a stage prison gives one a
sort Of fellow feeling" said Mr.. Bar
rymore. you feel as though you al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

pressed both hands 70 his forehead 10
the familiar Mack gesture snd *.
claimed; I've Just thought OF ns'
play. The rehearsal is of until D
write down the scenario"
He hurried I'D 20 the manager o.
fee and there dictated 20 the m.a6',
secretary the outline Of a play deal
ing with race suicide and birth control
As soon as the typewriter sheets were
handed him he dashed 20 me othce o.
Al II. Woods, and within fifteen mir
utes had an advance royalty on n,
play.
Mack works Ike 4 cyclone. b,
seetnes with ideas; his brain ctsr-
vesces with dramatic situations HIS
problem IS net how 20 make An iess
last through three or four acts, bai
now 20 pack all mis- material and sitns-
tons into the brief space OF resra-
ton play.
Next September Mack will have foSr
plays on view on Broadway, recora
eelipsing that Of Clyde Flteh, Uao
once had three plays on a. ne sane
time in this city. Down Hu,' VIII
Marjorie Rsmbeaa, snd King, Queen'
JACK" with Robert Edeson, viii oe
done by Al Il. Woods; Jane 0'Dsy
from Broadway" with Blanche Rins'
will be presented by the Shuoerr ~
association with +. Edward Mckay, Hnd
"The CheekerbosId,' with Maca etr,
SELF as STIR. viii be produced By OsTid
Belasco.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Premieres of the Week

ADYS NAME" Elliott night This three
act comedy by Harcou OF Silk Stockng
produced by the uberts. 5 the
In this play will the role Of Mabel We're,
novelist suget In order obtain
material writing she adyerses for husband not
vitbstandng she popular cubman
supporting Miss Tempest are W. Graham
Daisy BemOre Sybn Frisbee Ruth Draper
Be Mercer MscDougs Harry Lambert and
.NorJy O." At the Cort Wednesday night
operet.a in Harry and Robert Smith,
by Carl Woess.
novel discovered for this play title hunting
mother corrals When he learns he has been
purchased the count discovering the girl
he Further by
the n Newport and Vienna
The will introduce a prma donna
the person of Galloway
Of Grace Field Others the
Lewis John Young Conkey Donald Macdonald
phine Harris Qunan Donald Deng
and others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

ness must claim our regard. II is TO
be regretted, however, that this OBJ
ject has not always been kept in view;
and the American theatre, in many re-
spects, has been highly censursble.
But we hope the time is not very dis
tant when some Of It's excrescences
will be Topped off, and the stage be
respected as the imitation Of life-the
mirror OF msnners-the representa-
ton OF truth"
To appropriate F. ?. AS manner Of
presentation, large number Of per-
sons are still waiting for the looping
off of the excrescenccs. For the fore
going is reprinted from "The Polyan-
thos," volume published in Boston in
1906
An interesting book, "The Polyan-
thos." 1t contains, among other things,
the first example Of the kind Of humor
that achieves its effects by linking to-
gether the names OF plays. For ex-
ample:
But just A. You Like T." without "Much Ado"
ways and Means" Ven Ind 10 see iamd 'fon-
"A Boil sifoss Neck or Nothing Dick Ranisr'
There are More wsys rh,n One" 50 stop Him
VINO Can"
And even in 1905 the actors pronun-
citation was a matter for comment
Immediately after the season closed
thus q writer in "The Polyanthos"-
a addressed the following Varses to
nv dear Mistr!ss; wherein have at
tempted some of the graces Of our
theatrical style Of pronunciation, by
spelling the words as they were pro-
nounced on. the boards, as far as our
sorry alphabet would enable me, for,
although our crisscross row is album
dainty ample 10 express the pronun-
citation Of Cicero, Ames or Chatham,
yet the poor letters often appear to
make awkward and abortive efforts to
delineate the. elegant tones Of our more
polished players"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Ru GEORGE S. KAUFMAN.


THILE the extent and possibili-
M ties of British failure hold the
attention of an engrossed
world, il is 70 be noted with consider
able emphasis that the failure is not
absolute. A reservation must be made.
II Sir Herbert Tree had chosen TO turn
his attention TO politics. instead Of the
theatre, this war would probably be
over now, with Britain triumphant.
It is the theatre, however, in which
Sir Herbert hss elected to succeed. And
his greatest successes, singularly
enough, have been made with the works
Of William Shakespeare-that Shake
speare who is so popularity credited
with preceding a financial fall. Mutt
late the text though be does, strip it
Of so much Of its poetic beauty, swathe
30 and smother it in costumes and
sccnery-no account of Tree Shake
spearian production is complete with
out adding that the method Is success
ful. in the face Of this almost invari-
able fact, one comes gradually to be-
ievc that the method is the right one
the right one for this DAY and age,
Just a. Shakespesre'r method was the
right one three hundred years ago.
Until Sir Herbert entered the field
the text Of Shakespeare was altered
for not more than three reasons. Ger
tain cuts were made in the interests
Of the more delicate modern ear; I'M
important scenes were reduced or
elded so that the play might be over
by twelve o'clock or Whereabouts, and
scenes were eliminated because Of the
difficulty of staging them. Occasion
ally, also, two scenes were run to-
gether when such running together
did not interfere too violently with
the continuity of the piece.
When Sir Herbert prepares TO pro-
duce a Shskespearian play, however,
be allows no Shakespearian considera-
tions TO bother him. Although he
makes his share Of cuts IN the text, g
majority OF his changes are construc-
tive. No opportunity is overlooked TO
incorporate bits of business into the
performance; his own characterize
ton, In particular, Sir Herbert en-
broiders with endless byplay Of which
Shakespeare never dreamed; ehsrac-
ters who receive but passing mention
in the text appear on the stage be-
fore ones eyes; others, who receive
not even the passing mention, inter
rupt the lines with their endless COM
ing and going.
The stage director and the scenic
artist are the first persons consulted
and it is into their plans that the text
Of Shakespeare must be made TO fit
If 1t fts we'll, so much the luckier for
Shakespeare; If it does not fit at all
why, what does il really matter? His
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

most know how il feels but OF eo1r''
you don't. You know, most actors aF'
terrified at the thought OF acting N
newspaper play, because the line o.
tween the real and the ridiculous IS 50
indistlnct. To act the part Of erin
inal, and then 70 meet man vho pa
been one, gives you the same sense o.
insecurity.
"Sins Sing is a popular place no'
like Palisades Park or Coney Island. u
lacks only the sign. Basket Parties
Welcome Lots % school teacher *
cursions visit the prison. ard the Nu''
ual Welfare League members sc' Z"
guides 70 show them around.
when was up there, my guide 100
me about an enthusiastic party Of giri'
he had piloted around. lie Was hano
some bov. and they got real ehumny
They had seen lots OF prisoners sn'
were sort OF disappointed. Oh W
want 20 see some murderers' ths'
chirped. You do. en-? answered W
guide. Well. I'm one''"
Sing Sing didn't seem very unns''
ural place 20 Mr.. Barrymore. "Nh''
really battles me" he said. rs che typs
Of man that would want 10 be l'gn'
house keeper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Palisades Park Open.

Palisades Amusement Park opened
It's season yesterday. and now is once
more in full swing. More than half
mile has been added 10 the midway,
and 10 is positively promised that
there is something doing every min
ute. snd two things most minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Yorkville German Theatre.

"Sixty-nine," the new sketch intro
duced at the Yorkvlle Deutsches Thea
ter last week. will continue TO be the
main attraction. In addition, "pss
Starke Stuck" and "Dic G'schamige,'
featuring Arnold korif, Mizi CHI,
Annie Bauer and Rudi Rshe, will be
played.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
CHATS WITH STAGE FOLK
Particularly Frank Bacon Alfred LaeIl Virginia Ham
mond and Willard Mack

Lstell ia freckle-faced, sandy
haired man, born in Bay St Louis,
Miss, in 1897. That would make him
twenty-nine, but nc looks only twenty.
lie has four or FIVE resdy-refercnce
scrapbooks, in which countless pro
grammes are pasted. Many Of these re
fer to him as "the greatest animal i'm
personator in the world
In looking over the many clippings,
Mr.. Latell exhibited an uncanny skill
in pointing out the hieh-lights.
"There!" he would say. Read that"
And he would point TO one sentence,
which generally read: "By all odds
the best performance OF the evening
was given by Alfred Lstell, the cele-
brated animal student, who gave q
graphic and lfelike imitation Of an
Australian rock wellaby"
From these data it was gathered that
Mr.. Latell is not only a skilled imita-
tor Of a dog, but that be has also ap-
peared as the wolf in "Red Riding
Hood" the cat in "Puss in Boots" the
COW in "The Wizard Of o." the goat in
"Pan Handle Pete" For long time he
was the clown dog al the Hippodrome,
with Marcelins.
"I1l give you good line volun-
teered Latell "Ssy that when you came
in my room you stumbled over a couple
of dog biscuits. See? That will make
it-you know-sort of not so serious"
Now that the hot weather is coming
on, Latell is busy rigging up a device
inside of his dog suit, which will tend
TO decrease the possibility of his being
overcome by heat. When he dons his
canine covering, which weighs about
sixty pounds, he is almost suffocsted,
according to Latell. Any one who has
played hide-and-seek in telephone
booth on a summer day will appreciate
his sensation.
So Latell has installed two tiny cleo
tricsl fans in the inside Of the dogs
ears. fed by two storage batteries.
Every time be takes a step the switch
is turned on and the fans revolve.
well, hope you never have to lead
dogs life" said Mr.. Latell, good
humoredly, a, the interviewer departed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

Shs's as bueheo1,s as morning IN htJ
80 wonder % love I'm injuc'd;
She's thu Sweetest Of IN schures. ''t-
That mcclure has ever proiuco
I made her promus Of lore
To aiore her was ever NJ luN
was onest and true as dow. -
POI who could be false 70 sncn o'au'n-'
7 never my pfomis will bre,s.
Though the Ulift should IN phtoi opV"'e'
Her virchus Will hind me n seen
What her rad.unt eyes did Impose
AS nearly as we can gather from the
formal announcements, the only reason
for which a play ends its metropolitan
run Is because Of earlier contracts en-
tered into for its appearance elsewhere,
and which cannot be broken. Has
play ever frankly departed for the
simple reason that its New York en-
eagement was no longer profitable?
Being a motion pictlre centre has its
advantages. An open-eir performance
Of Julius Cesar" is TO be given in
Hollywood, Cal, on May 10, and the cast
will be one Of the most distinguished
ever recruited for q Shakespearian per-
Torrance certainly the most distin-
guished for a Sha&espearian perform
ance in a city the size of Hollywood.
Tyrone Power will be seen as Brutus,
Theodore Roberts as Julius Cesar,
Frank keenan, as Cassius, William Far
mum as Marc Antony, De WOLF Hopper
as Casca, Douglas Fairbanks % as
Octavius Cesar, Courtney Foote as
Decius Brutus. Among those in lesser
roles will be Tully Marshall and Will
lam Burress. And in a one-night stand!
Despite the Republican leanings OF
this newspaper, We are inclined to
dodge culpability for the statement,
made in film review, that eventually
each Of the three leading characters
dies a more or less violently demo-
cratic death" Really, the word
! should have been "melodramatic."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

nNE Of the unprecedented events
~ Of the dramatic year is the en-
gagement OF Elsie Ferguson, with no
experience in Shakesp earian produc-
tions, for the part Of Portia, one Of the
most difficult feminine roles IN all the
works of tho master.
Sir Herbert Tree. in whose produc-
ton OF 1.-THE Merchant Of Venice Miss
Ferguson is making her classical
debut, was asked bow he came 70 make
such q daring venture, which, on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

@ TX years ago, when Virginia Ham
- mond Was just crazy 70 go OF
the stage, friend told her that
occasionally the great Z. H. Sothern
gave deserving young girls chance.
So what did Miss Hammond do-she
was then living in Chicago-but mem
orize the entire play. 'If We're King
When Mr.. Sothern arrived she sought
an audience with him. ard recited any
parts he required of her at random.
She put all there was in her into her
recitation, and Mr.. Sotheru was in
pressed. He engaged her as an under
study.
Afterward, when Miss Marlowe left
TO lead her own company, NJ. Scthern
retained her as understudy to his
leading woman. When the production
reached Chicago Mr. Sothern promised
he would let Miss Hammond play the
beautiful Huguette for ore night as a
special favor, because it was in Chi
cago that he engaged her.
She played that opening night, and
she never gave il up. She was HUI
guette for the next two years. Now. in
Mr.. Sothern's farewell at the Shubert,
Miss Hammond is Huguette once more.
She gives marvellous performance OF
the girl who gives up her life for
her love.
Since her first engagement Miss
Hammond has played with William
Courtenay and has served two-year
sentence in the movies
and now I'm back on the stage"
she finished. "and back TO stay"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

ENIOW," said Alfred Latell, who
~ impersonates the dog in The
Cohsn Revue" snow" he said. conf
dentially, "let me give you a good title
for your interview"
The interviewer Immediately loaned
Mr. Latell two attentive ears
You might call it, said Nr. Latell,
softly, "'Thc Art Of Animal Mimicry,'
or Leading a Dogs Life"
Wasn't that just too thoughtful for
anything
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

While on the subject, George Bernard
Shaw once attended Sir Herbert's pro
duction Of ~ Midsummer Nights
Dream" He wrote that it was good. II
We remember rightly, but that the idea
was undoubtedly stolen from Shakes
pesre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

Chicago for three years and in stop
Thief" and "The Miracle Man" here.
All the while he was at work on his
plays. "The Hills OF California" ran
for two years throughout that state, but
"Me and Grant" written in association
with James Nor .gomery, was seen for
but one week in Newark, y. j.
Bacon declares that his new play,
Birds Of Feather in composing
which he is now occupied, will be win
ner. ITS built on novel situation
which I'm not a-going TO tell" he said,
shaking his head.
Bacon's portrayal of Primrose, the
kind-hesrted old butler who befriends
the Cinderella Man and HIS fairy prin-
cess, the ever-adorable Phoebe Foster,
is credited with being one Of the best
character bits Of the year New York
ers who admired him in that part will
be glad TO hear that next year Mr.. Ba-
con expects to appear as Old Peter, in
"The Jack-Knife Man" a dramatiza-
ton Of Ellis Parser Buffers delightful
character novel.
For character parts Of the sort ne
plays Mr. Bacon does not believe in
makeup. In the last six years he
hasn't Pot a speck Of grease-paint on
his face, until he came TO his present
role. Unfortunately, Primrose was bit
inclined TO drink, and so Mr.. Bacon was
forced 10 abandon his pet theory that
makeup detracts from realism to add
little earmne 10 his nose
The next time you go to "The Gin
derella Man" watch for Mr.. Bacon's
shoes. "D'you see those shoes?" he
said, pointing TO pair of obsolete OK
fords "Well, I've worn them seventeen
years now. and they've never been in a
failure. Soon's | get part where
can weT those shoes, I know the plays
going 70 be a success"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

ITO cherish pity and correct weak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Among the verses are these:

She's Is bucheoJs a. morning n MAJ
80 wonder % love I'm injucd;
She's th- Sweetest 81 IN schures. ! t'r.
That mcclure has ever proiuc'o.
I made her a promus of lore
To aiore her was ever NJ luE
7 was onest and true A. dow.
Fo- who could be false 70 such o'sueh--
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-03-16

Cures Magazine through which
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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-03-16

ault on his return from Louis.
willie.
This Is not TO be merely n
colored convention. he said.
but il will be a republican con.
yention assembled under the call
Of the national committee. The
election Of eight delegates.
where the call provided for only
four, was not in accordance with
the call and and we do not ex-
pect il TO stand If contested.
We shall ask Ch'rn. Franks
TO call a state convention. II he
refuses we shall issue the call.
We hope white delegates who
are dissatisfied with the Louis.
vile deliberations will attend.
We expect this second conven.
ton to be called in less than thir
ty days.
The convention will then
choose four delegates. one Of
whom will be a colored man. and
we believe that these delegates
chosen in proper form will be en-.
titled TO seats in the Chicago
convention.
The members Of the league
claim that the colored delegates
had no voice in the convention at
Louisville.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-03-16

given thee.
Sixth Thou shalt not kill the
people of another country by Of
fensive warfare. nor permit the
people of thine own country to
be killed by the tricks of war.
Seventh-Thou shalt not enter
into entangling alliances with
any nation, but seek the peace
of the nations.
Eighth Thou shalt not steal
the territory, the commerce or
the glory of another nation.
Ninth-Thou shalt not be false
to thy treaties with other ma
tons.
Tenth Thou shalt not covet
another nations territory, nor
its army, nor its navy, nor its
ideals. nor its ambitions, nor
anything that belongs to another
nation.