El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01

Z The new piece was described in the
/ program as a psychO-melodraua, ard
l this coined word desert bes IL quite pre-
eisely. one paragraph should indicate
{ its nature.
7 shall casually ask him to hold
I tslis sensitized disk between his teeth
for two minutes If the bell then rings
{ in that cabinet we shall know that he
I murdered Esther Stokes four years ago
I in Bucharest
Thus works the psychometer. which
: proves the undoing of the scientific
I murder, thief juggler and hypnotist.
: DR.. Gordon Keith.
Stanley Feuton dies in Milwaukee.
apparently OF sunstroke. and at the
sister Marian. a psychic. dreams in New
York that she sees him choked TO death
I by a man whose face is strange to her.
A year later she meets that man and
recognizes him. but soon becomes his
complete hypnotic subject Il is the
young man 10 whom she is engaged
who halts her Just as she is starting
! to 20 away with Keith. and il is the
psychometer which fastens Keith-s
crimes upon him in the end
The psychOmeter with its dancing
spotlight records the subcOnscious
emotional. excitement in the mind OF
him whose hands are pressed upon its
plates IN the darkened room you
watch the light skip along the screen
as word after word is spoken susges-
tive Of the crimes OF which Keith is
suspected. words artfully calculated TO
summon 10 his mind the men he had
killed, the means and the occasion And
as the telltale light dances. the horri-
fled woman who has been the partner
OF his crimes breaks down and blurrs
out enough 10 make possible the fall
Of the final curtain
Among the players sarah Luckett
and George Clark did some OF the best
work OF the evening
Another actress wiki zeppelin ex-
periences TO relate has arrived from
abroad This is how Miss Laurette
Taylor, star Of Peg O Ny Heart" de-
scribes the sensations when you're tax
ing a difficult role on a London stage
and the big gas bags begin 10 drop
triniIrOtoluol bombs about you
"A Zeppelin looked like a big silver
fish. far UP in the sky, with the search
lights trained upon it The search
lights OF London are like daylight But
IL wasn't the look OF them II was the
sound that terrified me. I was IN the
midst of a scene in the second act OF
Peg I was speaking the line in which
] compared the merits OF children and
dogs and looking at a weak-eyed, PR
pereo pup. said he can mover De preSl-
dent. when l heard overhead the sound
'Chk-chk-chk. X came nearer and
sounded like swarm Of grasshOppers-
I went through the scene and made all
the points. although my knees shook
I placed my hands over them But still
they shook. I controlled my voice and
memory But for the first time I could
quarters OF an hour the act continued
I could see the white strained faces OF
the people in front / saw they were
game and ! determined 20 be- No one
left his seat But it was as the diners
must have felt when they sat banquet
ing at a table above which a sword
hung by a single hair.
a bomb fell into the Lyceum theater
the same night and killed several
people in the audience Fortunately
VIC did not know it at the time The
back But. passing the Lyeeum the
next day I saw thar il was closed The
broken door was braced. The lights
were out knew
The second time the Zeppelin came
had been fOrewarned- I knew that
several Of them were near London
They had been seen and il was known
they would come TO London Some
tried 20 comfort me By saying that II
they came above London the guns
would get them. But I didn't want
them to fall 7 knew the explosives
and gases would be a certain peril II
they descended So that in the air OF
falling I knew the danger OF the vista
ton That night. when / heard the
clicking sound overhead and the boom,
boom Of the guns, l said 70 the cali
boy. They've COME No, mum. ne
said. they're Just unloading ice next
door Benny said. YOU may lie 10
me with your tongue. but your COM
plexion tells the truth. You have the
same green skin you had when the
Zeppelins were here before I took TO
the cellar. The more teInperamental or
the orchestra followed me.
Yes. the war has humor. but the
tears are very close TO all its comedy.
Mary Nash has been engaged by
klaw & Erlanger and George C. Tyler
10 create the leading role in The ohio
Lady" the new play by Booth Tarkins-
ton and Julian Street Among the
many young leading women who have
sought 10 play the part. none quite
came up TO the requirements The pre-
ducerS were certain that Mary Nash
was the one young woman VINO could
DO II justice. After finding that Mss
Nash was under contract TO Grace
George. they entered into negotiations
with the actress manager, who has
agreed TO release Miss Nash
In the 'NOhiO Lady" which is thor
oughly American in theme and spirit,
Miss Nash will have what Is considered
the best opportunity of her career.
The Ohio Lady" viii be put into re-
hearsal shortly and viii be given Its