El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-22

I nized groups. Even if critics are news
paper men. we can't expect playwrights
to be.
Plenty Of Romance.
It is the usual task of the playwright
as OF the novelist, to Inject an extra
amount Of romance into the dull, COM
monplace surroundings which habftu-
ally bore men and women. and this
the Misses Alice Leal Pollock and Rita
Weiman accomplish in THE Core
spondent"
The play begins in hotel in the
west, whittier James Gordon. posing
rs a travelling salesman, lures Anne
union Is about to be sealed by bogus
judge when detectives from New York
burst in and announce they have
enough evidence TO win a divorce ac-
ton to be brought by the wife Of the
supposed Gordon.
In the next act we see Miss Gray as
a star special writer on the New
York News" with the managing editor
eager to marry her. Norman Trevor,
who plays the managing editor. insults
New York newspaperdom by changing
his clothes twice IN the course OF the
play and appearing each time immac-
ulate-
Girl Reporter is Called.
The dressy managing editor calls
his girl reporter 10 get the one miss
INK la4A III a ulE nEdLf tue NdAlE u
the correspondent In the Van Kreels's
divorce suit.
To her horror. she finds she herself
Is named. Both the Van Kreels ap
pear In the newspaper office later and
demand the article be suppressed. Mrs.
Van Kreel refuses to withdraw her
suit until Anne offers to tell the fun
story OF the doings at the Junction
House in a signed article TO be printed
the next morning. Then Mrs. Van re-
Tents and the Knickerbocller exclu-
sives leave for their "divorcemoon."
Anne falls into her editors arms.
Miss Fenwick showed great intelli-
gence in her portrayal of the sob sis
ter Harrison Hunter made a pol
ished rogue in the part Of Van kreel,
while Miss Winfred Harris was excel
lent as a. society gossip peddler.
s'Rio Grande,7 n Border Play.
Exceedingly timely is Augustus
Thomas's new play OF army post life,
Rio Grande," which is now occupying
the Empire theater II tells a tale OF
live and intrigue in a sun scorohed
bored to-death camp at Laredo. Texas.
The disguised young officers, IAN
teing their lives away" fairly pray that
they may have a brush with a force
Of Mexicans who have crossed the river
before It IS discovered the latter are
simply seeking refuge.
Nan. daughter Of the regiment, weds
a colonel much older than herself out
Of part gratitude and part affection
but her heart really has been won by
the handsome and ardent young second
lieutenant Two years later they meet
IN secret-she and the lieutenant-and
an orderly, an inscriptions person.
finds It out
Makes Advances 10 Nan.
He uses his knowledge to make adj
vances to Nan, who is driven to write
n confessing letter to the colonel and
- dec. -. II. ~
unluckilyo happened to be filled with
water
The letter passes through several
hands and the colonel, who has for
gotten his glasses, is about to have
the confession read aloud before the
group of men in which he is standing,
when the second Lieutenant, realizing
what the letter contains, commits sui
eide.
About this time hostilities fortu-
nately break the suspense, everybody
goes off to the front Nan is rescued,
and the colonel shoots the orderly. n
Richard Bennett is an eNcellen-
colonel, while Lola Fisher makes II
best OF the dry part OF the colonel :
lady. Robert McWade is a stenori an
major
''The Man without Country
1.-THE Man Without a Country" I'd
ward Everett Hale's great conception
Of one who cursed his native land and
was forever banished to the high seas
as a vaudeville play et AZ
the Palace theater this week.
William Anthony MCGUIRE hal man
aged TO present much of the force az
the original story in the short time
at the disposal of his characte 4 His
work received an uprOarious i-eIeome.
Rogers Invented Prepared .ess.
Living On a string and by 4 wits
that's what VIII Rogers es But
the rope is a manila lariat pOssessed
Of spirits and the wits are he sharp
est known on Broadway ffr many a
day The star of the Ziegseld FoiIies
is one Of the few actors VIII never mas
to have anybody write Zines" for
him.
Born IN Claremore, hamlet in
northeastern Oklahoma ROGERS comes
Of quarter breed Cherokeef parents. Ex-
Bushy Head aP7 sam AIayes
are his uncles Climb ~ down the
tree to that ara when the
Cherokees roamed IN Georgia and
wore breechciOuts and 'noccasfns. we
find that his ancestors flourished as
head warriors Of their sribe
Hated hook Lei,rninr.
with the exception or Cbief Sequo-
yah's famous alphabet. win hated hook
rufnor .uorga than he