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

marry his third cousin. Enid Irving.
young. blonde and beautiful
Falls Overheard.
Young Crawford falls overheard from
the channel boat at a time when Hop
per is the only other passenger on deck
Hopper throws him a life preserver. one
of the hand bags. a shoe and various
( other articles at hand. The boat stops
makes search. and then proceeds, on
the assumption that Crawford has been
drowned
Hopper. thoroughly intoxicated, is
taken ashore at Dover. with Crawford's
handbag and driven to the Crawford es-
tate At the entrance to the estate an
automobile runs into him and knocks
him senseless- He is carried into the
, house, and the handbag and its contents
seem TO establish his identity as Henry
Crawford. a doctor is called TO attend
him He is certain there will be no i'll
effects from the accident. excepting that
the young mans memory may be af-
fected for a time
Mistaken Identity.
When Hopper RECEIVERS his senses he
protests he is not Crawford, but that
is put down to the faulty memory.
Many absurd and complicated situations
follow. Hopper. among other things.
signs receipt for some money adj
vanced to him by the family attorney.
This comes near being his undoing. for
when Fisher. the scheming butler.
finally becomes convinced he has been
telling the truth and is really Hopper.
he forces him TO continue to imper-
senate Crawford and insists on devid-
ing the income by threatening TO ex-
pose him.
The difficulties are finally cleared up !
when Crawford. who has been saved by
the life preserver thrown overheard by |
Hopper. shows up to claim the estate.
He allows Hopper's unwilling decep- !
ton TO proceed long enough to study !
his third cousin and fall in love with /
her. Then. of course, he insists that !
Hopper shall not be prosecuted. for |
Hopper was the man who saved his life. 4
,Air- Powers received a tremendous re- 1
ception- The audience was thoroughly
delighted with his comedy
"Fast and Grow Fat"
Those who know Frank R Adams's
story Five Fridays" VIII not be sur
prised TO learn that the new farce. Fast /
ana Grow Fat" based on il which !
opened at the Globe theater. is a piece
ripping with genuine fun and breezy
situations from beginning to end
The stage version was made by
George Broadhurst and he and Charles |
managed the production.
Frank Mcintyre proved equal to the
Itch chances given him by the leading !
-ole. while Vivian Rushmore. Zelda |
sears and Roy Atwen also pleased
Others in the cast were Nellie Fill
more. Marion Vantine. Aileen Poe, Myles
Mccarthy, Frank Deshon, Howard Sin
lair and John WOssel
.'The Flame,
Richard Walton Tulley's new Ameri-
an play. The Flame has been pre-
ented at the Lyric theater. throughout
he piece thrilling episodes alternate
With tender love scenes. and ample op- I
,ortunity is granted for the display Of !
BEAUTIFUL stage settings.
For the enactment of The Flame" /
FULLY gathered a distinguished group !
+ stellar players, including John Cope |
Who was chief support to Mrs Fisk in
Erstwhile Susan" William COurtleigh. |
Who last season won a big following in
The Heart of Wetona." Violet Heming |
no has recently created with marked
uccess on Broadway the leading fe-
er Fire" Peggy O'Neill. who was the
most popular Peg o. Ny Heart"
throughout the country; Robert Patton I
ilbbs, whose performances in the re-
ivals of The Merry Wives of Windsor
nd the all-star '-Trilby'' last season ! 7
rought him much applause. and Rich ( I
I'd Gordon. who for two seasons has
layed the leading part in Tully's The
;ird of Paradise" b
Other prominent players in the cast ; a
ere Albert Taverinier. Byron Russell,
larry Morvil. George lie Sol. Hill O'Day. p
an Rensselaer, Townsend. David Fuller, I a
ames Halemanu, p c Corney. Gustave p
Rudger and the Misses Harriet Ster- / a
ng. Ann Warrington. Helen Carew, "
lelen Bell. Ethel Stockton. Mabelle ! G
eamons and La Clavelito. the Cuban 4
ANGER. who appeared with her dancing T
artner. VI. Pena. 81
AS in Tully's previous plays. the Incl v
entail music was a striking feature of Il
he performance. and in this instance O.
as rendered by musicians especially II
rought TO this country for the purpose
appearing in The Flame" y
News of the Little Theater. NJ
WlnthrOW AmeS announces he will I ri
sopen the Little theater. Oct 3 with II
dush," a comedy by Violet Pearn as | So
lie offering. The piece is described as a ! II
humorous protest against false shame, | 80
satirical slap at false prudery" re
The two principal roles will be taken | d.