El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-27
MAY ROBSON At
HER VERY BEST
Making Over of Mrs.
Matt" is a Delightfully."-
Funny Comedy,

May Robson is always delightful as
a commedienne, but she never appeared
to better advantage nor pleased her
audience more than in "The Making
over of Mrs. Matt" her newest play
Miss Robson appeared Sunday mat
inec and night at the CRAWFORD anu
will be seen again Tuesday matinee
and night i'm the same Dill. IomSH'
she makes her farewell appearance ln
cl Paso in her famous success Lie
REGENERATION of Aunt Mary.
The Making over of Mrs Matt tens
the story of a western MANUFACTURED,
Matt LamSon, who has become the neau
of a trust and moved TO New 1OLk,
where he attempts to carry out ms
ambitions to have his wife become
society leader and his son marry az
heiress. Son and wife prove dIIIicult
to manage and the resultant comedy is
delicious-such comedy as only MAY
Robson can get out OF perIorlhdilCt.
Miss Robson is probably the greatest
character cOmmedieDne on the Amerl-
can stage and, TO say that Mrs. Maui
is one of the best characters she mas
ever portrayed should give Ialr idea
of what fun there is in the piece.
There is also considerable pathos.
woven about the mother love lot a
youth fun of eXuberance and NE,
whom the mothers eyes can only see
as "a little kiss from God.
Much Of the fun hinges around Mrs
Matt's" inability to fall into her new
surroundings. Discussing her lufhl-
ture, she says:
q got all muddled up, picking it
out There was so much Louis furni-
ture that ] couldn't keep them separ-
ated. one Louis took to Religion; an
the others seem to have taken 10
furniture" OF her books. she says:
Aren't the bindings cheertulE I've
got every author, dead or aHEe' VINO
ever wrote a book About her pig
country home. she cannot enthuse any
too much. It's a sleeper jump from
here Cthe library to my bedroom
she asserts That gentleman in the
kitchen, who calls all the royal heads
Of Europe by their first name, may be
a chef" she saws. '0ur when il comes
to cooking dumplings, / can beat him
any day"
Her sallies regarding New York and
her new surroundings there are rull or
genuine humor When pre- ~ WoIn-
an has an AK to grind she says,
New York is fun of old men ready
to turn the grindstOne" Every man
is Mormon at heart" is another OF
the shafts she shoots at her husband
Asked If she intends to go into
society, she replied: YES, if the union
viii recognize our cards She tires
Of the fancy costumes her maid tries
to get her to wear and finally asserts
that she wants to be comfortable with
lIlS illuNAE dEt 0ll Hdh VI AAlAANs %
she looks down at her rather fat
figure.
THAT woman changes husbands ike
I used to change cooks" she asserts,
referring to one Of the -four hundred"
who is under discussion.
All the good lines are not confined
20 the star. Every member in the
company has a good part and every
member in the cast is well cast
do you take dictation," the son asks
the stenographer. Nobody dictates to
me-" is the reply, but I take their
letters"
lust one delightfully."- funny sally
follows another. until the whole per-
Torrance almost resolves itself into a
continuous Chuckle.
The settings are beautiful. partiCu-
larly for the second scene. the country
home Of the Matt Lamson's near New
York.
Miss Robson could not appear at the
Texas Grand because the Birth OF a
Nation" was booked in for the week
so il was necessary TO take her per-
Torrance to the Crawford. Manager
+. i. Maxwell has had much Of the
interior Of the Crawford repainted and
the whole house thoroughly cleaned
and renovated for the performances
Things looked spick and span Sunday.
G. a NJ