El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
Mrs. Fiske Has a New Play
and Is a Success in Tt;
Drew and Ellington.
Drew and

TEW YORK, Nov. 17.-'.AIiss 1917
n opened 10 its premiere at the
= Century and dazzled all Broad.
way: in fact. it is rapidly becoming
the only" pebble on the beach. The
shimmering dailtiness OF the gor-
geously beautiful settings and theil
costumes is captivating every audi
elce. in years we have not Witnesse
a play we could not criticise, but we
acknowledge the stupendous success
/ Of Miss 1917" as a production beyond
I any form Of fractions diatri5e.
vaudeville propensities are in the
+ ascendant IN this fantasy Of the stage
. delightful. unheard Of specialtes and
catchy neo-harmonies- The feminine
3 ruelOWEess browns the few attempts
OF the male element TO assert itself
7 even though the masculine Interrupt
I tons number among them such a star
. as Lew Fields.
( 4 stately Spaniard. Tortola Valen-
cia, in stuqendOus skirts and wearing
a tremendously serious expression,
does those dances usually attributed
/ to sunny spain and the REVERB
Among the charmers who find their
dainty places in this 1airyland are
4 Miss Nivieuue Segal, Miss Elizabeth
/ BriCe. Miss Marion Davies, Miss Vera
/ Maxwell, Miss Ann Pennington, Miss
Z Bessie Mccoy, Miss Flora Ravalles,
/ Miss Cleo AIayfield. Mrs. Vernon
I Castle-and So al Observation-Disclosures
/ stars beauties-disport themselves
over the Gargantuan stage
Bessie Mccoy Is Back.
Broadway is welcoming Loyalty. and
almost t0uchingly. an old faVOrIte-
the heroine Of the "Yama Tama,r
I Miss Bessie Mccoy. Miss Mccoy, 1.-the
and limble as Of yOre, holds her au-
! dience perfectly and when she breaks.
as Of old. the "Gama Iama' song,
they simply refuse TO let her go. The
widow Of the late Richard Harding
Davis has, with one burst, taken her
old place on Broadway and again
builds her place in the hearts OF the
playgOers.
on Monday afternoon the Plymouth
theater opened with the premiere OF
Barbara" a play by a new author.
Miss Florence Lincoln. in which Miss
Marie Duro appears under the direc-
tion Of Arthur Hopkins. Mr. Hop
kiuss pcnchant for quaint fantasy,
notably The Poor Little Rich Girl"
is even more strongly developed in
this play. in which Miss Doro has the
title role. Her support includes John
Miltern- Miss Lillian Dix, Frank Ba-
con, Mrs Margaret Fealys Walter D.
Greene, Miss Helen Tracey. Robert
Hudson and Miss Edna Baker. The
in-erpretative music has been com
posed and arranged by Elliott
Schenck.
ssThe Pipes Of Pan. Now.
The Hudson theater has begun its
run of a really delightful comedy,
The Pipes Of PAN" by Edward Childs
Carpenter, author OF The Cinderella
Man" The story has to do with the
Impressions which spring and its
memories make upon a painter whose
Inspiration has been dulled by Unfa-
vOrable circumstances. The author
q TnHl p F.s
heard by those ready TO listen. Miss
Janet Beecher and Norman Trevor
head the cast which includes Miss
Rita StanWOOd, Reginald Mason. Bur
ton Churchill. BurfOrd Hampden. Miss
Edith King. Miss Florence PendletOn,
Miss Rosalis Matthew and Henry
Travers.
Wednesday evening saw the pre-
miere. at the Casino theater, OF one
Of the daintiest musical romances we
have yet had the pleasure Of witness
ms kitty Darlin'," we mean, a mu-
steal romance adapted from sweet.
Kitty Bellairs.' by Otto Har0ach and
Rudolph FrimL with Miss Alice Mel.
three acts and follows the general
outlines Of the play by David Belasco.
leaving them only slightly near the
end Miss Nielsen, as Kitty. an Irish
widow, is the feminine favorite OF the
regiment at Bath. Her managers \
1fessrs. Elliott, ComstocIz & Gest. have
surrounded her with a company in.
Guiding Edwin Stevens. Glenn Hail.
Frank WestertOn, Miss Juanita
Fletcher. Miss Sidonia Espero. Jack
son Hines, Miss Eleanor Daniels and
Miss Patricia Frewen.
4 Clever Comedy.
The Liberty theater produced for its
premiere an exceptionally clever com
edy, The WOoing Of Eve by J. Hart
ley Manners. written for his wife. Miss
Laurette Taylor. Her new role is that
OF a sprightly American girl OF per-
suasiye charm, who has great depths
OF feeling below = somewhat lively
surface disposition. The scenes are
laid in England. Although written in
a comedy vein, the play contains sew
eral moments OF tense drama. Sup
porting Miss Taylor is \ r. Arson. +
who recently was in The Barton
Mystery" Frank Kemble Cooper. Miss