El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-15

= ? EW 1Ohhr sept l5--Wlth the
M New York theatrical season in
- full swing. JAZZ" as common
/ ly known TO the csbarets and the
/ lobster palaces Of the metropolis. has
! been introduced TO the theater Eoine
public The 'Jazz." which is new 10
New York theaters came from Chi
caEo. so that New York IS not pri-
mariy responsible for it outside OF the
all night restaurants.
For the DenerJ o. NOSE not yet
informed as TO the meaning Of Jazz"
1 may say that it consists principally
Of noise, masquerdaing as music 1t
also might be interpreted as meaning
| pep, punch" speed etc. II is all
Of these II is rag time, it is one
steppy-to be summed up. 1t is most
/ appreciated after midnight in some
one Of the rackety bang type Of eat
ing places. or, TO be more correct
drinking places.
Good Night, Paul. '7' which has the
stamp Of approval al Chicago, was the
Venice by means Of which Jazz" was
presented TO the Broadway theater
going public. The first night audi
ence at the Hudson theater took It
very well, perhaps because Broadway
first night audiences are already ac-
customed TO the cabaret brand Of this
T.
went over, although Invested Of the
Jazz base drum activity. it is moth
ing more nor less than the good old
style OF farce that our fathers knew.
At the Hudson theater I met some
Of my old. old friends, including the
rich relative who has to be fooled.
the young wife and husband who un-
willingly lent themselves to the plot
ana an eccentric ledger. To these
must be added the mOdiste. a number
Of models and we get the modern
touch which blended very well with
the Jazz part Of it, There We're
several very catchy ragtime songs
which may become hits along Broad
way and much noise and music
a ''Ftne American Play
In view OF the approval placed upon
The Country Cousin at the Gaiety
theater, by the renowned Col.
Roosevelt, IL would be unseeulv for
me 10 do other than the same myself
Col Roosevelt who made a speech
from box. told the audience that
The Country Cousin is "a fine Ameri-
can play The colonel is right It is
And the best judge OF all agreed with
him-the audience. Booth Harrington
and Julian Street are responsible for
the play.
This criticism which Mr.. Roosevelt
was compelled 20 make was inte1Iigi-
BILE enough to those who had seen the
4 .
must know that the story Of Amerf-
can lie which the authors had de-
viseu threw a high minded Young
woman from Ohio into the midst Of
the most grOtesque rabble that was
ever put on the stage to reuresent
society Of the less formal kind There
have been some striking specimens Of
this type seen during this young sea-
SON Il was TO protect a young rela-
tive who had come into the home OF
her fatherr-divorced and married
again-that the Ohio woman was
dragged into such a high stage So I
ciety-
It may be suspected by those who
remember the ephemeral existence Of I
plays that Mr.. Harrington once
sketched a somewhat similar tale in
The Man From Home" It is easy to
hear some wise entrepreneur OF the
theater-this time e. must have been
George C. TyIer-sayi that he ought
to take the same bucket to the well ]
once more But this time-now this
time. Booth. let il be q girl Get me-
Let a pretty girl do it all"
Changing the Situation.
At this heaven sent suggestion Mr.. ]
Harrington, assisted by the trusty Mr.. I
Street, brought the dear woman from l
Ohio. placed her among a lot OF east
ern MASTERS, instead of a mob of for |
tune hunting foreigners and. cursed I
as the spite was. she succeeded in ]
setting some bit Of IL Alright. Among ]
the crowd was a fop Of whom she I
made a man, be it said for herself
This was the problem Of the au-
thors; so the Wretched jewellers in I
eastern luxury consumed the usual I
cocktails and acted otherwise in a /
manner that would have insured their l
prompt eviction from the most liberal I
minded cabaret, and thus represented ]
society. She struggled when her
father sacrificed the fortune of the .
girl 10 sratify his second wife. and .
when her cousin was even
made to drink too much. She made a
man out Of the dawdIer. which so
pleased Mr.. Roosevelt and the rest
Of the audience. This was accom-
phshed by much witty dialoC and
much, moreover. that was human and
natural to the situation OF the char
acters.