El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-14

4 Join some branch Of the service or
/ The other.
J In fact, they have displayed almost
/ indecent haste. so We were told. in
running 20 recruiting offices 20 offer
their services Looking backward 10
SENS as though they must have done
their running with srenosra1hers
I flauzinE them on both sides. whose
I fast flying pencils were just about
able TO Keep up TO- the voIIey o. pa
triotic words
We gathered that much from The
press agents copy For awhile 10
seemed as though every thearsr IN
I town wolId necessarily close. what
/ with the women leaving the boards
! 10 aid IN Red Cross work and the men
giving Up fabulous salaries TO take
$50 or so a month from q uniformed
paymasrer.
But DO seems as though we were
mistaken Here IL IS the frs week
ia July AMI those pieces that we
thought surely must close are either
running along IN a ollrhe fashion or
have closed for reasons other than
lack OF members in -he cast
Perhaps the thought Of leaving the
com panT IN which they are DRAGGING
down large salaries Is so painful to
contemplate that they prefer 10 make
the pain long and lasting. Some folks
lind pleasure in pain. and evidently
this must surely bee the case with
those who have made widespread
their intention of eulisrinE-
Fostering Washington.
II was not long ago both secretary
Baker and secretary Daniels said they
were too busy TO hearken TO person
al pleas OF any podE who came all the
way down 20 VS. csnlnEtOu 20 announce
their intention Of eulisriug- The
proper place TO 20 Is to the recruiting
station they said
But what's the JOY OF even boldly
and publicly saying YOU are going 20
fight II the public doesn't know about
lr- A trip 20 washington means but
little from a financial standpoint and
great deal from the standpoint of
solid newspaper columns. Therefore.
by all means trip 20 Washington
worth seeing
II YOU haven't the time TO 60 to
w ashington say right out in stento-
rian tones that YOU can5t wait until
YOU Eet over to annihilate a whole F.
German army corps uy yourself No, .
sir you want no assistance you are B
perfectly capable Of doing il all by .
yourself
Hot weather Kills shows.
At any rate. the fact that eight f.
theaters closed down last week was .
distinctly not due, as miCht have been .
supposed, 20 the cast joining for SER
wee II was the weather Pals .
First" The Brat Upstairs and .
Down Nothing but the Truth -His
Little Widows. Love o. Mike"
You re in Love" and the Washington T.
Square Players just naturally melted /.
away under the strain We might
add in passing that Mr. Tod LETT the I
cast of Love o. Mike" some time be-
fore 10 clOsed-in fact. before there
was even thought Of closing it.
Many Of the managers thought that
their productions might cling on all
summer. but their minds suddenly
1p. with accompanying breaks in the
humidity record.
Few Good Ones Left.
This wholesale closing leaves but
.hreee prose plays Turn to the
The Man Who Came Back In the
after production Henry Hull the
eading man. started on his vacation.
md his place was ably filled this
week by William c. CroweiL who was
called the possibilities Of the part
with keen feeling. and his portrayal
N the hero was one distinctly auart
rom the usual weak characteriZa-
ions given by contemporary actors. I
whom Eugene Walter desiguatee as ]
concave men with tea room manners
OF the musical shows 'Hitchy- !
ZOO tops the list Of attractions To
las tremendous drawing power.
With the Follies coming next -Oh. / q
soy continues. but what 10 viii do
Without Miss Marion Davies who left 7 d
his week TO go TO the movies. time .
My viii tell The Passing show" D
nd NY Lady's Glove" are still run 2
ing although the latter is not By
ny means a success As matter OF q