El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-22
KITTY GORDON IS
At THE GREC|AN
Famous Beauty With Beau
tiful Clothes in "Vera.
the Medium"

Kitty Gordon, the noted English
beauty, called the Lillian Russell of
England. will appear at the Grecian
theater today and tomorrow. in her
new play, Vera the Medium"
The play is replete with gorgeous
settings. beautiful women, handsome
men and wealth of wonderful gowns
that represent a fortune.
Because of her almost superhuman
powers of attraction for men. Vera is
known TO the gay. fast living set in
which she moves as Vera the Medium
She is a woman of mystery. who, while
holding free from entanglements, still
proves so irresistible to the men she
meets that her suitors are legion. She
appears 20 be animated solely by the
spirit of revenge. Turing one victim
after another to his ruin at the gam
bling table in the night resort she
most frequents
Vera meets Robert Sterling. a gam
bier and q man about town, who alone
Of all her conquests strikes a respOn-
sive chord of sympathy in her heart.
She s moved 10 divulge to Sterling the
secret OF her past, and he learns the
reason for her resentment against all
mankind 1t seems that when a young
girl, living in a small country town.
Vera was deserted on the day of her
marriage by the man she loved. She
had sacrificed everything for him. and
when her stern father discovered the
true state of affairs. he drove her from
home. Since then Vera had lived only
10 avenge herself
Vera's latest victim is a youth just
out of college The boys father finds
him in company with Vera in her IA
vorite gambling resort. and takes him
away. after publicly holding her up to
scOrn before the other frequenters of
the place. Infuriated, Vera determines
tn hun p 10 he hsarH 90
to wager herself against q sum of mon
ey that she can lure the man from his
wife and home within a week Her
friend Sterling accepts the wager
Vera rents an apartment in the same
building in which lives the family OF
the man she is determined to ruin. She
succeeds in Scraping an acquaintance
with his wife and little girl through
whom she comes in closer contact with
her prospective conquest Here begins
a battle Of the sexes that leads dramat-
ically to the climax of the story.-Adv. I
WIGWAU-BIRTH CONTROL FILM.
Two or three years ago the American
public was astOunded by the announce
ment that Damaged Goods had been
dramatized and was being shown in |
New York city II was condemned by !
the general public who were not at
people who had seen ii. began to sound 1
its praises and to argue that il taught |
a lesson which the whole world should /
know. pressure was brought to have !
it presented to all who care to see il. |
It played TO packed houses everywhere, |
and later found its way into the pic 4
lures. The National Board OF Censors !
not only passed IL, but with a special F.!
recommendation And there are few !
but the most narrow minded now who /
will not admit that II has done much /
good IN teaching its lesson
Richard Bennett was the star OF both J
stage and screen versions. Mr. Bennett /
is A thinker and a student OF the prob !
lens He has written and produced |
another picture which deals with a sub I
iect just as mOmentous and important I
10 mankind as the subject handled in i
Damaged Goods" That subject is birth 1
control Mr.. Bennett is strongly Op-
posed 10 birth control except under I'M
usual conditions He has thrown all /
Of his stage craft and his forceful act
ing into the production. and has made /
the picture a second Damaged Goods
in its preachment and lesson to the
world Splendid photographic effects
and strong dramatic situations aid in
the presentment of the lesson which
The Valley of Decision" tells II will
be shown at the Wigwam two DAYS
Only-today and tomorrow. Every
married man and woman and every
young man and woman who is old
enough TO understand the discussion
OF LIES problems should see it--Adv