El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-21
TEAL KEEPING
Up HIS GAIT
After Is Weeks His Offer
ings Are Still as Good
As When He Came.

1t is remarkable how RAYMOND
Teal and his company OF mirth
makers manage TO be so entertaining
for such a long time. but it proves
the general rule that if YOU do a
thing right. It is worth while. From
the opening bill is weeks ago. Teal
has given the people splendid enter
taiument. and all Of his offerings.
with the exception Of TWO or three.
have been Of 4 high class None of
them have ever descended 70 vulgarity
and the shows have all been kept
clean. Teal. himself An excellent
actor and producer, has surrounded
himself with first class people. which.
added to the fact that he gives them
good bills 10 work in and dresses
them to suit the parts, accounts for
his success. 4 few dollars in eX
pense. if they VIII add to the attrac-
tiveness Of his show. apparently do
not enter into consideration with
Teal Where the average manager
would be content TO produce his
musical offerings with the scenery
the theater affords, Teal keeps two
scenic artists busy constantly. Each
new production has q new setting,
and all are artistic. some even elab-
crate Likewise, the Teal Duc5linSs
seldom reappear in the same cos
tunes. for d wardrobe woman is busy
all the time making new ones and
they are not cheap-silks and satins
for Teal always.
ON the whole Teal has the best
musical stock company RI Paso has
ever seen. he gives the best produc
tons any stock company has ever
offered. and the answer Is that Teal
is getting the money-and he de-
The latest offering OF the Teal
company is on par with many shows
that have appeared here at three
times the price. II goes with a snap
from the beginning. is tuneful. and
the cast is IN capable hands. as usual
As matter of fact, everybody seemed
TO be a little bit better than usual in
this offering. even TO Fritz Fields.
and We have seen Fritz in SO many
good parts that he could bat below
the average once in q while and be
excused, but he keeps his average
we'll up towards the thousand mark
i'm every show
one of the surprises Of the present
show was Miss COrinue Carleek. She 7
has appeared in various character
roles in the past until the audience I
had come to think Of her as an ugly
old woman I'm the new bill. while
appearing as the middle aged wife
who keeps her husband well under
the rule of her thumb. tine usual ugly
lines We're missing and she aSfected
age only with q gray Wig The re-
suit was that the audience saw a good f.
looking woman and liked her better
than usual
Miss Pans- DeIacour. the ingenue. f.
was as clever and as pretty as usual I
and Miss Hazel Lake made Fields look .
to his honOrs for laughs. in her role I
Of the actress with line OF slang I
as long as a jurors excuses. Her
Cabaret song mum er. with the
chorus girls singing from the aisles /
down with the audience and all the I
other principals doing bits on the I
stage, was a big hit and called for
FIVE encores-
Frank Jaquet. now member Of
the company, while having no part
In the cast. made his first appear Z
ance in q song number and a speciality I
in which ne gave various limitations 1
and closed with 2 whistling number. Z
made a hit and got four encOres. He
promises to become as great favOrite I
as the other members Of the company
already are
Roy kiuslOW. as a pampered only I
son Of q dOting mother. acted and I
dressed the part to perfection. even
to drinking highballs as il ne liked .
them. Homer Long and Orville .
Harris while having small parts. .
acted them well. as usual. and both
drew the usual applause in their song
numbers Miss DeLacour and Mr. 4
Long sang dainty dset that made
big hit
Miss Walsh has a song number
mat was most enjoyable and Roy
AinslOw's song with moving picture
was so popular that
the audience didn't want to let him
quit The moving picture was
girl behind a window curtain re-
-lected in silhouette before the audi
snce.
Much Of the success OF this bill. as
in all the Teal bills. is due TO the
splendid work OF the chorus so care
FULLY trained by little Miss Minnie
VandervOort- who can put more peD
INTO performance than "A real Mex
can chef can get into a bowl of real
,hili. c. NJ