El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-29
Many New Plays Produced
Around the Holidays and
Others Are Promised.

TEW YORK De- 2s-The land
F N OF the makebelieve. 80 dear to
infancy and youth. continues
on Broadway today in a concentrated
roIe-Sauts Claus
Whatever their parts may have
been yesterday or the day before. the
actors IN the land OF makebeIieve
have in mind and heart but one part,
or role. today. That is Kris EringIe.
There is many a bleeding heart
[ back Of the scenes on Bros ifwlv dur
] ing Nuleude. but those who reap the
benefit Of the entertainment are not
I let in" on the secret The heart
aches are for those back home. those
whom stage folk seldom see but al
ways love
And so il is that when the holidays
arrive. practically every man and
woman in stageland find an outlet
to the grind in the land Of ma ke-
believe. The outlet is I'm making
others happy and the Others" are
the poor. the unfortunate, OF New
York CITY.
A striking and kindred example IS
found IN the Halifax disaster Imme-
6iately the wires brought news Of the
catastrophe. at least two thesters and
one newspaper made ARA ngements
for immediate benefit performances
for the suffering. And those quickest
to lend their services for such worthy
causes were the actor folk of New
York
Performers Quick With Help.
For nearly two weeks performance
after performance. regular mauuees
any many extra matinees. collection
after collection. on the Broadway
stage have filled the bumper which
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greatest Christmas from any one
source
Marion Davies. In Words and MI
Sic. appearing at the Fulton theater.
and Jane Cooper. I'm What's Your
Husband Doing at the Thirty-ninth
street theater. ought to possess all
hat goes toward making Of 1uletide
an ideal season. for these stars.
through suggestions. personal contri-
buttons and effort. were the direct
means Of providing some thousands
of baskets for East side mothers
Cheer Up ar the Hippodrome-
leads i'm benefit performances for the
Christmas season. The management
Of this popular New York production
has every reason 20 congratulate it,
self tcday-for on Tuesday. the day
Of days. the -aminS and the "Co-
Settes' Of the metropolis enjoyed the
bounty Of Christmas through the eN-
n NHI|NN|.LE OF IlFNI
When why Marry" the comedy by
Jesse Lynch Williams. was presented ]
by Selwyn and company at the Aston I
theater on Christmas night Shelley 2
Hull was seen i'm the role created hr /
Arnold Daily when the play was firs- 4
produced iu Chicago early I'm the sea- I
son. AR. Hull was appearing i'm the J
York direct from its allseason en-
80 cement In Chicago. The complete /
cast. as 10 was seen for the New York :
engagement. included Nat q Good /
win. Edmund Breese. Estelle Win !
wood Shelley Hull. Ernest Iawford. !
Beatrice Beckley. Lotus Robb. Har- |
old West anC "a number Of others.
~FIo-FIO- n New One.
on Thursday night John Cort pre-
scented az the Cort theater q new I
musical entertainment called "Flo- I
Flo" book and lyrics by Fred DC
Gresae. and with music by Silvio
Holm "Fio-Flo' IS q maguiIed YER
sion Of Fred de Gresac's THE Bride
shop which for some time has been
D headline act i'm vaudeville. The
play is iu two acts with some eu
musical numbers. The cast Includes
James B. Carson. Oscar Figmau LIiss
Roma June Miss Fenita 1e Soria.
diss Dolly Castles, Arthur Mills.
Thomas Handlers. Leon Leonard.
George Beaudet. Miss katherine
stout. Miss Anna Sands and Miss
Blanche Bcllaire.
Yes or No % new drama 10y Ar
hur Goodrich. was presented at the
FortyeiSht street theater on Friday
night c. ~ Anderson and J.. Law
'ence Weber make the production.
The leading roles are played hy VIII
ute kerShay- Eva Francis Emile
'oiui and Marjorie WOOD eyes cor
70 IS comedy -drama of women
md their homes. The title comes
rom the fact that most of the big
risis Do life are settled Ly one OF
hesc two little words. Two women
ace such crisis in this play. and
heir answers change and mould their
fter lives The cast includes. be-
ices the principals. Byron B,asIev Z
lalcolm Duncan. Robert Kelly. Frank /
Wilcox. John Butler. Halbert Brown /
Walter Regain and John Adair, jr.
New Revue.
w urcs and Music" a new revue. I ,
sas presented at the Fulton theater 7
N saturday nisht hy Nessrs Hitrh- {
ock and GOetz- This unique girl and ! ,
music show is built along the lines F.,