El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

TIE LoVE, d
, tor, Earl Brown. J.. II. Rerrigau. Leon
ard Nude. Douglas Ross and Mrs.
I Teresa Maxwell COnover.
Miss Violet HemmiuE and Fred NIB
{ 10 in The Love Drive" at the Critic
ron theater, are making friends with
plentiful audiences in this latest sue
/ cess. The peculiar conditions obtain
ing in the world OF Uake-believe on
account OF Uncle Sans theate- tax
seems 10 be hitting the Criterion the
-iChteSt OF any. on account Of the
Ulat0rs are being left with large
quantities Of virgin tickets on hand;
the populace evidently CHOOSING.
nowadays, 20 procure their aur ssl ous
ar the box office. Mad Love Drivers
VIII scurry any place 10 any trouble
iu order 20 insure that certain seats
ia the Criterian have occupants
Very Entertaining.
That even so little matter as the
swapping OF fingers can be an enter
tanning novelty in the theater II IL is.
done In an entertaining way, is shown
in the performance OF The Land OF
JOY" the Spanish-AmeriCan Operetta,
which started last week al the Park
rheater- The vivacious and subtle eN-
ecutiOn or such details Is characteris-.
tic of the Spanish seuoriras " the ch0- T
rus, introduced for the first time 10
Broadway.
Who would have thought that Spain 4
had chorus Eirlsg They do their work ]
with a strange mixture Of modesty .
and coquetry, like the coyly revealed
stocking Of q yelled dueuna- This
chorus is composed OF about dozen F.
pretty girls and dozen sensible ones, :
the latter almost seeming like cnaper-I
ones. In one OF the sprightly dance ]
numbers the beauties are dressed as
boys and their guardians as sirls. The
girls wear quaint and charming cos
tunes, the girl-boys are SO modest
chat they wear thick golf stockings
up 20 their satin brooches.
There are no sleeveless costumes
for the chorus Many OF the Spanish +
young women are blondes. Some OF
them have cunning retr0usse noses.
and one has red hair. Probably they
speak Spanish slang but one couldn't
think il TO look at them.
Drew and Ellington.
The New York appearance Of John
Drew and Margaret Ellington fin a re-
viTal Of PinerO's Gay Lord QueN' was
arranged b. John d. Williams yester-
day The cO-stars viii arrive at the
4Sth Street theater on November u.
For the past two weeks Ar. Drew
and Mss l-lugton have been present
ing the comedy in nearby cities. I'll
happens that this pair last previously
appeared on the stage together in a
Pinero play. His House in order"
The Gay Lord QueN' was orig
inallr acted IN New York by Sir John
Hare and Irene Vanbrush ten years
ago.
Marion Sunshine is the most recent
addition 10 the cast Of Going Up"
which COhan & Harris are producing
Others in the company are Frank
Craven, Joseph Letora, Frank otto.
Donald Meek. Edward Bagley. Arthur
stuart Hull. John Park. John Klendon.i
Louise CiX, Ruth oswald and Grace
Peters
Going Up" is a musical comedy byi
Otto Hauserbach and James MOutgom-'
cry. The score is by Louis A. Hirsch.
The premiere viii take place in At
lantic City on November IS
CoIIaborate On Comedy.
Achmed Abuullah, author Of Buck
Ing the Tiger and Carlyle Moore
who wrote stop Thief" are cOuabo-
rating on comedy. entitled MY
Wives Object
Lou-Tellegen intends TO become AMI
actOr-managcr- He has now in re-
hearsal new play, entitled Blind
himself. which IS to be produced out
OF town preparatory 20 its presenta- I
ton in New York.
Richard Ordynski, newly engaged
stage director for the Metropolitan
opera house. makes his debut as q
screen player opposite Theda Bara
ln William FoX's production Of The
Rose Of Blood AIR. Ordynskl was i'm
California while Miss Bara was max
ing Cleopatra" there. and he was so
fascinated by the cinemas that he
wrote the story Of The Rose OF
Blood for Miss Bara and acted as
leading man in the company The
picture, Russian in character, yester-
day was exhibited for the first time
u the Academy " Music.
Mrs. Fiskc's New Play.
In the reports from Baltimore OF the
success Of Mrs FIslze in her new play.
Madame sand there is a startling
lddeudum revealing the fact that in
one act she actually wears mems
clothes and emphasizes her masculin-
ty by smoking a cigar.
While there are several celebrated
women Of this generation who are
known 90 be cigar smokers. and sew
sral who wear mems clOthiug-not to
mention those who would like 20
wear the trousers-Mrs. Fiske adopts
Rings ,