El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
AN EXPOSURE Of
STAGE Tricks
New Teal Show has Unique
Act Showing Rehearsal
For a Performance.

Little Miss Fix-it' IS the best pro
ducuon yet given 10y Raymond Teal
and his company since they opened 10
I'll Pas0 six months ago, and thar rs
saying . good deal. for they have put
on some splendid performances 1t IS
a better show than many that have
been here at several times the price.
Not only is IL fun OF clever lines, bat
the situations are equally as good as
the dialog.
The second act. showing rehearsal
upon stage. with all the performers
present ia their ordinary working
-lrb instead Of the costumes they ap-
pear in before the public. is as funny
as il is unique, entertaining and in-
formative. All the stage secrets, such
as how thunder. lightning. rain, wind
and gun firing and horse racing Ell
fects are produced are exposed o-
Roy kluSlOW, the property man, dur
ing the rehearsal The actors discus
sIOus of their own merits, their puus,
their directions TO one another, side
comments upon the rehearsal efforts
of friends. all are SO real that The act
the world back OF the curtain ana
a great novelty TO those not acGuaIut-
ed so well with stage affairs
The show is I'm three acts, The first
on board an ocean liner, the second
upon a theatrical stage and the third
in a cabaret Art Phillips and Ben
Upton have done some excellent work
iu painting the scenery for the three
acts and the performers have done
some equally hard work in rehearsals.
for IL is = show full Of difficult parts,
but all are vel cast
Fritz Fields and Frank Jaquet di-
vided hOnOrs about evenly in the com
eiv roles, both men making splendid
characters. Miss Madeline Lee, Miss
Corlune Carkeek and Miss Hazel Lake
have excellent parts and each ac4ult-
ted herself with much charm OF man
ner. Miss Lees Spanish dance in the
last act revealed q new talent OF this
pretty young actress. for il Is the first
time she has shODe as dancer since
joining the COMPANY Her work as
dancer was as artistic as her singing
and she was supported lg a wei
drilled chorus, under direction OF Miss
Minnie NaudervOort-but q Teal chO-
rus never needs praise II is always
pleasing In action or TO look upon
Raymond Teal had minor role
that Of an ILaiiau-5u- he has a spleu-
did song uumber-'-N Ent Time In Lit
tie Italy'-0ue OF the best he has ever
done, and il went over with both
sunday audiences for enthusiastic en-
ing Chair was another big hit, cali
ing for many eucores-
The plot involves the usual 'ulsta-
ken identity musical comedy miXuQ,
but is original in many features and
therefore differs widely from the aF-
craze musical comedy plot There is
enough plot TO keep up interest and
considerable keen satire throughout
the play. An augmented cast was
necessary for this show.
There are over q dozen good musi-
cal numbers iurerspersed throughout
the perfOrmance-au the Teal favor
ties are heard-and, altogether. IL is a
worthy production. entertaining and
calculated TO make one forget the
warm weather and even business and
military worries. Manager Teal an
u0uuced at the Sunday performances d
that he had decided 10 continue the
show throughout the week without
change Of bin, because of the heavy
expense OF putting on the production
and the unusual demand already reg
istered for seats