El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-13

selected for a raid He refuses TO con-
done his wife's attention to the wheel
Of fortune and turns a deaf ear to al
her pleadinEs- with the result that she
begins TO listen to the pleadings OF a
mysterious stranger. one John Leigh
ton
All, Now the plot thickens- Doris,
pressed for money necessary. to pay
some Of her gambling debts turns -
her sea pegrace brother for aid, and ne
ferges the name Of famous London
money lender in order 10 save rs
sister
Ruin and prison stare Harold in the
face and ne confesses his crime TO ms
sister Doris. as a fOrlOrn hope goes
TO Leightou's apartment 10 seek aid,
and finds him TO be the money lender.
AS a last resort she offers herself 10
leighton as atonemeut for Harold
slip. but he refuses and destroys the
Mss MgrieI starr as Lady Lang
worthy. gives pretty Interpretation
OF the part while John Miltern, as
Leighton. overlooked some good bets
To Erirta Lascelles as the stool
pigeon however. went the honors or
the evening and her work as the
smooth calculating adventures was or
q decidedly high order. Gamblers All
the brand that will prove popular mere
and on the road. I am Of the opinion
that Percy Burton has smashed the
bank and will clean up on 100 to
snot-
New. Good show.
The Wanderer- is the title OF the
newly organized heavy field gun unit
which was brought 10 this country
through the rsightedness Of Generals
Norris Gest. William Elliott and r Ray
COmstOck. The Wanderer' will take
up the position at the Manhattan Opera
House when the Klaw 4 ErlanGe-
legions follow Ben Hur' TO the scene
The recimental staff OF The Wan
derer7 unit follows Colonel Nance
ONeil. Northumberland Florence
Reed. ajors Beverly Sitgreaves, Clara
Blaudick and Lottie Pickford-
Captains Ethel Mantell. Ella Fred
eric. james O'Neill, William Elliott
Lionel Braham. Pedro de Cordoba,
Sub-Lieutenants Frank Andrews,
Walter Gibbs. Edward Martyr and
John MOrrissey. Two hundred more
compose the rcgimental reserve
The uniforms of The Wanderers
are quite dashing. having been de-
signed by a noted Partisan
Russian Front
The Russians are again active TheE
having consolidated with the ballet
and the various caharets. Al the Hip
podrome General PavlOwa continues 10
lead her forces to victory. while the
Teutons have resumed the offensive AZ
The BandboN. Yorkvilie and Irving
Place
The Municipal Drama school.
New y Ork city has decided TO make
would follow the long trail Of the elu-
Sive Thespis. through the medium Of
the preparatory school Toward that
end community drama schools, housed
in public schools, viii open this week
There viii be courses in drama. folk
dancing. classic dancing. etc. and stu
dents viii he taught all the deep dyed
secrets of the land behind the foot
liEhtS
II is planned TO open branches in
five districts in the city. that the work
Of making civic actors may become
general campaign
The students viii AT various times
give performances during which the
progress Of their work viii be judged
by the school faculty. and at the end
OF the school year there Will be given
a huge masque on the order of Cali
Marie Dresser To Return.
Marie Dresser. who has been missing
from Broadway for some little time.
is scheduled 10 return in new musical
comedy Have a Heart"
u will open ar the Lyric on Tuesday
nest and Is said to contain a number
OF Innovations that viii please the
rheatergoess.
Heard On the RIaho.
Iare Cowl. in collaboration with
James Murfin. has written a play.
which win he produced. by Selwyn and
Time" We wish Miss COwl success as
= playwright.
Gene Buck. author Of the current
Ziesfeid Frolic. and Ned Wayburn. the
producer. are ON their way to Eng
land. where. between them. they eX-
poet to create similar offering for
Albert De Courville. Mr.. Wayburn's
method Of staging a production is
rather rough. and his tactics nearly
cost him his life the last time he pro-
duced the London Revue Possibly
the English craftsmanship has i'm
proved since then.
Two English Plays
Harold BriShthouse. the English
dramatist. will have two Of his plays
-On the boards here next season
They will be ~Garside's Career and |
Around the Clock
The Theater Of Thrills. which has
been talked of for so long. is about to !
become a reality \ group OF plays
described as terrible" and horrible" ,
has been secured from the Thester
Guigunol i'm Paris. and they are now f.
being translated for production here. /
The adjectives used might well be APP I
piled to some of this seasons offer
iugs. Why 20 TO Paris2
\ new firm Of theatrical producers
who will specialize in performances /
for children. has just been formed. It
is composed OF Alice Minnie Herts, |