El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-22
.R. TEAL HASREAL
ACTORS WITH HIM
Surprisingly Good Perform.
ance by Musical Comedy
People at Crawford.

Miss Pansy DeLacour is a worthy
successor of her talented sister. Gene
We've. The latter is fondly remem-
bereG by FL Pasoans as the clever little
actress who put so much life into the
performances Of the Frank Rich Must
cal comedy company, when il was a.
the height of its success at the old
Airdrome in the summer of 1903; she
Is now married and living in Los An
geles, but her young sister is main
tanning the reputation of the family
name on the stage, as one of the prin-
cipals of the Raymond Teal Musical
comedy company, which opened AT the
Crawford Sunday for an indefinite stay
in Fl Paso- Miss DeLacOur is pretty.
young and Vivacious. and has a strlk-
ing stage personality. She sings with
enthusiasm and feeling and Is like
breath of fresh air from field of
Violets.
Miss DeLacour and her equally
talented brother. Fritz Fields. are
clever pair anywhere. and both are
with the Teal company Fritz is also
remembered by e. Pasoans for his
work in the Rich company at the same
time Miss Genevieve was here, but he
has improved so very much in his
= ork-he was beginner theE-th2r
his old friends hardly knew him; he
was shOwered with congrat ulatiOns
Sunday. In the role of Johnny Hicks,
in The Time. the Place and the Girl
Fritz simply took the Crawford sunday
audiences off their feet
Raymond Teal himself, though owner
of the show and one time star in
the vaudeville field. makes no effort
TO hog the show" and takes a very /
ance-that of negro pOrter-hut, in ,
the second act he does a mOnOlog that
Went so well sunday night, he had 10
respond to three encOres and then be-
IN a D
big time blackface vaudeville man and F,
the minute he takes the stage. this IS
apparent He can stand stlu and make {
his audiences laugh.
Teal has collected one Of the finest /
aggregatons Of peppery players IL has
been the good fortune Of FL PasOans
10 see for long time under one roof /
IN stock organization Of any sort |
Capable himself. Teal seems TO have
faculty OF gathering capable people |
about him. and if he keeps up the
going to be mighty popular with FL
PaSo FUN lovers before he leaves here.
The two audiences Sunday broke all
attendance records at the Crawford, for
the first time in years. the gallery was
fllled- It was packed house and il
united in receiving Teal and his duck
lings"-and dTakes-with a warmth
that ought to make them feel welcome
10 Fl PasO.
Miss Hazel Lake. another Of the prin-
cipals. is vivaciOus and clever and in
her song numbers Sunday night, had
10 respond each time TO encores. She
dresses well and has a figure for the
perfect display Of her costumes.
Miss Ethelyn Bray, though having
out small part in the present bill
sings well and was received with SPLEEN
ca applause in her song, summer
Miss Mamay and Miss Barker were
also heartily received in a dance spe-
cialty in the second act.
Homer Long and Roy kinslow who
are relnem bered here as a part of the
Jimmie Lee musical comedy COMPANY. !
are both clever young men who are I
now with the Teal company Kinslovy 3
.is.d good comedy part IN the present .
oIu and as an old reuben from up (
state somewhere. gets many a laugh Z
Long mas the thaukleSs part Of the
worthless young rake. and. rega rdless
o. ms ma es himself a favorite by- 7
ms clean-cut acting and his singing. |
he mas a musical tenor voice.
Orville Harris, in the leading iuve- .
nile role, does some good work as an
actor and also sings well
MISS COrlnne Carkeek and Arr Phil
lips nave small parts, but are equal 10
the requirements. On the whole there
= not a poorly cast member of the
company.
The chorus is made up OF girls who /
!" ouid 10 credit to a twO-dollar show I
several or the novelties IN the song I
I numbers are very pretty. PARTICULARS :
IN the Honeymoon" song
, Among the girls in the chorus is
"a pe Leroy. remembe here as ono
81 the popular little Leroy sisters on
ne Airdome season of 1909 when
Frank Rich had the best cornDa7,- ,bst
sNer spent a summer season here