El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-24

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Questions and Answers.
| Dea- Miss Forbes VIII you write q
! chat some time soon about Yogi breath
! ing and exercises 1 was extremely
! interested in what you said on this sub
/ Jet formerly. and would like to kno"
more about II. Effie.
One or more chats will appear short
. " Meantime, why not get some books
! on the subject from the library You
| viii find il a fascinating study
{ Dear Miss Forbes What can I d.
TO stop my feet from continual perspi
| ration William F.
Don't eat so much meat. bathe IN,
elements OF the plav that will appeal to
the audiences Of Manhattan at this time
and NAV even be the means OF turning
the piece into a real success. The tune
Is ripe for patriotic displays and Lilac
lime certainly arOuses the clements Of
patriotism
! The scene Is laid in a little village IN
northern France where little ,Iennine a
pretty French girl. becomes the pet OF
the British officers stationed in the vii
lage and especially those quartered in
her mothers cottage.
A daredevil English captain. Philip
| Blythe, falls in love with the pretty
French maid. and she returns his sffee-
| ton. In the wee. sna' hours Just be
| fore dawn when he i about to depart
on mission from which he may never
! return they plight their troth
Gruesome, Ugh,
For q year she lives on the occasional
! letter which he sends her from the
/ front. but on the very dsv she Is watch
| ing Tor his promised return he Is killed
! in battle.
/ With her baby cap in one hand and
! her lovers Victoria Gross in the other
! she stands at the windows as his reci-
ment swings bv. sObbing ont Viva Ia
/ France" and the curtain falls on this
| extremely human, though morbidlv
realistic picture
! Miss Cowl Is lust a. good 10 look upon
as in previous productions. but she man
handles the Frauch accent in an unfor-
givable manner. Orme Csldare as the
dashing captain shows too plainly that
he has been playing hero leads In the
movies and his efforts are decidedly
of che melodramatie stock company
order.
Louise Coleman. although she has but
~bit 10 perform does that so well
that her work stands out through the
entire production and the memory Of the
little white-haired mother ciNGs long
The direction OF the piece IS rather
faulty. as too many OF the characters
are allowed 10 be unnatural and de-
cidedlv theatrical But since the pro-
gram gives both Paul Dickev and George
Foster Piatt as the ones responsible for
the staging Of the piece 7 can't decide
on which 10 heaD the blame.
Lilac Time. with some minor
changes. might he made a fairly good
r.r- :. -
| am not so sure bat what II NAV at
tract enough people through its very
moFbidness 20 continue on it. wav IN
molested.
The Iron Cross
The FIRST play by Elmer l. ReiZen-
stein. Columbis student. entitled The
Iron Gross was presented this week at
the Comedy
1t depicts the war burdens imposed on
the women OF a nation. and Is rather
well constructed and presented. The
action takes place in a village in east
Prussia. and the plot deals with the
usual pathetic incidents which always
are the aftermath of armed conflict
The theme OF the play i not suifi-
GENTLY interesting 70 endear IL To the
average New FORK audience. while Il has
its good points IL cannot b. denied
however. that from a dramatic stand
point there Is much to commend II. and
1t will probably act as an opening wedge
for future productions OF this brilliant
Young dTamatist.
Theater Francois Opens Shortly.
Work Is being pushe don the next new
theater which the Shuberts are build
ing in New York. and in which the
French Theater company will he housed
as soon as IL Is finished. This Is the,
theater on Forthwith street. next door
to the Aston theater. and IL will be one
Of the prettiest and most charming OF
all theaters in New York.
Much praise having been lavished on
the new NoroseO theater next door. 1t
Is permissible to state in this cOnnec-
ton that the MorOseo theatcr was built !
under the personal supervision of J. !.
Shubert. who is responsible for the T,
plans. furnishings and decorations of /
this housc.
Mr.. Shubert has been personally IN /
charge OF all the Shuhert theaters which
have been built bv the firm since they /
entered the theatrical business. and he. I
therefore. has probably more experience /
in this line OF architecture than any |!
other man in America. He is now civ /
ing his personal attention to the new {
French theater. which will shortly be /
completed
Chorus Forms Young Army.
The Crawford Guards. the battalion !
Of chorus men recently organized as a
militia unit among the members of the /.
company appearing with Clifton Craw- !
ford in Her Soldier BOv" at the AstOr /
thcateT, sent telegram TO the war de !
partment at Washington to the effect {
that II was ready TO enlist as a BODY Al 7.
the call for volunteers in ease OF war be +
tween this country and any foreign I
power.
"H' Proves Dismal Failure. /
II 1t was Mark Swann''s purpose TO I
awaken the American public to the pos /
slbility Of an invasion bv Japan. through I
the medium Of his drama If he not /
only failed utterly as a national hero. /
but as a dramatist as we'll
If Is a shoddy imitation of An I
Englishman's Home" which was pro-
duced IN England some years ago, and /
which met with the same chilly recep-
ton that was accorded by press and