El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
JUAREz IS AMUSEMENT ADJUNCT
TOEL PASO FOR MANY TOURISTS
Quaint Old City Across the Rio Grande Has Many Inter
esting Features; Ell Paso splendidly Provided With
Modern Theaters Including Handsome Picture
Theaters Motoring Form of Amusement

truly good neighbors and exchanged
, calls upon one another in the old time
friendly spirit of the frontier Resi-
dents OF this city who may have been
{ IInenaced by wars clashes in Juarez
have always realized that such dana ~
was not brought about by the real cit
zens of the neighboring town. but by
armies Of one dictator or another WHO
cEanced TO hold control of the place.
At present there is the most friendly
feeling apparent for Americans in the
streets of the Mexican town, and hun
dreds mingle with its population daily
Il PasO'S TheaterS.
El Paso, however, does not put Jua-
rez as an amusement resort ahead or
ITS own various points Of interest n
that line. Playhouses and other amuse-
rnent places here would do credit to a
city far greater in population Being
geographically situated so as 10 make
TtiS a convenient stopping point for
travelling theater companies in sea
son, Fl Paso gets many of the largest
end best. plays seen on both coasts.
and has become known as one of the
pest show cities on the circuit. GranG
opera companies, leading artists IN
cnmedy and drama and the best vaude-
v'Ile stars appear here 10 crowdeG
hNuses
The Texas Grand. the leading play
house OF the city, now booking a num-
brC OF the largest attractions for TIE
ccuing season, has a commodious
stage and equipment to handle them
properly The Crawford, owned by
tie same company that manages the
Grand, headed by L NJ Crawford. the
western theater magnste, with L. j.
MAXWELL as manager. has been re-
n'oi e d Te nj 70 b. cor
podate vaudeville ard photoplays Il
devotes much attention to stock com
rfnies all the year round. At the
Majestic and the Lyric theaters vaude-
Vile IS also presented
Many Handsome Picture Theaters.
In no other western city has money
been so laVishly invested in moving
that each new movie palace has been
built with the idea of presenting SIN
better pictures. at the same time in
creaSing the comfort Of patrons Tn
world are seen here while they are
new. and that means that all the
celebrities of the stage have audiences.
The Alhambra picture theater. 81
Moorish design. was an instant success
from its opening. The higher priced
films are specialized there. often as
sisted by vaudeville The Wigwam amt
the Greclan, specially built for show
together with the Alhambra, are pat
ronized principally by Americans,
while there are others building TO cater
to the same amusement lovers. There
are many smaller houses that enter
tain the Mexican population with
cheaper productions.
South FL Paso street at night is
ablaze with the tasty electric signs Of
the movie" theaters- With one ex-
ception. all of the larger houses are
located on this street. Last sum
mer several open ii theaJers were !
built in residence districts, notably the
Garden theater, fronting Houston
square, the Lamar, on Montana. in front
Of the Lamar school. and a new one
was opened in the smelter district
Country Clubs and Golf Courses.
There is much other amusement IN .
and around FL Paso to make life
pleasant. There are three country