El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-13
Maj. Julia Arthur Leads a
Charge at Head of q New
Organization; Wins.


n Thespis. Army Of Invasion.
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! viIle). Jan. 13.-After the comparative
calm Of the last few days the enemy
| is again active along the entire front.
On January l there were two spirit
ed advances made by our troops. On
the right wing. in the vicinity Of Times
Square. Mai. Julia Arthur and squad
ron OF the First Seremonda Cavalry.
by a swift dash through the enemy
lines, captured the Criterion theaJer.
making prisoners Of the entire au-
dience-
At the same time the ROYAL Horse
Artillery. better known on account o1
their reckless disregard for the enemy
fire as Gamblers All" swung into ac-
ton over exceedingly rough ground and
shelled the enemy position on Hudson
Heights Then under the leadership
Of Sub-Lieutenant MUriel Clark the
battery gained the heights and con
solidated their position From present
indications they will be able - hold
Hudson Heights indefinitely.
Roman LegiOns Active
On the LEFT wing. in the sector near
the Manhattan Opera House. there IS
a slight lulL The Roman Legions- un-
der the leadership Of Field Marshal
Ben Hur. who is in charge OF the
tanks will take up a new position
on the Boston front, while there IS
every indication that Generals Com
stock. Elliott and Gest Will occupy the
vacated position In order that this
sector may Withstand any counter
attack by the enemy great quantities
of reserves are now being brought
from another theater-
The New Years Cross was awarded
on the field Of battle to Major Julia
Arthur, for gallantry in action. she EaF-
ing saved the lives OF some 1890 New
h. L hon ~ he
machine gun fire OF the streets on
New Years night by appearing in
''SeremOnda" with her loyal troopers
in the nick Of time.
An Old Theme.
.Seremonda" has a theme as old IS
creation itself. that Of love, but 81 is
love Of the fine old days when knights
in coats of mail went forth 10 prove
their valOr in order to win the hand
of some fair lady
Egad. twas a soOdly knight. this
Sir Ramon. who goes to the Holy
Land to fight under the manner Of the
Cross, while his SeremOnda stays 1t
home and woOs the trOubadour- But
wait, Sir Knight returns from the
Holy Land and Stays the minstrel. out
by doing so also kills the love OF his
SeremOnda. who goes to join her lover
by the good old Sir Walter Scott meth
cd Of a leap from the castle window
1t is staged in woHdrous fashion. the
scenery is splendid. the costuming true
to period. The entire cast, who. from
Miss Arthur down. showed the effects
OF careful training and long rehearsal.
did their work well. but even with these
favorable ingredients if is a question
how long the play can last
Well Constructed Work
While IL is a well constructed work
from the very able pen of William
Lindsey. Of Boston. il reflects aitogeth-
or too much of the high browism Of
that city and too little of the spirit
and vivacity needed in this day and
generation
Unfortunately. the tired business
man and his equally tired spouse
seem to want either the spice and hu-
NOR Of the Winchell Smith type of
comedy or else the twinkling tootsies
and syncopatiOn Of the musical show
Tragedy no longer is appreciated by the
theater going public ana Tor that rea-
son I am afraid that Miss Arthur's
very creditable performance viii be OF
short duration
However. let it Ice said in all fair
ness that "SeremOnda" is an artistic
production in every sense Of the word
and one that viii he interesting TO
those who care for the heavier type
OF play and acting
Another Good show.
For DISTINGUISHED service Sub-Lieu-
tenant Muriel Clark and the entire
personnel Of Gamblers All are rec
commended for : r. O. medals for re-
capturing the Hudson. under ter
rifle fire.
"EamDlerS All Is Iull oil Ire. mere
is not dull moment from the rise Of
the curtain in the first act to the final
curtain in the last and. even though
il fairly radiates Londonism. I think
it viii prove to be a popular attrac-
ton.
The scene is laid in gambling house
right in the shadow Of the Kings
palace and in this selfsame gambling
house happens all manner OF exciting
incidents
Sir George LangwOrthy. wealthy
member OF the Stock Exchange. has
two very precious possession. his sec
Ond wife Doris and his daughter Ruth
Notwithstanding his vocation. he abso-
lutel abhors gambling and detests
music.
Doris, however. is very fond OF music
and spends most of her time a the
gambling house. which is run by Major
and Mrs. Stocks.
Harold. her brother. is also rather
keen about the green tables and is
being consistently plucked for every
dollar he can get