El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25

some definite objective in his play
He has none RE rs like the RUSSIAN
army IN that he himself only TOO eNi-
IDENTIFY knows not whittier h IS
headed
At any rate. there is no reason
Whatsoever for deliberately pervert-
ing situations and dialogue so that
marriage Is made disgusting 4 man
with even O modicum OF Drains would
have been able TO have given the
entire production q different tinge by
eNcusiuE everything on tne sroul1s
Of a couple sincerely wanting a chll1-
That would have been quite natural
But this idea OF exposing On a man
uer thas cannot help but be disgust
Ing 20 those Of US parlahs who per
si-r IN regarding marriage as some
thing more than leEalized adultery
one of The few things that keeps Us
running on after mythical ideals -
sufficient TO warrant The pre1lctioI-
az We said before. that lt viii Be a
good money maker
Both MI Bennett and Mr Truck
deserved TO be complineured Tor their
acting They had q terrible time with
their lines, which Mr- lie Baron evi-
deutfs forced. and Won To vas
harder fight than Yale ever ha1
against Harvard IN the days OF
Bert LyteI q Hit.
II must be said. even 70 the e.
ciusion of mentioning me never
shows that Ma rvs Ankle Is
healthy farce 1t might be said also
that whatever stage tricks are
brought in there IS nothing suEEes-
tive or destroying about any OF tnem-
And it is pleasure 20 think that
The audience likes IT,
our apologies 70 3Ir- Bert Lytsll
To trained and analytical eyes ne
NAV Re rauEht bur. as a matter or
fact. he is really the leading comedy
man or the production He portrays
the character OF recently graduated
with such evident understanding that
everybody BOO the audience has a
brother or other male relative Just
like him. And. while not reversing
our verdict or MISS ZELDA seq PENS
very. very ECot- we might say tnat
-he uirI who takes the part Of her
daughter is good with three verys IN
front OF it
Take uobody's advice on seeing any
play. But unless YOU are one OF
than Is really more clever than Ser
uard Shaw. and who think 10 IS not
90 uIsbelleTo iu tree
love teven though theoretics llTl set
your tickets Tor Mar! S Ankle
The Lassoo~ ARRIVES
THE Boomerang came back 10
Broadway in the form or nc "a
500" which was billed as sequel
The only THING not likely to be las
sooed by the new play rs the fhester-
EoerS However You never can TELL
and DO Isl rash TO pass Judgment on
any piece. because the taste OF ticket
purchasers is as wonderfully subtle
as woman buying her easter ward
robe az a fife-and-ten-ceut store
Victor Mspes wrote The Lassoo,
1ut from present indications he may
DO even worse II ne lives tritle
longer. air. Mapes started out very
well boz the first act, but something
happened TO his mind. Perhaps he
thought Of the evil influence Of art
on the drama or something OF tbs
sort. because the plot skids and many
things happen The Lassoo - Ike
a human being; 10 is always Qromis-
ing 90 be great. but never does But
then anticipation Is always better
than realization
The plot is- a young suthor. who
tries TO become playwright on the
strength Of his best seller. comes 20
grief with his wife on the rocks Of
eNtrava gance and so forth They get
together again i'm moVIedom and
that's ala there is 10 it.
shelley Hull and Edward Abeles
are good in their parts Beatrice
Moves. Eleanor Gordon and Florence
Johns are among the supporting cast
wilton LaclSaye Succeeds
Wilton Lackaye came hack once
more AN prison nIa.a Inc inner
Man" presented at che Lyric last
Monday. 10 was curious to note that
aside from Truck and Bennett. there
IS no actor being mentioned in the
theatrical embellishments but wilton
Lackaye- Whether IL IS decline IN
acting or whether the actor is get
ting gs superfluous as the plot IN the
'legit' is a question for somebody
else
The Inner Man" starts cur 20 be
serious and gets msudiin- To deals
with the question of prison reform
and what can he done TO aid those
al no have regarded the world from
behind the bars and so on To essays
10 be a psychological drama. but e5-
saying is different from being
Abraham Schooner attempts 20 bring
out how criminals can be reformed.
and thus he gives a happy ending no
The play. Father. mother and son.
together with sisters cousins land
he has EN- by the doZeui and me
lunts are all reunited just as they
are in the cinema
happy ending always seems
necessary. but aside from that the
dominant part OF the play Is MI
4ackaye's acting. He was very
ough and talked out OF the corner
81 his mouth-iUst like that pc wa-
allied upon 10 do many ridiculcu-
hiHEs and he made them appear less
'idlculous.