El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
IT'S 4 BREATH Of
REAL FRESH AIR
May Robson's New Play Is
Human and Therefore
It Is Enjoyable.

NAY Robson never had better We
hIcle than her newest play. "A Little
BIT Old Fashioned" It IS like a real
breath Of fresh spring time frag-
rance. While it is almost a melo-
drama. with It's society thieves and
pIotters and its jewel-theft mystery
and al that there is plenty Of fun in
II as there always IS IN a Robson
piay-and It is that real. human sort
Of fun that everybody likes. May Rob-
son Is popular and makes people
laugh-and she can wiring the heart
strings when she wishes. just as
easily as she can tickle the risabili-
ties, only she doesn't-because she is
natural She does things like other
When she makes a fool Of herself
facting her part, Of course), she does
Il just ike any other person under
the same circumstances would do II.
When she does anything else, II Is
done Ike anyone else would do It. or
course, this IS the secret OF all real
7cting-but there are so many people
who are not real actors Nay Robson
is not one OF them
IN her new play, she IS the old
fashioned wife Of a notable criminal
lawyer. Jealous OF her husbands ad-
niratiOn for a female detective, she
lets her Jealousy get her into an awful
mess. and, then like a real woman,
breaks down and confesses her mis-
take IN his presence. Accidentally.
she comes into possession OF facts and
things that enable her husband to
solve a Jewel robbery that has baf-
fed the greatest detectives and Incl
dentally to bring about the downfall
OF the other woman; when she does II,
she shows her joy just like any other
woman would do and. Instead of being
theatrical In the denOuement, she Is
Just an ordinary woman, crying and
laughing and trying TO make husband
think she really did something won
derful when IL was all an accident due
almost to stupidity.
The unfolding Of the plot has so
much to do with the enjoyment Of
the play-and every theatergoer who
10 see this prOducticn-that It IS ]
shame 10 spoil the fun by revealing /
too much about the show. It is in
four acts, Eplendidly staged. correctly /
costumed and acted by a capable lot ]
Of people. such as Miss Robson always
surrounds herself with.
Peggy Cameron as the ward Of Mrs. |
John Gordon Smith Miss Robson), is /
as pretty as she Is dainty and adds /
cutie n bit OF springtime breeZiness TO /
the piece. Howard I Smith as Terry /
Mcclellan. the Junior partner Of Smith. j
also adds to the breezy atmosphere |
aud does some excellent work. Robert |
Lowe. as Smith, is a fit leading man /
Tor Miss Robson He IS good actor \
and has the appearance OF a man OF
the type he represents on the - &c. |
Edith Conrad as the female detective, /
is stunning enough TO make most /
criminal laWyers-even lawyers who I
are not criminal-at least hesitate at /
the path that leads away from the 1
family fireside. In fact the entire 4
cast is in good hands
There are two kinds Of people in 1
the world" says Miss Robson, during 4
the course OF the play. those who do !
all the loving and those who Just let /
themselves be loved"
But there can be no two kinds Of /
opinion about Nay Robson as an act
ress or about her new play. It Is the 1
universal opinion OF her FL Paso aud
fence, and Fl Paso audiences are all 3