El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
Men and Women of Stage
Are Doing Heroic Work
in France.

-HAAH A.H
4 y OF this seasons "FolIies" has been
euuvened by a merry little war be-
tween Flo Ziesfeld, 5r., and the ticket
spectators, who have always re-
earded the "Follies" as one OF their
most satisfactory revenue producers.
The opening gun was fired a few
days aEo by air. ZiegfeId when he
announced that because the hotel
agencies ha1 refused to sfen an
asreemen- WITH MN and file a bond
that they would not hold up the pub
Die, ne has decided 10 cut Off all
agencies and to place on sale AT the
COX Office every seat for every per-
lQrmauce
--I- Al-=-e-u Story was that il was
llto-erz lle that the New York public
should be forced TO pay SO and SIS
seat TO witness the -EoIliesH from
tEe first ten rows
N hen it was announced that ZfeE-
fed would fight the Spectators. ev-
erF BODY threw up their hats and
rleerec- because II looked as if
llnallE there would be some Justice
Do lne world tor the playEOer OF av-
erage means
But now come the spectators and
say -lal Az IleE1eld has slightly
-lrDled the facts in his official COM
Nlnlque- The SPECTATORS say that
..- 1ilc-e-l demanded thar they buy
el=lt weeks IN advance at a pre-
--l OF 50 cents a seat above The
a-Fertlsed box office price, and that
--er lueg laQ paid this premium they
must further agree TO advance prfcts
To lle public only so cents a seat
.ul-tlona- That is. according 10 the
sEeculatorS. -Lr- LieEfeld wanted 20
insure himself an excess profit OF so
~ lle rate or aE even 81 a head in
stead Of at the premiums which had
formerly been extracted from the
amusement seekers who fiu the New
York hotels during the summer
Public VIII Get Worst Of II.
To an unpreJudiced observer there
N1es nor seem % be much merit on
esther side Of the controversy and
t1e public is going 10 get u in the
neck again. as usual
For. having failed TO line up the
spectators Dir. ZieEfeId has advanced
me prices OF seats in the first ten
rows Of the orchestra from $3.50 TO Sc
each The balance Of the house VIII
DE sold ar regular prices, and there
~ no doubt that the -Folliesr this
ear VIII prove popular enough 10
Keep an The So seats filled during a
run Of long duration
10 is true that Bert Williams is out
nl the ollies' this year and that the
piece has suffered somewhat In con-
sequence but ir is equally true that
t1e brand ot entertainment provided
ll N lL Rogers. Allyn King. GLADYS
feldman- Kay LAUREL and she score
OF more other beauties who have
AGAIN si-ned contracts 70 act up for
llr- Llegfe-d- VIII be sufficient to keen
every body happy and to afford a
business man.
There is little TO be said about the
oIies itself, for the reason that
YOU cannot describe a hearty laugh
The show as usual. is clever from
start 10 finish. and moves along with
accustomed ZieEfeld snap. Pretty
girls, elaborate and startling cos
tlmes and catchy music are features,
rs usual
Bangs PAYS Tribute 10 stage Warriors.
John Keudrick Bangs. the Ameri-
can luln1rlsLs who recently returned
from France, has written a very fine
tribute 10 the men and women Of the
stage who are giving their time and
services Tor the entertainment OF the
soldiers over there llr. Bangs Davs
particularly fine tribute 10 Elsie Janis,
whose work recently has been so
notable as 70 be considered worthy
of special cable messages by prac-
IcalT an or the correspondents al
The front 4lr. Bangss letter is as
follows
~A very well deserved tribute 10
our players on the fighting line has
just appeared in a number OF our
American newspapers. but Il contains.
tortuuateiT- a covert sneer at those
Hno are LaDorlng today in the enter
f1lnmenr field i'm France which leaves
IN Impression that some Of them are
mere not so much for service as for
self alTerCisiuE- which works a grave
injustice 10 a large number OF de-
voted men and women OF the theatri-
RAJ profession who are doing a work
% incalcuable value in the preserva-
lion OF morale
eft has been my rare privilege 10
come into personal contact with many
IT them in my recent brief visit 10
france and 7 wish TO record through
medium best calculated to reach the
greatest number Of our American
-tors the fact that our American
f1se IS more than doing its bit 70
eIp win the war All over the fight
I- territory they are TO be found
Carrying cheer and forEetfuIness Of
resent woe to thousands Of tired
men, making them laugh, bucking
nen up- and sending them back to
their perilous labOrs refreshed and
tronEer for their coming
Nor must 10 be for moment
-pisn OF safety, for that is FAR from
The truth II is the simple truth that
more IMAM once their acts or turns
have been brought to premature
finish by the bombs of the air raiders.
and ln more instances their songs are
fecompanied boy the grim rumble Of
Zee NOT far distant cannon and the
Harp stacca-o notes Of the machine
suns
Elsie janis Heroic Worker.
l- would DE iuvld2c-s to pick out