El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-09
s NEW
SHOW 4 HUMMER
Real Wit, Good Songs and
Splendid Music; It's a
"Big" Attraction.

a Thief in the House" IS decidedly
the best thing the Ed Redmond COM
pany at the Crawford has yet pre-
scented TO an FL Paso audience-and
it is well worth seeing. 1t is 50 fun
OF good lines that II fairly bubbles
over with laughs. As a New York
offering-under another name-it was
one Of the big hits OF Broadway. and
Mr.. Redmond is TO be congratulated
on bringing such attractions 70 FL
Paso for his clientele As soon as
Miss Peggy Belts and some Of the
other members Of the cast quit stun
bling on their lines. the show is going
to get over" like a three dollar at
traction 1t IS the equal in wit and
humor to any Of the New York Of
ferinEs that come to the Texas Grand
and IL has 70 be a show Of consider
able pretension to exhibit better
chorus work. prettier costumes, bet
ter music and more elaborate seen
cry than Redmond gives his patrons
Miss Belts. as the maiden aunt with
a soured temperament. has Iine
part and acts its splendidly. but on
several occasions sunday she hunted
her lines so that IL spoiled much OF
the enjoyment of the show. Eddie
Young. as the butler. has fine part
and acts IL well. but he also did some
fumblinE OF lines
Miss Marvin Hammond as the SER
want girl from Sioux City. so anxious
to get back home that she's willing 70
ride the Erie railroad n necessary. Is
the star Of the new show. She does
a clever piece Of character work. one
that kent the audience fairly scream
ing most OF the time sunday. II Is
hard to imagine a girl as dainty and
chic as Miss Hammond In the last two
plays making up to look a s outland-
ish rs she does in the present bill. but
one is glad she can do Il. for she ex-
hibits an entirely new side Of her
work as an actresS-and more than
makes good.
Miss Bobbie Dean. as the bride. and
Joe Kemper. as the groom. have in
terestinE roles. the plot Of the play
Ringing about trip the young groom
makes. ostensihiy TO Ohio but really
to Boston on business. His trip Is
really for the purpose OF recovering
some love letters expressing the
youthful eNhuberance Of brother
Of the bride for an actress. but. re-
turning the young husband Is In
railroad wreck. and. in his hurry. he
gets the grip Of yeggman who has
robbed a rich Boston woman His
wife finds the burglars tools and
the stolen Jewels in his grip and at
tempts 10 shield him. The real thlef
servant girl from Sioux City "gloms'
the Jewels. couple OF real "conpers"
show up. and for a time there is such
scrambling OF things as would do
proud the heart OF mixologist in q
village drink emporium It ends by
the servant girl getting her trip back
home and the real thief escaping
Miss Irene Noblitt. as the actress.
was letter perfect in her lines and
added much to the enjoyment OF the
show after her entrance.
Ed Redmond. while celebrating his
25th wedding anniversary by mod
estly eliminating himself from the
limelight much OF the time. afforded
a laugh every minute he was before
the audience. As with Joe Kemper
more you see him. the better you like
him He Is the yeggman this week
Eddie Mitchell was n policeman who
would do a New Workers. heart good
and one OF the best Quips in the show
comes from him. when he pityingly
eyes the English butler and SAYS:
And them's the sort that rules Ire
land"
Hoyt Smythe, while not on the
stage very much. was self confident
and enacted his role breezily-if ev-
erybody in minor roles had done as
well, the show would have had more
pep"
The show Is worth the time OF any
body who likes amusement and enter
tainment; the song numbers are all
catchy and the chorus-the beauty
chorus. TO be perfectly right-wears
some stunning creations in the way
OF costumes. one black and white set
making the girls look like picture
book drawings.
Not the least enjoyable part OF the
performance IS the splendid music OF
the orchestra. under the leadership
Of Harry Beyerstedt. this music. fea-
turing Bert Beyerstedt. violinist IS
one OF the many secrets OF the Red
mond success. But the old man"
has a lot OF secrets that contribute
10 his success as an entertainer-he
puts on clean shows. he selects capa-
bic people, he spends money for real
costumes. he gives attention 70 detail
In dramatics as well as 10 other fea-
lures Of the show. he picks good
looking girls for his chorus and
well. he does a lot OF things. all OF
which rolled into one. make a Red
mond show something worth while.
G. A. NJ.