El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-11
PAso HERALD-ANUSEM ENT PAGE; SEE,
'PO[[YANA' REAL
HUMAN VEHICLE
It Sounds the Real Note of
Life On the Strings Of
the Heart.

"Pollyana" will make you laugh
and cry until you like the little girl
! in the name part, are glad that you
are able to do both.
It Is such a delightful story Of real
life. with real people bubbling over
with their own sentiments. their own
| joy. their own happiness and their
/ own old grouches that you just have
to like it. You may boast Of your
self control. but il you don't get q
= lump in the throat and a mist be-
, fore the eyes-wen. there's some.
thing wrong and you Just don't be-
long; that is all there is TO #.
''POllyana" tells the story Of a lit
. tie girl, born in the Ozarks, Of Mis-
souri,, Of parents poor. who becomes
an orphan at a tender age and has
to 80 to a maiden aunt in New Eng
! land to live as a charge She always
finds something in life to be glad
about-even when run over by an au-
/ tomobile and paralyzed, she is glad
that IL did not break her neck-and
she goes about shedding so much sun
light that she wins a place Tor her
self in the stony heart Of her guar
dian, brings together two middle aged
people who had fallen out in youth
nAAAAaE lGAlA u happiness d man " no.
having lost his sweetheart in youth.
has lived a recluse. finds a home and
happiness for an orphan boy and
even gets a place where her cat and
dog are tenderly cared for.
Eleanor h Porters novel OF the
same name was the basis for Polly
ana" and 1t is faithfully followed in
the dramatiZation. The New Eng
land characters pictured so true 10
life might belong to almost any small
town in the country and not be
strangers. The play would fit peo-
pie in almost any community. The
pathos and the hHmOr are well blend
ed-the secret Of a successful play
wright-and just when you are spoil
ing perfectly good handkerchief or
missing up a well powdered nose. II
YOU are Of the feminine gender. some
body let's go a shaft OF sunshiny wit
and your face comes out Of the cloud.
Just as the sun breaks through after
a spring shower. 1t is human. every
inch of il, and it is delightfully."- -.
IL also has just enough sermon in il
to make you want to hurry home to
the little one and give him just a
wee bit tighter squeeze than usual
and offer little sort OF a prayer over
the chubby little face that all little
ones are not orphans and that all
little ones do not have bent or bruised
bodies from automobile accidents.
strings and makes you see things a
little bit different; maybe II makes
you sit up and say TO yourself: -Why
should I grumble when I have so
many things TO make me smile and
he happyZ" Anyhow, plays like Polly
ana" never made the world any worse
and IL hasn't any sermon IN il unless
to preach the Joy Of living be a ser
mon. While Il opens up a vista Of the
dark possibilities in every life. II al
ise, accelting strongly the beauty and
sweetness that we may get out Of
living II We will only permit our
selves 10 hold up the prism OF life
20 catch the rays Of gladness seek
ing their way into the darkness.
And II You went out to select a
company 10 present the play. you'd
80 no further in your search after
seeing the company now at the CraW-
ford The cast is ideal. Miss Viola