El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-17
II Love YOU" New Farce,
Is a, Slap at Goldfish

NEW YORK, Nay 15--He-Tampires
IN have struck Broadway-that IS.
one OF them has-but, thank goodness
and the playwright. he gets his Just
due IN Il final act and the husband
and wife are reconcned-
The hs-vampirs appears IN "our
pleasant Sins" q comedy recently
opening at the Belmont theatsr. and
while he Is capable enough TO draw
Kisses from an enraged audience. he
runs second best 10 another member
OF the cast, Henrietta Crosman, the
talented comedieun1, whose return 20
I Broadway is marked with another
success.
BY this time the reader VIII have
guessed that Our Pleasant Sins is
nothing more or less than the eternal
Z triangle and the reader needs no sec
ond guess but. thanks to Thomas
Broadhurst. the old vehicle has been
repainted and retired
jim Powell Forrest Winantl Is
fairly successful younE attorney,
blessed with a sweet and pretty young
wife and baby That should be
enough for Jim. but it isn't Re be-
comes al tangled up with a pretty
red-haired woman and acts decidedly
indlscreet- inns wife, Nell (Pauline
Lord. knows not the meaning OF
jealousy OF suspicion. even when she
finds bits OF lace Wouan-s glove
and other discriminating evidence IN
the pockets Of her husbands clothes
Hist! ThePlOt.
But Jim's sister fHenrietta Cros- 3
mani has been married, has had her
knocks and is not TO be so easily 3
fooled Quite unwittingly she soWs
the first germ OF suspicion in the I
heart and mind OF Nell. not that she
necessarily suspects her brother. but /
merely because she knows quite bit L
about men and hasn't much use Tor I
any Of them. This despite the fact
that Ned Endicott (Nincent Sierra nols 4
the he-vampire, IS apparently much IN
love with her and wants to wed her.
lIadge, following Red Cross duty /
over In France for six months. re-
turns 10 learn that the baby has died .
and that Nell and jim are on The I,
verge Of separation And Madge-
who is one OF the best little fixers in
the business. takes up the task OF
effectfng a reconciliation
But Nudge also is unaware OF the
fact that Ned had been meddlinE IN I
the affairs OF the Powell family and
has used his vampire ability 10 win
the love OF Nell. Ned. aided by Jim's
coustanCy 10 his red-haired friend,
has Nelrs confidence won TO such an
extent that she has promised 10 50 j
70 Bermuda with him T.
Madge. also learning OF her broth
er's despicable actions with the red
haired person, first centers her attack
on jim And she wins Jim finally
sees his mistake, quits his affinity
spect and love OF his wife. He So.
tells 1Iadge, and the latter. being de-
cidedly observing learns that Ned Is y
really tie cause OF Nells apparent
In home
Then IL is that Madge shows her
hole She loses tins Hm-
forming Ned OF his actual status with
his wife as well as his sister Then
she hurries 70 Nell and gives Ter an
Insight as TO Ned's actual character.
The rest may be easily imagined n
81 Love Nou' Rather Tart.
We are not saying IL is anything -,
new. but there is sight OF tun-tO
The middle Teller" at least-ln VIII
am lie Baron's farce, Il Love You,
which recently opened here at the {
Booth theater. The old idea IN new
clothes is the contention that the
middle or laboring classes have more p
brains and are smarter and more IN ]
.eligent than those who have become 2
wealthy. 4
Barrie has given Us this theme be- /
lore. but IL is doubtful If Barrie or !
anybody else could or would take the
slaps at the wealthy but ignorant" {
lass lie Baron does It by the vehicle =
II farce in which q wager-one Of 7
IF $1,000 that with the proper en-
iiroument, the most felicitous stage D
'ettinE and prcpinquity. any man or .
woman can be made 10 fall IN love ;
With each other. j
OF course. the wager IS accepted
md a young electrician Is decided on s
IS the man In the case Then comes {
very elaborate setting with settee 2
lanked with chry sanrhemums, and q
he propinquity. which includes a vio-
mist dispensing sweet tunes and a
mellow noon. Il
Different From Real Life.
Being on the stage instead OF real Z
lie, the electrician falls in love with a
he wrong girl-the settee Is used by s
persons for whom il was not intended I 3
new brand OF butler-he OF the ar 1
istic temperament kind-meets. loves 8
md wins the girl included in the d
wager. and the wager-maker. loser Of g.
he $1,000, Is driven to the depths OF q
.espalr II
Not much to it. Is there? Certainly
lot. because. as farces go. depths run b
hallow, but the rifles are intended I d
OF smiles and laughter. But where IA
he fun comes in-for the middle or h
abOrinE mans In the chatter be- lC
Ween the electrician and the artistic s
utler. The first punch comes while
he butler, the electrician and the 10
liuionaire-the one, by the way, who r
lakes the wager-are all on the q
tage- rs
Isn't it strange and doesn't It 4