El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-14
BLAMEI It ON THE
WAR, ALL Of It.
''My Soldier Girl" Is Here;
Chorus Girl Toe Dancer
Is Star.

Ny Soldier Girl" is another one OF
those things that can be blamed on
the war. Without the war. it would
not have been, for there would have
/ been no excuse for it. There is lit
tie as it is.
Nowhere is It bad, but it just isn't
good and that's all there is TO it. The
chorus girls are all as pretty as the
average. they change costumes often;
they dance well, and they sing
pretty we'll; in this respect the show
is just like any other musical COM
edy- But the principals are hardly
up to the average and, with the ex-
ception Of the trio Of male singers,
musical voices are conspicuous by
their absence Every time Leona
Slater, the prima donna, tries to reg
lister high, she fails. Still, there are
some right pretty songs, fairly well
done Miss Slater and Mr.. George.
in the duet, Just for You" really did
well. The Rose Of No Mans Land, q"
as Interpreted by Miss Slater and the
trio, was good, except when the mu-
sic called for a high register by Miss
Slater.
About the best thing in the show
and there were lot Of pretty good
things, to give 1t its full due-was
toe dance by a pretty little chorus
girl who did not get her name on the
program. Instead, a few things were
programmed that did not take place.
so the printer got the same amount
OF work and the audience probably
got better value.
The show was written to catch the
war spirit and pull in the coin on the
tide Of patriotic sentiment, for II is
Just collection, strung together. Of
jokes and jests they have been pull
ing in the army or about the war for
the past three OF four years and the
majority Of the songs are about do
ing your bit" or helping the Red
Cross" One Of them goes so far in
its effort TO arouse modern popular
fervor as to assert that "Pershing is
the greatest general Of them all" az
ter mentioning Lee and Grant in the
same stanza, and another says the
same thing about Wilson. after men
tioning Lincoln and Washington
Funny. too: the singer actually got
a hand on It last night. One Of the
seriously sung SONGS tells Of The
Things I've Did for You" (Where, oh,
where is Better English WeekgD
Billy Moore, in blackface. is prob
ably intended as the star OF the cast
He is pretty good where his patter is
not too ancient and he rattles out a
lot Of the somewhat recent though
generally familiar army jokes-and
really received a lot Of applause.
few that have not vet got into the
almanacks. although one he pulled
with great Zest about the FL Paso
bootleggers being so thick they have
TO wear badges to keep from selling
TO each other, was first told-if mem
Cry serves right-abOut the time Bob
Krakauer shavez off his mustache.
He was a Sampson with bootleg Jokes;
his mind seemed to run in the direc-
ton OF SO quarts and such.
Some Of his sallies that got best
results with the audience included his
explanation OF why he objected 10
war-'it caused a draft and a draft
makes me shiver,T and Ny father
killed 1000 men in the war-he was a
cook" Another. 7 crossed the Dead
sea. p" When ." "Oh. Just after IL died"
Another. The cream Of the German
army was sent against our men"
Yes. but it's whipped cream now"
Another. T know the government
can't make ne fight. but Il shO' can
send me where dey IS fightin' and 7
can suit myself about fightin'.'
The performance IS in two acts
with four scenes in the last act. in
-ludinE a real airplane swinging in
ne air with a real girl in Il IN one
Z the scenes: a fairly good reDre-
antation Of a battlefield In another.
nth the principals reciting a lot Of
1,romidic stuff about duty and peace
forever" and that sort OF thing. and
then the tableau. Liberty Forever"
very pretty and rather a good finale
Oh. yes, and there is a runway out
into the audience-it's at the Texas
Grand. you know. and the girls trip
out on Il frequently and one OF them
tickles bald mems heads.
The company is here until Sunday
night G. A N.