El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

Tessa Kosts's name first appeared d
theater program Thi1 vas n CHI
cago. her native city, WHARF aha ep-
peared with 20 much success n 3
dancing act that 5hs promptly en-
listed the attention of GeorEs ~, L.
derer. the producer q Eadzms
Sherry" IF you could sing e. vel
as you dance" he remarked 70 Miss
Kosta, I'd give yea the A5aroansa
part in the first road company q
Madame Sherry next season"
Whereupou Miss Kcsta put horge4
IN the hands OF vocal teacher1 for
year-and then duly presented h4-8el4
70 Ledefer. Having heard her sing,
he gave her the promised rolai thng
she became a prima donna
IN New York Miss KostA was first
seen in The Pink Lady" later she
attracted attention a. ingenue with
Raymond Hitchcock IN The Beauty
Shop" Last season Norris Gest en-
gagged her IN "Chu Chin ChoW'-and
from this experiences came several
operate offers. However, CohaniIed
opera comique suits Mss Kogta per
feetly. she declarssi and 90 In The
Royal Vagabond" she stands - aFche-
type OF the Cohanizsd cast
Some Display.
Gal Kane, at present Appearing n
The Woman IN Room IA haa q new
sensation
There IS q scene IN -Ths woman IN
Room Is" at the Booth theaesr, IN
which Miss Kane escapes down q fire
escape, clothed only, 30 Tar a. The art
loving audience can detect. IN an *
ceedingly diaphanous nighti& As she
placed BY the stage director. SloEs
on her so brilliantly that Il makes
the picture almost - startling Is
Pauline Frederick's display n =
nightie IN front Of the firsDlaes N
Tin F,.,- Fzarrf--
II you are playwright locking
for material for stage or screen. San
H. Harris, who Is the partner OF
George II Cohan and 3 theatrical
YOU He thinks so much OF Il that II
he could write for the stage himself
ia never give this 70 living soul"
he declares
See soldiers and sailors ecunsels
Harris 7 mean men who have seen
actual service IN actual war. There
are hundreds OF them around thess
days, and they're always glad % re-
late their adventures.
Talk about real drama Why. you
can get enough romance and realism
out OF soldiers tales for 10 PLAYS. Ths
situations are new, the plots are We
tai There's always humor along
with the pathos. II some OF these
boys had the dramatic trick they'd
control the entire play product OF
America. Meantime. before they cuI-
tivate it-and I believe they could
turn almost any trick, these young
sters-the regular piaywrighrg and
scenario writer's ought to get busy
Prohibition and the TheafeE.
Then. jumping to prohibition, NJ.
Harris continues
"One good effect prohibition should
have on the theater IS TO make audi
ences arrive on time stay untn the
last curtain falls You see, he eL-
plains. there won't be anything more
inviting for them to come from nor
to 60 to after the play-just Home
James
as to plays" says Harris mourn
fully. I'm afraid the prohibition
play goer VIII be 50 sober he Won't
enjoy anything. As to actors-6ut
viii we have any Rctors7 They viii
probably foin a labor union with the
slogan: 40 beer. no act The musi-
clans win blow sour notes, ~ they
blow at all. OF electricians and stage
hands shudder to think The STAGE
ioor Johnnie VIII Be a thing OF the
past
zeefieId's Foniez in st. Louis.
So far as can be ascsrtained the
'ZegfIeld FoIlies" IN st. Louis last
week recorded the biggest patronage
n the history OF the worlds amuse-
nents for a regular stage play. The
aggregate was s55.9oo.
Special performances such as The
III star assembiags OF players that
presented on tour single perform
inces OF "Out There IN big cities for
he Red Cross. have exceeded this
otal and mammoth Institutions ike
he Hfnpodrorne have outdona Il But,
according 20 Rialto historians. there
'ever was a regular piay-musical or
ramatic-which hitherto reach N
NE week the grand total OF SIS, 500.
This e a bona tide statement AZ
east. the management f. paying roy
lilies on t.
FHncfs Whole Play.
The actor who can play an entire
Rama all BY himself-and who has
lone IL successfully thousands q
imes-is returning 70 the stage
hortlv as the star OF a new comedy
Ts IS none other than Henri De Vriel
he versatile. whose a Case Of Az
on viii long be remembered.
The play that win bring him back
o the stage after two years absence
e entitled Luck It IS IN q pro-
oE and three acts. written By Allc8
olis and Frank Mandeu. Mr.. De
-ries viii make the production HIM
elf about the end OF this month.
He viii play dual role-th1t -
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