El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-03
BIC AUDIEH NOE
GREET5 PLAYERS
Auspicious Beginning For
81 Paso Municipal
Theatar Assn.


1t was an suspicious beginning for
tie Municipal theater association Of
FL Paso Thursday evening for the
auditorium OF the high school was
wen filled with amusement lovers
when the curtain arose on the first Of
the three playlets presented. In the
audience were many regular theater-
goers. anxious 70 see what the local
talent Of FL Peso could do in the way
Of giving eutert7 inment TO the peo-
pie OF the city.
The program was opened by sew
eral selections by Miss Virginia
Beans violin orchestra, 4lrs. " l.
Bean al the piano. The audience APP
plsuded the music OF the young play
ers and enjoyed il immensely
Between tho second and tnlra play
lets. Miss Bean rendered three violin
selections. The first was rendered
from the stage and she was forced 70
resnond to an encore. On resumlnE
her place n the orchestra pit she
was anplaudcI so warmly that sac
responded again from where she was
The three ilaylets presented were
enhanced by special scenery, prepared
~ volunteers interested IN the the
alter movement The settings were al
appropriate and lent much 70 the pro-
.Nesde." the George AIDE farce, the
first number on the program. MADE
decided hit with the audience me
participants were all people who have
had previous stage experience " in
The exception Of Nat S. Russell the
waiter, and Gerome LapoWskii me
messenger boy.
Between the first and second play
lelts. Maj Richard F. Burges made
short talk 10 the audience IN oenalL
Of mayor Chas- Davis, unable 20 pc
present because OF Illness, and pre-
scented Rev. Dwight Bradley VINO
told OF the objects OF the association
and urged its support by the people
.1Th5 land Of Hearts Desire" the
second playiet, was the most difficult
because OF the poetical character OF
the lines Il wcG rather pretenlions
effort for amateurs and demonstrated
that those Offering their services ~
this movement haze ample commences
in their undertakings
The last production me Neisn-
bors.T is a rural vvllage COMEDY
that. because Of its trueness 20 l1el
made an instantaneous appeal 20 tne
audience such characters as are &C.
pleted IN this production are easlls
overdoue, even By prolesslonals o
was not the case with the amate ~.
spoke weu for their conception o. lAe
parts and for the direction given tneIn
BY director Theo- Niehman- MIS- ]. n
Bindlev. as Ms Abel. was particular
~ good in this sketch
The program and The partieSsant7
-o-' sNettIs.-
Rv GEORGE ABE
PfT7v Dcue1son. 800 Ernest ". JORDAN
Freddie Nichols. Herman hQscile
Jimmie Bates .-.- -Iheoeore Nle4 iil 2 /.
A waiter. $1,000 --fat , t.-s---
a messenger boy, -Gerorne LapoN s -
Scene-The corner OF the talln
room OF a large hotel Iime-tfe nlnz-
srhe Land OF Heart. Desire
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Bridget ---.-..---s -. Z, -
Warteen ......-. Carlton c. Holn-n
NAT -. Netrie NAY Bow en-
Shawn ---.-.-..--. re1lss r...---1r
rTafrar Hart -...... Nat >. hl1za--
The Fairy Child. Dorothy Laeniall
Scene - llarteen Bruins house
Time-After the IAN Of twilight on
The NeIshbors.s
BY IONA GALE 49, ..--,-
Gr.uHr7a. ....-......-.. Estella hrick
MIS- Abel Mrs. J. IL blnul-g
Ezra .--.--ss--... Mil4n 4 80 , -
Peter ...-.-.-.sss-s $500 - = II ne
1Tss7 7Toran.....M Mrs. Ralph Henderson
MS Trot. Mrs. Margaret X stevens
MIS- Ellsworth ..-.-... Marie Na-l--r
Scene-A kitchen Llrne-lne leF1-
Assistant TO the director, Beatrice
stiles Stage managers, george r.
Foster. Richard Amador, Nat $ hus-
sen. Music by Miss Beans violin or
chestra. Mrs Pickeus and Mrs Loeael'