El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-25
By Charles DARNToN
nd a. The casino his music Is real

And az the Casino this music is real
delight
There Is nothing quite SO stirring
is life as emotion coupled with lntel-
liEsnce. This boon, granted az the
strangely called EraZee theatsr, was
recognized by cheers Tor Margaret
AnElln Ga the Woman OF Bronze
Occasionally Miss AnElin cones
along 10 remind Us that an good
actresses aren't dead, and also 20
make Us a bit Jealous o. the fact that
she is a Canadian. In this instance
she throws or the light mask OF
life, and so once agar her face re-
fleets deep emotions. As a background
20 This picture there is husband as
weak as water colors lt g the
woman that stands out strongly.
IN adapting the play from tna
French OF k1stemaecller,- as the pro-
gram reads, Paul keEter has resorted
TO illusions 20 cocktails and other
things, cheap enough, OF dear enough,
20 drive even Bryan 70 drink. But
from this mixed affair there emerges
the eternal woman and in her Is the
The wife knows she has passed her
charming point A girl has attracted
her hushand-very wen or very bad,
as you chance 20 look at the situation
The girl is 10 have child The child
dles-anu there you are- inc glrl
disanDear s-aud there You are again.
The play has us grip when the two
women IN ir clash The animal in
gtiuct IS alive. A fight is on After
the fight. the husband tlnds his way
back % his wife-as a weaSllng who
Accordingly, the play tlartens out into
platitudes
As the wife. Miss Anglin was truly
fine Mary Fowler lacked simplicity
in her earlier scenes as Sylvia. but
later on she was quite human. John
Halliday played the husband with real
sincerity and LanEdon Bruce was an
excellent friend OF the distressed fam
1t Is the oddly OF its chief eharac-
ter-a sweet uatured- dandi1led Rus
sian 'revolurionisr that lends Curl
Gus interest 10 Booth Iarklneton's
comedy -Poidekin,' in which George
Arliss gives an engaging performance
For that matter. the play itself IS a
decidedly odd affair. You watch IL
as you might watch a child playius
ever In the air. yet % goes serenely on
its way IN such leisurely fashion that
action seems TO have been a second
AIRY consideration with the author.
There IS no end o. talk, much Of Il
amusing ana some OF it with the te-
OF our very best story tellers, Iarking-
ton pays little heed % story this
time, apparently preterring 70 concern
himself with the presentation OF an
idea This idea is no less than
Americanism. and IL is treated both
thouEhttully and humcrouslT-
One thing Harrington has done adj
miraniy, and that is making his char
acters Intimately known TO you Meet
ing them first in Russia VITA shoot
ing in the streets as an accompani-
meur 20 their fiery u-reraucess you
feel later on That you have taken q
and that an their ways are familiar
70 you. Lkeir earnest search for
Americans is truly amusing. IF were
going 90 give these people e new
government, we must llrsr IND them,
IS one OF the arguments set forth
Poldekin never tires Of the fascl-
mating hunt for q real American The
curtain goes down on The suspicious
beginning or little romance. BY
this time he has learned that Ameri-
he hlts upon the word freedom as
It's explanation.
Delightfully."- whimsical 3Ir. Arliss
made Poldekin sort Of Russian SIM
ms 20 The charm OF his impersontion.
Always there was the touch Of fine
artist.
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little Old New York at the
Plymouth theater. when Bully Boy
Brewster and the Hobokeu Terror
mixed g. up. A funny prizefirhc came
at late hour as the novelty OF Rida
Johnson Ioungs mildly sporting
comedy.
Cleverly enough. 1Irs. Young put a
punch into her play about an Irish
girl coming 20 this country in boys
clothes TO set a fortune that would
have gone 20 her brother IL he hadn't
died in pOverty-bad luck TO him And
here, you may be sure, was the young
guardian OF Pat-the-nex -lest-rhing,
or whatever you like. calling the
youngster ninny, and all the tine
getting ready 20 fall in love with her
the moment she got ready TO wear q
dress A man living in The same
house with q gyrrl and not knowing
her 20 be gyrrl tin she dressed up
for him and made him see for himself
she wasn't a boy what next viii a
woman playwright be doing2 Any
way, you have the plot OF the thing.
and it's your fault IL you don't like it.
I take 10 that sam harris, a good
sport from the heyday Of Terry SIC
& via