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KL PASO HERALD
12 Saturday, March 1, 19T3
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RJS.V.P:
English Actors are Crowding
Americans From New York
May Irin Scores Another
Success in "The Widow
by Proxy."
NEW YORK, N. T Marefa i
Is the possession of a Lon
don accent a aondltlon pre
cedent to securing a place in a
Broadway theater? Is it true, that oar
American actors and actresses are so
crude in speech, so slovenly in address
and so raucous . of voice that they are
not fit to perform before a cultured
American audience? There are any
number of New York managers who
will answer these questions in the af
firmative. If the English dearly love a lord
the New Yorker dearly lores an Eng
lish actor. During the present season
there have been more English actors
and actresses in the Broadway theaters
than at any time within the past de
cade. They have come over here in
nerds and reaped rich rewards while
the native actors have taken np their
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0m the left is Lanra XcIoh Hall, -who I appearing at the Hudson, in ,v
Poor, Little, Rich Girl." On the right is Pauline Frederick, who 1m playing
the role ef Petlphar'H wife. In "Josep h and His Brethren," at the Century.
May Irwin, in 'The "Widow by Proxy," at the George M. Cohan theater. Is In the
center, and below her Is Gladys Feldnaan, in "The Indy and the Skipper," at
the Globe.
dally hegira from one manager's of
fice to another only to be met with
that terse extinguisher, "nothing do
ing." All this is not Tery encouraging to
the native talent.
It may be that the English actor is
more cultured in - speech than his
American cousin, and, as a general rule,
is better qualified to reflect the nice
ties of a refined drawing room. But
the American actor, if he is given a
fair opportunity acts -with as much
unction and virility as does his rival
of other countries.
There is no intention here to belittle
in any degree the excellent acting that
has been done here this season by
the men and -women from the other
side, but it would seem that in a year
in -which there have been so many
opportunities, the New York producing
managers should have seen their -way
clear to have given the American actor
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DEL NORTE
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to use the natois of the street, "an
even break", at east. with, the Imported
taient.
As the season wanes the openings
naturally diminish in number. This
week the only new opening was May
Irwin in a "Widow by Proxy" which
came to the George M. Cohan theater
on Monday night. But any week which
holds a May Irwin opening can be
regarded as a full and complete week.
"Widow by Proxy" was. written by
Miss Catherine Chisfaoim. Cushing. It
is one or the best May Irwin turret
ever written. It fits America's premier
comedienne iiKe a giore so that it is
needless to say that for nearly three
hours Monday night the audience was
kept in a state of delicious mirth.
There is none to equal Miss Irwin in
ner particular iorte wmch is the ex
ploiting of funny lines. It is a delisrht
to watch her "plant" every point over
me loot ngnts with an absolute sure
ness of touch, which has made her the
mistress of comic lines and situations.
And she was never more humorau than
she was Monday night.
"Widow by Proxy" is not only amus
ing, but a really interesting play. And
-while the whole thing is built around
the personality of Miss Irwin, the story
was not interrupted on that account
and the members of the cast, all of
whom were excellent, had many op
portunities. May Irwin is one star who
Instead of being afraid to surround
herself with capable company, insists
on it, for she is wise enough to know
that it only makes her own work shine
out the more brilliantly.
The play has to do with a Dolores
Pennington, the widow of a gold pros
pector who has died in Alaska. He fa lh
i scion or one or Bostons Brahmin fam-
I ilies. a Pennington of "Pennington
1 Manor." The widow refuses to go to
Boston to collect her legacy, because
ANOTHER EL PASO
MAN GIVES VIEWS
Says Plant Juice Is Self- Ad
vertising and Relates -His
Experience
Mr. Russell P. Miller, -who Is a gov
enunent ore sampler at the 1 Paso
Smelting- Co.'s Plant and whose home Is
at 602 Montana Street, has the follow
ing to say:
"I want to set anothor bottlo of
Plant Juice. I guess that Plant Juice
advertises itself. I have been annoyed
for some time with a liver trouble that
kept getting a little worse. would
have pains in the region of the liver
and a dull pain and congested feeling
in my side and some times in my back.
I have used one bottle of Plant Juice
and the pain and congestion is gone.
The plant Juice has been all right in
my case."
Hundreds of other Texas people are
also finding Plant Juice just right in
their cases. The roan or woman who is
physically run down, who is debilitated,
nervous, dyspeptic, constipated, bilious
or has any catarrhal affliction will find
immediate relief and cure in Plant
Juice. It is the newest and most re
liable tonic and curative of the age and
an absolute specific for all derange
ments of the stomach, liver, kidneys
and Wood. It will do you more good
than any thing you have ever taken.
.For sole at Kelly & Pollards. Adv.
she stands .in awe of her husbands
maiden aunts who have refused to re
ceive her. she having been a mere act
ress when their nephew married her.
Dolores is living with, her friend,
Gloria Grey (Miss Irwin), who is a
music teacher in New York. Miss
Grey's finances have fallen upon evil
ways. The bill collectors are pounding
at her door, there is nothing In the
larder. Where is there a place for
foolish pride, in such a crisis as this.
She therefore insists upon going down
to Pennington Manor in the place of
Dolores, assuming her name ana wid
owhood.
Thus does she become the
"Widow by Proxy" and Dolores, who
accompanies her, is of course. Miss
Grey.
It wouW be hard to think up a more
delicious situation in which to thrust
Miss Irwin. The way she OTerawes
the patrician maiden aunts is a delight
to the heart and eye. She talks gllbly
of her noble relatives,. dukes and duch
esses and such like until the haughty
ladies are forced to extend the invi
tation they had decided to withhold.
And her dressmaker, who has followed
her hotly to collect an unpaid bill, she
introduces to the maiden aunts as the
Marquise de Chateaubriand. She is
"getting away" with It very nicely,
having a lovely time in fact, -when she
suddenly discovers that she has fallen
in love with her supposed dead hus
band's cousin, and then she learns
from his own manly lips that he can
forgive most anything in a woman but
untruthfuness. His life had once been
wrecked bv a woman who told him
a falsehood, and here is the widow by
proxy who has been telling him whop
pers right along.
The situations in the play are well
worked out ana tney move rapiaiy to
the climax, accelerated on the way by
clever dialogue.
In the second act Miss Irwin sang
"Sweet Sixteen" and "Don't Leave
Your Wife Alone" with all of her old
unction, and she added a sentimental
song when the man of her desire ap
peared upon the scene.
Perhaps the best work, next to Miss
Irwin, was done by Clara Blandick,
in the somewhat negative character
of Dolores Pennington. She played
with excellent taste and knew to a
nicety just how to "feed" the star.
Allice Johnson, as the dressmaker, -was
all that could be desired, arrayed in
dazzling gowns. The role of the Pen
nington who loathed untruthfulness in
a woman was played by Orlando Da
ly, who discreetly allowed himself to
be persuaded that the pseudo widow
bad maltreated the truth in a good
cause and that once having begun she
had to go in deeper and deeper. Hav
ing arrived at that point of view he
found his happiness in marriage with
the resourceful music teacher. The
two quaint old maiden ladles were
played by Helen Weathersby and Fran
ces Gaunt, who depicted the dignified
old-fashioned dames very adequately.
The only critical question that is
raised by the "Widow by Proxy" is the
questionable taste of employing the
themes of death and widowhood as the
vehicle for jests. While the audience
Monday night exhibited nothing but
the liveliest hilarity during every min
ute of the play It is doubtful that any
woman on the stage, other than Miss
Irwin, could turn such themes into
comedy without giving offense.
But of course the situation is saved
by the fact that there has been no
death and there is no widow. In fact
the scene at the close of the second act
when the supposed Pennington widow
learns that her husband is not dead.
Miss Irwin launches into some rapid
fire comedy that sends her audience
off into gales of laughter and affords
her one o the best opportunities of
her stage career.
It is very safe to predict that the
"Widow by Proxy" will remain at the
Cohan theater for many months.
FEBRUARY BUILDING
VALUES ARE $203,765
The sum of $203,765 represents the
valuation of the buildings for which
building permits were Issued during the
month of February. Seventy-one per
mits were issued. The valuation for
February exceeds that of January by
$91,080, the amount for the latter month
being $112,885.
Bays City Home
Winchester Cooley and D. F. Payne
have sold Mrs. Julia Norman lots 38
to 26 in block I, Payne's subdivision
of Bast El Paso, with a sir-room house
thereon, for $6500, and she has sold
them 20 acres in the lower valley, seven
miles southeast of El Paso, on the
county road, for $7500.
George S. Johnson has sold D. J.
Perry and J. B. Henderson lots 7 and 8,
in block 214, Campbell's addition on
Magoffin avenue, between St. Vrain
and Ange streets, with a four-room
brick residence thereon, for $4200.
H. Draper has sold Geo. S. Johnson
lots 15 and 16 and the north two feet
of lot 17, in block 22. Hart's addition
on Mesa avenue, between Wyoming
and Boulevard, with a two-story 14
room brick residence .thereon, for $15,
750. G. C Meiser .has sold the Bowman
company, of Colonia Dublan, Max his
52-acre ranch, eight miles southeast of
El Paso, for $26,000. The land is im
proved and has a -vineyard and fruit
orchard, while there Is a 12-room adobe
residence on the land. These sales
were made by D. F. Payne.
Cassidy & Adams have sold the six
room brick residence of J. D. Groesbeck
at 811 North Campbell street to Mrs.
Lelia R. Marshall for $5000.
J- a Huff is building a $3000 brick
.bungalow on lots 12 and 13, in block 23,
Cotton addition, on Montana street, be
tween Marchant and Thurlow avenues.
PITMAN'S BOND IS
, REDUCED TO $7500
Judge Dan' M. Jackson, of the 34tn
district court. Saturday morning re
duced the bond of C. P. Pitman, indicted
on a charge of robbery by the use of
firearms, from $10,000 to $7500. Tom
Lea. representing the defendant, stated
that it was impossible for him to make
the former bond. Pitman is indicted for
the nmf offence for which L. E. Ross
was tried, the Ross Jury being unable
to agree on a verdict.
Extra Special lings $10.00.
Next week we offer an Extra Special
in velvet rugs. These are 6-S by 8-6.
They come in a variety of patterns, and
the special price is $10.00.
EI Paso HonHehold Furnishing Co
Corner Mills and Stanton Streets.
The Diary of A Bachelor
The Widow Calls Him a Coward
When They Are Riding, and lie
Dare Tittt Take Her Dare.
By Max
F
BB. 2. Mrs. Jack Spencers book
of warnings says distinctly.
"There is safety in numbers,"
and with this in mind I no longer avoid
introductions to the women guests at
this hotel. As a result, the widow and
I are not so much alone, and some
times there are as many as a doaen in
our party, and we are very merry
after the foolish fashion that people
with money regard as being merry.
Feb. 4 I decided last night that I
would take only Manette on a ride
with me this morning. Somehow, see
ing so much of these Young Things
has given my brain cWocolate candy
indigestion, and I wanted a morning
alone with Manette. When we reached
the porch I found that Tompkins had
misunderstood, and was waiting with
the two-seated trap, instead of the
little Jne-seated road wagon. I would
have asked him to take back the team
and return with one horse, had not
Mrs. Brown and Alice been sitting on
the porch when Tompkins appeared.
There was nothing to do but ask
them to go, and with the children In
the back seat and the widow on the
front seat, beside me. we started.
Not a word was said for IS minutes.
Indeed, the horses felt so good that
they occupied all my attention. I
think I was enjoying them so much
that I had almost forgotten the widow
was with me, until she gave a very
distinct sigh.
"What is wrong?" I said, turning to
her. My eyes met hers, and I am
afraid they lingered there, for a quick
blush gave the prettiest coloring to
her- cheeks.
"I was wondering," she said, "if you
are a coward."
"Relevant to what?" I asked. "I am
not afraid of any horses, if you were
thinking of that.6
"No," she said, very softly, so softly
I had to bend my head very near to
hear. ".No, I was not thinking of the
horses."
"Of but I said no more, for
there was in her eyes a look like that
in the eyes of the boys at school who
rinrA nn TintHT- Than T Vtiaw 'to-Iio-
t sne meant. She was not asking if I
I was afraid of horses, fires, panics,
burglars, or any or the thousand and
one bogey men that try men's cour
age. She was asking If I was afraid
of -her. She dared me to prove that I
wasn't! '
I put my left hand in my pocket for
the Book of Warnings, never taking
my eyes off the widow while I did so.
It occurred to me while getting it out
that there never was a handsomer
woman, nor one better dressed. I can't
describe what she had on. I despise a
man who can describe what a woman
wears, and when I hear one do it I
long to pass him the cold creams and
curl papers. All I know Is that she
oiue, ana tnat ner eyes were ten
der and daring, and that I wished what
man has wished for all his life the
right to kiss a pretty woman occasion
ally without having a marriage license
thrust in his face.
I got out the book., and with one
hand (the other. Diary, was busy with
the reins, not with the widow) I turned
to Warning No. 17. I excused myseil
to the widow and read:
"When a woman accuses a man of
oemg airaia or ner, tie should remem
ber that discretion is the better part
of valor, and take no chances. He
should admit it and continue to act
the coward. Oh. Max. you are so proud
of your courage, I tremble for you
here!"
Mrs. Spencer had reason to tremble
for me. When I restored the book to
my pocket, and turned again to the
widow. I trembled for myself.
She is so pretty. Diary: she is so
blamed clever, and I am Just a weak
man!
Training of the Children
Few Mothers Are Fitted Hygenie
Care the Only Solution To-
ward Healthier Nation,
By Ella 'Wheeler Willeox.
lirt HILJEN brought np by
t, other than the guiding hands
to"' of the mother, whether it be In
institutions or in socalled 'homes' or
by nurses, are machine raised chil
dren. Whoever heard of a genius so
reared?"
No more fallacious theory was ever
talked than this.
Select 50 mothers of your acquaint
ance at random, and you will not find
five who are guiding their children
wisely in the ways which lead to good
physical development, good behavior,
order, system, concentration and un
selfish ideals.
The old fashioned "good mother"
brought up a whole race of dyspeptics
by her food preserves and pies, and
cakes, and pickles, and fried things
galore. And -when they suffered from
indigestion, rheumastism and "lung
complaint," she told them it was the
"will of God."
Profit By Scientific Feeding.
It would haTe been far better for
the descendants of these good mothers
if some scientifically organised society
had taken the children into its care for
proper feeding.
"Loving mothers" allow their chil
dren to sit with stooped shoulders and
caved in chests t'o study, or sew, or
read: and so to contract not only un
graceful habits but weak lungs and
a curved back.
Only one mother is recalled by the
writer -who was so unusual that she'
insisted, upon her little girl carrying
her book above & cane, held horizon
tally across her shoulders. In order
to produce an erect carriage a result
which made the chief charm of the
young woman later in life.
The girl stated that after a few
weeks of studying in this -way an In
correct position of her chest and
shoulders became impossible to her.
Any mother could teach this simple
aid to health; but how many do?
Care For Own Garments.
Bvery child should be taught to
fold its garments when disrobing at
night, and to place the morning
clothes on a chair neatly, ready for
donning; this is the foundation of
order. 1
But few children are so taught. The
day nurseries where the children are
kept during the mother's absence are
far- better schools of order and good
manners, than the homes. Yet no
mother is so poor she could not give
her child this first simple lesson.
They love their children, and want
them to be successful men and wom
en; but they do not know how to
train them.
Good mothers talk gossip before
their children, and speak of the mis
deeds of neighbors, who afterward call,
and the children are frequently puxsled
to understand how the mother can be
so cordial and welcome the people so
warmly whose "faults have been so
criticised.
This is an unconscious lesson in
hypocrisy and deceit which has been
given the child.
The Ust of FalHng Parents.
The list of the failing of parents,
mothers especially, to properly guide
children would fill volumes.
Anything which science can do. and
progress further, in the way of taking
charge of children, and protecting them
from the wrong methods of their
mothers, will be a blessing to hu
manity. It is far better to be a strongly
"machine made" human being than one
who is handbasted and never sewed
and who comes to pieces at the first
strain.
rhat Is what happens to inanv borne
made children.
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Delicate work 5 broken or marred By
these jerks and production is reduced by
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Electric motors, using our power service,
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Write or 'phone for our representative
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Little Borbje's Pa
He CnffH a Man in the Street Car a
Bad Place to Caff a Man
and Starts Treable.
By William F. KIrls
I
HAD to cuff a fellow one in the
street ear today, sed Pa. I hated
to do it Pa sed. Nobody wants to
fite when he knows that he is so much
stronger than the man that -he is going
to battel with. It always leaves a man
feeling kind of mean to know that he
has overcame sumbody wich was not
his mental or physical equal. At least
Pa sed, that is the way it always
seemed to me.
Well. well, sed Ma. tell us all about
It let us have it over with. Who was
the fellow that you cuffed?
Oh. it was this way, sed Pa he was
setting down ft thare was a pretty lit
tle girl standing up next to me. She
was standing rite in front of the man
that was setting down, ft the big brute
dident maik the slitest move to git up.
When I gazed at her flower-like face,
sed Pa, ft saw the look of weerinesa
in her violet eyes the pathetic droop
of her graceful sholders, I almost made
up my mind that the age of shivalry is
ded ft ded forever. Doant you think so
yourself? Pa asked Ma.
Mo Is Interested.
Ma acted k$nd of funny. She dident
anser Pa's queshan at all bat she asked
him one. Dear knight, she sed to Pa,
brave champeen of week woman-kind,
tell me moar about this queen with the
violet eyes. Was she a good conver-sashun-allst?
Why sed Pa. the vary idee that you
shud think that a yung girl like tnat
wud presume to talk to a man without
a introduction. The idee is pre-poster-ous,
sed Pa.
I know it Is. sed Ma, bet you mite at
leest tell me if she sed a singel thing
to you that showed her to be a senslbel
woman instead of a romantic gurl.
What maiks wou think that a yung
gnrl wud talk to me without a Intro
duction? sed Pa. You newer tried to
talk to me beefoar we was introduced.
Cum to think of it, tho. sed Pa, you
talked to me first? at that.
I did no such thing, sed Ma. I was
walking along ft looking at the county
fair at Colfax, ft I spoak to koor think-
I
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ing that you was Jim Trummond. Yoo
were bold enuff to think that you were
sumbody, ft you got acquainted with
Wat way. Then you ft I was mar
ried. Jim Drummond was a very rich
yung man, too. ' X cud have married
him. But tell us about how yon cuffed
this man.
Her Neable Hero."
Welt wen he wnddent git up for this
pritty little gurl I took him kind of
Kentel, by the neck. Pa sed, ft yanked
hi mout of the seet. But to show you
the thanks that a gent gets for doinsr
a kindness in this world sed Pa, wen
I was dragging this big 'fellow to the
door ft cuffing him at every step, the
Httel gurl with the violet eyes sed so
load that I cud hear it. "I doant think
that thay ought to let two men in thai
condishuR git on the Subway." Can you
beat that? sed Pa.
No, my aoable hero, sed Ma, I can
not beat that. I was only wondering
wich one of yon got the worst of the
argument, you or the one that you sed
yoa cuffed. Bobbie, git sum raw beef
stake around the corner at the butch
er's. Papa's eye is swelling awful fast.
Extra Special Rags Sie.OO.
Next week we offer an Extra Special
in velvet rugs. These are 6-S by 8-6.
They come in a variety of patterns, and
the special price is $10.00.
1 Paso Henoehold Fnrnla&iag Co
Corner Mills and Stanton Streets.
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