El Paso herald., October 19, 1913, Section B, Image 10

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Drama League to Fight Bad
Plays An El Pasoan
Writes Another Play.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. I hope the
time will never come when there
will be a board of play 'censors
in New York or anywhere else in
America. Censorship is un-American In
Its essence and is always a menace to
freedom. Such a boaxd would neces
sarily be' limited to a few members,
not more than a half dozen, and there
are no six men in the -world who are
competent to say what plays shall or
shall not be produced. "While the sub
ject of creating such a board has been
agitated here to a grieater or less ex
tent, due to the recent outpourings of
brothel plays, the necessity for arbi
trary censorship is not quite apparent.
This is a country in which public opin
ion rules, and public opinion or taste
can be depended upon to relegate to
their proper places, plays which assault
the intelligence, the art or the good
taste of a community.'
In my opinion about- the only mis
chief that can be accomplished by a
bad play is the lamentable waste of
miri" i 1 1 j l&3b&
Removal Sale
by a
One -Price House
For the first time in "the 17 years' history of the El Paso Piano Co.
has the price of a "brand new Everett, Fischer, Harvard oi" Cecilian Player
Piano been, reduced.
Our many customers all know how strictly we have adhered to the
"One Price Policy, whereby we have gained the reputation "That a child
can purchase a piano in our store and get the same price an expert can."
On Dec. 1st we will move into our new location at 208 Texas St.,
.next to Watson's Grocery Store.
BeinHin$r Oct. 15th you will receive a GENUINE reduction from the
standard fixed prices of our instruments.
You .NOW have the opportunity of purchasing an instrument from Ti3
for less than we have ever sold them before and for less than you can
purchase the same piano after we have moved intoour new location.
included in this "removal sale" is our Fall shipment of the latest
styles in Grande, Uprights and Player Pianos just recently received, and
which were -personally selected bv our proprietor, Sir. W. R. Schutz, dur
ing his visit .in 4ugust to the various piano factories in the East. These
goods were ordered for our" Fall Trade before we know that we were
going to move and- yon now get the benefit of securing a BRAND NEW
Piano pr -Player Piano of the -latest style at a GENUINE reduced price.
New Pianos from $195. 00 up
Our regujar easy monthly payment plan will continue in effect dur
ing this .sale. Old pianos will be taken in exchange.
EL PASO PIANO CO.
W. E. SCHUTZ, Prop.
OLDEST PIANO HOUSE IN EL PASO.
Cor. Myrtle and Campbell Sts.
El Paso
TheV
Tickets may be purchased at the Electric Build
ing every day from 5:45 A. M. until 11:00 P..M.
Cars
'Every Hour
VISIT
The Oldest Town in the U. S.
EL PASO SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
The brst bcardinjr and day school for eirls in the sout west. Miss Slater and
Miss Tafe, Principals. AJdrs Mrs. Frances S. Weil. Business Director.
1111 Terrace Street, Sunset Heights, El Paso.
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time involved in looking at it. Of
course such plays can break down our
artistic standards If we have any and
bring the theater into disrepute.
There is one organization In America
that is better than the best board of
censors that ever existed. It is the
Drama league. This organization now
numbers 90,000 members and recently
it has taken steps to broaden its field
of usefulness. Heretofore the league
has confined its activities to good plays
only notifying its members that such
and such a play deserves to live. In this
many of the best plays of the past few
seasons have been rescued from an
early and undeserving death. Now the
league proposes to tell all about the
bad plays bad from the standpoint
of art principally and to spread this
information, not only among its own
members, but throughout the entire
country.
Her Little HlghneHa."
llizzl Hajos,' who is about as big as
a pint of cider but who has a voice
like a regular prim! donna, returned
to New York Monday night in "Her Lit
tle Highness." This musical piece, in
three acts, was taken from Channing
Pollock's "Such a Little Queen." re
set in libretto form by Mr. Pollock and
Rennold Wolf and put to music by
"TrTmTT'iirn
Opp. Elks' Home.
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Reginald De Koven. The audience at
the Liberty, where tlie piece had its
premier, received the affair with some
eninusiasfn. but with not any undue
hilarity. There is not much fun in the
book." It was expected that Mr. Pol
lock, who has written many bright
thing's, together with Mr. Wolf, who
owns a pretty wit, would have done
better, but the fact Is the book was a
disappointment. As to the music of Mr.
De Koven, it reminded one of Robin
Hood, because the music of the latter
is so much better. However, the music
in the ensembles is particularly pleas
ing, especially at the close of the first
act.
Miss Hajos. of course, was a delight.
She is so little, so cute, and sings so
well in her fascinating, broken Eng
lish. Aside from Miss Hajos, the feature of
the evening was the dancing of Wal
lace McCutcheon and Miss Mae Murray.
Anna Boyd as the cook, did all that
was possible with her part and en
livened -her audience with a humorous
song, "Mary Ann." Wilmuth Merkyl
Notable Undesirables Who
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Officials Class jIilitaht Suf
fraget With Other 3tfb:
tables Who Visited " ' " " j
Ellis Island.. '
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. With -the
militant Mrs. Pankhurst so near
to Ellis Island nnd yet so far,- It
becomes interesting to recall some of
those distinguished visitors to America,
who at times in the past have been
guests of the United States commis
sioner of immigration.
Some of the "Undesirable."
Prince Ludovlco Plgnatelll d'Aragona,
j of royal descent and connected by-
blood with the Spanish royal family,
spent some considerable of his time
Held At El!
as the kins, sans' very well indeed.
Others in the case did what was re
quired of them acceptably enough.
"At Hay."
"At Bay" is a melodrama that really
thrills and does not strain the credulity
to the breaking point, nor does it drag
poor "white slaves" across the stage
by the hair of the head. In fact its tone
for the "most part is quite sweet and
wholesome and it does grip you. "At
Bay" was written by Qeorge Scar
borough, formerly of El Paso, author
of "The Lure," and it was produced at
the Thirty-ninth Street theater on Tues
day night. . . .
The story pf the play in brief, is this:
Capt. Lawrence Holbrook, who is
something of an amateur detective
along with other things, finds himself
verv much in love with JUss Aline
Graham, daughter of the district at
torney, who does not regard a man with
a doubtful history as an eligible suitor
for his daughter's hand. And although
the newspapers have printed an an
nouncement of the engagement. Miss
Graham withholds her consent, be
cause of the secret knowledge that
she was some years before,, the victim
of a mock marriage.
The only other person who knows of
this marriage is a vlllanous lawyer,
who holds one of Aline's letters, entices
Vior in h?! house, first blackmails and
f then insults her, and Is stabbed by the
girl WhO uses a spine payer me iv cnu
his earthly career. This, of course, puts
Aline In danger of a scandal if noth
ing worse. But Capt. Holbrook re
moves all the evidence against the girl
and thwarts the detectives in a series
of most amusing incidents. He finally
convinces the district attorney of his
honorable character and . removes the
doubt that was cast on his sweet
heart's previous marriage. This, natur
ally, earns him the girl. .
Few Fires Disturb Spain
Primitive Methods t?xed In Mont
European Tonus for Fighting
L'lnmtHi Firemen Seldom Hurry.
By FrcderJe J. UniKIn
Continued from page 1, this section.)
i drill can never be anything more than
I an adjunct to the protection afforded
! by a properly organized fire depart-
f ment.
Department Store .Menace.
Several department chiefs have
called attention lately to the fire
menace of a large department store.
Frequently as manv as 3000 shoppers
will be congregated In such an estab
lishment. Most of them are women
and there are no mean's by which they
can be drilled. . No matter what pains
have been taken to protect the em
ployes, or a store no adequate means
have been devised bv which he throng
of shoppers could all be safely got out
of a great store If a fire should hap
pen, to break out upon a bargain day.
No such calamity has yet happened,
but the owners of stores are keenly
alive to the possibility of it The
protections provided to meet such an
emergency arc becoming more com
plete each year, and yet in the opinion
of one of the greatest fire chiefs in
the country they cannot be equal to
the need.
AMEIUCAX DAX DOES NOT
REDUCE PRICE OF AIGRETS
Paris, France, Oct. 18. Despite- the
American ban on aigrets the dealers
have not reduced the prices.
CLASSIFIED PAGES CLOSE AT 1:30.
To insure Insertion in The Herald the
same day classified copy should be in
the office by 12:30 p. m. The last clas
sified page closes at 1:30 p. m.
"
is Island In the Past
HOME of the notables who have occupied "cells" on New York's famous Ellis
"5 Island, where "undesirable immigrants" are sent, pending deportation.
Above to the left is shown prince Pignatelli d'Aragona, as he. was pho- .
tographed leaning over the side of the ferry which conveys immigrants, from the '
Battery to Ellis Island. The photograph of Cipriano Castro, former president
of Venezuela, was taken in- his "cell" on the island. To the right is Miss Mane ,
Lloyd, the English music hall singer, wh o recently spent several unpleasant days I
as a guest or ine united Mates commissioner of immigration. '
on the Island, as an "undesirable alien
liable to become a public charge." The
prince was admitted.
Willie Nutt, an actor. He came from
England to appear in a production of
the "Whip" here, but the Immigration
authorities accused him of being feeble
I on arrival that his name was Nutt and
not Not, as first reported. He was
finally admitted. -
Edward Mylius, writer and editor, who
was convicted of libelling the king of
England. This was held to make him
, ;tr indcsirable
j Mies Murle Lloyd, music hall snser,
ASnJSEjSSISTS.
"THE FASCINATING "WIDOW."
"The Fascinating Widow" surely fas
cinated the El Paso theater patrons
Saturday night. The house was
crowded and the audience uproriouMy
enjoyed the performance of Julian El
tinge and company.
Eltinge, as the impersonator of a
widow a college widow is certainly
a fascinator. His makeup is perfect
and his wardrobe elaborate. His
manners are always the manners of a
woman, when in the female role, and
just as much those of a man when in
the male role for he appears in both
characters, appearing first as a col
lege bov. then masquerading as a
widow. "His funniest scenes are when,
in his female makeup, he appears
among his college chums and enjoys his
pipe and his toddy with the boys. The
antics, seen through the window, afford
considerable excitement for the col
lege chaplain, the janitor and the vil
lagers generally, and Incidentally work
up a reputation in the town for the
bovs' of the dormitory.
The comedv has some good lines,
but much of the amusement comes
from the situation Incident to the
masquerading of the star. The fact
that his audience is taken into his con
fidence; is shown that it is an imper
sonation from the very beginning. Is
tho saving feature of the performance.
It robs it of any suggestiveness in later
situations and permits the star to take
liberties with the role that would oth
erwise be impossible and still continue
within the bounds of propriety.
Mr. Eltinge has a speaking voice that
he can easily modulate to resemble the
tones of a woman, while his- ordinary
masculine voice Is very masculine. In
singing he adopts a falsetto, behind
which he can successfully mask his
identity as a man. He has not a sing
ing voice of the quality that some im
personators have possessed. Dut It Is
sufficient for air'-purposes and on the
whole, his impersonation is extremely
clever and his performance roost en
sile play Is in three acts, the first
at a summer hotel, exterior; the sec
ond In two scenes, first, a college dor
mitory: second, a corner in the recep
tion hall of the girls' dormitory, and
the third act Is located in the study of
the college chaplain. The opportuni
ties for farce can be Imagined. '
Mr. Eltinge is surrounded by a ca
pable company of people and carries
a good chorus of shapely girls, who
know how to wear the very attractive
costumes with which they are sup
plied. Two of the principals are well known
to theater goers of a few years ago.
Edward Garvie. principal assisting
comedian, old theater goers will re
call as the star of the "Jolly of Joliet,"
a Broadhurst and Curxie show which
was presented in El Paso at the Myar
opera house in September. 1903.
Miss Carrie Perkins, who played stel
lar roles In the Edward-E. Rice produc
tions for years, is another of the prin
cipals. Tack Pierre is manager of the com-
c. a. at
A3IERICAN AMBASSADOR CANT
FIND QUARTERS IN BERLIN"
Berlin, Germany. Oct. IS. American
ambassador Gerard finds it difficult to
get suitable quarters in the German
capital and keep within his salary and
allowance He is not a rich man.
An Empty Room Is No Comfort.
Want-advertise that empty room Into
an income-earner. Telephone , 115 or
IIS and a messenger will be sent for
your copy. Special want-ad telephone
and messenger service Saturday nights
until 9 p. m. for the big Sunday Her
ald. The cost is only lc a word or 6c
a week.
held as undesirable because she was
accompanied by a man not her hus
band. Admitted under bail.
Cipriano Castro, expresldent and dic
tator of Venezuela. He was convicted
of murder in Venezuela, and for that
reason was held at Ellis Island. He
was admitted after a writ of habeaa
corpus had been sued out.
Prince Is Among Them.
Prince Pignatelli (pronounced "Peen
yatelil) was forilbly detained at Ellis
Island because of certain dispatches re
ceived bv tho X'nited States immigra
tion authorities from Paris, where it
I was s.tid thr princi. had enjoyed sev-
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The Biggest Attraction in El Paso Moving Picture
History.
iMON. TUES. & WED.
eral escapades. The prince was ex
tremely indignant. He protested most
strenuously, and issued daily state
ments from his "cell" to an enthus
iastic press, which had delighted and
glorified in the imprisonment of a
prince. Finally the prince was released,
the Washington officials explaining
that he had ben liberated for the same
reason that he had been threatened
with deportment "dispatches from
Paris."
Counsel for the prince permitted mm
to receive the newspaper men at the
Ritz-Carlton after he had left Ellis is
land and his valet had put his master
In shape for receiving. The prince in
dignantly asserted that despite the fact
that he had had $800 in his pocket on
his arrival, he had been held as "an un
desirable alien, liable to become a pub
lic charge."
"And besides the JS00, said the
prince, with tears of rage in his eyes,
"I haa with me 10 trunks and two au
tomobiles. And then they had tho ex
treme er-er nerve. I believe you call
it, to say I might become a public
charge!"
The prince is descended of the most
aristocratic of the Spanish nobility, and
of the famous Dukes d'Aragon, who
came into existence after the kingdoms
of Aragon and Castile were united into
Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella,
The prince broke into the papers
again, soon after he had landed by get
ting into a. fist fight in Martin's res
taurant. Cipriano Castro, exdictator of Vene
zuela, who in his day had thrown many
a man Into jail, was -never so humili
ated in his life as when he was placed
in a "cell" on Ellis island. He raged,
but all in vain. Then he likened him
self to Napoleon Bonaparte of St. Hel
ena. Castro believes anyway that he is
the reincarnation of Napoleon. Castro
was held because he had been con
victed of murder in Venezuela, follow
ing his abdication in that hot bed of
revolutions. He was liberated, how
ever, by a federal writ of habeas cor
pus, and soon after left the country to
bob up again as the head of a fresh
revolt in his native country.
Edward Mylius. it appeared, had li
beled the king of England and had
served a jail sentence. The question
which the board of special inquiry had
to consider in his case was whether
his "criminal" act had involved "moral
turpitude." Mylius and his lawyers
maintained that he had been a political
prisoner.
Willie Proven His Sanity.
"Willie Nutt, actor, came to the United
States to appear Jn a production of the
English melodrama the "Whip." The
immigration authorities alleged that
Willie was not all there mentally, and
the board of special enquiry ordered
htm deported on the ground that he
was feeble minded. Willie said after
wards that the board had asked him
whether he knew the difference be
tween a horse and a cow. Willie's re
ply was that a horse could be ridden
and a cow couldn't. Another question,
the answer to which was relied upon
to establish his strength of mind was:
"What would you do If you saw a
man cut up in a hundred pieces?"
"Er-er bally rot!" said Willie, talking
Trunks, Bags and Leather
EL PASO
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"We take pleasure in
announcing the ap
pearance of
Florence
The great legitimate
star in her
Greatest Triumph
World's Greatest
Love Story
By the celebrated
French Author
Alphonse Daudet
A MASTERPIECE
in
MAGNIFICENT
REELS
Oct. 27-28-29
Crawford Theater
TONIGHT
The Only Musical Comedy in.
Town
HONEYMOON
TRAIL
Seats at Crawford BosT Office.
Prices i..25c, 50c and 75c
Sunday Matinee we will give our
Souvenir Pictures of Julian El
"tinge. EL PASO THEATRE
Sunday Matinee and Night
The Musical Treat of the Year
JULIAN ELTINGE
IX THE
Fascinating Widow
Seats now selling at the Craw
ford Box Office.
PRICES: Night $20 to 50c
Matinee $2.00 to 50c
to reporters afterwards, ."Why, I told
them any silly ass wtfuld report it to
the police Ripping answetr. eh -what?"
Willie was allowed to land.
Marie nnd the Jockey.
Miss Marie IJoyd. musle hall singf-r,
was detained at Ellis island, because
on her arrival she was accompanied by
a former jockey named Bernard Dillon,
who posed as her husband. Miss Lloyd
explained that everyone in England
knew they were not married, yet
thought nothing of it. Because of
previous matrimoHlal entanglements, it
was impossible for them to marry, she
said, therefore what were they to do,
but pose as man nd wife? She and
Dillon were permitted to--land, to tilt
their theatrical contracts under $l.S''i
bond, with the provision that they must
leave the country by March, 1914. ttoui
she and Dillon have taken an appeal.
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