The evening world., 1914-02-26

with Q comedy - bright aaA frssh ~
It was . foregons oonclusion that
Mr.. CravSn could sct. He proved
that In Fought and Paid For" whom
George Broadhur8t gave him . I'M
with his pen. But II remained to be
sesn whether he could write. Every
doubt on this score was removed by =
comedy notable for its originality and
humor. II there IL one thing that Mr..
Craven reaiisss to the full II 10 the
commonplace In life ~ We 80 II day
BY day. and BY keeping to this level.
Instead Of trying to rise above II, he
displays uncommon sense.
Whether you're planning TO build
your own homo or not, you must ad-
mire an architect Of the theatre who
Vases an entertaining play on nothing
moro than . blueprint. And. tirst
az all, here Ia u play with a founda-
ton. The novelty OF this comedy lies
IN the foundation that you SEQ In the
nrst act. There II IL. brick upon
brick. with the prospective home
steader flying from wing to wing. rs
II were. as he points out the rooms
that are to be. If you have ,ver
tried to build a woodshed, much less
= dwelling. you can share In the on
thusiasm Of Albert ~ he surveys his
property.
ALBEIT IL seen At his best when he
stands on his own foundation. His
house In q three act structure, and
when ne climbs q ladder In the Sec
oud A.t to nall on q clapboard while
tho local Carpenters Union is indulg-
ink In the luxury Of strike he
u practical II not an heroic figure.
But ! must say that the completed
house In the third act was an awful
looking thing. However. nearly every
hopse is = disappointment.
The conbtruction. OF play has often
house. but never. % far a. ! have OBJ
ssrved. has . house been actually
se~red above the footlights. And
quite aside from the carpenter WORK
there are romantic trimmines, for Al
tsrt loves Alice and feels % surs
= hor that ho planks down 5000 in
boilding operations 70 give her con-
o0eaco In leaving homo and mother
r AAppeno-ouits by chance Of coursl
mat her name y Ceok, and Il 10 moi
& al unnatural that theee should
~ other Cooks. Theoo interfere q
0ueA With ~ buil1in6 plans tAAa
00B0BOW00S ~ A0U4y ma AU0l
= bfoken, but yeu may - euro thai
u 1ovoro meet agAln On the front
porch Just Ahout Ihe tine you IN
th1Akin9 g llstufela4 tAe slumbogl
ae the Mailman - yous olnDle isiaal
homo.
'sToo Mary 0sslEIp = Q W. sampls
Ilttls play. ~ u - - much humol
nd tt % - truo - OuburoAn NE tha
u u - re&foohlAg - . country breooe
ne dialogue 70 not only full Of fun
Mt it suggests observation that 4
Gulck and GhreWA net 1eep. ~ ~
6aahs time it must b admittoo thai
H. play - Q whole 10 very slight
Nth nothing but . Iovee6 quarrel u
he way OF story.
Mr.. Cravsn dec nsse q tAs cot.
iAS. and dess Il vsfy we'll one(
again he proves he has no equal Il
pprtrayin6 The typs of young mar
Rho has only one point Of view. And
- convince you that this u Q very
sorieuo business he never cracks {
mile. But With Ill his seriousness
- has IN altogether easy way ol
66aubing out the humor Of the char.
aG1qf. He % . eomedian Of studied
OGeAol, relipve1 b. what seems TO b<
- lr11h ooAoo Of humor. for abovS
~ - knoVa hew 70 bring out thu
nngA that means 0vsrythiug y Z
noay such - ~ has written.
S To por6orma3po suffers greatly