The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

/ Falls. the Brooklyn Bridge and the
great American desert. He has never
seen a bed chamber in a Paris hotel
and hasn't time to go and see one.
, and probably wouldn't 60 II he had the
time. But four years before he
painted a bed chamber which suited
the manager for whom IL was done.
so he repruduccs that one from iserl-
Dry He adds "a few scrolls to the
decorations and lets II go at that
suppose he makes an excellent JOB ~
IL. II passes for what il is supposed
To be. Then tho property man. to
whom ii has been left to provide the
furniture FOR the scene. places "A b,-i
and some chairs of the 1880 perioi in
II; and the costume designer. who has
never seen tho set or the furniture,
adds novelty 10y introducing some 1850
costumes into the picture.
Some one calls the attention of the
producer ~ the anachronisms Of the
combination, and the producer calls
attention TO a crowded theatre to
prove his contention thar the produc-
ton satisfies the public taste But the
producer is wrong. That sort of pro-
duction doesn't satisfy the public's
taste; the public simply accepts it in
the absence of something better Let
the producer provide something better
and that his public will he more salts
tied will be quickly evident.
Nov find the Designing of scenery
a fascinating business. intend to do
more Of il. but | do not intend To de-
.it~ III oh, Al
tunes to accord with that scenery and.
II the producer Will allow me. mill de-
sign posters intended 20 attract the
pubic's attention to what is to he Of
iorcd them on the stage. To achieve
the hest possible effects in the creation
Of settings and costumes Il Is nee
sary tina, they he the work OF one
person or of two person, Who can co.
operate harm nlously. two persons
whose artistic vistas az" parallel.
Please understand rHat am not
trying to dlscrrdi tn" seen" painters.
Their work i, mcrirorious ana in diff
'crcni circumstanC. they could
achieve u great deal more. hut il -
difficult to find one of the craft WHO
has had the time ~ the inclination to
movements in the art Of decoration.
For instance. the Hat color effects that
were used on the Watch Your Step
sets were Ia a certain degree inCom-
prchensible 10 the scene painters.
After viewing the designs they gave
1t as their opinion that the results
would he totally unsatisfactory. But
they haven't been"
Miss Dryden was moved to talk Of
posters. The appearance of her
Watch Your step poster cat "A re-
cent exhibition where the work e
artists Of eleven countries was dis
paved II won the highest award was
the signal for a number of producers
To- discard the old fashioned litho-
graphcd reproduction al actual scenes
from their plays, Within the last
few months the hillhoards have been
decorated with theatrical advertise
ments of very emphatically higher
type than that formerly represented.
cit mas been the noticeable change
in the matter of theatrical billboard
advertising which furnishes one Of the
reasons for my belief that the mama
gers are looking up-making up their
nll0hS lh I'd'n hlEH'I HldNua'u'
Miss Dryden said, III they will do il
wan thc!r 2dver'iSing th'y will GER
tainly do ii With their stage ON lellisl-
mcnts, There are others besides my
self artists whose work has not hero
toforn been viewed across the foot
lights. VIII, are showing an interest In
scenery and costumes and who tell
me of an awakened interest displayed
by theatrical producers. At present