Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-28

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!. nroeram of "A World of Pleasure"
y, =, risht buried beneath the set phrases
y rhjoh acknowledgements are made to
~ ~ t,rrier. the shoer and the calcium
W. w. there flashed on the eye this glitter
- Mt: sparkle effects on gowns and
~ ..s,ss curtains by Croner's Sparkle En-
s-oldery Works" And, second by second,
Ky analogy between this bit an "a
~srid Of pleasure" came to one.
For under all its machine-cut merriment
u smbalmed stunts there were, in the
.assrtainment diamond-liie brightnesses
"a atoninR fragments of fire and youth
"A fun. They came in the most unex-
ssrted places and in the most familiar
g,lses, as for example, Clifton Craw-
s-S,s adroit "rewrite" of his drunken
rcene in The Peasant Girl Collins and
uart in their unwitherable Sandow ball
anoinR act, and as proper climax,
,har,ning poppet, Rosie Quinn, whose
s,niles and artless dimples were fragrant
snd fine enough to palliate much. And
there was quite lot to be palliated.
There was, among others, the too
ancient japery of Conroy and lie Marie,
Who simply surpassed every former laZi-
ness Of the stage by combining their Ford
speclalty with their even older insurance
poIicy speciality. There was the self-suf-
fcing venita Fitzhugh, frequently on. and
there was Herman Timberg, assisted by
Hattie Darling, in a diversion" which
eonsfsted of the young woman playing n
violin and dancing simultaneously and of
the young man giving unutterably poor
limitations But most people like difficult
schieyements, whether they are worth do
ng or not So for all these there was
some appreciation.
The lack of an arresting personality
N other words a Jolson a Fisher or n
Nonroe--was felt in the pleasant but not
amazing work OF the agreeable Dan
Hsaly; the vaudeville trio, Diamond, Nc
Mahon and Chaplow; the neat-voiced
franklin Batle ana tne accommodating
sham orientalism of Margaret Edwards.
elad in little more than she wore in the
dm, 'Hypocrites."
OF the lbrettist, one need only say that
No considers entire nous and rendezvous
perfect rhyme. 1t takes C. N. s. Nc.
Iellan to mate atrabiliar and sillier. And
II takes Ivan Caryll to vamp up old stuff
prettily. The Winter Gardens composer
has simply made over the first Winter
Garden score. AS that was nothing. the
tsnuousness Of the current melodies may
be guessed.
Scenically, the production had some
color, usually badly studied and applied,
saye for q silver and black curtain; and
there were those ineffable thi7ge, ads"
scattered about. If the man who manipu-
lated the traps and Xylophone hadn't been |
20 deuced grand. and Miss Quinn hadn't |
dropped in now and then, and Mr.. Craw-
ford hadn't told the tale of the worm and |
the fish, II would have been a sad occasion. |
But, as has been intimated, twilight sleep |
jokes may be forgiven for rapturous |
Rosie. Messrs. Collins and Hart, and the !
suave Crawford We thank them, almost |
Tlshingly, for being there. L. C.