The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

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NJ second act Of la La Lucille"
at the, Henry Miller Theatre
on Monday night bed burst on the
Mortified gaze OF the professional ap-
praisers Of musical farce. 1t was the
sixth during the current season. Since
their divulgence has been greeted with
varied manifestations of emotion 1t was
interesting to observe the effects on
Monday. Beyond being billowy and in
varied shades OF magenta and rose.
there was nothing about this latest
symbol of the mattress drama to at
tract attention. Taking it by and
large. 1t looked more harmless than
the bed of "A Sleepless Night" since
II was not raised on a dais and heavily
draped in satin. 1t was, on the other
hand. more mysterious than the dra-
matte pivot of Keep 1t to Yourself"
since 1t stood in a niche and not out
in the open.
Compared with the twin beds of
please Get Married" which holds the
record for indecency boldly conceived
and triumphantly realized among all
second act of La La Lucille" is I'M
pretentious since there Is nothing in
its decorative scheme to compare with
the Pompeian luxury with which they
are adorned. 1t is somewhat more
ornate than the seat of the plot OF
up in Mabels Room" and Is GER
tainly more discreet than the beds Of
Pretty Soft" since 1t does not drop
out of the walls on innocent people.
1t must be borne in mind, however,
that there is a nuance in the device
Of the authors at the Henry Miller
Theatre. There ia a bathtub adjoin-
ing-as 1t were-the bed and this is
moro than once during the progress
of the act, in plain view. Up to 10: 80
on the opening night. however, nobody
had got into it. So there is no reason
why this should lay any additional
turpitude on the innocent bed.
So recently have the pure minds of
the professional diagnosticians been
altogether upset by the sight OF this
article of furniture as a device Of the
drama that the result on Monday was
eagerly observed. The Near Dean.
reared on the clear ozone that blows
from the lakes OF Michigan. lamped
this obnoxious article of furniture so
soon as the curtain went up. He was
observed in excited colloquy with a
neighbor for a minute. Then he
stared in righteous indignation at the
scene from which even the constant
Eruption of the chorus could not take
the curse. A bed is a bed. chorus or
no chorus. The Enacted observed
with some uncertainty the rose coll
ored draperies in the effort to decide
II this bed were really to print The
philosophic observer OF the drama who
varies his task with the plein air re-
views OF baseball or the critical study
of literature, regarded the furniture
with his usual tolerance. while the
Cynic with only one play on his
conscience. refused to register even
the slightest shock at the sight OF the
stage setting. So there was after ALL
less OF a scandal than there might
have been. 1t was evident, moreover,
that repeated divulgence of this in
spring piece of decoration may wear
down even the most scrupulous COM
mentator on the theatre. So long az
the Near Dean. however, goes after
Sin disguised under the counterpart
OF Art with the answering zeal of
Christian martyr, 1t is doubtful II the
bedroom farce will. after all. be able
to get away with 1t.
Awed spectators staring at some OF
the sprintime productions in the thea
tres. need wonder only because they
arc ignorant. To the knowing there