The New York herald., 1921-11-08
Ed Wynn Has a
Hilarious Revue in
"The Pc yfect Fool"
Audience Highly Amused by
Comedians Drolleries in
His Latest Offering.

Ed Wynn's new revue. called 1.-THE
Perfect Fool for no oGiee reason than
that Wynn is the main fgure in it, is
the funnies. show in town. and any one
who wouldn't laugh at il would be en-
titled to be departed to Russia Specta-
tors at George NJ Cohans Theatre last
night wh,n a l. Granger presented this
extraordinary concoction under the di-
rection of B c. whitney, roared until
nature came 10 their rei.ef and let them
have eoo7 crv over it all.
Luckily Wynn. though ne was on fire.
quenty during the evening. wasn't
continuously v present. or masculine
Mysteries might have been observable as
we'll as feminine. Most of the time he
worked alone before the curtain. or
with only a few assistants-he really
needed none, for when he wasn't keep
llg the audience laughing his suits
were They were more bizarre than
ever. being the remarkable combina-
liol of garments that one might ex-
aesi among Zuius who had been sud-
der y flung the remains of musical
60 edy. And there were the usual
ws hats to keep them company,
N or dila pidated. Ed Wynn, in
1. was thoroughly at home and
wing himself, and the house made
It big family party.
these old costumes he played his
g. stomary trick of describing the en-
suing scene all wrong, though his stories
where new and, in fact, all his material
could never have been accused OF hav-
ing seen Cainss storage house. Flung
his feet IN a coryba ntic dance with the
,1or, to- M he 49,
beforehand he let Fred Ardath. who ap-
peared for all too brief period as a cap
:tal drunk, slap paint on his face en-
Enthusiastically in a studio scene.
Moreover Wynn revealed fantastic
inventions he had devised. He had a
noiseless soup spoon. cup that would
pour coffee into a saucer without spilling
on the tablecloth, and fork for eating
cheese without danger Of asphyxiation,
while his unique contrivance resembling
typewriter for eating an ear of corn
will undoubtedly advance civilization a
step or so. What pleased the audience
as much as anything about these and
other contraptions was that they seemed
quite practical and likely to be adopte,
by the Aim colony at Hollywood. any
how.
Then again, Wynn revealed considera-
Die ability as strong man with the
worlds worst acrobats. who performed
probably the most hilarious act tina,
athletes could ever do and yet keep their
bones intact. Again he was a mind
reader. with the help of a lollypop. He
was ably assisted by True Rice. who
might, in keeping with Wynns nick
name. be called the perfect boob. Rice
ia an exceptional comedian with a dry
sense of humor. and performed some
original tumbling stunts, in particular
the first exhibition Of slow motion
movie on the speaking stage.
Miss Janet Vele was captivating in a
few songs. and Miss FlJ Newton at
tractive, while a womans quartet tore
through old fashioned melodies agree
ably and the Meyako Trio relieved them
selves of several dances ard instru-
mental numbers. The production. which
.So~.sits book. music, lyrics and general
foolishness devised by Wynn, was lavish
as to costurles--and had some very
pretty girls--but economical IS to set
ting. except for one out of the way num-
Der. showing q gigantic typewriter with
feminine type rods that will win the
admiration even Of stenographcrs