The New York herald., 1922-03-04
WISE CRITIC QUAILS
AT 'CHU CHIN CAVE
Even Weeping Woman With
. Her Hair Down Fails to Stir
Anne Arundel.
BLONDE VAMP IGNORED
Girl With Beaus Pictures
Painted on Knees Is One
Feature.
BLONDE vAMP IGNORED

| Chow ball from a balcony box last
night in the Hotel Astor had the time
| to write what she saw and what she
thought of 1t there would have been
something worth reading this morning.
Every so often she would yawn pinkly.
curl her dry tongue and give voice to
a soft and eloquent miaow There was
look in that cats eyes that told you
she had lived much and knew her way
about and was not to be deceived.
She saw the large gentleman who wore
his blue and white polka dot tie in
spite OF his dress suit with its satin
currs spit MS quar- or Wechawkcn
apple jack with the girl who was al
ways running to the door to ask
whether any of the big movie actors
had arrived yet. And she saw the same
lady take down her hair and weep when
she discovered that some one had moved
the door-a thing positively that no
gentleman would do in the presence of
lady who just because she tripped
little knew where the wall should
end and where the door should begin.
And this same feline dowager was
not deceived by those girls who had
done their hair with egg beaters think
ing thereby to make folks believe they
were movie stars. No, sir, this was a
wise. wise cat who sat with The New
York Herald reporter in that balcony
box Alexis Kosloff and his Imperial
Russian Ballet got nothing but a double
yawn and a twitter of a miaow The
Blond Vampire almost sent Anne Arundel
(the name bestowed upon the cat by the
reporters who devoted some time to the
matter) into doze. although the Blond
Vampire had to shoe the young dancing
~ ft,ef,,
buzzing around her.
Cave Scene Causes Exodus.
The pageant, which was representa-
tive of three scenes from "Chu Chin
Chow" amused Anne Arundel a bit un-
til the cave scene. when she left the box
and its reporters and inspected the cor
ners for signs of mice. You have to
produce quite a cave to interest Anne,
who probably knows more about such
things than most folks, as she was born
and bred and married at Fortyfourth
and Broadway--married any number OF
times AS matter of fact 1t was just
once that Anne Arundel showed signs Of
awakening interest.
The second girl from the left in Mile
veronica's Olapa-o-Punka dancing had
caused the portraits of the two incest
boys she knew to be painted upon her
amply padded knees--one face on each
knee OF course. The expressions on the
faces altered with each motion of those
knees and one of the boys was always
grinning or glowering at the other. 1t was
nothing in the world but one of those
Hawaiian dances and everybody knows
what part the knees play in well exc
cuted Hawaiian dance. When Gus of
the right knee seemed happiest Nanny
OF the left knee was all wrinkled up and
discouraged.
Anne Arundel took rather keen inter-
est in those knees. She arched her
back, Strengthened out her aged tail and
shot her claws into the carpet, executing
a sort of elephant dance as she pulled
first one set of claws and then the other
out of the soft nap.
Cats Eyes Become wild.
1t was noticed, too, that Anne's eyes
became bit wild. She kept up her
own idea of what dance should be for
two or three minutes and then decided
that she was just an old fool and that
she had better subside before some of
her great grandchildren caught her.
Finally, when the reporters left and
all of Alexis Kosloff's dancing pupils
had quit being hurled around by the
wrists and had got right down to dane
ing with the rubberankle boys with the
patent leather hair Anne Arundel
selected a raccoon coat that some fear
fully careless chorus girl had hurled into
the corner. saying she could tay for
only one dance because she had to meet
a couple of begging movie producers, and
set herself to make a night OF It.
what do you think OF 1t, Anne?'
she was asked just before her eyes
closed.
"Miaow," replied Anne Arundel.