New-York tribune., 1922-12-06
Young Boswell
HterUieWS
BdHeF

BECAUSE Ne has eipen Nsp York iti
most iutsrssting entertainment,
Ne Uas a snember Of ths MoscoD Art
Thsdfsr company for fifteen years,
~ wos the originator Of ths Bat The
aicv,
his mooa loes has been earicotured
almost epervrherc.
Morris Gesi took Young Boficsu back
stage during the iuterruission Of the
CAdupt-Souris 10 nset BALIEFF. who
iCas was standing IN the triHgs talking
20 ChdhdpiH. The great singer dnd tho
great shoiCmaH of Rusfid iccre sngrossed
~ discusFion Of opera, phich Young
BosveH could not quite grasp, az Ms
Riosi1n is little r7isiy. BALIEFF'S
face. Ne Uncovered, h not 40 much like
moor a. Z, is like thc pictures Of the
earth, wkiriiHg through space. a LITTLE
fnttsned al the poles, iciih which geoi-
o0V books are illustrated. ne came ouer
and sat dozen bsside Young Boswell on
a bench placed for the nsrt Number.
agetnst canvas rail covered ,oith cal
cifHine vines.
BALlEFF-i am sorry I DO not speak
70 English better IL Is iiim-poss-e-
bell. Ny first English teacher wass
Italian. II ! could speak te langagc, I
sit In te audience and talk 70 TEN, lin
stead OF fom 70 stache. I could do with
te people 20. NE made gesture, as II 10
take them IN his hands and mold them
ike oldp.J That lis what do In te Bat
Theater In Moscow. By me in my thea
ter were all 70 great people Of Russia.
Pavlowa, Chaliapin, all Of tenn come TO
to Bat Theater.
Young Boswell (Who had ai,roys
thought Of Russia IN terms Of pogrops.
pudjiks and Dosioisusky)-And the
people had n good tlme7
BALlEFF-feycss. BY my theator
tere was no intemission. II anv one
wanted 20 dance or read his poetry, we
did fimpromptu" In te foyer. Tere was
musique and sometime ! yust talk and
be funny. | speak 70 TEN OF politiaue
and de newspapers. ne wass Intimate.
! would like 70 have 70 same here. Tere
were tables like a cabaret, but no eat
Ing and Thinking until after te per-
formance.
Young Boswell fIYho iCds beginaing 10
regret that he had not lived IN Moscoio
before the Revolufi0H What has hap
pened 20 the theater, now1
BALlEFF (puckCung ND ne face ds
though Ne hod just iasied a lime)-
0hhl To Bolshevik take evryting
and all my men who have not escape.
| Tey tell me ! can return IL be Bol-
sheyik. They say egality, now, and
egality not goood for te theater. (Ard ~
looked as though he had siralloiccd he
limo)
Young Boswell Where did you get
the idea OF marrying Katinka and the
Wooden Soldicrl It's an amusing way
TO bring them into this bill.
BALlEFF-I say 70 Mister Gest, ,"Have
a party for te company" and he say,
Give me a reason for having te party
and | Will" So | send him invitation 10
the wedding Of Kaiinka and de Wooden
Soldier, and we have de party. Ten we
just put iit lin te bill. Katinka Is a
very old song, tat has been popular for
eighty year. II is yust simple motif
Narbut, n very great Roosian painter.
bring me Picture he paint Of dc Wooden
/ Soldier, and tat give me te idea for "a
dance OF te Wooden Soldiers. Come. /
want you meet te company.
kotinka stuck her head from a dress.
/ ING room, and bored q Kdfiukd bou. and
tho Wooden Soldier looking surprisinoly
I human On "a dressing goign. said a lev
chosen words IN English as he rubbed
dWaB his woodeH makeup. Young Bos.
iccH 1cHt The rounds. saying his oHr
phrase in Russian. which means goodbv
and he could ten by hs seowl on
BALIEFF'S jovial face that he had
/ hopclesslV mispronounccd II.
Young Boswell-Wasnt that right7
BALIEFF-Don't ask me. / am Ar
menian, not Roosian. You say iit as
well as l cay English. Young Boswell
icds eonsoied.j / have one Of my com
pany learn 20 sing te songs lin English.
She study for n month, and | have her
sing az &c matinee, because I tink te
audience like 70 understand te song. She
sing, and te audience hasn't known what.
so now she sing lin Roosian, and tey
understand better.
BALIEFF suddenly dragged Young
BosiccH from ne stage, where hcy had
been sitting. "To eiriainl Te nez,
number! ! sec you later-New Year
Eve, maybe"