New-York tribune., 1922-08-22
The Taeaters By perc, Hammond
MIR. Louis Shiprnan Reduces
the Wages of Sin in a
Good Play Called
ssFooIs Errans''


Afato s&..ss..s.s.....t,ss.s.s Bcdii Rosing
Dr. Graham ...ss...... Robert Cummings
Sssssfiy ..,...s,ss....s.... Charles Reigel
s.ossoy ..t..s-......... Arthur Fitzgerald
afaia ..,.s Ruth Elaine
Mr. Louis Shipman took advantage
OF our chaster prejudices when in
aFcols Errant's he cast Miss Alexandra
Carlisle as lady who lived in sin, but
did not tpay, and pay as woman should,
the stated wages thereof
To select Miss Carlisle for such
part is unruly, for she is of the cloistral
type which reeks with wholesome charm
and ioveliness--a person of whom it is
to be said that she can do no wrong.
She exhales an honest worthiness. So
when she is biissful at the end of
drama in which her conduct has been
erroneous, the pious precepts suffer an
unhoiy upsetting, and young girls ac-
quire bad ideas. If Mr.. Sumner is on
the Job, here is something that he
should suspect as abusing the delica-
eies.
Fools Errant" seemed a pretty fair
play last evening at Maxine Elliott's
Theater, despite the fact that great
deeds were expected from him who
edits Life" It's routine triangle
possessed some unusual quirks, its
characters were persons Of wealth and
Importance, and it's speech was like
that in the works of Charming Pollock,
al 4. =
Vincent Serrano, impersonating
married man of the weak but not vicious
sort, discovered Miss Carlisle's role,
singing a plaintive French song in a
corner of a Paris studio. She was, as
Mr.. Shipman has it, beautiful, pitiable
and therefore irresistible; so he i'm
ported her to New York and kept her
here in the silken chains of impro-
priety. "It was that so Miss Carlisle
said, being desperate, cor something
worse"
The situation caused talk, and also
humiliation to Miss Lucille Watson as
the neglected wife of Mr.. Serranos
role. Particularly was Mr.. Cyril
Keightley disturbed, for he, represent
ing just and upright owner of coal
mines, had once been in love with the
lady. To ease her anguish he pro-
poses marriage to the erring one and
they debarked for the Mesaba region,
which is north of Duluth But not
until after there had been what is
known as painful scene" upon which,
though you may not believe it, the
curtain fell on Mr.. Keightley's ex-
claiming contemptuously to Mr. Ser
rano, "You blackguard!"
or course, you expect Mr.. Serrano,
mad with Illicit love, to turn up in
Mesaba, and to disarrange the peace
ful life Of Miss Carlisle and Mr.. Height
ley, who are being kind to the miners.
But Mr.. Serrano dies of pneumonia,
and it is Miss Watson who appears, a
pretty widow, laden with complexities.
The Messrs. Shubert having requested
no secrecy in the matter, disclosure is
made that Mr.. Keightley elects to re-
mann WAN &hlSS SdIllSlS, HIS WlIG III
the play, and that Miss Watson leaves
them to their romantic and economic
devices. 1t is right for you to object
80 the confusion in this report Of
the names of the actors, with
the titles Of the parts they play.
But | had usher-trouble last evening
at the Maxine Elliott, and was not per-
nitted access to a play-bill. l could
rot tell whether the first name of MIR.
Keightley's role was "Alec" or eric. .
just now Mr.. Fox, the dramatic editor
Of The Tribune, supplies me with the
program that is printed at the top of
this column. All the players identified
therein were excellent. The play and
the performance seemed to suffer a
little from unpreparedness; but sFools
n Errant," in spite Of that. was good--if
1{¬ very pood