New-York tribune., 1922-02-27

N"ro~. ....... Charles Wrav Wallace
tp' 'eto Nsude rhnrnc
Fstu u.-.-..-....-. ........-.- Henry lferbert
'Ss ......--.... ''arirfta Monterey
NIrhNs -......, W lii am II Powell
Nnn'a a---... liclen Freeman
Saturday nights exercises at Earl
CARROTS rev thcater, She Earl Carroll.
ntimste that Mr. Carroll, the builder
and author, is apter a. architecture
Ian he IS a. dramsturgy. The Earl
Carroll is a good playhouse Seventh
Avenue, at Fi.tieth Street,. an cdifce
most hospitable in arrangement and
satisfactory in decorations SO much
so, in fact that Mr.. Carroll is to be
complimsnted for his pride n passing
ovcr such other appropriate titles as
ay have heen suggested, and christen-
re J, the Earl Carroll. in tribute to
ssmsels
But Earl Carroll plays, it seems. are
not SO felicitous Earl Carroll thea
-ers. This "Bavu," for example. with
which Nj Carroll begins the career of
he Earl Carroll Thcater, IS rather L
ricsety mess OF juvenile melodramatics,
being overglvcn to small spasms and
scotiess runnings about of no particu-
a. consequence. 1t is intended to be
Russian, and it occurs in the pictur-
csquc attic of Bavu. a cruel Moslem
-evolutionist, who. ! dare say, is about
20 abscord to Rumania with thc loot
accumulated by the Committee of Ten.
Many. many matches arc struck in
~ne darkness Of Tins evil earret to hight
many candles by which to read many
sinister documents aad to circumvent
many nefarious propositions. Green
1arcs arc set ablaze and waved from
ne window in gnal for the murder Of
nc heroires father Tin the Red Nard);
and thc slim hero climbs the walls to
the ceiling with the cat'ike agility Of 8
marmoSet and hides himself thereon.
He desccads later to utter orders to the
aeroire Cthe Princess Anual ia the
staccato monotone of quarterback
giving tense Instructions to his men.
Tho secret chamber IS walled up and
d fire lighted in t, and you are sup
POSED to wonder whether it is the euf-
'ocated Michka's dead hand that sticks
out OF crevicc, or If Michka has
sought safety jill the othes basket.
Wicked. indeed. IS Bavu's laughter as
NichNa fires at him with a revolver
rom which BaHu has extracted the car
ridges And tnoro is duel with
words in the final scene iu which
'.ichka. though previously wounded in
nc hand by Olga impales his crafty
,dyersary Bavu
As you read the above cntabulation
y- the pleasing things that are happen
z ID. tnc Earl Carroll. possibly you
'ill say to yourelf: This fellow may
lot like taat drama. but it sounds IN
ting to me. Hc thought s. s.
ieu4ci.y was good show. which 1T
aas rot aud Tho Cat and the Canary
as over his head Therefore let us
sreeara his opinions. take advantage
~ n,s Information and visit the Ear
arrolf. Dong So you will dud Mir.
CAROLS chairs soft and vide, his au-
5itorium graceful his stage spacious
and his retiring rooms commodious
4na full Of welcomes Also Henry Her
ncr'. distinguished actor Of the Ben
oaian SCI ooi. pisyae the role Of Bavu
with many occentricities; and Miss
iaude taorne disturbing the Russian
tmosraere efficiently vita appropriate
.'4.h- Americans On Saturday night
i1.. Carrot apreared before the curtain
The riding clothes symbolic Of
grea,hIessnc in such matters. and
poke Win ,A~ble bollsh agitation Of
MS gratitude to his friends and the au-
dlencc.