The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
Chat Between Little Iheater
 Promoters

"Oh," said Mrs. Fuller talking the other day, T have had most inter- esting afternoon. I've been over at the Little theater watching Louis Schil- fingers committee at work, and feel perfectly arty, really I do.
 Did you hear what Louis Schillen- ger told Miss Montgomery the other day? You know he decorated her new shop, and on the day of the opening he went in to look the place over.
 Miss Montgomery had cash register in front. and Louis almost swooned at the sight. He finally managed to say Take it away Naturally Miss Mont gomery wanted to know what was wrong, and our Louis said Its so ter ribly commercial! That's what they call artistic temperament.
 Well, anyway, Louis is chairman of the decorating committee, and he has done a great deal for the Little theater. Have you seen the new mural decora- tons? They are adorable, Louis de- signed them, and then he and his com mittee executed them. And, by the way, he has a perfectly splendid committee, and they put in many hours at the thea ter with their brushes.
 Mrs Saxon Crawford is on this committee. You know her, of course, she was Mary Kirkpatrick, and she cer- tainly is clever. I was over there one afternoon painting chairs, that is the extent of my artistic ability, painting chairs! And then I got more paint on the floor than did on the chairs. But anyway, while was welding the paint brush, in came Mrs. Crawford, and soon she was busy working on the li- brary set for 'Rollo's Wild Oat.' l watched her work in perfect, amazed si- lence, she didn't spill paint over things like I did, and she actually made those books so realistic looking that l wanted to take one down to read
 "Then there's Mrs. William War ren, she was one of the Orr girls be- fore she married Mir. Warren, and she s as talented as the rest of that remark able family It must be wonderful to have congenial tastes like she and her husband. He's an architect, and most artistic himself. She helps with the scenic effects, too, and is one of the hardest working people on the commit tee.
 And Mrs. Louise Cone is another artist who gives generously of her time and her talent You know her. She radiates good cheer, and is terribly clever with her brushes.
 'HThe other member of the art com mittee is Paul Pim, who is playing this month in Children of Earth Paul does commercial art, and he is making a big reputation for himself.
 T must tell you what l heard some body say about the walls. Now, frank ly, I'm terribly dumb about art. I'm as bad as the chorus girl who was asked about her art, and who said Art who Is his father rich?' So when I heard these people talking about the walls l just sat quiet and listened.
 This man said that he had just read an editorial in one of the big New York papers about the work of Arthur Rach- am, who has added to commercial art a delicacy and beauty that is astonish- ing. He does those marvellous, intri- cate illustrations that you see in the Djer-Kiss advertisements, and this edi- torial said he had lifted commercial ad- vertising to high plane of art. The gorgeous colors he uses and the exquis- ite designs, with their perfection of de. tail and their rich establishment, com bined with adroit workmanship, make for real art
 Well, this man went on to say that the mural decorations at the Little thea ter reflect the art of Mir. Racham. There is nothing realistic about them, as they are done in the fantastical style, and