Evening star., 1924-01-14
ADJUSTMENTS
Mistinguett In Innocent
Eyes.

.sunguett. the widely beralded
or the Casino de Paris, made her
at pniTI pan Debut. SO 1t was announced,
new Winter eaesr esardan last evening, evening, in a
IInned innocent Eyes" with hook hy
ma.o Uto Atterfdge. Iyries by TOT Sew,
ana In music by sigmund RombeTr
aao Jean Schwartz, etc.
Avoldfng the supsrIs+iyaS ad
Steering clear of extravaesnt sn,hn
cia.;n, oHe would be pardoned FIR he
mnch tnat Innocent Eyes" is verv
is a. yarn STOW and that Mistinguett
: sne is an adept in fasrinat;o, o,,5
~ 0n she likes she knows how IN
ne .no,, dramatically attractive one o
heautt,,,it venture TO say she has a
ana, even if he were mot stu s. voice, i
,to ,WtouIa hesitate before setting nil
he uoiiar value on the supports far
Ira psaaI extremities. But ssida
the noin+ even II he were blase 10
9sclare that Mistinguett is son,a+h;rss n
tar,aey new and delightfuIIy en-
trac,tnS In the way of a revue At
| The Messrs. shubert--,r,
mere In person last night ava ,sTI
| ~ tnere all this week sunarvixtro-
NJ, preparation Of his big show far
! rmr ,.oeIrk-hsve provided wender-
/ who ara - lor 1heir star and those
,L,y -
,n,,nsy and making the Wheels GO,
! ~ round are seeing gratifying rewarde
| t b thelr Efforts that will increasa &c
tne days go by. as
The good people of w..L,
| lar as the modern revue is cnsoons ,
e oivfoed into two cIassesN,hnsI'
NO mink they are wicked. and those
,hi @ enink they are not. Those who
saa Nr,Iy .ney are wicked will not 60 TO
ne Mistinguett and "Innocent Fyes0
! nose who think they are NOT utIlI
To- rIl De disappointed if thew do en
iney VIII enjoy the show. for II Iacise
hss's.h II anything in the matter OF.
| ths 1870 ana other things that delight
10 delight the eye. the e.r an5 ~.
rlsibilit!es There is fasc;ra+ino
Sofps OF fifteen pony ballet girls who,
D IN ana out on the slightest prov
| bizarre costumes, until thev .'.La
| Low hano at the revue business want
&c overlook the principals and Mound
a-e naAus IN applause of them There
ere, Ere many other girls fair of face and
| torHl--one can easily see their forms.
tpr tney are not thickly clad. and
.ney dance and twist and shiyer and
,, I'm somersaults until one wants to
pt pouno ms names some more for them,
even On Sunday evening
; Inere was one big living picturs
SCI In mammoth frame which. but
TOR some hitch with the curtain that
.nterfered with the lighting effects,
nta NJ easily be ina gined d MASTER
plece or artistic beauty, although
keen eyes might detect bare flesh in
~. 1naeeo, the girls, as q whole, ex-
cept Mistinguett, do not wear stock
!nss or heavy clothing. The theater
! Is quite warm and comfortable and
probably the strenuous exercises on
me stage make them Unnecessary
Mr. atson Barratt, who is respon-.
sIGo Tor the art decorations, and
M Charles Gesmar and Jean Galots
poln or Paris, who tlesg Mistin-
Enetts costumes. indeed ali who had
any .nand in. making scenery or raj
ntent fairly reveled in eolors and
spsngIes In putting them together.
and somebody. must have killed an
ostrich farms entire stock in trade
TO supply the feathers
IL seems an endless task to de-
scribe the various numbers of tn.
program The beautiful voice and
mentioned, even with Mistinguett
The wonderful dancing of Miss Van
ne7sl must be. Unless one is prac-
ticeo 10 seeing such things, it is
n1lke0 TO give the novice a twitch.
4aere are two diminutive and very
droll comedians. a charming little
insenue who can pound out jazz on
the plane, probably, better than her
mother ever pounded dough, Edythe
Baker by name.
John Cumberland. with his two
Innocent eyes" is very amusing in
spite Of his hypocrisy-in the play.
OF course. Marjorie Leach. with very
long If not million dollar under
plnnlngs, is SO like Charlotte Green
wood that one Of the experts pres.
enf diunt know the difference. And
there is a very funny Chinese song
that makes its singers lay dam"
the program, however. doesn't de-
selfoe all the good things and yet
the show lasted To- close on to mid
night.
Everybody there said it was good
as they left the theater. but there
wasn't even once the great volumes
OF applause which another audience
gave to John Barrymore in Hamlet
Saturday night