Putnam patriot., 1928-11-22

Frank Crowninshield once sagely re- marked, the only real critic, and "This Year of Grace" is deservedly "sell- out"
 Treasure Girl" which opened on the night following Miss Lilies reap pearance, suffers a bit in comparison. Miss Lawrence is charming, gay, graceful, totally satisfying. excepting in those moments when she is all too obviously trying Co be funny when she is not funny at all. She Is assisted by an excellent company, including Paul Frawley, Mary Hay, Clifton Webb. and very. very sad gentleman named Walter Catlett. The tunes furnished by George Gershwin are as good as one may find on Broadway, the chorus is little short of superb, and the book is about as fiatIy tiresome and witless as any professional librettist could pro- duce. Mir. Freedley has given Treas ure Girl" an excellent production and all his actors work hard. The produc- CTS have followed the recipe of speed and tunes which have brought them success in their previous presenta- tions. But This Year of Grace is still another thing.
 We went the other evening to see for second time one of the seasons most resounding hits. the Marx Bro thers in their gesture which this year is known as Animal Crackers" Just why this tumble of nonsense is fun ny is hard to analyze excepting that the Marx Brothers are among the very funniest comedians of the age. To the silent Harpo Marx we hand the laurel wreath of comedy. Groucho Marx is almost as amusing, Firpo of the piano talent is a close third and We never see the quartet without q certain feeling of pity for the routine role in which the fourth brother, Beppo. p.rsonable and possibly gifted, ~i!l come when Beppo will have his turn and not be the unknown Marx brother" No one could describe Animal Crackers" Perhaps the title of closing song, sung by the bro thers together will explain the ridi. culousness of an hilarious evening The title is We Are Four of the Three Musketeers."
 What to do Saturday
 Like the song which one of the gels used to sing a year or so ago about What do you do Sunday, what do you do Monday, Mary?" someone asked us the other day what did one do on Saturday afternoon in New York if one did not go to a matinee or concert? We didn't exactly know but the following Saturday we analysed our afternoon. We did not go 10 the theatre nor did we sit in speak-easv until it hurt, nor did we ride in the park with all the fat la- dies. What we actually did was to meet charming lady at certain lit- tic restaurant where the food Is ex- Icellent and where one may take the name of Volstead in vain with seq sonable appetizer We sat long over lunch and cigarettes and tiny glass of colorless liquid that comes from a French town named fingers. Then. we'll content, we sallied forth.
 We strolled up the Avenue and looked in this window and that We saw the gorgeous glass-fronted store where mems shoes are sold at SC per pair. We saw the beautiful, truly beautiful new Salon in the French modern style of a French perfumer. We turned into Wildenstein's for a of pictures. exhibited for the bene- fit of the French Hospital. Here were two beautiful Gaugins. a living peach of Picasso, a notable Matisse Ia Neapolitan ice-cream Marie Laur- encin that took our eye. We don't know anything about French pictures but a few more Saturday afternoons and we'll know lot.
 Then we wandered into the Ave nue again. In Fifty-Seventh Street we strolled into another gallery Here we saw Daumier that was corker and a Degas that should have hung forever over our desk had we owned #. Then over to the Ameri- can Art Galleries for an hour at an auction of beautiful French and Eng fish furniture. We took a catalogue and placed bets on what certain pieces would sell for. A desk that we coveted went for song. A Spanish seat that we wouldn't have given house room went for $3,000. Wiser and amused, about 4.30. we went back to the Avenue. The three citadels about the Plaza were az low. A great searchlight was sweep ing over the Park. There was dull. cardinal sunset over the riv- CT. We entered quiet, high room, sat down and ordered tea Yes, teal