The Washington times., 1932-11-03


the superfuous delights of your days in Paris that let
ters Sunday, too
Get a Horse
1 was surprised that writer perceptve as Miss
Sackvile West did not naturally to reverse the
maxim and to show that the necessities of yesterday
the uxures of today think of no greater luxury
coa aOrd them hred the near Central
Park only for rides in the park but for drives down
Fifth Avenue and for small shopping tours It has been
my ambition for years to carriage with pair of
very sleek horses and to ride through the heater traffic
to opening night. l am sure the crafty coachmen
would manage to slide in where motors dared not tread
and I'd get to play at the right time instead of fifteen
minutes too early too late, which is the choice
with cabs and cars I'd have the carriage ready at the
end of the second act and dash into it. to be driven home
if didn't like the play only around the corner if
did, sneaing back in the dark after the curtain had
risen again. (The whole scheme is immoral and orig
lnay conceived publicity stunt for someone else)
Real Luxures
Candles are another luxury today not terribly expen
sve and little tea-roomy but definitely sign that you
aren't altogether under the spell of electricity For me-
writing in onghand is another although do not quite
so the quill pen which occasionally and which,
suspect costs than fountain pen A bellpul is
another modern luxury and ikeable one builders
annoyed if they have to make Insertions for it IN the
walls and suppose cooks are annoyed when they hear
gong instead of buzz all of which makes the belpull
an extravaganza.
do not know about fine linen which is much
extravaganza in these days when the object of aundres
is to play game with you-the game of what will
out first your temper the linen. It is only guess
that greatgrandfathers had fine linen because no
is luxury today and they had what needed to put
into glasses.
The practical moral is put away of the electric
light bulbs and other gadges you need today leave them
to your children in your will They'll be grateful for
small uxuries.
Shoot YOURSELF
Two plays of recent weeks totally different in other
respects alike in this that at certain moment all
the characters ought to commit suicide In Dinner at
Eight only character goes through with it, in Dan
gerous Corner, which is much entertaining than
most of the critics said it was goes dead but at
least the dead about whom all the talk goes not
brought back to life The virtue of Dinner at Eight is
that it combined six od-fashoned melodramas
and by silful writing and staging makes them into
smart entertainments all the characters from the slipping
actor to the butler stock characters and
they get their life and interest from their relations to
Others The girl says: after all have been to each
other ;~tha-chauffeur says "Aha! You think you can
fool Rcc and the business clutches at his heart to
indicate that he isn't long for this world Put these all
together and they spell hokum except in the hands of Mr.
Kaufman who makes them into play.
dangerous Corner" is wobby play, technically, but
it has good idea. man is dead; half dozen people
begin to talk about him. why he committed suicide who
him last had he stolen the money when did he
ceive certain cigarette box-and presently you in
the midst of postmortem which becomes mystery
play in itself The appearance of abnormal character
the stage and the suggestion of ndecences off made
the play sound little serious than it really
1t is actually puzzle and we'll handled Of all things
it is by Prestley who played joke on America
which didn't go very well, and plays better
which ought to succeed
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