Between elections the windy City seems to amuse itself with choruses and saccharine songs, in the approved fashion of soft-headed, hard fisted story book heroes. And those venturesome native sons who dare to return home for their Easter oggs will find a pleasant and only slightly faded array of shows waiting for them. The critics say these are the best.

SUNNY (Illinois, Jackson Bivd.)

This will be invaluable for conversational purposes, since you saw it in Boston. Don't fall to mention the best actress-comedienne of them all, Pert Kelton, whose imitations are inimitable. And swear by Marlyn.

VAGABOND KING (Great Northern, Jackson Bivd.)

Dennis King is singing the leading role, and very well. The rest of the company is not so good as the one which was in Boston, but it is quite adequate.

CRADLE SNATCHERS (Harris, Deaiborn Street).

Seen earlier in the year in Boston without Mary Boland who is now in it. She is a cradle-snatching fool. The audience is generally more amucing than the show, but they are uproarious.

TWINKLE TWINKLE (Erlanger, Randolph Street).

Step-sister to "Merry Merry", the relationship is quite obvious. It has good music and a good cast and the plot is more original than Sunny's.

WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS (Forr Cohans, Clark Street).

This, too, was seen in Boston earlier in the year. Helen Hayes gives a superb performance, and Kenneth McKenna, supporting her, gives a poor one. She is so fine, however, that she needs no support. The play represents Barrie at his best.

LITTLE SPITFIRE (Cort, Dearborn Street).

Another good chorus girl, hell-bent for Society. It is a gay, lively; and unimportant play, combining some features of "Easy Virtue" and the "Vanities".