Show THE DRAMA that the dram is one of tle anol civilizing civili ting refining ami enjoyably enjoy abl features of civilization be denied that like nearly every othni agency for the accomplishment good it becomes AS an mentford ment for evil as tho reverse when perverted is more than undeniable i eife is a self evident belf fact tho lofty chaste and Iu blime arci tion of shakespeare sheridan knoflec Know lec banini and man others divested of certain made to conform more nearly to the modern idea of theatrical productions duct ions when presented by trained and actors not only afford enjoyment during their lon tation but refresh the mind by giving the auditors a glance into alie corkings kings of the soul constituting A hey do a the pas alons weaknesses virtues and anclin ings of man placed before the vision a well as the mind and in vivid colors in such exhibitions there is nothing but the reverse and the time and money spent in witnessing bliem are far from thrown away but the legitimate drama like every other useful and popular institutions has its barnacled barnacles barn acles the most vicious of them all being what might be termed the loud or nude drama A miserable hotchpotch hotch of impossible incident fl execrable avit and incongruous characters called a burlesque is placed before an audience the diameters must number a certain amount of females and these almont without exception attire themselves as nearly after the fashion of tho greek slave aa possible with any difference whatever remaining they speak their lines sing their tongs execute their dances and throw in as many prurient antics and gags as alie case will admit of and can generally draw larger and better paying audiences than can any other kind of public entertainment there can be no objection ti statuary unadorned by draper because nothing sensual is suggested from the lines angles and curves of cold marble it is art pure and essential and conveys to the mind of the beholder a suggestion of alio skill of ho sculptor more than anything there is a vast difference between inanimate stone and llesh and blood there would bo but little of the grand art of sculpture if raiment and not tho human form divine acro the subject modeled but for women to reduce themselves to such scanty apparel that nearly the entire outlines of lie from head to foot are unobstructed save by a gauzy covering i itself an imitation oft lesli in order that all but the reality appears has but one tendency and that is to give rise to impure and vicious thoughts and thus foster immoral and low toned sentiments in the community where such ex hibit ions are given tho disposition to burlesque travesty and ridicule is bom in vf ciomo and properly exercised is provocative of innocent mirth if not of instruction but we 10 lo not concede that it w to descend to vulgarity to make the most of besides the nude of the modern stage are not burlesques in the true acceptation of the term hey are dimply inharmonious incoherent representing nothing in heaven earth or hell after witnessing one of them alie auditor departs with a aeno of disgust if the bent of his inclinations bo towards the intellectual and mor nf grooves of life otherwise hia vicious tendencies receive an additional impulse and he boanta of having had a jolly good time A delightful and promising temperament this that and congenial in a enalo display of fonalo naked aftel the sooner the theatre going pub lie turn their backa upon aoh on the bettor for them there is enough of vice inherent in our without cultivating more kehor let u resolutely do to crusch out at lemit a portion nf lie in preference to de encouraging and spreading it alio mind once mined in healthful channels to detect vica readily and its detection under uch i alio forerunner of att downfall for it ig A monitor of ch nim to b all bulj to aneo KAL dow having accused kov W II 11 the groat uni vw aliat of being fond of hia cups the hey gentleman bay cm it 14 not o an ws look at it stift arc nt kiri daan not beni to ix BO much in the occasional i lug aa in others finding it out alir man who takao A drink a bocc and no of it ia a greater in the than lie who takes a dozen a day on the ly WK AKK to now whether the tendency of in utah is northward or southward are ahead rapidly in l aoth direction and binco two extreme are to neutralize cach perhaps tho of botn pire will remain be two divergent forgeon for ceon at og jan brtha carver will shoot lit po jested tho tine breaking tho the champion take all the money and be exempt from paying anny of tho ex anac en ac thit i an up on provided hero us no barefooted bare footed boyn livin in lla of the scene of tho contest |