Show VIRTUE ON THE STAGE From From the New York World Dish Bishop p Potter In his speech in Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia on The Tho Stage showed a. a spirit of ot br mindedness broad ad which must have made many a chaste head wag In sanctimonious sorrow For the bishop confessed that when a boy he had seen the elder Drew Edwin Forrest and ma many y other equally disreputable characters go through the immoral proc process ss of acting He lIe then unblushingly un- un blushingly advanced the demoralizing theory theory theory the the- ory that there exist actresses who are virtuous women and actors actor who are aro high high- minded ny nen n. n In Finally Finaly to cap the shocking climax he held that there are good elements in the drama and that the stage may be a a great gret real and ao moral power When our l leading divine eminent alike alke for intellect culture and piety gives vent to tre te such pernicious paradoxes what chance has ha True Virtue In a viciously minded broad-minded world |