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Show StlimiUIUlW IKrOIMlHL.S l'ubllo pro est have been main In IlriiHiola against tho performances of lite biblical; drama LI rial at the 1 heater Mo-Hero Mo-Hero lUouhero In 1 iropo (he recent revival of Ihcutrlca! orfirmancet on sacred sutjects his met olin ilMnor, though targe au llenci s havo been attracted at-tracted lo witness such pta at luo Brussels Brus-sels ami Tarls then ers where thev were I roduce I Though the Owi- Vmuiergju l'atslon I'lararoii-os but lltlls ulvor.o rrlllclsui, Ills a fscl thsl with ro;ird to other sncre.1 dramas ubllo opinion is as much dhl lei uu ilia iuoilui r Ilia I r lllliosfar rriscntallminl II Is on tho larliriuthlai-iHiiitry. et tho ruilu re-nalnanco re-nalnanco of tho drama lu Hiropoaftor the revival of learning was illnciol en tlrelylo llio expoolnn uf scenes from biblical hllory.-., )-. II ur.(. All I repiratlons woro once made fvr Ihe preseutatlou of the l'asslon I'lav lu New Vork. but It did not occur. Tor once the trcnl of publlu sentiment there wnt hialthy aud the desecration did not tako lace, l.dwln llooth, whoso theater was aought for the purpose, refuted re-futed to have any thlnx to do with It, declaring that the subjict wat not a I roier one for a play house, in which ho was Inversely right 1 play house Is not n roper place for bo sacred n subject. That a fow Herman peatanta t risenl It uvery teu years has nothing to do with tho case, they perform It as au ottering of Ihaukfuluess nud humility, having In memory tho resiue of their ancestors from a I lat,ue, by the Intervention of 1'rovldonce. llicauae tho clvlllxsd world tolerates aud eveu eunourages the Ober.Ammergau 1 crformaucc, aud because the lufldela of l'arls aud other Kuropeuu countrlei engage lu suil. iroccedings, Is no reason why it should look with approval upon tuih a roductlon for urdy seculative (urposts, or, tu fact, at relates to nuy other lace than that llrtt tiamed, for nuy urpotu whatever. 1-ven thu more kupgtttlon of such n thing should be sternly frowned down and the authors of Itlumadetiiunlcrttandthat others have reverence If thoy have not. |