| Show ANn AN TIn TIlE Cleveland Dealer The agitation over Oer the play ay ot of Sapha hn on A strap strange coloring th the dAy dy and one Quite unique In the history of the sure The church has theater art hu has thundered lee attacked It th the t printers printer ink has been trul freely used Iud to aih It clean But ut never neer has hils the same sort lort or of attack been mado u as that of ofa a Ion long lI lIst t ot of representative women ot of New York who appealed to Miss to c cast t Sapho aside for tor forthe the fair fame t tile and lind for tor the general moral good of at the tho community It Is hard to understand how the no put herself herselt In antagonism to this gentle request because such lIuch action would at once range her agaInst the appreciation and the sympathies ot of the tho country 0 Boston Doston Commercial Bulletin It Is 1 a great wInter at the theaters for the Sa and the Zaza Also Aho for the people who are fond ot of strong plays Jut just as thc they like decomposing gains or ambulant cheese Weve no quarrel with the there are so much cleaner end and mOI moie within reach This wholesale porn graph sas In the Boston Evening Re Its Record cord It Is not necessary to be prurient or a prude rude to feel utter disgust nt at atthe the nauseous nn nAstiness s to which the lIe American stage has haa fallen It hn has frankly adopted French lubricity but not French wit It Omaha World Herald HeraldA A certain play now being presented In New York City Is said to be Jill moral to the degree ot of ob obscenity and the ot of the city cUy have d tIe it In terms term The result la Is that the theater where this Immoral drama Is pre presented Is tacked Jacked to the tle doo doors e every r night and a mn inn of the tho spectators are women who wha would quickly resent the Imputation that titer they were to Ind indecency The They are b by curiosity while the rn men n tire are I attracted by the Idea that theY are to see som something suggestive the and spicy plc The advertis advertising ing has been worth thousAnds of dol do dollars lars Inca to the tho management presenting this The Tho best lIest way ln to kill the tho In Inand and Immoral drama is to Ignore It New York ork World We regret that there was WIlS no WilY way of applying the remedy ot of publicity to this evil arid thus stopping It with without without out apparently the play But to arrest the general and deplorable blo ble tendency toward a degradation of the stage It was n necessary to do this The example ol o one play pla suppressed by the law in tI obedience to nfl an aroused and public sentiment do mott mort to check Increasing tendency than all the m merely rel elation auch performances Invite Chicago News New According to the opinion ot of wellin formed Dod and honest bonest theatrical critics In New york Mrs 1111 pta lla ot of The Th Is of such bM bad character that nu no woman can sit through n It There Thet Is no doubt all as to tot tile t o rell reliability of thIs verdict and when Langtry conies to 10 Chicago men mell too for tor that plead the tho fact if Ie they IO go to ceo seo this play anti and andare are shocked lIo eer the public that swallowed detestable lOa may nt see reason realon to Quibble at its Ita companion piece of Impudent and gross Immoral It |
