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Show talEBHWO-'f CI SAGE r.EFCT NEW TORK. June I A. severe ar-reJsnment ar-reJsnment of the moral and Intellectual ton of theatres In thia elty t pros en tad la a report Issued under the auspices of the flueeell Base foundation. Tha Taude-: Taude-: villa theatres and burieaqua shows coma i In for especially harsh criticism. Com ; pared to these shows, tha rentier theatre i are visited by a relatively email numbtr of patrons. Tha total numtwr of theatres in Greater New York la fftven at 4t. Those In Manhattan nuniMr I7&. of whtrh only at rated aa flrat c'asa houses. The averaa-e weekly attendance at tha til theatrea Is l.T6a,eoo, only lta.ooa representing repre-senting visitors at the first rlasa houses. A total or nearly st&.OOO la spant reeeJy on theatres In this city. Of tha hurlesque houses ftve-elj-ths are rated as demoraiisns" and one-sixth aa "lowering." of tha vaudeville houses three-fourths ara "not objectionable." on'Afthare lower! n and only I per cent are "of positive value." Tha deductions front this data, ara In part aa follows; The most striking characteristic of vaudeville la simple stupidity. The bir-leeoue bir-leeoue show Is lha moat undesirable type of show although It rarely sinks to the level of Immorality or susresttveness at talned hy occasional plays at high priced theatres. j "The vaudeville mentality of the Vut of towner and hotel dweller sets a standard . above which tha theatrical manager can j not pass without endangering his hold up- i on this sort of patronage. In a word, the high priced theatre Is not offering to the well to do res I dee ts 'of New York what that clientele has a riant to demand." |