Show onn i r r TROUBLE BREWING FOR L BRITISH STAGE CENSOR J j Special Correspondence Feb 3 Sooner or later LONDON certainly Is II going to happen to the tho British h stage censor Hitherto like Iko a I deter determined mined J effort on the part of C Binge el go talk folk and Ind public to get rid of hns failed to ma materialize powerful las caled ia only because b tauso the tho examiner of playa 1118 have been BO eo com comparatively rare but of or late Into Mr Ir Bedford hns been unusually ulu ull active lelle All Al In 11 n 1 month or BO 10 ho linn Ilio forbidden a 1 per perfectly harmless ragging rf or scene to bo acted nt Drury Lano In he has hW to permit London theater goers goerl to witness wll B a n which Edward VII 1 enjoyed In II Paris Pari now comes the tho thol crowning l absurdity of Ma hla action re regarding reo garding Tho White Slaves of oC London Some HOle time ago IRO Arthur Athur Shirley n play with Ith the tho above title which designed deBI to show up Dome of Wil thc tho worst abuses of or tho system the tho dramatist has hus just learned from rol the tho lord chamberlains chamberlain that ho lust must not lot use uso this title tte because hero thero aro no 10 slaves OhleR In I And AM more moreover over that If It hl hil play Is I to be licensed at 11 all l certain scenes mint be ho removed on Oi the tho ground that t ls ns It now stands Is calculated to tomake make Inko workmen dissatisfied Ile 11 to ex ox This hl miming pro pronouncement has hUR brought down a n ot of ridicule upon Mr devoted head hond Naturally Mr Shirleys fellow oro hot upon tho trail ant they the have dealt him some knocks especially Cecil Ceci author of ot the Drury rury Lane melodramas who observes In tho Iho that tha tho full Cul absurdity of ot the present lIt situation will wi not bo ho realized until the lord lorl chamberlains representative prohibits on the tho ground around that U I la n 1 condonation of suicide nn 11 Incite Incitement Inell ment to disloyalty The fhe general tone of oC tho regarding the press pore fos latest prohibition Is however howo de decidedly e chell significant lOt Of course there thero are lre no slaves sw In London comments n r prominent Journal moro morn there oro asses In tho lord chamber department nt About tho only excuse that can enn bo of oc Cr for tOl the tho examiner of oC plays Is Ihn hat some of ot hn hlf Judgments Jull have to tobo tobo bo made mn o In a I hurry For Mr linn little to spend Ille I 11 In II paring his hil London In II thu t show town In II tho world and every piece pico which It Il Is 10 purposed to produce hero Ims to be bo read by tho censor cen or This means that penmen erU el between fo and six Ix hundred plays n 1 a dozen doal In one Clo week welk and of authors arent Inclined to him too much hll tOi luch over oer manuscripts Hut piny reading renly Is the tM smaller part of M the tho censors C I rR duties One aie thing there thero Is 18 to bo 10 said and that Is 11 that bin unofficial title Is II no misnomer This censor really reB Iy censors Ir wisely or tin un wisely Pery new song sung In n I the even every cor now lo lIo has hiA to bo 10 submitted to tD him hll and nHI his hie decision r such Id hi Dual 1111 It H In 11 a I source of ot public wonder won r however what r lively lely Innocent songs jests ls and 1111 bits bill of at business n well wel as 08 plays arc pounce I upon by I him what offensive oc onel allowed wed to pass ass Monsieur Mon leur the tho Piny pIn was produced In ln on by Waller considerably over I m r rago ago llo nl lt Comedy theater and ran rn there OO nights II ht Then Ilen It I wal rehe at n tho comedy did dil well wel again nn loJ l when hen Mr Waller Waler took tok over oer Mn Ir the Imperial theater not long 1011 ngo MO ho decided to open In the piece sc If IC there any stamina left In It II And lo and be behold 0 hold still Is doing ruch Pich re remarkable re business that though Waller hoH A hot a n new piece Queens by John ready for Cor production and 1 engaged Mrs Ir Patrick It seems like throwing away I to stop Ilo Iho tho rim rUI of oC th n play How low much luch of n goM has hns proved to Waller aler the following Indicate During his first London lldon M Meon 0 eon rn tho receipts were much over IA 15 COO those of tho second over oer 0 while OO during Its It Into Inte revival reIal at tn the Imperial the tha has earned tome pome Ilko lt 5 And yet 01 nt lt Ih 1 ait lt matinee money to the tho extent of o ohad had to bo refused at lt tho box Juil the th house full Cul sign In told tho truth |