Show zhe THE mr ama AND i ITS sue rue P ME G 17 val vai pal LATION id a tilt following letter fro iro 2 the tho cole coie bribed brat c j t ar whose zi J f i thereto in n answer to 0 it a ques question ilon Vion from the editor of a religious paper has been coped into the public J journals 0 r n a I 1 s leria D dear e aisic sir on my arn arty ya bere bli biel here I 1 found your youn favor faor at idt lna ina but haqq beela beel prevented fromander 14 K vii vil toik today day 1 H having ay tolk J no 0 Ute iary lary ability W whatever etever I 1 nad must at d galap your flattering invitation nor do ao I 1 know how to aid he the 11 apu a advocate di roeane could 1 I do so t bo 6 assured it should freely done ca tauy 1 knowledge otho of othe lie ilo modern n i dr ania is so very in meager that thab I 1 never permit my wife p daughter to 0 wanes a play without previous ily ly ascertaining its cha character this vils ha the irn iva method I 1 can suggest no otier unless it might be 1 by Y intini means of oi a dramatic censor whose hosa taste or judgment might 9 however bo at laut baut j if the management af 0 theatres theartres the atres could coula be denied to speculators and diac placed edla in the hands of actors who klue eluo balue their reputation ad respect their calling the stage would at least leaa anford afford healthy recreation if not indeed a wholesome stimulus to the exercise of noble nobie 81 t bu but while the theatre is ip permitted to be a mere shop of gain 0 open p 0 to o e very ry huckster and amm ams immoral 0 thi gim ua there is no other try way to tp tet let betken bet bev between ken Wen ka uhe the pure nure af and ad base tb than an through th tho dien deen experience of others yours youra truly s EDWIN D booth bo did we mr booth hab exhibit A e 3 din 1 in this oil oli one 0 of the chier chief maks maiks of axce excel len ien lence lenee c el e L brevity consistent consi with WI 1 P plainness he strikes chenall the nail nall directly act y an on t lohead he head A thee theT theatre which is s a more shop for gaball gain achot I 1 fall fail to be injurious to public morais morals i the of the propriety 0 or I 1 impropriety of attending theatrical performances perform ances anees which w was as the point submitted ad to mcbooth mr booth is one that iiii has provoked considerable discus tilo blon elon n Vh there ere bro are a great many christian teachers and ahn ohn A tjan aa pig pip people dito who dobs dous consider H a sin bin t to 0 go to h a theatre they a condemn the tage stage hlad and all who vibo act upon if phout reserve i and nd without distinction on the other hand a greab great mahy maty L tf in more ore individuals attend the theatre for amusement only aitho without an any y dl dis dia 4 as to ghe the chiara character c ter tec 0 of that which Is presented we ve regard these opposite ways asi as axx axt temes which it la 8 wise to avoid while there are le retora cols whose names ane are synonyms a tae lae tor r dissipation 80 sipi si tion recklessness spess and hild vlee there ara are others w who 0 as richly de serve the title tutie or gentleman as any titled scion of nobility bi or any liono rable rabie person who breathes the atmosphere of this planet and while there are plays playa which are diio ip jg intent anu and pernicious in iii their effect I 1 there are many others which convey lessons of purity pu rily rity and goodness encourage i apro proper per peg feeling and right aud inspire disgust and abhorrence of allty anderl and aud erime crime m e the drama dramn altas allas A been bega and und cap can ari aji be made the most powerful and popular of the principles ought to govern nian dian mankind kind and which v are enunciated from thoi thoo pipit pulpit ih the tho 0 platform and and aud thle the press pressure are when hen embodied in a play that is presented with fidelity flue flae lity made nindo vital und and impressive and will id leave arvd deeper marks upon ulon thi the niah mind d than when convey conveyed bd n any form norm vested ai of amusement the drama dramn has hag mere taste farce force than thin either P poetry painting sculpture music or oratory blone alone it comi corall com i bines bibes the elements bf fat them all nil and jn in properly organized anid arid wisely regulated society will fie ye regarded and utilized chegren th the egren great t educator and i 1 bub buit bult BU but lt it is undeniable that thai the vid gid stage g ihns hns has been to 6 evil vil many of 00 silly productions of that goby go by the hame bame name of carcea are aro bullof full fuli of double meanings NulI toul foul innuendoes nuen nuon does and hud impure suggestions that should never be uttered Andt andi and there hete aro are dramas and come comb comedies co medley dies in vice is dressed up in such an eli ell enticing eibing and nd attractive garb and virtue is made malde to appear so feeble and ridiculous di culous that minds not fortified by sound understanding and good J judgment aref captured and carried widdy away awny to the side of evil and become lost to everything that is godlike anu and pure what is called familiar jy y agthe drama dramn 11 ig Is 0 one 46 df d the modern perven tona lona of the stage the popularity ol 01 which indicates the low low st anclard standard of intellectuality andria andrla and morality of the thie age we vid live in nudity is approached ai as closely as po poa possible sible bibie without infraction of la law W an and d indecency of act and sentiment aro are generally so a associated kvitte this liti to produce the vey very verv worsted worst vorst kind nd of ef fact upon the audi audience olge there are arp ar dramatic enter tallue blits which iville h without con anything positively y evi evil evl aro are such a compound of nonsense and absurdity that people wh wha Q laugh heartily on reel eeling ng and hearing them are finable I 1 to explain or siv p any ans for w what at they are ace laughing at this a although digh w ihra ith out the pernicious tendencies af pf of previously ly alluded t tot lot ci ic ihs fihs of illo iilo aitio ho drama drams adrams to basa 1811 i ather a oer oen than uphold upheld andye and yat k would ba be comparatively ively empty in thebie thesbe times timea if nonsense ji io aldry daldry alq and that which eeds aeda a prurient fi appetite pe were altogether excluded ochla thia is the theatrical in anat anal excuse c and from his tiia bland eland point it itla a plausible thatis tha is if ichta his hit object is but bui to make mike mon men money he ial lal ely els strives to supply a PU public ilo ile demand demana he does not create the desire ll 11 nut ut he panders to it as ur buit suit auleana tuna tana and thus thiis aids toan tonn edba edda and while the theatre jie xie temana bAdIng a M mon ey makki news 14 kl he avi evila Is hf lc surround burrown Y d c coh 14 h i dinue I 1 1 the thi I 1 A to which mr ur booth h refers reders 1 ig not no abro in this land of excessive liberty iii in certain parts of eng edg england fland the lord lori Chamber chamberlain lainIs ia endowed with this power ho hb can forbid the en enactment aUment of any play which Is shown tole tobe tolie inimical to publia onorata on orala but itji seldom that his authority in this respect is exercised and it is too much to expect that one man can pro properly perli control the theatrical eions of a P people and when the public taste Is really zeally depraved it will be found very teny dilli cult to cor reet it by law in utah this matter may be regulated in the Int interest erest erLat of the great the citizens and public entertainments entertainment can be dIed to a very great extent by the leading ledding authorities of the church in the various stakes arid aund wards they can not hot only instruct the people in relation relations 1 to this matter but use an ah influence to prevent the presentation of any performance firmance for mance calca calculated at ed to d do 0 auram amram in must yand impartially y to be the whims and notions and personal tastes of those wo t nou not be vie uld wid ruling motive what may please the majority maj brity and yet ba harmless might displease a few but irwill it will be bid safe formen who villo hold bold authority to set their faces aces flke fike jike like flints against the introduction Into publia publIc amusa amusements ments bof bot of anything any thing tending tode to degrade the minds manners or morals of the community and to encourage courage sueh dramatic entertainments as are calculi calculated ted to promote virtue and a taste for that thac which will elevate refine and enno ennoble blei biel there is much dramatic ta lentin talent in th the id territory and nd it ought to be utilized for the thi common good and we hope to see the time when our amusements aswell as well as oun our apparel aud and all ali 11 our staple necessities will be like ilke the wine authorized in the sacrament 2 pure andt and good and of our own manufacture |