Show aa W omen ornen rule the theater and women 0 tl cannot be made perma enthusiastic over bently ta tag obay o bay a anything that is not wholesome wholes wholesome oie and pretty women in general have by FRANK mckee their approval to given e manager manasier of daly 9 theater new york city musical comedy but it must be al along ong perfectly honest and legitimate lines midnight supper scenes and show girls with suggestive lingerie in sextets octets and all the other formations have had their day the pretty faces are in greater demand than eer but they must be placed in settings that are nearer to nature as we know kno A it women make the atmosphere of a theater and when you QU have established a reputation for a playhouse that is of the kind that mrs grundy can send the girls to with safety you have to be careful not to undo it which can be done with one matinee and anyone who has the contract to sustain a theater s reputation and have it make money at the same time welcomes the growth of the fashion to the wholesome and better change that is coming over the theatrical world there is no business that is so susceptible to rapid change as the theatrical business and there is no institution that so reflects the sentiment of a people hundreds eds of plays are rejected every year because while they may b of the best construction and have all the finish of a good work they contain some idea that everyone of experience knows will be rejected by the public A playwright will make a fine play and make the biggest scene touch on religion which means failure before the thing has been read politics is almost as dangerous and the sex problem play cannot be more t than han a sporadic success and then only daws florn a class we want wholesome plays say the women aad wholesome plays well have to give them luth ii ith music and oos costumes ind other novelties just as attractive and new as in the oth othir r kind |