Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-29 | Page 4 | President Taft Displeased.

iT T. FT DISPLEASED While A A. pIA play called The Reveller was presenting at a n Washington theatre President Taft and party tty i looked ed on during the first act Th Then n 1 I when whon the curtain went down tho the thoI President and his friends left ert the I theatre Afterward ho stated ho he did dill I not like the pIa play The Tho reason renson l ID s r very ory clear The play Is In not a good one It deals ale with characters char char- actors taken from disreputable places pIneo and tho the sentiments expressed are nrc of ut tho the questionable kind lelnd which offend wherever cr uttered The rho whole move move- movement ment mont of or tho piece picco lies 1168 In unworthy surroundings It Is 18 the sort of ot play pIny that never no should have ha been staged And It la it I one of ot the which will f suitor disapproval al of ot good J t 0 v f I I. I tt ID I a i men is expressed as the President ox c ex expressed pressed his disapproval on the tho night In Que question lIon It Is as unnecessary unnecessary ao as aol unlovely There is 18 e so much of merit within the reach of ot the pen of or tho dramatist that risque plays plas have ha no excuse for tor offerIng offer offer- Ing The country I Is to be ct congratulated that the President of ot the tho United States State declines to give tho the approval of ot his presence at plays plas of or Immoral tendencies ton ton- that ho plainly expresses his disapproval when the tho make believe life lite on the stage is 18 dirt dirty The example of ot hl his action In leaving the theater will have ha a good effect on men and women who write plays It will wUl have an Influence In Influence In- In fluence on the people who go KO to tA t theatre And the the result of ot It all will be an added impetus to tho the good plays and those actors who are arc able to get et something something some some- best instead In Instead InStead In- In thing Interesting out of ot the stead of ot out of ot the worst phases o 0 of human life lito