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Show TRIAL OF OLGA NETHERSOLE. New York. Feb. 27. Olg-a Nethersole, the actress, appeared in the Center street court, wheie the examination was resumed into the question a to whether wheth-er 'Sapho" is an immoral plav. She came in with Hamilton BeVell. her leading man; Marcus Mayer, her manager man-ager and Abe Hummell, her attorney. The hearing was private. The first witness for the session was' Mrs. Almon Hensley, president of the Society For the Study of Life. Other-witnesses Other-witnesses subpoenaed to testify at the hearing were Mrs. Julius Harburger Mn A M Harris of the New York Mothers club Mrs. Amelia M. S Cal-,ns Cal-,ns ,the Study of Life; and Dr. ! loxe F. Church ThaM i dramatic critics among the witnesses. "Sapho" is a dirty little French play, the product of a dirty little French mind, and produced in New York by a dirty little Hebrew manager with a dirty little American actress as the star. Therefore it is not to be wondered at that the womanhood of New York should arise in a body and offer solemn ivrotest againsf this suggestive and filthy production. Considering that the "Turtle" ran all lant winter in New York, unmolested by the authorities, and which brought thout-ands of dollars to the coffers of Billy Brady, the manager of prize fighters fight-ers and red-headed soubrettes, the play in w hich Misa Nethersole is the '-chief actress, must be exceptionally bad Indeed, In-deed, it is no surprise that even in New lork it should be the subject of police Interference. How the American stage is deeener ating? Nut hat all the mJn and Sen i wno are on the stag; today are de g-eneratets. Far from it. There are jus . a.s pure and noble and elevating mind 5 on our stage today as ever before h , the history of the country. But th . managers of the New York drama thi syndicate that controls all the the atrers along Broadway are striving t prostitute art for the dollar. How wel they have succeeded ia shown by the thousands of vulgarians who flock tc see "SarAo" at from $2 to ?3 a head. Vastly different, indeed, was the dramatic dra-matic school to which the late Augustin Daly, playwright and manager, belonged. belong-ed. The keystone of his rmccess was the cleanness and purity and wit of his productions. His life work has left a profound impression upon the American Ameri-can mind, and the contrast between his school of dramatic art and the school of the Broadway syndicate tod.iy I is indeed rtriking. I |