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Show Has The Woman With a "Past" I A Right to a Happy Future ? 1 . T NK YORK, lec S- Has the wo.-1 rum w'lh a "past" the right to marry? Has the girl who hns sinned against society and herself the right to become be-come the wife of some mm who believes be-lieves in het and the mother of his children? n he is Ignorant of her mistakes mis-takes la she justified In kecpihaj him so in order to secure her own happl neon? And If he finds out and proves broad enough to wipe the girl's "p.is" from the slate of his remembrance has thltf g rl Hie right to accept his sacrifice? PijOTEsi i PAvqn These aae some of the questions which Florence Heed has to flbclde M her portrayal of Irene Moreland, the heroine dj The Mirage," ihe new pla which has aroused such great interest on Kroadwa.v Thi is the situation which has stirred hundreds who have seen "The Mirage' to write Us author au-thor a strange metlfey of protest and approbation. These letters are a keen Commentary on 'he divergent ideas of men and women, for almost always the male writer Is ready to forgive Rene for her "past." U OMJ N Ml ill f l.ls ThC men who see the play want h-r Buffering wiped out with an immediate happiness in ihe protection of Hie man she loves The women in Miss Read B great audiences are less plllful to their sister They have proven themselves rather merciless in their demand that She expiate her sin; thai she "pay to the uttermost farthing." 1 11. y .iriiv with R'sni herself that she Should firs! m-.krr herself 'fit" to be "a good man's w ife " "Quite so," conus the honest chuclde Of the men. 'But first find the g.uiil man' If men were saints they would hn.e a right tu expect the women Ihey marry in have lived blameless lives Being what they are well, ihey have no right to expect more than they are able lo give." present tbe age-old question in "ihe Miraci ' |