Show I 1 I 1 1 1 CHATI reverend revel end IN morgan forgan dix a clergyman of new york ork who has attained atta ned something somei I 1 ot of national famo fame ie is the latest pulpit doctor to attack the stage it diffene little from the tile dozens and scores of screeds that its have vo emanated from other preachers except that it comes from froma a higher source hen a minister faila fails to attract attention in in any other I 1 way lio lie can generally retrieve lost gro ground u ii I 1 by petting getting in a few hard licks at the tile theater aa As however how ever this last I 1 attack comes from one whose whoso church is headily tea dily filled it deserves a little more attention than the regulation sensation evolved by toy pulpit declarers dec lamers it is a strange thing that tile rev morgan hor a n 1 dix t x a and ild his ilia colleagues cannot sec that etli the ep people eople are arc bound to have amusement hat all the sermons on oil earth canna dm away this desire and that if the stage needs correction a better way would be to offer some reforms rather than to try to demolish it it is some times thou thought 11 lit that the pulpit itself is is not above reproach and those throwing stone I 1 should look a leedio leedle for their own plate glass establishments stuart robson Il has for a number of odears years i kept a scrapbook scrap book of clipping clippings arcin newspapers detailing the adulteries em ments murder s and scandals of tile clergy whenever er any of the tile cloth pitch onto the dramatic profession for its shortcomings sir robson brings forth ills book which bears a resemblance in in size size to websters eb dictionary the tile comedian will doubtless jos loan n tho the work woric to rev dix for his edification and meditation should that holy hoi gentleman dere desire mr robson by no means contends that his ills compilation of shameless deeds perpetrated grated under the sanctity of tile cloth lot i reflects rc flecta a general villainy villain of the pul pulpit pit but it dots does seem chattoo eliat too many ia of t alio to preachers whose office should 10 r teach them charity single out the ex or amalea of I 1 immorality arr among iong actors and I 1 bol hold them aloft as a type of the entire itse nine times out butof of ten tell tile know nothing by exper lenco of what thov they the stage it is however to u tempting a subject whereby to attain it notoriety that many preachers ors cannot resist i the tile opportunity I 1 let any alain ity befall a com community and tho dramatic profession sion is 13 first to I 1 respond with bon benefits elite let any an acci dent occur to man inan woman or child and the actor is is the tile first nr t nian mail to go down into 1 his 1 pocket for assistance let any worthy E causo offer itself and the dra profession proffers not simply consolation and sympathy but goo good I 1 substantial ass assistance I 1 stance if any of these 0 good works of the stage have over ever been taken for tho the subject of sunday dis course it lias has eo so far failed to como to my notice it is always the transgressions of tho the atao that tho tile pulpit singles out bout for comment 4 would bo be tho tile outcry should tho the pt faase lire hit bit back in in similar fashion at its calumniators what liat aliat for 1 exan example I 1 le would bo be the liuo huc and cry arv raised against hallen hart if it I 1 in portraying 0 o tho tile man mail of one idea the tho fellow e I 1 low with a hobby bobby they should picture an I 1 example frequently found at the I 1 head ead I 1 1 of tho the church a man whole who is forever attacking the sins of maril mankind ind while secretly F engaged in in practicing in his ills own nicest instantly a howl would be raised that hallen A hart were i nis ep resenting the holy cause that they were vere singling out a man false to his profession fes sion and presenting him as a samp sample le of the tile whole yet et is not that exactly what those who attack tile stage aro are constantly doing the tile county lair fair which forms the tile sole attraction of the tile present week corni comi corning comins ins ing thursday evening i is is one of those pictures pictures taken from country I 1 life ile and transferred to the stage which never cease to tickle tho the theater goer A play of tills this kind hasa I 1 as i bis big advantage over tile ordin ordinary azy play in that it touches all classes of theater goers instead of having to seek patronage 1 t r 0 nage from one element the classical li c 1 1 pieces feces naturally picaso the cultured the force faree co comedies ill edles catch uio the I 1 lower classes the 0 opera p or goes home to I 1 the tile I 1 music lover but a play like tho the county fair I air or the old homestead I 1 lias has every class to d draw from neil eil burgess has in tins this all interest ins inz play a mino mine in in which the ore runa runs 0 high grade and the vein 1 never ever 1 pinches the sight of tile horse r race a e co on the stage ia Is as exhilarating as any that takes place on the lf genuine genuino track and tho tile acx anai F eav with which the tile amusement lover regards tho tile outcome tho tile two horses flying neck and neck to tho tile wire has nothing more exciting on oil the regulation grandstand grand stand it is probably as 11 cleverand clever and realistic a device in this R stage mechanism by which the race is i portrayed portray edas as any ever invented with r this as a climax and all the homely 1 1 quaint scenes leading to it tile county fair stands out as one of the greatest blast moneymaking money making attractions of the tl last ten years and bv by the way it would be decidedly inter interesting stang to have tile rev morgan dix while ber berating a tina the stage to asit tile theater nn and see if it he can discover di cover any adv thing impure illi ure in in tendency in this popular play certainly no sermon of tile able pulpit orator ever carried euch such fervor awakened better thoughts flits than tins this drama so prettily pic pictured turca by niel burgess 13 u igess after a season of most extraordinary 1 ar AK success anza all blabs goes its back ek to its no native e chicago heath beath next week new ney york ork has always claimed tho the lionor honor of originating an and setting the tile pace of theatrical attractions 01 0 1 but in in the line of operatic spec lend lenderson creon lias as called gotham down not ot having taken charge of the tile grand in time to secure tins this extra extraordinary ord spectacle le manager tanager peery was ivas f forced to see ali baba go by ogden this year the next time henderson turns westward war how ever which bich will bo be atthe at alio expiration of the tile worlds Norl ds fair air u peery hopes lo 10 have ogden on oil the list I 1 aex orx bowes of the grand I 1 is 3 now manipulating the affairs of fit alio auditorium at kansas city if it our old ogden man succeeds in making his ilia new now institution a go he lie will have surpassed a good man many able predecessors in in that line the auditorium udit was originally erected in in kansas boom days by colonel warder ardor a weil wealthy tily poet of the big missouri river town etwas a larger bite than the pay gay colonel could swallow and from one manager to another it has bas Is fallen len in succession with an all e end adless less amount of bleken bickering ing law jaw suits and personal contention though the tile prettiest of kansas kaneas theaters it was too far from the center of the crowds to mt get the audiences manager bowes haa as booked k a nice line of attractions for hi his house opening with richard mansfield I 1 that noted and notorious actor rather queer queered edIble his engagement however by I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 criticizing those who were present for not being there in I 1 n fuller numbers mr bowes old ogden friends will watch with curious interest his career in his hr position wishing him tho the best success hallein hart and hit lilt cm em hard bard seem an alliteration very appropriate to appropriate judge of tho tile report of t their leir doings around the country though for a number of years a popular team I 1 they this year are one of the attractions which name their own terms unfortunately tor for the managers of the local theaters I 1 wherever a etar star or play makes a big hit lilt the tile screws are turned by those who control such buell attractions tr knowing tho the demand they they are in such special attractions can offer terms to suit themselves hallen hart have for years been a stand standard ard attraction of the country this season however since the hit lilt attending tho the idea they have been demanding terms beyond any previously known though it savors a little ittle of the bostonians manager tanager pecry peery has given them a guarantee in order to secure the new production i oll this will bo be one of next weeks features stace chow chow chicago is to have an under ground theater 6 jeffrey lewis an all actress of international fame but who went to pieces under dissipation is trying to climb tile ladder again lias has gone to europe taki taking ll 11 g with him and laughing at ti alio to women who wept over him peter jackson tho tile colored pugilist ogden recently heard in undo uncle tom is now one of tile attractions of the worlds fair city virginia II arned tho the leaah leading I 1 9 lady ladt of E 11 II sothern broke her ankle in california recently and now has to act with the injured member done up in splints corbett appears for tho the first time on tho tile stage of his native city san francisco next monday mrs arbett Corbet fc per there will bo be some handsome floral tributes on the occasion |