Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-07-06

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hibited In all its allurenests, md too
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bare that the woof Of sin and shame is
seen throughout.
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fore male audiences enjoying their NOR
bid appetites, what must be the character
of tho female pogformersi Honor for the
sex, and that modesty which 10 the abid-
ing evidence Of virtue, would preclude
the supposition that many ore reputable.
Of such that are, pitiable 10 the hard fate
that drives them to such dernier resorts
for a livelihood, Tc such as are not, the
field 10 one that promises good harvest.
Under professional garb their nefarious
traffic can be advanced; since in fulfilling
their contract with the managers they are
furnished with ready opportunities to
make others with admirers and nOvices
in the audience.
Hence the immodesty of dress and in
decorous action, song and speech; or,
when no professional talent is possessed,
the exhibition of the female form and
figure, clothed in IN artificial epidermis
about as thin and close fitting IS the nat
ural, as model artistic.
Tho ballet here il also prostitated.
Once it was play in itself, which was
beautifully acted in pantomine, or it's
story pleasingly told in tho "poetry Of
notion" Then its dress was becoming,
and its appropriateness recognized. But
upon the night of the introduction in
this country Of the light skirts, silken
hose and flowing drapery, all the ladies
rose and left the theater.
And its dress has been growing shorter,
more scant and Elusive to the present
style, which approximates the abo.
riginal.
The ballet is no longer play, graceful
in charm aud action, but only a divertisc-
ment, senseless and ungraceful, aud of
doubtful propriety even in its best pres
entation at reputable theatres, and under
restraining and restricting influence in
the presence of ladies and gentlemen
while in the places of amusement under
consideration it has come to be nothing
but an unattractive exhibition of muscu-
lar feats, genufexions and bodily contor-
tions, which, in its immodesty Of dress,
makes the performance disgraceful even
to variety audience.
Another prominent and Objectionable
exhibition at these popular places of re-
sort, is the frequent if not nightly ap-
pearance of some of the female perform
ers in male attire, which is usually of
fine texture and cut to fit. The stage
occasion for the apparel is not apparent,
since it is more frequently donned In solo
performances than otherwise. Ostensi.
bly,, it is worn to display the form and
figure, either natural or made.up, and is
therefore to be condemned. A female
seen on the street in male attire, however
appropriate, and concealing as it may her
sex from the thousands of Observer, will,
if recognized by the authorities, be ar
rested and locked up. Upon the stage,
however, the exhibition may be public,
and for the purpose Of that display which
caters to the appetite Of tho morbid be-
holder, and there It 10 all right.
IL it right Should not such places of
resort be under the surveillance Of the
police and judicial censurei Otherwise
will they not become the licensed porti-
Coz of the city broshelsi Male sudisnces
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