Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-21

wotkman'a thes,er. The unsettled
state Of public sentiment In mani
Countries at the present time remind
the observer Of the period preceding
the French revolution, and when II u
remembered that one Of the factors u
that great drama, one that hurried OF
the events at least, was the production
Of Boaumarchais's famous comedy b'
Marriage dc Figaro, the establishment
OF such . tbrater NJ nm instrument oil
agitation cannot be considered un'
important.
Concerning the openingof the new
place Of amusement the following ao'
count 10 giycni
The fret evenings performance Of
the wofSman's theater was attended
by q large audience OF the artisan
class, who brAved the inolomoncy Of
the weather In order TO be present In
force. The aims Of the theaief were
explained by the chairman, Herr Paul
Kovafy. He fiut denounced tho er'
listing tbcater, the performances oil
which, IN his opinion, afford the plain
est proof that Gin the middle classss
there Ia no need ~ education" This
being the attitude Of the middle class
10 respect 10 itself, the middle clRsS,
10 said, imagines tina, the working
clane, ais, have no need Of education.
rhe state, therefore. does nothing In
that direction for he people, thus NJ
fofding = contrast 10 the policy pur'
sued In ancient Rome and Greece,
where the people were given oppofiu.
mites Of witnessing the beet dramatic
representations free st the cost Of the
state. Everything that would plehse
tho Austrian public, said the speaker,
was forbidden by the censor. AIT
must not for all time DO the servant
OF the ruling classe,; It could only
achieve Ito highest uss and expression
when 10 easily made its way amsng
the broadcast slrala OF society. II the
state raised taxes 10 supply the most
indispensable necessities OF life, II was
also bound, on the other hand, 10 do
something for culture. This Work.
mans Thsater society would therefore
make " its business ~ prompt tbs the
atsrs 10 give popular performances nj
popular priccs; II would give reception
evenings TO which disting nished at-
tisls had already promised TO contribute
their services; IL would give popular
classical concerts and would establish
An>1tensive library Of an intellectual
character. The society aimed at be.
coming As large as tue Peoples INDIE
pendent Thester society In Berlin,
which began with twenty-sight mem.
bers and has now between 5000 and
10000. He ended his speech with a
reference 10 Frederick Engelp, whom
he described ~ tho greatest lieutenant
ofths grsstest social democratic fighter,
Karl Marx, who had provided social
democracy With arms, and had sharp.
oneJ the sword against society as n |
now sxisis. Al these words the audi
enec rose from their seats with onthuti. |
asm, whsreupon Her Hans Bernauer, |
notwithstanding the Norkmsn's |
ThsAtsr, reoited . venifiod lament for |
Friedrich EDgels, which called forth |
storms OF applause. a number OF |
tclthlOnt from clhrslch WORKS Iols /
lowed. Herr BsrnAuor reoited the /
fret scens OF Lady Milford, from
Schiller's Kabals aud Liebe. He pre-.
csded his recitation bya liitls sketch
OF sohiller's play, In which no said |
that tho poet bad wished 10 depict Ia |
hls drama OF the middle classes tho
contemplate nature OF the nobility "sf |
that time" he added, alter a pause,
tho complete abandonment OF the high.
born ''of that time" In tue play a
prince II mentioned. WHO, In order 10
give Jewels TO . woman, has com.
plstsly ruined his people by the sxac-
ton OF taxes. This sketch, filled Ne 10
was with more than ono witty poliii.
cal double entendfs, was greatly Ts-
llshed by the audience. Herr BornRusr
then feciled the Ruili scene from VIII
liam Toll, describing 1t Us a meeting Ia
the opsn air, (Which, incomprehenpi-
bly, enough, wss not forbidden by |
Grssler's police.p Tho scene VI the |
mutinous citizvnH, from the firbt act OF |
bhakespsAre's COriolAnus, was also |
given, and the proceedings ended with |
the singing Of the Song OF Labor.