The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-07


gomen. by women and In the interests
" women only. There Is only one
weak spot IN this armor Of feminlnity.
md that h the fact that the manager
= TO be a man. but the ladies who are
he soul Of the enterprise say he will
Tot count. AZ. like the rest OF his sex.
ie will merely be their slave.
Au serieux. though. Il Is TO be
genuine place for women. The White
heater, where only plays Of absolute
iurity were TO be tolerated. was the
irst entrance Of woman into the man
,gerlal capacity This Victory gave
uch confidence TO the women that they
Sere determined 10 star their own
IDEAS exclusively. and the result n the
Theatre Femlnlste The establishment
not TO be limited No pcnt up
France will conhne rs powers. aud the
aides OF every country will be az lib
,riy TO air their grievances. assert
heir privileges and defend their inter-
sls through the medium Of the drama
Dr. the opera.
For a long time the question Of man
igoment was discussed pro and con by
he members Of the club which had
he project In hand. Opinion was d.
'lded. not o. 10 the ability OF woman 10
AXE entire charge of every delall. but
a. to whether Il would not be wise 10
aave some man to do the drudgery and
let the honor and glory be the lot OF
he women. Finally. Il was decided
hat u man could be- found who
sould face the prospee, he should be
engaged on the spot A. the French
man Ia fond Of excitement and loves TO
brave adventure. che necessary male
vas easily discovered and has already
become the Adam In this otherwise
Adamless Eden.
Il Is provided In the agreement that
he shall receive instructions from the
executive committee OF the board OF
directors. which h composed OF Ave
aomen. Thus Gar he has accomplished
the unparalleled feat OF pleasing an
I've. and Ia very popular The cireul-
ars or advance announcements % the
lheaier and Us purposes do not bear
the name Of the manager. but state
that The tneater h under the sole con-
troll Of the board OF directors. composed
entirely Of women. They further state
that only plays treating OF womans
rights will be presented. unless some
especially good play by n woman re-
ceives the Endorsement OF the commit.
tee.
Another committee Of directors
bears the title Of Committee on Plays
Is duty IL 10 pass on an plays which
are presented 10 u. sit the wheat from
he ohafi. and then submit lis selection
to the full board Of directors for ap-
prevail Each play IL 10 be read
through TO the board. aud then. 10 IN
sure acceptance. the authorcss. or pos
sibly the auihos. mus incorporate an
suggestions Of The board The unklnd
men who have he,rd Of this project
say that he who runs ard reads may
attend one performance but that he
who reads viii run after seeing a sec
and announcement thereof.
Aside from the manager. the only
condition under which men can hope
% obtain a little scrap o. the succ bee
which this theater. according 20 o.
projectors. Is sure 10 attain is 10 write
plays or musical compositions which
viii bear on the subject Of womana
rights The authors OF these Efforts
may come from any part q the world
they wish to. and their nationality VIII
be- considered no bar. The ladies say
that the men will be criticised In that
same spirit Of fairness In which
woman always considers her own sex.
and therefore they may be sure Of alb
ioluie justice
Nine. Loevy. who win direct the FOR.
elgn department OF the new theater.
Ia very decided IN her statements az
TO the purpose and probable result Of
the enterprise Heretofore. she says.
the fact that play was written by
woman has been sufficient Ia most IN.
stances to insure lts failure. The only
instances where this has nc; been the
case have occurred In the United
States Now this sort OF thing Is to
end Women ATE to have the prCced.
enoe In AZ least one thcater pnd the
men viii have to take second place.
n they are sufficiently fortunate to
enrfra any nlaea NJ All