The times., 1899-04-02

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Inehts are given on that night in New Or
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some to be the best governed mpnioinat;ty
| IN the East New York, too, Is graduaIIv
giving way to the demand made that th,
workfngman's only holiday shall NOT ba
the dreariest portion OF the week. and vet
none OF these places has as vet been
swallowed UP In birthstone or otherwise
wiped of the face of the earth.
The fact Of the whole matter is thar m
practical or tangible objection can be raiss
ed against performances on the Sabha,b
and that. indeed. their tendency Is TO beus
NJ morally and otherwise That this is true
IS established by the fact that those who
were anxious TO stop them here were up
able TO do So Legislators are generally so
anxious 10 legislate that giarirg evils can
not go long without correction. and nothing
is mere eloquent than the incident that the
seh-constituted Reform League was oblig
ed TO dig up forgotten statute of seven
decades ago and to endsavor holding IL
over the heads OF the people OF TODAY
II TINS had been found effectuaI 1t might
only have been a matter of time befo-a
some cid regulation against sewing afta-
sundown on Saturday would have besn ra-
Vived and brardished in the faces of those
VINO are too busy attending to their own
affairs to meddle with those Of others.
That over three thousand persons at
tended last Sundays concerts is GER
tainly proof that the public gladly wei
comes chance OF relaxation after a
period OF labor. Just exactly what Grant
an outsider has to step in and declare that
these men and women shall not be amused
1t is difficult TO say. The laws OF ethics
declare that human being has a perfect
tight to do as he pleases so long as the
accomplishment OF his desires Injuries no
one IL would be hard to show how the
TACT that one person attends a theatre can
lnJure another. There is no law compell-
ing those who are anxious not to witness
performances on Sunday to do so and this
Deing true 1t seems quite as presumptuols
Tor them to demand that their neighbors
stay at home as it would be for the afore-
said neighbors to insist upon their pres
enee.
The people who know that it is ON Sun
day night that the worst districts OF Wash
fngton are thronged and that houses os
questionable repute do their most thirty
ing business then cannot but ask IL il
would not be better to give the drifting
clement of the population something bet
ter TO do than to expend money in preach
ing to it TO go somewhere and be good and
bored. Certainly there can be no evil in
line that is drawn to show that band
concert or lecture is not degrading while
song or witticism is. To dispassionate
thinkers 1t would seem that church people
should be the first to favor the opening Of
the theatres on Sunday evenings.
There is one class of men who are more
or less hurt by these special performances
that which is obliged to labor the ex-
ira time in cases where they are given
The Actors Society OF America and other
like organizations have been agitating this
matter for some years. Irrespective OF the
fact that players are not the only individ
uais who are obliged to toll seven days
in the week and that they might be ex-
pected to count the added labor merely as
one OF the discounts of the profession.
this side of the question hardly comes
within the affair under discussion The
local sacred concerts" have added more
trouble TO the lot of Washington's dra-
matte critics than to that of anyone else.
Perhaps this unusual work is hardly to
be expected OF actors or newspaper men.
But that is a subject for private argument
between employer and employe-nOt any
thlng that the clergy need bother about
summed up the present fracas appears
TO be Veritably tempest in 4 teapot and
an unpleasant tempest at that II seems
difficult to imagine what right one class
OF people has to interfere with the enjoy
ments of another so long as the said en-
loyments have. nothing to do with those
outside. On the surface Sunday seems as
good day for entertainment as any other
but without attempting to decide that
point. it may be stated that il it is not
one can hardly see how the matter con-
Germs anyone save the individuals who de
sire TO be amused on that evening The
Reform League has-tO use a vuIgarism-
got its finger in someone else's pie
Until after tomorrow nights performance
1f "Trilby" at the Columbia Theatre has
given the amateur and professional critics
1f Washington opportunity to Judge the
merit OF I. Daniel Frawley's organization.
which is to make its home at that house
or some time to come. it cannot be stated
whether the company is creditable or NOT
But one thing is certain in connection with
he event-that within recent years no such
aggregation of players has been gathered
lere for even a brief season, and the PROM
Sc of worth is accordingly great Mean
while the advent of the new combil Ition
,annot but be a matter of interest to local
and. accordingly. The
Times publishes today pictures of the mors
important members of the troupe.
OF the newcomers, T. Daniel Fraw-
ey was born and reared in Wash
ngton- He went On the stage at
he age OF seventeen, as the low comedian
y
harged for incompeteney. he shortly after
occurred a part with an organization pre-
enting only Farmers Daughter" and
net with some degree OF success. After six
ears spent in transforming. Mr. Frawlsy
vas engaged to support W. Fl. Crane in
The Senator" Later on he created con-
derable talk by his impersonations in
Alabama and The Old Homestead. as
veil as through his work with Neil Bur
ess. Eight years ago he entered
he managerial field as proprietor
( piece. called Sister Mary
he Triumph of the FrawIey Com
any in San Francisco soon fol-
owed. and while attending the fortunes OF
is people on the Pacific Coast the Wash
ngtonian was seen in the title roe OF
Captain Swift" as Miles O'Hara in The
llt," as the Duke in The Dancing Girl
nd in the name part of AN Enemy 10 tie
King" All of these called for comment.
nd their quick succession established Mr.
'rawley as an actor in the Golden Gsts
,ity even as he had already been estab-
shed as a manager.
Geoffrey Stein. like Mr.. Frawley. is
ative OF Washington, and took up the
heatrical profession some seven s. asons
go. beginning his career in company