The sun., 1900-12-09

oafe-f shr enjoys greater rubHc rsteen
10 da,, ploba' ", thsn she ever did In hei fe
isfpfr Vet icw women ~ Tho stpse wWilf {"
vlling a. frteEo the ttiuWphs ~ Youth fnf The
insurance ~ IN appreciated old age
I have Alvavs wondered ~ Tho frpusnance
~ tlo dtrasnnker Ia accept anv Kind ~ Tt"ds
a. bs made 70. said the woman who had to
think ~ how much she spent On hrt dressing.
but | WIS able Ia understand II well enough
tho other dny I WA going Through tho usual
nr-i interview had heard that ~" vas
cheap and was trying 10 nnd out from curN"f-
s,tion with hrr Il she were lisrly TO be- jusl as
inefficient a, most Of tho cheap ones had ttcd
In the pt-t
After q short talk sav that she showed
slgn- uf tn'o.hgcno" and Nls prepared t"
carry ucguiiatrn- - ht'l" further. ! Vurl'd,
go usual. u-lIplV IN" material, and sh, ngi''h
IN ~" rather condc-c' ndiug manner that all
~ them show whrn arproa' he'd 90 J.. subject
5ll" WI, wiling. she said. 10 d. n II had MAO"
AL my arrangements although she fon ~
d,dn care NJ AL 20 mako ~ other peoples
material. and much preferred 10 supply lh@
goods Happened 10 know What Tho goods
wanted would cost. 7 had bought fifteen
yard- q the very beat kind and knew tha' "
what tho cost would be- She thought for n
f"w monrnt, and said she would supply the
material and make ny dress 9t the Mnh
! supplied tho material. was Ia bo Ec. lhat
Included sowing and rv"rything r"cessrrv To-
paho un m" gnr'n"nt by ,hat aJrH,ns",nsnl ,
cost would be sico
=, From, that time hav" nlwar~ nrd"r.tooiH
tc Gr".'WIR'r3 great desire q" iruNi" gu
materials. Their" was an oNc'ss VI SO IN the
cost Of the dress n thu woman wanted To- MAKE
IL Ihcru Wa Ne question 90 difference IN ~"
quality Of ta" goods. y, ! knew what the very
he,L cost, and lad bought The highest nrc"d
Nl.aH f1r hn
maker. as she doubtless had some understand
ing with the lrn which enabled her to buy at
price lower than the casual customer
\ woman playwright recently read pnrer
before one %; the clubs formed by members
Of her own sex for the discussion of all kinds
Of subjects. and declared that good women
were never Interesting. and that the hcrcine-
Of plays were compelled noautlays 10 have
pasts and other adjuncts which. however de-
sirable they NAV be n features Of a heroine.
are not in the least likely to recommend their
posSessor to the consideration Of good society.
The speaker who maintains this theory never
wrote but one play Of Importance aHd the hero
q. that was 'uelk thief 50 her objections
to morality IN stage tyres are eyld"ntly not
hero was suChsj character tn" play i3I"d Z!
meet with anything like the prosperity Il would
have enjoyed II the spectators had been able
nglre But nobody could take Interest N a
TIN cf. however presented II a woman had
bpcn stealing through three acts ~ this man
did, there would have been no more feeling for
ler II this dramatlst intends q put into
practical operation her theories about wicked
heroine- she will probably have a. much cause
To- be regrctful about them as she now has
about the u-e OF a sinful hero.
Women who are or have been wicked TAIL to
attract on the stage. chiefly because their own
sex takcs little interest in them Women who
go to theatres sympathize much more with
one OF their sisters in distress when that dis
treSs is not the result of her own wickedneSs
or weakness, than when she has deliberately
brought trouble on herself through her own
actions The theatres III America depend on
the support OF women Tho plays must Tor
that reason. rather glorify women than other
wise, and when the end comes II must be the
woman that triumphs IL would be absurd to
say that the women OF this country desire 70
see an unworthy woman made Il heroine. Most
wives. sweetheartS or mothers, and their IN
terests are not in impure persons or things
he PLAYS with heroines of immoral life have
been popular in spite Of TINS circumstance ana
not on account Of 1t Some human element
in the plav. apart from this quality. has won
favor for them. and not the circumstance that
the heroine was sinful ,
crriny heroine is Camille" lhc wonderful
vitality of thlt famous drama has led many
persons t. cite IL a. an instance OF the vogue
10 o-si blr t. an immoral play and Dumas's drama
Il immoral II ever one was, because II VIoflcs
n sinful life But not this feature Of the play
mGde its great popularity. It's love story ap-
peais stronglr t. the sentiments or women VINO
enjoy such episodes. Camille
made It's popularity not on account OF lts nero
inc. but IN spite uI 1t.