The sun., 1905-11-05
DRAMATIC CENSOR M'ADOO.
"MRS. WARREN" AND THE TYR
AMI or P0IhCE AND PRESS.
McAd0O the Anthony COmstOck OF the In.
telligent Drama-T Scarlet Woman
on Either Side VI BrOadway-Shake.
spcare with Scenery anu without.

that centred in Arnold Dolv,s nroduction
of "Mrs. Warron's Profession" but not
for the reason that has Ieen an loudly
urpel let II he oran,od tbot thonlav ia in
telIectuollv sbollovv ond esthetically bad
no ono could In mora deenlv oonvinccd
as ITO this than mr. moro FRANKLY outsnoknn
Tho ia ct remoins that the oflaroes il oorn,rils
are sli,bt and negligible co,nnarcd to those
of the Americnn nrl,Iic tho American nress
and tbe nolico nf tbis so-callad ,,otropolis
No ona who saw tho crowd that naci,od
the Carricl, and mohhed its doors ccrld
Doubt thot its MO- ailing snirit was the
nr,1riar oe ~ noonIn yho bove NOT reoched
intollect,,nl ,rbnr,v NJ ono aware of
tho ,,,,r,,or. ar H. ,lo, oo,ld rou ,o oo,
In tbe oor,nopt. ~ ,,o yroe, tha eens,tion-
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stino, ~ cleornoss opI f,irnoss
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tha n,,riton hos rnotires for hoI,i;,1 ~
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ar .rtiola m tba front noge ~ tho goroI5
,vh,ob dis,ars IRON, r,arv s1,ch onII, IN hoing
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=. dIs"ns - i1,t,,nratit,.
II gIoriaes debgucherv.
1t besmirchcs the sacrednass OF n cleroy-
mans calling.
1t pictures children and parents living In
calm observance OF most unhoiy relations
Is it necessary, even in this year of dis
grace, to point out that an author, and
So most of all dramatic author, isnot to be
heldresp onsiF lie for the opinions of his char
actersi Mra. Warren defends the career
of a prostitute and procuress as better
than being crushed and brutali2ed by the
modern economic system. But no glamour
is thrown about this harlots life. There is
not trace of the false appeal to sentiment,
OF the emotional glorifcaton Of the cour-
tesan that has 80 long been aprlauded in
Camille" The spirit of sheer hard truth is
over it and in it all. At the outset of the
play Mrs. Warren seems to have one chance
of regeneration-in her love for her
daughter. But being what she is this is no
chance at all She loses Eirte forever, and
sinks irreclaimably into the mire. As
Ao ,Iorifoolion Of d.ha,,ohe,-,, Il ;s e,.a,,
mora astonishing But nerhone ,he alh,-
aionEs to Mrs UGrrcn,s oristocrati tic nortner
in bavdrv Sir Georoe CroHsp He realizes
az ner cant on his business investment
and with the proceeds has sopsed his soui
IN au of the soven daadlv sins witbort
losa NJ eooiaI standing among county fami-
lias 10 tbo c,ntlemen cannhIe Of making
,o,yo,,on.r conitaI NV craatfrr the nresent
.ansation tbis must indead scam a oIor;.
6cation
Ao for tbe sooroI,ess or tLe c,ergvman,s
calling "a II to he hesmirched bv the de-
,iotion of tbe hIack sheen in the fold2 Tn
no;nt of fact the Pcr Samuel Gardner
LoIop,s to n tvre that bas bean notorious
IN Iifa apd ramnont in Iiterature for cen.
,r,ias ,nd naver n word or nro.ost
TIE unbol,, relations i, calm observance
-, ,rhtol, thosa pora,ts and chiIdrer live
<bavo confe.a tins far elncled me. Young
Gord;ner onenlv insults and renrobates his
so,har and V;y;e Lids her mother n erern
and calm pood-hv.
One and all the HerqNs charges are
false. Assuming common intelligence on
thn mart of their author, thev are inten-
tionaIIv false
In such n mess OF calculated sensation
alsm and venal hypocrisy it Is not strange
that the real monstrosity of the play should
have escaped notice. Small chance here
for tbat c-itiDa1 hOnecty which ma kea N