The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-02-25
SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
The Theater-The Drama-Vaudevill
Musical Comedy and Bur
lesque.

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i'' the "'''! hli'u OF amusement ne
amusementS of people naturally con
tribute much to the formation of their
character sncioIIy and iuLividuolly
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character Is at any gwen tlihc' Zen me
what forms IL mans amuSementS, and
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The Condition IN MILWAUKEE,.
am now concerned with the theatrr
i'm milwaukee,. not the country at large.
| am not going to give any free advcr-
tiscnent tn any of the Milwaukee the
atrical managers 10y adverse criticism.
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The Drama.
No ono can deny that most of the
plnys tI,nt hnyo hocu nroducrd here dur
ing the past wear have been morally
,I@,,, and ,,.h,insmmn Thrrn Lnyr hrru
among them some plays that have driy-
." nome t!n'' Elr"I u,''", 'ySs"''S ~
HlnIc 'uc''N' way 'h"n '""'u w u"p'
ny li' ".1S, '"Mril"l sr'i""'' Wv on,f
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~ SU'l' pa? Is "T' |" tlr E,rh VI Ipr-
uIaI "I,P''',"' I'"' I"r wien N"'H p''S
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lh' ITouhi' - WIN inc pIaH"rlEn' -
h'',N' o. Nholl AT present S'''ll Capap''
! 1nN "l IuallI an" lh'iioC'INe aUc'hp'S'
w" seem 10 h' IlVIlg III llhl' "i ara
mai,r St'rIH'N' bul th're are plenty OF
E""d paws from 1Ih'r DAYS |" draw
upon. ana we ought To- ne grateful Il"
ne Stock companies OF MllWankee Tor
having produced not Few oi them dur
ing the past year. 'll' only wonders
why they have I'lt untouched SO many
good plays
Mclodrama.
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of course it is utterly out of the question
ON a"Sth"lr grounds; but then the people
VINO reNcl IN halr-hrendth escapes,
rrouchng villains, Shrieking women
powder explosions, ana the like, know
little and care less for artistic excellence.
lhc mann question, IN our present con
Slderntion, Is what is the moral effect ON
the people who shout themselves hoarSc
at these thrilling productions. How can
II br anything but cdityingt The viii
lain IS always punished in the end; the
nero IS always shown To be noble and
mauly, and Is duly rewarded; the limo
cent young maiden always comes ont Of
Ter borrowing experiences with her in
noceuco untarnished. Right is right aud
Wrore is wrong; right is always reward
cd al" wrong Is always punished; these
are the more important lessons that are
being lnStillcd into the ardent patrons Of