The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21
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Trt seems to me- said Rfr. Dooisy. ~ftss time these here attacks on Art shud be stopped"
 'Twhat's tn msttherr" asked Mir. Hennessy.
 nsrrow-minded people, who have no 1dee iv Art at ali are maxim an at- sack on th. modhsrn stage. They say sk Is immoral, an has a bad effect on tn youth if tn land an ought to De reformed. An why. ask ye? Sim piy because iy tn tnthrest in Art an Fr no other reason, tn theatrical man. agers. iy< th' country are eliminating elothing as inartistic an are attimpt- ing to reprojooce life as 1t exists in parts iv tn. wurruld welI-known to tn poll. f'r tn, binint iv humanity.
 wIf's a disgrace to- our civilization to have what leading Mind in tn theatrical syndicate has called bone. headed purfsts interferin' with tn prorress iv Culture. don't know how 1t all started. But, faith. I don't know how anything started in this gioryous 5counthry iv ours. As Hogan says. ye disiodge Q pebble. an'stt rolls down hiil and becomes hurricane at th' bottom. An so # Is with moral wave. sofnewan goes to tn theaytre an sees an actor lady on tn stage dhressed f,r sleep if she hadn't frgot- ian something an tn first thing ye know th' second lady firm tn left end W tn first row iv tn chorus Is arrested er not ,wearin' enough roocheing around her neck. sthrange 10 say hoth sides admit that tn theaytre IS an Educational institution. l niver thought iv it that way. always sup posed that people wint to tn theaytre hecause they had no comfortable homes 10 go to or to frgit that tn dishes weren't washed or ito laugh or cry or have a good spell if coughing where it wud atthract attintion. But It seems | was wrong. Tn theaytre Is tnunaeo Ito be more like a night scnooi .nln circus. It's good thing fr tn theay- tres that tn people that go to thim don't know this. If they felt they were bein, idjacaated whin they 4houGht they were neglectin tneir xninds theysd mob th' box office to get fheir money back. Amy recollection they have if idJacationi is ciouded witn
 asus thefe It. is an me frind Moe Hinstein tn well-known manager tv m. Forty sappnos Exthravaganza Company, lis ready&to ddmit that he sccypies tn: same Dosikdon in tn wur- ruid iy Culture as Dock Eliot iv liar vard I see him tn other day In Hal skea Sthreet discusgfn' Ibsen with nis financial packer. agintleman that Hogan calls tn Meseenas iv tn dnrama. but his right name is Schwartz an ne runs a hand book in tn summer time. !1Er. Einstein readily consinted to talk xr publication provided Sth' name iv tn atthraction an tn location iv tn house was not mentioned too profni- nently. ' undherstand.' he says, that a Baptist clarsyrnan. up town has call ed on tn polls to close this Temple fv Thespis'. says he. At taste have so advertised in tn enlightened press. Do people gin'raliy ralize what this means7 Do they understand that thinly-veiled unjher a pretinse iv morality this is nawthin' but an at- tack on Art? Ivrything have done in th'- production iv this show has been fin tn inthrests iv Art. I have even gone so far as to give tn dhressmaker a vacation. An I'm glad to say that in spite iy<th' narrow-minded bigots who wudtFe hanged tn sculptor iv tn Venus de Milo uf have tn name riEhtl--in. consequences, might almost say iy their attacks-th' public has ap- precyated our efforts. Thousands come fvry night to see tn wonderful classical scene in tn. Turkish bath where tn heeroyine kills tn villain with champagne bottle. an, | fhin, dances on his chest. Tn American public will niver see Art sacrificed to Hypocrisy Why. let me tell ye, afther this here dhrama f'r tn young was suppressea be th' chief iv poiis in P1kestown on account iv his insane na.nred " our press agent who is his enly son. an we come back to th' naethropoIis .ye cudden't ret w,thin q ntoek " tn theaytre tn sthreets was % crowded with people thryin' to show their apprecyation iv our sthrurSIo s,. American Art. Ithried to sunn1eas th, 1acts but tn iver vigilant press vns roo aiert fr me an th' story somehow or another acrept into tn advertise-
 An there ye are: It's disgrace to our civilization that onselfish men I,,ss tnls snud be persecuted to such an az. Nlht that they have to put Tn exthra seats while there is plenty iv room in n sheaytres that don ralize their mia sion as art schools. It's a blot on lss. 1t makes us tn laughin' stock iy {h' MITun Why they're even talkin' 'ivl " salomyr We'll. 'tis a quaint little xhing-hardiy up to tn robust intil- lld8ence " a grown man-more suited 70 chiidher an' medical experts, Hogan wint to see it tn other night. what was 1t iiker says l. It was a very ar- aayT says I. Was 1t raaiy that badS walt a minyit till I lock tn dure an pull down the shades. Now tell me all about it. We'll says Hogan, tn pay was wrote be a man, that I won't mention tn name iv or ye'd throw me out Twas set to music by a German musicyanq be tn nane iv Sthrauss. I niver heerd more thrillin' music. All th' time felt as though I was in a dentists chair havin, me tooth filled be A plumbers helper. This grand conn poser is tn first man 10 inthrajooce a scissors grinder. ~lman flin' a saw an' lawn mower into an orchestry. It isn't tn kind iv music ye wud like. Ye cudden't whistle annythIng in 1t. kYe might cough 1t or ye might repra- 5ooce 1t be shakin' tn stove an ste.N pin on tn dogs tail at tn same time but ye cudden't whistle 1t. Its what ye might call a Quarrelsome kind iv music with all tn instruments hurlin'