The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
VOTES FOR WOMEN DRAMA
SELF ~ I'PORTERS PRESENT
THREE ONE AGT PIlTS,

Each % which Makes o. plain That Tn
Eauai suffrage eur salvation IAex
FOr,Sr~-Rob~rtssn and MRS. tSIatch
Contribute speeches Tor the ause.
Three votes for women plays written
and acted 10y ardent fighters for franchise.
a suffrage poem composed by Mrs. Char
lotte Perkins Gilman and recited by Miss
Maxine Elhot. "A suffrage speech Ivy Forbes
Robertson and Gnother by Mrs. Harriet
stanton Batch were the features OF
yesterdays matinee performance at
MAXINE Elhot's Theatre under tho aus
pices of the Equality League Of Self
supporting Women.
The first play. called Before the Dawn.
dealt with tho old fashioned girl. much
protected md under the complete do
mnion 81 her parents. The second, a
Woman's Influence gave distressing
picture 81 y perfectly nice man inveigied
nto promising to persuade a member Of
Parliament 20 Introduce some factory
legislation ny "a chnginR vine type Of
woman Ills wife. Miss BEATRICE Forbes-
Robertson however. who IL a most es-
timable worker for the Cause. finally
succeeds IN demonstrating to him the
shallow hypocrisy Of the indirect in
ruencer and tho curtain falls a. he
promises to 30 all in his power to give
women a chance To work side by side
With mon.
The third bit dealt with tho tragic ev-
perience OF a London clerk whose weekly
stipend was less than - His name was
Horace and he was an Anti His wife was
Pretty and yellow haired and loved 20
darn stockings. His sister-in-law. who ~
a rampant suffragctts. announces to the
pretty wife that all the self-supporting
women IN London have gone on strike
and that those Of them who have no male
relatives are going to descend in body
on the warehouses. Horace's wife mas
barely time 20 express her inc reduhty
y hen the servant leaves without notice
and the poor woman has TO make the
preparations for Horace tea without
any assistance whatever
Horace was undoubtedly a very ride
Young man. He takes the most comfort
able chair and ~ very 4 saRreea bio be-
cause WHEY tries to embrace him while
she holds sizzling chop on a tOasting
fork He even becomes profane when his
sister Agatha. his niece Molly. his distant
cousin. q fashionable dreszma ker and has
maiden aunt. With her pet Boston terrier.
come To inform him that they have come
20 stay and 30 supported by him.
II doesn't take more than fifteen min
uts.~ Tor the combination 10 convince him
that any government which doesn't
let women vote - pig headed. harrow
minded, insane and several other thlngS
He dons IN 'urn the green. white and
purple Of Mr., PAnkhurst's League the
green and gold Of the Freedom League
the Orange and white Of the Actresses
Suhrag" League, and the black. gold and
purple ~ N" Writers suffrage League
and ~all@~ forth 20 attack the Commons.
EoThes- Robertson Congrat dated the
S@lt-SuppoTters on the great -ucce-s
Of their dramatic afternoon. and urged
all members ofh'- profession to Join the
Actor League rtCeutlv formed hy his
niece Beatrice He added that he hoped
there would be morB suffrage plays
and that N" box rssCeipts would b. ire
mendous. Mr.. Batch thanked ForJes-
Robertson and Mis- FOrbes- Robertson
and Miss Maxine Elliott and the Managers
Of the theatre and III. actors and dresses
who mad gwen their services and iinallv
the meuberS Of the self Supporting
Leagu" who had bought tickets Ia the
second balcony purely for the good Of
the Cau-e. and hadn Z been able 10 get
an afternoon N 10 come and -ee rhs show
Among tho-" present were Mr.. and Mrs.
ClarsiuCe MtCkay and their little daughter
Katherine, Mr. Frederick Vanderbilt.
Mr. BourSe Corkran, Mr. PearCe Bailey,
Mn. Philip Lyd!g, Mr. James Lses
Lssldlaw. Mrs Francis Cabot Mr.. and
Mr.. FREDERICK Nathan and Mr.. John
Winter Brannan.