The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-29
IMMORAL PLAYS DON'T LAST
AMELIA BINGHaW SiIS TIVE
ARE MORAL HERE.
ThIs CoantrS % RiEhteOus. she says. Es-
peeiaIlS after seeing England &c.
iTesses Aren't a. Likely to ne In.
suited - other v omen workers Are.

pectant hner seeing england sc
tresses Aren't - Likely to ne In
suited - Other women workers Are
Many women Who aren't club member,
a. al vent 10 the city Federation conven.
ton Al the Hotel Astor Yesterday and
waited patiently for hours and hours "a
find out whether Miss Amelia Bingham
Thought women are responsible for the
immoral play
Many 81 them were disappointed when
Miss Bingham announced that she didn
think there were any immoral plays, oT
~ leaS, not any that lasted more than a
week OF so
After years Of oh-ery alton and travel :
she continued 4 have come to the CON
clu-Ion that America - the most moral
country on ;he giobe and American
women are 'he best behaved women
there are IAst year ! played in towns all
! over England and ! was shocked 10 see
women going in and out of alehouseS
and sitting AT tables in public gaming
houses. oh. | know some If you are AJAX =
ing how happened 20 he in these places.
Well never mind. wanted to study hu-
man nature in 10 various aspects and
| did
the stage. Temptations: she demanded
ELECTRICALLY. The term hore~ me -
death in connection with the life If an
actress. Don't intelligent people realize
vet that the stage door ~ our theatres
IL a. dlmcult to pass n the entrance to
the beat drawing rooms' Don't they
know that the women 81 reputable com
panies are protected on trains and IN
hotels7
DO they think a Young actress u a.
much exposed 10 insult az the girl who
stands behind counter and must talk
10 any one who chances TO come IN and
speak to her. Or how about the secretary
who il shut up for hours in the private
ONCE 81 her employer. obliged Ia listen
TO anything he may choose to say 10 her
or nun the risk 81 losing her po-ition'
Fudge calculated Miss Bingham.
A girl who seeks temptation can find II
AT her mothers fre-ide she needn't
trouble herself 20 go on the stage Incl
dentally mny mention that fhe stage -
the only profession in which women
can earn more money than men
The audience, which filed the grand
ballroom and spread out into the red vel
vet corridor beyond. applauded these re-
smiled and took Ainc AZ the Gerry
society
Why do tha-e mon come in and meddIe
with stage hlldreE;- she said who are
m" hest dressed and best cared for IN
The world They NAV sit up late at NJ ght
hui they sleep in the DAYTIME. and al
though they don't go To school WREN they
are very Young their education IL care
'ullv looked after They are -Ant 20
school between the ages Of - and o.
hccause thew are Of ntIe use on the stage
during that p-riod, generally known A.
the awkward age
But the Gerry society = alwavs both
erinR about them while ~ totally dis
regards the poor. half lad little news
hoys Who shiver m the street corners
"old winter nights These neglected
little children ara not 81 SUFFICIENT I'M
portan"s 20 any one 90 hring these over
Jealous gentlemen any notoriety. I sup.
pO-e. 80 they lesv" th,.rt alone
Now ! haven't sad a. much az ! IT,
tended 20 about plavs.- concluded the
act rrss-marag"re~s. hut | want You 10
understand that you have continually
spread befor" Won such feast 81 good
comedy. tragedy fare" and meloiraua
that YOU are oNsrfed
When she sat down a woman IN a mu~h
NOifbled NsIV"' fru'k offered = raaolu-
ton indor- ng alderman Recker's plan
~ a dramatic hoard Il censor-- hut -
was table"
Mrs Theodore Roberts Who was called
upon - ",Il lain how far women were
rpSponshle tor N" Immoral novel said
that u was u-eieS@ 20 deny 'ka' women
read N" books 80 i"-"riir.i bs'AuGe she
had faded through uoiis. 4 en- h"rSAlf
M really don any r'"r~. she added
However. vEI cant hlau'" women for
wanting To- Inoo lirti" hit about life
Ven 'hs improper I'D. Of o. AZ second
nand sIuo" hey ar" not permitted ~
-..- n for th.n-sl"e- After all there
are rot 80 many Improper novels, -.rictly
-p"aklng, b""au-- 'hs only form ~ art
which H. truly lnnora' = ih1. which
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