The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
MAYORDETERM|NED.
TO KEEP HER AWAY
"Gim From Rectors" Severely
Roasted by High Class
Southern Newspapers.
CALL ATTRACTION VULGAR
Public Conmcnds Mayors Stand
and Makes No Rush for
Tickets.

Mayor Richardson said yesterday
that nothing new had developed in the
attitude OF the authorities toward The
Girl From Rector's.' d theatrical at
traction booked for the Academy OF
Music Saturday night He has already
notified the management that il the
production is put on and proves SO OBJ
jectionable that the police will be
forced TO close It,. the license of the
Academy will be revoked. He is stand
ing pat on that, and citizens who have
read newspaper criticisms in many
Southern cities have widely commended
his act.
1t came out yesterday that the show
will close within week after it leaves
Richmond. which means that the per-
formers might be reckless and shock
the sensibilities of those people who
enjoy musical comedies. but who re-
sent anything coarse on the stage.
Worse Thnn "Dluc Mouse"
When Mayor Richardson stopped
1.-THE Blue Mouse" after one perform
snce at the Academy last season It'll
went its way southwark without elm
mating the Objectionable features
which aroused so much feeling here.
Southern newspapers thought 1t was
little frisky, but they did not open
The roasting batteries as they have in
, dealing with THE Girl From Rector's."
Tho Columbia State and the Augusta
Chronicle were particularly bitter in
discussing the play, the blanc being
placed upon the theatrical syndicate,
headed byA Illaw & Erlanser, which
sends what it pleases. In word, i'll
n local manager cancels a show he
cannot expect to get anything there
after, but the Mayor holds that the
Academy shall be closed eternally be-
fore 1t shall be opened to productions
which no decent community can toll
crate. 1t has been pointed out time
and again that Klaw Il Erlanger who
bSsk always in the soft white lights
of Broadway, cannot understand South
ern feeling. Indeed. they have used
their newspaper to denouncc Southern
officials who call the police.
Even New York Kicked.
About the time The Blue Mouse,
got into trouble here the New York |
World. which isSnot published for the
edihcation of old maids, made mer-
CHESS attack on some OF the plays then
on the boards in New York, dealing
particularly with THE Blue Mouse
and The Girl From Rector's" The
World contended that these attractions
were coarse, vulgar and tough, being
too bad even for New York.
The Mayor of Lynchburg notified the
manager of the theatre yesterday that
he would not permit the show to ap-
pear there. The Roanoke Times went
after ii Yesterday, asking incidentally
Z 1f 1t would be permitted in Richmond
The managers of the production claim
3 that 1t Is inoffensive-a fact which is
even denied by their advance notices
yet the argument was advanced by
the Mayor of every city that New
York mana ger cannot say what is
proper for other cities, especially when
that manager is simply out for the
receipts.
Syndicate in Bad Rcpntc.
SO many disreputable attractions !
have bean sent down the Southern cir
cult this season that the syndicate
has got into bad repute There is a /
growing feeling against it. Anti-syn-
dictate productions. however clean and
meritorious. cannot come to cities
where there is only ONE irstclass the
atre and 50, It ,anpears, therefore, that |,
local manager isn't much more than
a janitor. for he must accept what is
sent or nothing.
One gratifying fact came to light s
YESTERDAY The publication in The
Times-Dispatch of Mayor Richardson's
announcement that The Girl From {
Rector's" cannot make merry here un-
less kept within bounds was not fol-
lowed by any mad rush for seats. The ,
public took the Mayor at his word, i
feeling that if the show did go on il
would be so dull and stupid that it :
would not be worth the price.
The one best bet therefore, is that !
THE Girl From Rector's'' will not per- !
form at the Academy Saturday night.
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