The Washington times., 1911-12-04
Plays For Men, Shoft.
Lived and of Little
Profit to Manager.
PRESENT SEASON MAY
SHOW GOOD LESSONS
List of Losers Masculine Type
Successes Caught Fancy Of
Feminine Patro.

dred l could name right here), she would
anord enough evidence Of the success Of
the sort OF theatrical production women
On the other hand. consider this sea
sons array of failures that Appealed
only to men, First. there is the Folies
Bergere, which lasted two weeks-or
New York from its heels. The reason
OF Its failure was, Of course, because
It's appeal was not intended for women.
II was intended only for that portion Of
their amusements seriously or inteIlt.
gently, which 1 said when II was here
In Washington. The Deep Purple"
which which was yn strong show inn dramatic
In 1t was a reformed thief, and the
other fool. neither of them being
drawn true to nature: THE Challenge"
acter was. to say the least, unrefined.
As I also said when the show played
IN Washington. II libeled the good, SEN,
sible, modest girls of the Far West, or
would have done SO, had IL appealed to
anyone as representing the Western
girl 1t professed to represent.
Where Special Pursuits
Fail to Attract Public.
The Cub" failed. because the journa-,
istic profession is ore of the sealed ms. 3
teries so far as women are concerned.
| Believe me. have been working IL
newspaper Offices these mary. saany
| years, and there still are filings sbout
the office that never evea hope II W.
| derstand. OF the ''y3sta BuntE!s,"
which also is one Of fisis neasots fat
l ures, the name tells ~ reason tor its
lack Of success. d a wife al srrespar-
sible. wild creat:ira to te hsrlSd1
| Would not TIE title OF the rIsy nave
sounded BET % femiHirss afs. J: &
| had been named .-I'Ie Ht1e C14r%shcrs."
| or SOmes afsxr Ike fktn
One aid go on through, tfsa sist Scr
| !onR time. Dafuipg tbs ~ aar p o.s4 ta7s
| have tailed arr glssys C,onliNs hbEl e.
Siie propositfor -aSk ID r'AH til.t raa}-
I ard her poipt of vtew, is the piIy ftst
| has taFrd road To travoi to Es.
/ across, Sc raoHes senss, hove er
strong Or beautifully presente u may
Ard cidaf among The plays at have
| expired alraaJ this sasau land the
season N yet go1lnE' ara nose in the
long grOCessGon Rh.ch sisted Of Just
girls rot aeiressfp yhu acted or sang
! or danced artistic Uy out just girls and
| S1rls and sir!s, anu -iothes, clothes, and
4 efStseS, an6 Nt. and feathers, and
4 Fijkeu hose ard ,aste diamonds. Some-
I ifbir,es. there ere songs .and lines and
f1tnat'cEs a1I actions that were a. far
| erccI ir. Gst as the costumes of the
| gs5ls ney have all gone the way OF
IA Ia .sie' the foolish grasshopper that
until the frost came along and nipped
| its wings. These plays. too, have been
| nipped by the great theatrical frosts of
1911. Not that am prude, but do
| not see how q nice woman can be ex-
pected TO laugh In a theater at what
| would make her feel offended in her own
home. And to my mind, these failures
all became SO because they were guilty
! of the objectionable theatrical crime OF
not being pleasing to nice women. which
Is, after all. only another way Of saying
they were not in good taste.
JULIA MURDOCH.
Tomorrow Miss Murdock will review
"The Wedding Trip. Reginald DeKo-
ven's opera which is to be produced in
tho Rala sco Thaafar