Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-23

"The Quaker chorus as the
Winter Garden contains the sus-
gestive note that is reprehen-
sible and is the limit of stage
decency."
sumably innocent, but oddly sophis
ticated, went about winning a youns
man who had never been kissed as
a husband Her mother was
strange one for a young girl. Sha
ran about in a nightie and placed
stockings and shoes and lingerie
suggestions of neutrality-suspicious. his
rooms.
"The Gay Lord Qunx," long a IA
vorite play in England, was essen.
TALLY indecent. 1t dealt, though
lightly, with profigate's attempt
to marry and to cast off entangle.
m nts. There was a scene in which
to reduce the last lady to a state of
acquiescence with his plans be
visits her sleeping apartment at mid.
night. Where is the consistency of
the censor?
THE Wife without Smile" t.
another example. There is no excuee
for it. 1t draws away the veil If
sanctity from private life bv nerroit.
Ing spying upon a honeymoon.
me censor permitted it in England
You, here in America, closed If NV
pubic sentiment in four DAYS
The Girl from Maxim's," in u,h,o.
dancing girl is discovered IN 49,
apartment of a bibulous mas, 'ns
the house the day after no bos 49,
summing, and for whose prnganoo I,l
cannot account, is an instance ns
what is provided In a spirit of Ievit,,
Tor entertainment for persons ,,,itL
brains in their heads WI"
The approach in a spirit os Ior,;.,.
10 sacred subjects as home and mo ~
TAI life Is fixed border of staan A.
cency. Another still more fvo1
cause a great truth NAV sonotirae.
be Illuminated by a lest is tba t,.i'.,
ment of a theme in such monro. . "a, Gdl .
u VIII be an artificial excltapt NJ
those emotions which | have cIassad
as the lower ones. In other words
tne suggestive is always indacant
Candor may be majestic. The veilad
lhslnuatlon Of the same trntb 10 T.,
decent. To Illustrate: A girl in +ie,bt.
IS not an immoral sight. Who yyo,,i . ,
declare, for instance. that An,n+ti
Aellermann in swimming coetT,oo
should be driven from the stagaS
But display OF undercIothinq Sc
Always immoral, because Of it's Su,
Sestlon. The most indecent thino r
nave seen II your country are the dis,
plays In the corsetieres' windows a
representation of the female Ggn,o -
n nesh llsn'S ana wearing very slight
stays ana a necklace passes the limit
Of decency
Yet you are always doing thar sort
Of thlng here, which is the reason T
regard you as the most immoral ~
nations. You are immoral becausa
you do not care, Consciously or nm.
consciously, you commercul;zp vour
sacred emotions. You are A cold
people, with emotion reduced TO thp
minimum, but you are mercanarv
your women, the good as well as
the bad, accentuate their sey at-
fractions by their dress. The best
dressed women in the world. they
are, IN moral sense, the worst. for
they frankly outline their figures to
call attention TO every charm The
European nations are primitive in
their emotions but they are not mer.
cenary. They do not, as you do here.
think dollars even in connection with
the tenderest topics. / can produce
any play in this country without Civ.
ing to you the offense your shop win
dOWs do to me
Because they excite the lower
emotions, l believe all musical come
dies are indecent All of them con
tain suggestion, whether in the far.
ing. flying petticoats of their chorus.
or in a spoken line and wink Of the
comedian. There is sure to be some.
where an indecent spot At the Win.
ter Garden in the first act there is
an array Of beauty that consider
artistic and beautiful, though ex-
tremely candid as to feminine
charms. But the evil suggestion lies
not In these. IL no sense do they
pass the border line Of stage indie.
cenCy. Ii is the chorus Of Quaker
esses who do that The very short,
tight costumes, outlining every curve
and the fact they they claim to be