New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-17
LURE AND FIGHT CASES
END WITH EXPURCAT|0N
Lee Shubert, in Letter to Whit
mans Office, Defends His
Firms Play.
SOCIAL WORKERS CITED
Manager Agrees to Have Piece
Rewritten, Although He Dis
sents from Stand Taken
by It's Opponents.

The cases against the Shuberts. pro-
ducers Of The Lure, and the Henry y.
Harris estate. which Is responsible for
the production Of The Fight" were
dropped Yesterday in the Court OF Special
Sessions.
The report OF the grand jury on the
two PLAYS was made unnecessary by the
voluntary action Of the managers, wbJ
have decided to remove from their plays
the scenes objected to-
"The Fight" already eXpurgated, has
been running in its modified form since
Thursday. and The Lure will be re-
written.
The following letter from Shubert to
Charles +. BostwicK. Assistant District
Attorney. was read TO the grand jury
Yesterday by Charles Albert Perkins. vi
Mr. WhItman's office:
Referring TO the inquiry from your
office. which. | understand. emanatcd
from the grand jury. as to whether |
would be satisfied with its informal eK-
preston OF opinion whether the produc-
ton Of The Lure should be continued
I'm the form in which II has been pro-
duced and whether | would abide by
Before this play was first produced
tho manuscript was submitted 10 reform
workers who were engaged IN the sup
preston Of the white slave" traiilc, ana
thoy without exception Endorsed ana
urged its production as IN the interest
OF the work in which they were engaged
Thus encouraged and In the belief mat
We we're furtherins a deserving cause. ~
We still believe. the play was produC11.
1T met with the immediate indors ment
Of high public officials and reform "o:N-
crs. among others such men a StAn'ey
" Finch. who Is at the head Of the
branch of the Department of justice
~ Washington having IN charge the sup
pras.ion Of tho white slave traffic. with
hundreds Of men under his charge, your
chief. Hon. Charles ;. Whitman. VINO wit
messed tho performance over four weeks
ago. Judge Warren W. Foster. MigiS-
,ratc Corrigau. cN-Policc Commissioner
Bingham. Mrs. Blatch, Mrs. Gait Mr..
Israo.s. julius IIopp, organizer u me
Wage Farmers League, Norman rap
good. George Sylvester Nicrcck and
host Of other social and charity "orF'Ts.
since this controversy has arisen
have been urged by many pubic SpH'ted
citizens not To- abandon the strugg'" TO
continue the production Of this pldy.
II have. however. concluded that since
IL LA. become apparent that there arc
substantial differences Of opinion IN ~"
community concerning the wisdom. To III"
public Interest. 81 producing the pay ~
It's present form. even though II admit
i,dly prtachcs "a useful sermon. no =
continue the previous production but 10
have the play rewritten to meet mo op-
lection. thai have been urged against %.
at is my earnest desire IN the purslt
81 my business not To- offend he Srntl-
bilities Of any section 81 the community.
however small. and Tor that reason "h''e
thanking tho grand jury for It's Kind sus-
ecstIou. I viii relieve it from am M
formal expression of opinion on the sub
ie,t md will not resume the production
Of the pLy ir the form IN which II was
reformed for them. but viii ask IN"
author to rewrite II 80 that there VIII BE-
., sybst,ftial objections from any quar-
ter.
"persoually 7 adhere as hrmly as e;cr
- the view that the play performs an
important public purpose and tina us
,,itbdraval will be distinct loss, nut
refuse 10 be placed In the positloa q
offending the sense u prJpriety oi even
q small minority Of serious people "h"
tabc different view