The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
SEX HYGIENE
PLAY IS GIVEN
Continued from Page One.

Infection from the child she is nursing,
the shock Of the truth to the devoted
mother and the talk Of divorce are fam
liar episodes in this play.
The last act is not altogether hopeless.
The physician holds out the promise of
the husbands restored health to his
father-in-law. So there is something be-
sides gloom to the end. 1t would indeed
be difYicult for any audience to depart
from the theater without some restoration
after the painful divulgence of two of
the doctors patients. He has them there
as terrible examples. Terrible they truly
are. 1t was question which of his two
women patients was more revolving. the
unfortunate who could not be treated be-
cause she had not the time, or the reck
less girl who was struggling to win for
herself place In the ballet at the opera.
Both were realistic and painful figures.
Play Well Acted.
AS far as sheer entertainment is con-
cerned it Is not to be denied that there
are dull moments in Damaged Goods"
But they are more than compensated for
by the tremendous dramatic force Of
the big moments, particularly the pitiful
climax Of the second act. The play was
rather surprise. In many scenes IL
acted better than the book read. The
characters for one thing. are thoroughly
alive, human beings whom one can be-
lieve in and whose sorrows are pro-
foundly real. They behave and talk like
real people. There can be no doubt that
the the thanks of the community are
due to Richard Bennett and the other
artists who gave their services.
The characters of the play and names
OF actors follow: NJ George Dupont, Mr..
Richard Bennett: Doctor. Mr. Charles
fnnh TJanr
ston; Nine. Dupont. Miss Amelia Gard
ner: Nurse, Miss Laura Burt; Medical
Student, Mr.. John Warner; Loches, Mr..
Edward Nannery; Woman, Miss Mar
garet Wycherly: Man, Mr.. Clarence
Handyside: Girl, Miss Mable Morrison.
The play was given under the auspices
Of the committee of the Medical Review
Of observation-disclosures Fund - Mr..
Richard Bennett. Mrs. Richard NJ. Bent.
DR.. Simon FleXner Mr.. Cosmo Hamil-
ton, Rev. John Haynes Holmes. Mr..
Frederic c. Howe. Mrs Charles II.
Israels. Miss Helen Marot. Mr.. Frederic
II. Robinson. Hon. Hermon A. Metz. DR..
William j. Robinson, Mr.. John D.
Rockefeller. jr., DR.. William Jay Schief-
felin. Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt, sr.. DR.. James p. Warbas-
Sc, DR.. Ira s. Vile, Mr.. Wilton IIackaye,
and the Society for Social Hygiene of
Surc. Gen. c. +. Stokes, L. s. N: first
vice president, Clarence Wilson: second
vice president, Stanley W. Finch: third
vice president, DR.. William G. Wood
ward: fourth vice president Mrs. II. c.
Perkins; fifth vice president. DR.. Edward
Francis; secretary, William Knowles
Cooper; treasurer. Arthur j. Parsons;
honorary vice president. Mrs. Hunting
ton Wilson. Board of governors-John
B. Colpoys. William Knowles Cooper,
DR.. w. NJ. Davidson, Stanley w. Finch,
Dr. Elnora G. Folkmar, DR.. Edward
Francis, Hon. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs.
Hennen Jennings. Mrs. Adolph Kahn,
John B. Larner, Hon. John \. McIlhen-
ny, L. W. Page Mrs. III. c. Perkins Ar
thur J. Parsons. Surg. Gen. c. F. Stokes.
Mai Richard Sylvester, DR.. T. Way
land Vaughn, DIR. Tom 4. Williams,
Clarence Wilson, and DR.. w. c. Wood
ward.
Some of tho Audience.
Among the distinguished persons who
accepted the invitations to see the
Brieux play were:
Secretary Wilson, Of the Department Of Labor;
Mrs Wilson and Miss Wilson. Postmaster General
BuricsoE Alfonso Pezet, Minister from Perm. and
Mime. Pezet Commissioners Rudolph Johnston, and
Harding, Of the District Of Columbia; Justice
Horace Harmon Lurton and Justice Brown. Of the
United States Supreme Court; Justice Seth Shepard.
Justice Wendell r. Stafford, Justice Daniel Thew
Wright senator's A. o. Bacon. Ollie James. Catron,
Chamberlain, Chiffon, Clapp. Clark OF Wyoming.
Gore, Gronna. Hitchcock. Kern. McCumber. OGor-
man. Overman. Poindexter, Shively, Simmons. and
Smoot; Speaker Champ Clark. Representatives Adar,
Aiken, Ayres. Bell. Galway. Carlin. Claypooi,
Cline Cary. Copley. Cooper, Crago. Cullop Dent,
Doughton. Dupre. Esch. Ferris, Goldfogle Graham,
Guernsey. Hariwick. Hsugen. Jacoway. Kahn. ko-
mop Lindberg Linthicum. Loud McDermott, Mann,
Mott Peters. Rainey, Raker. Ransdell, Crisp,
Rauch, E. ". Roberts Sissen. Small. Towner.
Tribble Underhill. Webb. Witherspoon, and James
Young; Mrs Archibald Hopkins. Mrs. Arthur j.
Parsons Surg Gen. Stokes. of the Navy, and Mrs.
Stokes, DR.. W. c. Woodward. Health Officer OF the
District DR.. William A. White, of the Government
Hospital for the Insane; DIR. Donald c. Macleod,
Dr. Earle Wiley DR.. John Won Schaick jr.. DIR. U.
c. r. Pierce Rabbi Simon Rabbi Stern. DIR. ID. y.
Dunlap James A. Tawncy, Surg. Gen. Blue, of the
Marine Hospital Service; Miss Constance Leupp
Miss Flora Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs John Hays Ham
moud Mrs Christian Hemmck Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Wilert Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Noyes and Mr..
and Mrs Preston Gibson.