The evening world., 1913-09-05
report on Lure and Eight"
incomplete and Two More
Will See Shows.
M Is READY TO ACT.
Fouce Commissioner Will Not
Be Precipitate, but Will
Protect Public Morals.


spsesor schmittberser concerning the
-. The Lure" at Maxine Elilo,t's
TMsatre. state that, while the scene in
ths second act representing the interior
OF = bawdy house is indecent and sus.
sesdve. the investigators were unable
to state the exhibition is in violation OF
me law. Tho reports did not satisfy
Commissioner Waldo. inasmuch as they
Indicated that Mr.. Newburser and In.
spsetor Schmittberger did not under.
stand their instructions.
whether tho stage representations OF
disorderly houses In THE Lure" ana
In The Fight at the Hudson Theatre
constitute . violation OF the crlm,na,
statutes 10 matter Commissioner
WeIdo intends to leave to the courts
The question before him Is whether
these performances are q violation of
puofic deoency and morals.
Fourth Deputy Commissioner Dillon
was asked by the Commissioner TODAY
to attend performances OF The Lure"
ana The Fight" and report his i'm
prssssons. II appears that Deputy Com.
missioner Newburser was unable 70 AZ.
tend the performance Of THE Fight.
ia~ night. and the COMMISSIONS. has
no Official report on that show. Mr..
Nswourgsr had seen Tho Lure" At
its oonins Performance.
Ioo oomplainsD that have reached me
relating TO thsss two plays" said the
connaasfonsN 'Stats that they are n,thv
ana IN a6ronk 10 public decency. These
comesemts DO not come from hysteric..,
peeeone and thsy VIII be investigated.
A~s not soan the plays. but n the
rpos0 nat have reached me are true
I 08 some action should Be taken.
10 ehnH ena Z shall ask Chief Marie.
trats oeoAAoo b attend both plays ana
- Weak - enanhD q them. N the play.
are punao nuisances they can. Of
coosOs' % supprsssed. shall not take
any pesdaudtate action because I do not
intsnd to violate the rights Of the
thsee9cal manAgers. or on the other
hand set - . oress agent for Their pro-
duottous."
The Evening World yesterday printed
oondamnakory comments from several
New York papers and herewith prints
more calling for immediate and drastic
action Of che authorities:
Time for Police Interference.
Nom THIS Mornings World.
How long 10 New York going to stand
for the two bawdy house plays which
~,
theatres7 How long will II tolerate .
form OF drama which outdoes in nasti-
hess anything previously attempted By
local managers? It has endured "crook
plays'' and dramas Of disease and de-
gsneFacyt is It prepared to accept the
nsw Red-Light Drama. with its sordld
representation OF vice for vices sake,
II Ill it, hideousness3
These vicious melodramas degrade the
staSe - II has not been degraded be-
fore. They have nothing to do with
dramatic art or dramatic morals. They
serve no use other than as an ignoble
appeal to . prurient taste. Their per-
formance u an affront to tho intelli-
gencs OF New York playgoers - we'll
- an onense against public morals, and
tu0y UHUubo Do suppressed.
II their producers had attempted to
Justify the worst thing said about the
stagA they could not have succeeded
better than by the presentation of these
types Of disorderly- -house drama. It is
time the police interfered to prevent
their further production. II only to pro-
test the managers from the conse-
Qusuoss OF their folly.
Progress Of the Drama.
New York Sun.
y ehere remains any citixen who has
feared that certain residuum Of pub
iic Oood taste and good manners might
prove strong enough to check the course
Of the stage in its progress toward the
complete revelation OF those subjects
discussion Of which gentlemen instinct
lively avoid. the early days OF tho pres
ent season must effectually have quieted
his misgivings. Those aspects Of deg
radation which have baffled the efforts
Of wisdom and experience for their cor
rectton and by common consent have
bean relocated to the police for such
ocutyua - u possible. promise now to
attain IN exploitation that will eventu-
ally render them familiar to ell.
whn last year the theatre support
.ns Dortion Of the community applauded
at . leading playhouse an act 30 vile
In IT. implication that description Of its
s!gntfoanoe was unattemptable. tho
standard of the succeeding season ap-
pears to have been set up. and there s
every Indication that II will be valor-
ously supported. Nor Is there any sug-
ssstion that the presentations scheduled
for early performance are to be mit!-
gated BY the infusion Of wit or tainted
by any hint OF delicacy. Their effects
are to be attained by sheer nastiness, II
the prospects now SO alluringly held out
TO u are successfully fulfilled.
In days not remote II vas the task Of
those seeking the de,neitlon OF vice IN
It's grossest and u'pst sord'i forms IN
select with some care the establish nerts
that would cater to their then repre-
hendsd tastes. The situation will soon
be reversed. Not these. but persons so
sssssuAv constituted - - nnssse a'saac
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