Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-28
BARBARA WORTH
A PLAY WITHOUT
A VICIOUS LINE
Crooks DegenerateS and
White SIaverS Conspicuous
by Their Absence At Cys-
tai Next Monday,

Unless one would call an ambitious,
ingenious capitalist with. perhaps
even predatory sinclinations a villain,
THE Winning OF Barbara Worth" is
a play without a sure-enough, dyed
in-the-wooi villain, crook or white
slaver.' and actually, isn't II a relief
to get away for a time from the de-
generate types presented I'm Che So
called plays of the underworld
There can hardly be any doubt that
the present oYer-zeal of the would-be
uplifters and reformers and those
who would teach a lesson from the
stage, with their thoughts and eyes
principally focused on the box office,
win in itself prove the doom Of the
filth-play, whether presented by
breathing human beings. or on a
moving picture screen. Which indl-
vidual leaves the theater in the more
wholesome state of mind, the one
who has Just witnessed a stage repre-
sentation OF degeneracy, unspeakable
disease and immortality. or the one
who comes away with good. clean
thoughts from play Of the great out
doors, drama OF grit. manliness, love
and fidelity. such as THE Winning of
Barbara Worth, Ia dramatization of
the celebrated novel -by Harold Bell
Wright, play portraying strong,
rugged. virile characters and showing
scenically the glories Of nature and
majestic vasiness Of plain and desert?
The theater-going public must nat
uraHy assume that both styles of at
traction are being presented for gain;
the question Is. which is the more de-
serving Of patronage There are
plays being presented today that
really should not be put before any
body but those intimately associated
professionally or philanthropically
with movements connected with hy-
gienic Of eugenic inform. or the abo.
lition of white-sl8verY. or, " they
must be presented TO people who go
10 the theatef Ia be entertained for
a price of admission. let the producers
and prosecutors, If they wish TO dis
prove the fact that they are influ-
eneed by inordinate greed donate the
proceeds, after paying the salaries OF
those necessary to such exhibition, to
whichever cause they seem so anxious
20 advance.
Il will only be a question of a little
time when pfecedents set by many
communities where performances OF
this kind have been summarily
stopped, viii be followed pretty gem
orally throughout the country. The
action Of Trinity college, a Catholic
institution for girls IN Washington, u.
G., Will. no doubt, have q salutary eff
feet on many other educational inst-
tutions. ON January 4, the student
body Of that Institution issued a state
ment naming thirty-six immodest and
immoral theatrical performances,
with the declaration that any play
house showing them would be denied
the students patronage for at least
one season. The board Of regents of
the college, numbering among its
membership many women prominent
in Washington society. announced that
the action Of the student body would
be Internationally Endorsed.
After all, the stage is not a hospi-
tai for our social sores and ulcers. Il
is the good, old-fashioned, wholesome
love story without which no American
romance or drama is complete, that
Will always prevail
The Winning Of Barbara Worth
will be seen al the Crystal theater at
matinee and night performances to-
morrow