The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-25

n has nerer ben ths disposition
At the DAILY Ilsht 10 hosss 81 III 81
aompltshmensz. but rakler p~referrine
t. pursue an unassunling course ID
fnlfiIlinK III mission as d newspaper
and ID the advocacy or those things
tending 10 the moral nplift and ma
terial betterment az the city and
county and Of the citizenship there
IN. In line with this policy the Light
has always been d supporter Or the
chaataalauA and has. perhaps, con-
tributed as much. or more, than any
other Individual or agency toward
making II 4 success and providing a
place for wholesome entertainment
and edificAtion of the people. Our
efforts along this lire ma have
been feeble and ~faltsring. and while
claiming no credit for anything We
may have done We are willing to
leave the verdict with our friends.
And this leads us to say that in
return for what little the Light has
contributed toward the support Of
the c~hautanaaa the stage manager OF
the Kansas City pnrvcyors OF can
ned culture took IN unfair adranf-
age Of q public audience Saturday
nsght to stab the paper In
the back, and all because the
Light mildly criticised q iit-
tie play that ives presented FRI
day night. The little voting stunt
that was pulled off was Just about
rs crude rs anything we ever wit
messed Ii was too anlateurish to
be taken seriously. Not more than
half the people In the audience
voted- II every person in the andi-
forum had voted In the affirmative
ii would have had no influence On
the papers position. The eriti-
cism III the play was not quite as Sc
yere as it deserved. The play Mas
adapted from a story that was not
capable OF dransatization. Louisa N.
Alcott has written many bouks for
the children but moi osae OF her works
is suitable for characterization. How
the one that was brought here
might have been a little more eff
feetiyeIy presented By a capable cast.
Unless. however, the cliaatauqua
management equigss the play with
people who know how to act they
To change the narae of II TO a
Dramatic Nightmare
However. 1t il not to be expected
every attraction on a ehautau-
qua program will give entire salts
faction, aud when one comes along
that does not deserve favorable
it will not receive a boost
from this paper.
There have been many excellent
attractions brought here during this
season. especially nave most Of the
entertainments been far
the average. There hare al
80 been some good lectures, but most
Of these are picked and are pre-
season after season until they
become ~threadbare.
The Light has been rather sparing
IN its criticism throughout the seq
son. r~efrainsng from expressing its
opinion of some of the attractions
through a spirit Of not desiring TO
antagonize the chautaaqua because
/. Ii regarded as a local institution.
even though all the platform at
fractions are imported. Then when
We did see proper 10 offer a mild
criticism Of one attraction the man
agement took exceptions and made
an ansa;eaTish attempt To knife the
paper. The less they could have
said about Little Women the play
id question. tile better would 1t
been for the future success of
the ehautaugua. But since they have
laid down the challenge and imputed
to this paper d lack OF ability 10 dis
tinguish between good, bad and in
different we are going TO give
chronological expression OF our opin-
ion regarding the various attractions
tias program.
Beginning with the first day the
Players gave q most excellent
musical entertainment, n that
pleased the entire audience SO far
as VS. are able TO Judge. In the eye
ming. following a prelude by these
same entertainers. Lou Beauchamp
a lecture on "fhe Sunny Side"
The Views OF a Pessirnist" would
been Il better name. The lee
sawa Fa3i giat r~hxra ia ttfFfa IN IL fO