enere
*I beg to acknowledge receipt o.
your letter of the 7th instant.
“I have not read the play to which
you refer and it was only a couple
of days ago, upon my return fron
Florida, that I was informed that
the dinner to which the Green Room
Club some weeks ago did me the honor
of inviting me was to be followed by
a performance at the Belasco Theatre.
Defends the Club.
You will doubtless agree with me
that well intentioned persons may
differ as to the fitness of a play for
production (especially when the occa
sion is not a public one), the true
test being not so much the subject
of the play as its spirit, tendency
dialogue and treatment of situations.
The Green Room Club, as 1 under¬
stand, is an organization composed of
leading actors, playwrights and pub¬
licists connected with the stage. It
is affiliated with the Actors’ Order of
Friendship, which has been in exist
ence for over half a century, and of
which Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth,
Lawrchce Barrett, Joueph Jefferson
and other eminent artists were mem¬
bers. I am informed that for nearl.
twenty-flve years it has been the cus¬
tom of the club to have one or two
annual dinners, followed by a per¬
formance given by and to its memn
bers and guests. I am entirely cer¬
tain that these gentlemen would not
undertake a production which is justl)
subject to the criticism of being of
a salaclous and objectionable char
acter.
However, I do not desire to par
ticipate in any function which runs
counter to the susceptibilities and the
moral sentiments of any substantia
body in the community, whose motive.
are entitled to respect and, without
wishing to be understood as pässing
upon the merits of the case, I pur
pose to act accordingly in the present
instance.“
The Green Room Club showed
fight yesterday in reply to statement
by the Lord’s Day Alllance and So¬
elety for the Suppression of Vice that
they will endeavor to stop the per¬
formance.
Harry S. Hecheimer, attorney for
the Green Room Club, asked Magis
trate Ryttenberg in West Side Court
to issue a summons demanding the
appearance in court of John S. Sum¬
ner on a charge of eriminal libel
Magistrate Ryttenberg refused to is
sue the summons, but directed Mr.
Hocheimer to submit an affidavit to
day, saying he would decide his course
of action after reading the attorney'
argument.
Mr. Hecheimer sald he would as
the Supreme Court to issue an in
junction to prevent the police from
nterfering with the performance Sun¬
day night.
It is understood no admission ie t#
be charged, but no woman will be
permitted in the audience, althoug!
five actresses are to take parts in the
play, which is a serles of intimate epi¬
sodes in each of which a b in and
voman figure.
Saw Review in World.
The Vice Society and the Lord’s
Day Alllance, through Mr. Sumner
and the Rev. Dr. Henry L. Bowlby,
Secretary of the latter, announcec
they have received additional com
plaints about the play which, thez
contend, will violate the law if pre¬
sented. Dr. Bowlby said he has made
good progress“ in his investigation
and has “something on tap“ which he
may announce to-day.
VI saw a splendid review of this
play in The World of June 12, 1921
which shows very clearly that the
play should never be staged. The peo¬
ple are aroused agafnst it,“ he sald.
FIRE RUINS SEARCH FAILS
T0 DISCLOSE ANY BODTES,
PITTSBURGH, March 8.—An eight¬
hour search of the ruins of a North Side
building destroyed by fire last night
urned fa
Gen. Dar
President
with some
him a sco
UANVT
Te
Awar
ury
Band
Jazz must
City Court
####r wilnt
the Univer
Association
nfties Leagu
On behalf
pensers of
Isles sued f
above-menti
tion meeting
The Presic
versal Negre
tion, Marcus
had missed
tended it she
ine instead
President of
also Provis
Republic of
The music
Thancellor
ral of the U
ment Assoc
President G.
band had ori
Black Star I
The band s
association
playing ever
Liberty Hall,
to play at a
the same pli
Democrats, J
ing in overt
time wages.
But when
ythe banc
still some 8
jury took t#
nounce a v
plaintiff.
HINDU PI
A specia
play“The
beneflt of
nunity Ch
and West
In the chi
and 34t
tie pietur
fully pro
Cast
artists
door.
Pia
Tw.
at Mi
how
han
19
IONDAY, MARCII 12, 1923.
KElaLT. 1 HENe,
nistake to
ave just had
DEEN
n makes me
Der RerToTanntlernsoven
whom one
Throuch
licate one's
suite by D.
the flesh?
of The Wo
rmally say
Wi.: Police Gutside, Green
ärst time in
encounter.
the concert
room Club Hears Play After
phony Socic
h, but you
etsimate o)
ryou must
rence Gilme
Guest Leaves.
the celeb¬
und essapis
come! My
it cannot
hat I was
world totr:
SCRIPT IS ALMOST SEIZED,
ernoon Be¬
musig. Tet
the“ trick in
1 any time
tra, Throt
Member Beats Detectives Tak
that ihe 8
Walter Dan
4 new tie,
ing It From Voung Actress.
day afterno
nutes past
Acolian Hal
pened and
h younger
As a, policeman and fwo detectives
man with
tra, and wa
waited outside, Arthur Schnitzler’s
ell-brushed
the New Yo
much discussed play,“ Reigen'
it revealed
n February,
which the Lord’s Day Alllance and
the Society for the Suppression of
stman, and
was heard
the door.
Vice prevented being enacted las
zure by yes
inded it to
night at the Belasco Theatre—wat
composer
him, T can¬
ead last night at the Greenroom
Damrosch
holesomely
down tothe
Club after the dinner there in honor
plauding lic
f Otto H. Kahn.
arry it up
underwent
The play was read from the stagt
asto this
The Suite
in the auditoriumson the second floot
left'in the
ürst à sort
an uncom¬
tion.“ sugs
of the club house by Hal Crane and
foreword ad
edge of it.
Ralph Stewart, who were to have
Child of t
e began to
staged the production. About flftz
And dre
members and their guests were pres
ent. Mr. Kahn left at the close of
Garden of I
such situ¬
he dinner and did not hear the reud¬
ifter she 1
the family
ing. No police action was taken dur¬
glass count;
all met ihe
d by talk
ing the reading of the manuscript and
erly human
lilies, roses
explanation of stage business, or at
ble, on the
tiger-Illy.
the close of the reading.
that he has
qulte capab
The public would denounce Rel¬
nybody wer
#he is süf¬
had learnec
gen' if it occurred in Vienna anc
ese people,
plained, bei
a block off.
Berlin, reads a statement issuec
Hciently Ha
ich. Well,
later by members of the club.“W
make the
us state of
had hoped for a theatreful of intelll
very pore
Theinext
gent adults. The reaction of the gen
to wheedle
ative orit
eral public to the play is no concern
tychildren
the Japber
of ours. Our only concern was thé
#vorpal bla
absencé of the general public: per¬
which thel
haps not so much to protect the pub¬
antly galun
lic as to protect Arthur Schnitzler’s
3 föoled by
ster’s heac
play.
asty, spite¬
In the course of the dinner the po¬
on. He re¬
le insthe
liceman enteredsthe dining room three
*
a glass of
Then cort
times. A detective of Inspector Bo¬
I switched
he compo
lan’s staff was also stationed at the
insects sech
Belasco Theatre.
Glass conn
When one of the young actresses
with its b
who were to have played In the thea¬
wings of
tre presentation arrived at the clul
the nation.
raisin burn
in a taxicab a detective walting dut¬
othing bu
the Rockin
dis ridieu¬
hat lived
manuscript. He was arguing witl
H anything
swung itse
ier when Lloyd Buckler, a membei
branch: th#
of the club, came out and took over
miniature
Athe bully
ers; the
his fattish
Tou can't take that into the club,
and-butterf
said the detective.
-concealed,
tered bread
The devil I can't,“ said the mem
red reading
lived on W
ber, and darted into the club with
toanimals,
Theilas“
beforeihe detcetive geutd jeke
miens-We.
ture of the
krom him.
sald to my¬
Don Quixot
nnounced a
ous, and
the young woman“was going to take
composer d
part in a presentation of the play or
gram-note.
the stage of the club.
John S. Sumner of the Society for
id been in¬
bew (altho;
the Suppression of Vice, wrote t0 In
n said,“
hat it wasi
spector Bolan several days ago, de
ming to see
be any mi
nouneing the play as "vile.“
Mr
and there v
Sumner said he had read the worl
m acritic.
borse’s feet
and pölicemen should be on hand
*I beg to acknowledge receipt o.
your letter of the 7th instant.
“I have not read the play to which
you refer and it was only a couple
of days ago, upon my return fron
Florida, that I was informed that
the dinner to which the Green Room
Club some weeks ago did me the honor
of inviting me was to be followed by
a performance at the Belasco Theatre.
Defends the Club.
You will doubtless agree with me
that well intentioned persons may
differ as to the fitness of a play for
production (especially when the occa
sion is not a public one), the true
test being not so much the subject
of the play as its spirit, tendency
dialogue and treatment of situations.
The Green Room Club, as 1 under¬
stand, is an organization composed of
leading actors, playwrights and pub¬
licists connected with the stage. It
is affiliated with the Actors’ Order of
Friendship, which has been in exist
ence for over half a century, and of
which Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth,
Lawrchce Barrett, Joueph Jefferson
and other eminent artists were mem¬
bers. I am informed that for nearl.
twenty-flve years it has been the cus¬
tom of the club to have one or two
annual dinners, followed by a per¬
formance given by and to its memn
bers and guests. I am entirely cer¬
tain that these gentlemen would not
undertake a production which is justl)
subject to the criticism of being of
a salaclous and objectionable char
acter.
However, I do not desire to par
ticipate in any function which runs
counter to the susceptibilities and the
moral sentiments of any substantia
body in the community, whose motive.
are entitled to respect and, without
wishing to be understood as pässing
upon the merits of the case, I pur
pose to act accordingly in the present
instance.“
The Green Room Club showed
fight yesterday in reply to statement
by the Lord’s Day Alllance and So¬
elety for the Suppression of Vice that
they will endeavor to stop the per¬
formance.
Harry S. Hecheimer, attorney for
the Green Room Club, asked Magis
trate Ryttenberg in West Side Court
to issue a summons demanding the
appearance in court of John S. Sum¬
ner on a charge of eriminal libel
Magistrate Ryttenberg refused to is
sue the summons, but directed Mr.
Hocheimer to submit an affidavit to
day, saying he would decide his course
of action after reading the attorney'
argument.
Mr. Hecheimer sald he would as
the Supreme Court to issue an in
junction to prevent the police from
nterfering with the performance Sun¬
day night.
It is understood no admission ie t#
be charged, but no woman will be
permitted in the audience, althoug!
five actresses are to take parts in the
play, which is a serles of intimate epi¬
sodes in each of which a b in and
voman figure.
Saw Review in World.
The Vice Society and the Lord’s
Day Alllance, through Mr. Sumner
and the Rev. Dr. Henry L. Bowlby,
Secretary of the latter, announcec
they have received additional com
plaints about the play which, thez
contend, will violate the law if pre¬
sented. Dr. Bowlby said he has made
good progress“ in his investigation
and has “something on tap“ which he
may announce to-day.
VI saw a splendid review of this
play in The World of June 12, 1921
which shows very clearly that the
play should never be staged. The peo¬
ple are aroused agafnst it,“ he sald.
FIRE RUINS SEARCH FAILS
T0 DISCLOSE ANY BODTES,
PITTSBURGH, March 8.—An eight¬
hour search of the ruins of a North Side
building destroyed by fire last night
urned fa
Gen. Dar
President
with some
him a sco
UANVT
Te
Awar
ury
Band
Jazz must
City Court
####r wilnt
the Univer
Association
nfties Leagu
On behalf
pensers of
Isles sued f
above-menti
tion meeting
The Presic
versal Negre
tion, Marcus
had missed
tended it she
ine instead
President of
also Provis
Republic of
The music
Thancellor
ral of the U
ment Assoc
President G.
band had ori
Black Star I
The band s
association
playing ever
Liberty Hall,
to play at a
the same pli
Democrats, J
ing in overt
time wages.
But when
ythe banc
still some 8
jury took t#
nounce a v
plaintiff.
HINDU PI
A specia
play“The
beneflt of
nunity Ch
and West
In the chi
and 34t
tie pietur
fully pro
Cast
artists
door.
Pia
Tw.
at Mi
how
han
19
IONDAY, MARCII 12, 1923.
KElaLT. 1 HENe,
nistake to
ave just had
DEEN
n makes me
Der RerToTanntlernsoven
whom one
Throuch
licate one's
suite by D.
the flesh?
of The Wo
rmally say
Wi.: Police Gutside, Green
ärst time in
encounter.
the concert
room Club Hears Play After
phony Socic
h, but you
etsimate o)
ryou must
rence Gilme
Guest Leaves.
the celeb¬
und essapis
come! My
it cannot
hat I was
world totr:
SCRIPT IS ALMOST SEIZED,
ernoon Be¬
musig. Tet
the“ trick in
1 any time
tra, Throt
Member Beats Detectives Tak
that ihe 8
Walter Dan
4 new tie,
ing It From Voung Actress.
day afterno
nutes past
Acolian Hal
pened and
h younger
As a, policeman and fwo detectives
man with
tra, and wa
waited outside, Arthur Schnitzler’s
ell-brushed
the New Yo
much discussed play,“ Reigen'
it revealed
n February,
which the Lord’s Day Alllance and
the Society for the Suppression of
stman, and
was heard
the door.
Vice prevented being enacted las
zure by yes
inded it to
night at the Belasco Theatre—wat
composer
him, T can¬
ead last night at the Greenroom
Damrosch
holesomely
down tothe
Club after the dinner there in honor
plauding lic
f Otto H. Kahn.
arry it up
underwent
The play was read from the stagt
asto this
The Suite
in the auditoriumson the second floot
left'in the
ürst à sort
an uncom¬
tion.“ sugs
of the club house by Hal Crane and
foreword ad
edge of it.
Ralph Stewart, who were to have
Child of t
e began to
staged the production. About flftz
And dre
members and their guests were pres
ent. Mr. Kahn left at the close of
Garden of I
such situ¬
he dinner and did not hear the reud¬
ifter she 1
the family
ing. No police action was taken dur¬
glass count;
all met ihe
d by talk
ing the reading of the manuscript and
erly human
lilies, roses
explanation of stage business, or at
ble, on the
tiger-Illy.
the close of the reading.
that he has
qulte capab
The public would denounce Rel¬
nybody wer
#he is süf¬
had learnec
gen' if it occurred in Vienna anc
ese people,
plained, bei
a block off.
Berlin, reads a statement issuec
Hciently Ha
ich. Well,
later by members of the club.“W
make the
us state of
had hoped for a theatreful of intelll
very pore
Theinext
gent adults. The reaction of the gen
to wheedle
ative orit
eral public to the play is no concern
tychildren
the Japber
of ours. Our only concern was thé
#vorpal bla
absencé of the general public: per¬
which thel
haps not so much to protect the pub¬
antly galun
lic as to protect Arthur Schnitzler’s
3 föoled by
ster’s heac
play.
asty, spite¬
In the course of the dinner the po¬
on. He re¬
le insthe
liceman enteredsthe dining room three
*
a glass of
Then cort
times. A detective of Inspector Bo¬
I switched
he compo
lan’s staff was also stationed at the
insects sech
Belasco Theatre.
Glass conn
When one of the young actresses
with its b
who were to have played In the thea¬
wings of
tre presentation arrived at the clul
the nation.
raisin burn
in a taxicab a detective walting dut¬
othing bu
the Rockin
dis ridieu¬
hat lived
manuscript. He was arguing witl
H anything
swung itse
ier when Lloyd Buckler, a membei
branch: th#
of the club, came out and took over
miniature
Athe bully
ers; the
his fattish
Tou can't take that into the club,
and-butterf
said the detective.
-concealed,
tered bread
The devil I can't,“ said the mem
red reading
lived on W
ber, and darted into the club with
toanimals,
Theilas“
beforeihe detcetive geutd jeke
miens-We.
ture of the
krom him.
sald to my¬
Don Quixot
nnounced a
ous, and
the young woman“was going to take
composer d
part in a presentation of the play or
gram-note.
the stage of the club.
John S. Sumner of the Society for
id been in¬
bew (altho;
the Suppression of Vice, wrote t0 In
n said,“
hat it wasi
spector Bolan several days ago, de
ming to see
be any mi
nouneing the play as "vile.“
Mr
and there v
Sumner said he had read the worl
m acritic.
borse’s feet
and pölicemen should be on hand