The personating of characters which have in them a spice of wickedness, the taking of the part in a play which represents the downfall of a virtuous person, the setting forth of the passions of love and hatred, must in time produce a powerful effect on the mind of a young woman, and there is danger that the neophyte on the stage will be contaminated with the base things of life before strength of character is developed.

The Chinese are to be commended in this respect, whatever their motive in excluding their women from the stage.

The reproduction of Greek plays, in some of our universities, where only men take the parts, shows what could be done among us on the stage, and successfully.
The Chinese actors whom I saw, exhibited a great deal of human nature in their acting.

There was the full display of the human passions; and they entered into their work with zest as if it were real life.

Some of the men in the audience were smoking cigars, others cigarettes.