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1 86 George Bernard Shaw
compelled to shift for herself, she would have dis
covered that neither rag-picking nor flower-sell
ing brings enough to satisfy one s
"
taste." It is
not a question of choice, but of necessity, which
is the determining factor in most people s lives.
When Shaw flung Mrs. Warren into the smug
midst of society, even the educated Vivians knew
little of the compelling force which whips thou
sands of women into prostitution. As to the
ignorant, their minds are a mental and spiritual
desert. Naturally the play caused consternation.
It still continues to serve as the red rag to the so
cial bull.
"
Mrs. Warren s Profession
"
infu
riates because it goes to the bottom of our evils;
because it places the accusing finger upon the
sorest and most damnable spot in our social fabric
SEX as woman s only commodity in the competi
tive market of life.
"
An immoral and heretical
play," indeed, of very deep social significance.
MAJOR BARBARA
"
MAJOR BARBARA "
is of still greater social
importance, inasmuch as it points to the fact that
while charity- and religion are supposed to minis
ter to the poor, both institutions derive their main
revenue from the poor by the perpetuation of the
evils both pretend to fight.
Major Barbara, the daughter of the world re-
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