The Daily Missoulian. [volume], January 31, 1909, Morning, Page 7, Image 7

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ACTRESS IN DEFENSE
OF THEATER
RETORT COURTEOUS GIVEN TO
BILLY SUNDAY BY A WOM
AN OF THE STAGE.
(Jessie Shirley in Spokane Chronicle)
Having read Mr. Sunday's attack
upon the theaters I feel it my duty as
a woman and an actress (the daughter
of a minister and a student of the
bible) to correct the erroneous impres
sions which may have been made in
the minds of many who listened to his
sermon on "Amusementas Mr. Sun
day is either densely ignorant or ma
liciously untruthful, as almost every
statement he made regarding the
theater is false. With a reckless dis
regard of facts, he throws his venom
right and left, and repeatedly prejures
himself as a minister of the gospel,
while his coarse and offensive lan
guage (which would not be tolerated
in a respectable theater) arouses the
disgust of every true christian and
the ridicule'of the outsider who mere
ly looks on.
Probably he realises that he can
reach his class of hearers more di
rectly by the use of smut and slang,
for in every community there is a
type of "low brows" upon whom pure
English would be thrown away.
There is something irresistably funny
in being called a "mut" and a "lob
eter," and when you have heard a
christian gentleman shriek at you
"This town can go to hell" you have
listened to the acme of eloquence.
So by all means, Mr. Sunday, fire
the gatling gun of your keen wit and
delicate humor at your heroes. In
sult them as much as you like-they
will not resent it-for the world in
general will accept almost anything
labelled "religion." But for heaven's
sake let vs be long on truth, even
though we may be short on logic.
If you foel that you must attack
the theater to hold your job look up a
few historical facts regarding the sub
ject and don't become the laughing
stock of all well informed theatrical
people. You state that not only the
church but the press condemns the
theater. Wat do you mean by "the
press?" D- you mean the Christian
Advocate and the War Cry or that
mighty power, the American news
paper in whose columns will daily be
found a review of the current plays
with usually an intelligent criticism
of the same? Or do you refer to the
enormous list of monthly magazines
that almost without exception have an
interesting dramatic department as
one of the leading features?
Nor does the church in general con
demn the stage. Not only the Jews
and the Catholics, but a number of the
Protestant sects are liberal patrons of
the theater, and there is today in
America a strong organization known
as the Actors' Church alliance, de
signed and organized by a few broad
minded clergymen with the object of
bringing the church and stage in still
closer touch.
The progressive Vhristian of today
realizes the immense influence of the
stage which, having the advantage of
effective settings and lifelike represen
tations, can, and does drive more ser
mons home than is possible to the
limited scope of the pulpit. Preach
me a sermon as strong, touching and
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eloquent as Broadhurst's "Holy City"
and I'll listen to you, Mr. Sunday.
Even in the most poorly constructea
melodrama virtue triumphs and vice is
defeated. In that respect I regret to
say that the drama is not always true
to life for in real life we often see
the hypocrite and rascal prosperous
and secure while the honest man goes
under. Still the intention of the dra
matist in meting out the proper
amount of punishment and reward is
a worthy one and to be commended.
You say: "Take the leg shows off
the stage and the theaters would not
make their salt." Wrong again, Mr.
Sunday.
The life of the average musical show
is but a fleeting one and the few that
survive owe their longer existence to
the real merit of the musical num
'ers and the wit of the text while the
"reatest money-makers have been
found in the stronger and deeper plays
that live for years and are always wel
comed by intelligent audiences.
I think I may be allowed to point iu
a modest way to the success of my
own company which has held the
hoards in Spokane for nearly four con
seecutive years and is still prospering.
During that time we have never pro
duced a "leg show," as you are pleased
to term it, but have given the public
the best dramas of the day. You have
had the benefit of columns of free ad
vertising daily. Mr. Sunday. yet I
doubt your ability to hold the attention
of Spokane for four years.
I do not claim that all plays are
moral; that would be a foolish state
ment. But shall we sweepingly con
demn the stage because some objec
tionable works have found a hearing
there? As well wipe out literatire he
cause there have been obscene and im
moral books published at various times
or destroy the church because it sanc
tioned many crimes-countless mur
ders-during its career. You say:
"The only way to purify the theater is
to burn it into something else. Wake
up. Mr. Sunday, you are not living in
the dark ages now but In the twen
tieth century. We have happily passed
the period w)hen we could cheerfully
burn at the stake anyone who did not
hnap'en to believe as we did and then
lustify our crime under the mystert
ous word, "witchcraft," and delude
ourselves into the belief that a long
face and a tiresome puritan Sabbath
had squared our crimes with the Al
mighty.
It is our glorious privilege to be
living today and reaping the hbene
fits of twentieth century progres-.
You might just as well talk of
abolishing music, literature, or any
of the arts as to talk of abo'lshin;
the stage. It has too firm .a hold
on the hearts and minds of those
who appreciate its beauties and
realize its tr"mendouo power for
good.
You say Booth and Garrick rneve'
nallowed their children to witness
a play. I hate to spil your father
ly little story, Mir. Sunday. but the
truth is that Garrick never had
any children, thoug', happily mar
ried, to a Frocwn dana'tsae t y the
way. Booth's wife was his leading
lady while it I. gentrally under
stood that his daughter was his
severest critic and he highly es
Leemed her ludnment.
You say that a certain act.ess.
whose name you ear.n)t rev. al, c m
fided to you that the stage was cor
rupt in all its branches. I cannot
imagine what sort of a company
slie had been conne.erl with; but she
was undoubtedly unfortunate in
choosing her enagementas. I have
been on the stage for nearly 13 years
yet I have always been associated
with ladies and gern;lluen of honest
',nd upright princples. Many of ihemn
are devout followers of different
creeds and of all the scores of ac
tresses I know I cannot now recal
more than one or two ,of whos:e mnor
ality there was the slightest question
('olumns coal,' be \ ritte.n on the
subject of the stage, both in itt
moral and int-lle. tua .isl.er:'t. ut
my .race 1. lhnited. T ' fia t that
the stage has not only survived the
struggles and vitissit.i.lls of ti.
earlier career, i'. pelrtscutih is bv
narrow miinded Ligi th, Its disc.ur
agtmenlts and ill'd klloek, bhilt has
risen steadily aoove them to be
come what it Is toda--the greatest
institution of modern times, patron
ized by brilliant and refined men and
women and constantly progressing to
ward a higher standing-seems the
best proof of the fitness of its sur
vival.
Mr. Sunday, you repeatedly say that
the bible is good enough for you. What
does it say about bearing false wit
ness against your neighbor? What
does it say about "Judge not lest ye
be judged?" What does it say about
calling your neighbor a fool? What
does it say about "Though I speak
with the tongues of men and of
angles and have not charity I become
as sounding brass or a tinkling cym
bal?"
You profess to be a follower of
the gentle Christ who said, "Suffer
little children to come unto me and
forbid them not," yet you banish
the little tots from your services.
You wheedled $50 out of Jimmie Dur
kin and then with the coolest nerve
you openly say "I would not have the
saloon keepers' dirty money." Consist
ency, thou art Indeed a jewel. Your
every action give the lie to your pro
fessed Christianity.
Probably with your usual courtesy
and refinement you will call me a
yellow dog as you called the other
who ventured to critise your methods.
That is a very easy way of sidestep
ping an argument, but after all it
isn't so bad to be called a yellow dog.
Surely the little yellow dog which has
the ,ourage to bark at the heels of a
humbug is entitled to more respect
than the coward who runs away from
the burk. You say you hate the the
ater because God hates it. How do
you know He does?
Point out to me one passage in
which Christ denounced the theater
(which was in existence several hun
dred years before Ills advent) and I
will give $100 to any worthy charitable
organization in Spokane. Now, Mr.
Sunday, it's up to you.
HATS OFF.
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The American Indian accustomed
from time immemorial to go bare
headed in all kinds of weather is never
troubled with falling hair or baldness.
The close atmosphere caused by our
"civilized" head-gear is conducive to
the breeding of infinitesimal germs
which dig into the scalp and thrive on
the sap of the hair-root.
This true cause of baldness is of
recent discovery and explains the non
success of all hair-vigors which
treated baldness as a functional dis
order.
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Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c
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agents.
There are at least tllr~e species of
dogs which do not bark-the Egyptian
sheep dog, the Australian dog and the
lion-headed" dog of Tibet.
CHECKS ARE SIGNEO
BY THUMB
CHEYENNE BANK ADOPTS NEW
SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION
OF SIGNATURE.
Cheyenne, Jan. 30.-The old Chinese
system of identification by thumb
marks has been adapted to modern
banking, and the method is now in
practical use in the First National
bank of this city as a means of iden
tifying the signature of the many for
eigners who carry deposits at that in
stitution. In fact, the thumb mark has
become as necessary on checks drawn
by this c:ass of the bank's depositors
as is the written signature of the
drawer of the check. The system has
been in use for more than a year, and
in that time the bank has had not the
least trouble with its foreign deposi
tors, but instead has found that the
arrangement works to perfection.
There are probably more nationall
ties represented in and around Chey
enne than in almost any other city of
the country. The great mining camps
of the state have drawn every na
tionality of Europe to themselves,
while the Union Pacific and Burling
ton railroads have brought hundreds
of railroad laborers from Asiatic
countries. Korean ditchers, Japanese
section men, Chinese workmen, Mexi
cans, Indians, Lithuanians, Czechs,
Poles, Hungarians, Bohemians, Welsh
men, Irishmen, Greeks, Italians and
about every other nationality can be
found around Cheyenne. in the course
of a day's search. Many of these per
sons deposit their savings in the First
National hank of Cheyenne., and very
few of them, comparatively speaking,
can write their own name, especially
in letters which can be read by an
ordinary American business man.
Foreigners Look Alike.
An additional source of trouble to
the hanker Is the great resemblance so
many foreigners bear to others of thel
own nationality, a resemblance
strong that identification in man3
Saces is almost impossible. To the
average American every Japanese re
sembles every other Japanese, while
Chinamen are as much alike as peas
Unless well acquainted with each de
positor, the bank officials soon dis
covered they were having a great deal
of trouble identifying either the
drawer or the payee of checks which
came to them.
At the time of opening an account
it is always customary to have the
depositor file his signature with the
hank, the more readily to detect a
forgery should one be attempted.
But tile bank attaches were "up
against it" when many of their de
nositors placed slgnatureson file which
would throw the ordinary chlrograph
Ical expert into a fit.
Impressions on Cards.
One day Assistant Cashier A. D
fohnston bethought himself of the
thumb-print method, and immediately
out the scheme in operation in the
bank.
As a result each foreign patron
when he deposits money Is required to
place his thumb on an inked pad and
then make an impression on a card.
which, with his ordinary signature and
'1s name as written by the bank
cashier, is deposited in the records of
the bank. Whenever a check is pre
sented drawn by this patron his
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thumb signature must appear on the
check and must correspond with that
on the card in the record. If it does
not so correspond the check is thrown
out as a forgery.
The assistant cashier has become so
proficient in reading thumb signatures
that he can recognize the prints of
a great many of the bank's patrons
without reference to the records
CARSICKNESS IS AKIN
TO SEASICKNESS
SYMPTOMS OF TWO DISORDERS
ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE
MAY BE AVOIDED.
Car sickness is a very disagreeable
affection, something akin to seasick
ness and yet different from it in sev
eral particulars, says the Youth's
Companion.
In seasickness it is rare to find the
very old or the very young affected.
If children are seasick they are very
quickly over it, and running about at
play as usual, but a baby will some
times suffer from carsickness in its
baby carriage, and the very old are
not immune.
The symptoms of the two disorders
are very much alike. They consist of
pallor, quick pulse, clammy skin, gid
diness, nausea and vomiting. Women
are more subject to carsickness than
men, and this is equally true of sea
sickness, and one strange feature of
carsickness that has been noted by
physicians is that it is frequently
handed down through the women of a
family from generation to generation.
If an Individual is immune all
through childhood and early life and
develops carsickness as an adult the
fault will probably be found to rest
with the eyes and the way to avoid it
is to travel with the eyes closed, or,
better, still, to start with properly
fitted glasses. It is easy to understand
why this should be so. When the eyes
need glasses the whole nervous equi
librium of the body suffers, even under
the best conditions, and when to this
struggle is added the vibration of the
cars and the temptation to watch
passing scenery through the windows
the struggle turns into active revolt of
the whole system against Imposition.
The proof that carsickness and sea
sickness 'are not quite the same thing
is found in the fact hat a person may
be a good sailor and yet suffer dread
fully with carsickness, and vice versa,
while its occurrence in babies would
go to show that the sense impressions,
that is to say, the impressions gained
by the ear, the eye or the nose, are not
at the root of the disorder, because In
very tiny babies the sense impressions
are undeveloped or at the best very
feebly developed.
As a further proof of this, carsick
ness often comes on during sleep, and
when this occurs the eyes, of course,
are not the cause in that particular
case.
The symptoms of carsickness may
be of a most appalling violence, the
state of collapse being so extreme that
death is often feared. It is comforting
to know that this fear is unfounded
and that although people may he
dlreadfully ill they rarely if ever suc
cumb.
CARRIES PASSENGERS.
New York, Jan. 30.-When the White
Star liner Baltic left her pier this
afternoon on her voyage to England,
she carried with her Captain Sealby
and Wireless Operator Binns of the
steamer Republic, heroes of the dis
aster on the Nantucket shoals a week
ago today. On her also was the en
tire engineering force of the Republic
and about 250 members of the Repub
lic's crew. Only four of the cabin
passengers of the Republic sailed on
the Baltic to renew their interrupted
trip. On other such passenger sailed
on the steamer New York. which also
took five of the Republic steerage
passengers.
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Algiers. Jan. 10S-The fourth squa
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composed of the Wisconsin, the Till
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left this port this afternon for Gibral
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Complete factories for the manufacture of Box Shooks,
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Estimates Furnished From Plans
Largest stock of seasoned timber always on hand for
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The Pure Food Law.
Secretary Wilson says: "One of the
objects of the law Is to inform the
consumer of the presence of certain
harmful drugs in medicines." The law
requires that the amount of chloro
form, opium, morphine and other habit
forming drugs be stated on the label of
each bottle. The manufacturers of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have al
ways claimed that their remedy did
not contain any of these drugs, and
the truth of this claim Is now fully
proven, as no mention of them is made
on the label. This remedy is not only
one of the safest, but one of the best
in use for coughs and colds. Its value
has been proven beyond question dur
ing the many years it has been in gen
eral use. For sale by all druggists.
Call for City of Missoula General
Warrants.
On presentation at my office in the
city hall I will pay all city of Mis
soula general warrants registered up
tn and including warrant No. 7169,
March 3, 1908. Interest will cease Feb
ruary 3, 1909. T. G. HATHEWAY,
City Treasurer.
Missoula. Mont., Jan. 27, 1909.
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