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TUE8DAY, February 2, 1909,
Conversions.
Previously reported ...2,888
Tuesday night Ill
i'uesday afternoon 6
Jessie Shirley's Stabs.
"Your everv action gives the lies to
your, professed Christianity: you are
either densely ignorant or maliciously
untruthful, as almost everv statement
you made regarding theaters in your
sermon on 'Amusements' is 'false. You
have repeatedly perjured yourself as a
minister of the gospel, while your
coarse and offensive language has
aroused the disgust of every true
Christian and the ridicule of the out
sider who merely looks on."
Mrs. Harry W. Smith, daughter of a
minister and a Bible student, --ofes
Bionally known as Jessie Shirlev and
head of her own stock company, which
has played in Spokane nearly four
years, consecutively, reads the fore
going indictments in an open letter to
the Chronicle in reply to Rev. "Billy'
Sunday, ex-baseball player and revi
valist, who viciously attacked the
stage and the theatrical profession in
a discourse of two hours' duration at
the Spokane tabernacle last Saturday.
After declaring that Sunday prob
ably realizes that he can reach his
class of hearers more directly by the
use of smut and slang. Mrs. Smith
says. "There is something irresistibly
funny in being called a mut' and a
'lobster,' and when you hear a so-called
Christian sl.rie.s, 'This whole town can
go to hell.' you have listened to the
acme of eloquence." Mrs. Smith con
tinues:
Legs are Small Items.
"You say 'take the leg shows off the
stage and the theatres would not make
-their salt.' Wrong again, Mr. Sunday,
The life of the average musical show
\lt but a fleeting one and the few that
survive owe their longer existence to
,Hhe real merit of the musical numbers
and the wit of the text, while the
greatest money makers have been
ound in the stronger and deeper plays
hat live for years and are always
elcomed by' intelligent audiences.
"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
tional works have found a hearing?
As well wipe out literature because
there have been obscene and immoral
books published at various times, or
destroy the church because it has
sanctioned many crimes—countless
murders, during its career. You say:
'The only way to purify the theatre is
to turn it into something else.' Wake
Mr. Sunday, you are not living in
\the dark ages now. but in the 20th
century. We have, happily passed the
-period when we could cheerfully burn
,at. the stake any one who did not
appen to believe as we did and then
Justify our crime under the mysterious
[work, 'wifchcraft,' and delude our
selves unto the belief that a long face
and a tiresome Puritan Sabbath had
squared our crimes with the Almighty.
"It is our glorious privilege to be
living today and rcaning the benefits
of 20th century progress. You might
as well talk of abolishing music, llter
ture or any of the arts as to talk of
abolishing the stage. It has too firm
hold on the hearts and minds of
those who appreciate its beauties and
realize its tremendous power for
good.
"You say Booth and Garrlck never
allowed their cHildren to witness a
play. I hate to spoil your fatherly lit
tle story, Mr. Sunday, but the truth
Is that Garrick never had any child
ren, ®though happily married—to a
French danseuse, by the way. Booth's
wife was his leading woman, while it
Js generally understood that his
daughter was his severest critic and
he highly esteemed her judgment.
BILLY" SUNDAY MEETING WITH
SUCCESS DESPITE THE BATTLES
BETWEEN THEATRE AND CHURCH
CONTRIBUTIONS EXCEED $15,500 AND CONVERSIONS ARE OVER
BROWN HEATEDLY REPLIES.
Shows Theatre's Friends.
"If you feel that vou must attack the
theatre 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
theatre. What do you mean bv "the
press?' Do you mean the Christian
Advocate and the War Cry, or the
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
of the leading features?
yNor does the church in general con
demn the stage. Not only the Jews
nnij the Catholics, but a number of
th^ Protestant sects are liberal patrons
of the theatres, and there is today in
America a stronp- organization known
as the Aetois' Church Alliance, de
signed and organized bv a few broad
minded clergymen with the object of
bringing the church and stage in still
closer touch.
"The progressive Christian of today
realizes the immense influence of the
stage, which, having the advantage of
effective settings and life-like repre
sentations. can and does drive more
sermons home than it is possible tp the
limited scope of the pulpit. Preach me
a sermon as strong as touching and
as eloquent as The Holy City" and I
will listen to ---ou.
"Even in the most poorly construct
ed melodrama virtue triumphs and
vi.e is defeated. In that respect I re
gret to say that the drama is not al
ways true to life for in real life we
often see the hypocrite and rascal
prosperous and secure, while the hon
est man goes under. Still, the inten
tion of the dramatist is meting out the
proper amount of punishment and re
ward is a worthy one and to be com
mended.
Eulogizes the Stage.
"You say that a certain actress,
whose name you cannot reveal, con
fided to you that the stage was cor
rupt in all its branches. I cannot im
agine what sort of a company she had
been connected with, but she was un
doubtedly unfortunte in choosing her
v*?
3,000—JESSIE SHIRLEY, PROMINENT SPOKANE ACTRESS TAKES
E E I O N S O S E O N O N A S E E N S E N
Despite the merry warfare that seems to be in progress in Spokane,
Wash., between the theatre and the church with Jessie Shirlev enthusias
tically defending the former, and Rev. Henry Brown equally as vehement
in his denunciation of the stage, Rev. "Billy' Sunday is-meeting with suc
cess. This success is not confined to attendance at meetings and conver
sions, but aiso characterizes the treas ury department. The total subscrip
tions to date, both paid and unpaid, a mount to $15,516.08, of which but a
few hundred dollars are unpaid. This leaves a sum over and above the
expenses and this will be divided among the churches identified with the
revival.
Total converts .3,005 Total estimate 405,000
^5
'\V vs ••'•A',
Attendance, ^Estimated.
Previously reported 395,000
Tuesday afternoon 2,000
Tuesday evening 8,000
engagements. I have been on the
stage nearly fifteen years, yet I have
always been associated with ladies
and gentlemen of honest and upright
principles. Many of them are devout
followers of different creeds, and all
the scores of actresses I know I can
not now recall more than one or two
of whose morality there was the
slightest question.
Columns could be written on the
subject of 'The Stage, both its moral
find intellectual aspects. The fact that
the stage has not only survived the
struggles and vicissitudes of its earier
career, its persecutions by narrow
minded bigots, its discouragements
and hard knocks, but has risen stead
ily above them to become what it is
today—the greatest institution of
modern times, patronized bv brilliant
and refined men and women and con
stantly progressing toward a higher
standard, seems the best proof of the
fitness of its survival.
-Mr. Sunday, you repeatedly sav the
Bible is good enough for you. It is it
Is good enough for any one. 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 sav about
calling your brother a fooi? What does
it sav about Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels and
have not charity I am become as
sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.?'
Says Sunday is N. G.
You profess to be a follower of the
gentle Christ, who said. 'Suffer little
children to come unto me and forbid
them not.' vet. you banish the little
tots from your services. You wheedle
550 out of^, Jimmio' Durlcln. liquor
e.ealer, and then with the coolest nerve
you openly say. 'I would not have the
saloon keepers' dirty money.' 'Con
sistency. thou are indeed a jewel?
Your every action gives the lie to
your professed Christianity.
Probably with our usual courtesy
and refinement you will call me a
'vellow dog' as you called the others
WHO
ventured to criticise your meth
ods. That is a very easy way of side
stepping an argument but after all it
is not so bad to be called a 'yellow
dog.' Surely the little yellow dog who
has the courage to bark at the heels
of a humbug is entitled to more
respect than the coward who runs
a-way from the bark.
You say you hate the theatre be
cause God hates it. How do you know
He does? Point out to me one passage
in which Christ denounced the theatre,
which was In existence several hun
dred years before His advent, and I
will give $100 to any worthy, charita
ble organization in Spokane. Now Mr.
Sunday. It up to you.'
Dr. Brown'e Come-Back.
The Chronicle has received the fol
lowing letter from Reverend Dr. Hen
ry Brown—a letter condemning Miss
Shirlev for her answer to Sunday's
criticisms.
"To the Editor of the Chronicle:
I have just read wour recent issue in
which I find an article from Miss Shir
ley, an actress, criticising Mr Sunday
for his utterances against the theater.
It is not. necessary for me, or anyone
else, to defend Mr. Sunday, as he is
abundantly able to take care of him
self, but I think I may be able to say
a few words that may throw a little
light on the subject.
"Miss Shirley denies Mr. Sunday's
assertion that the theater is con
demned by both the church and the
press.
"She wants to know what he means
by 'the press,' and says: 'Do you
mean the Christian Advocate and the
War Cry, or that mighty power—the
American newspaper, in whose col
umns will daily be found a review of
the current plays, with usually an in
telligent criticism of the same? Or
do you refer to the neormouS list of
monthly magazines that almost with
out exception have an interesting dra
matic department as one of the lead
ing features?' And that is all she has
to say about the press.
"Evidently Miss Shirley must have
received her instruction in logic from
the stage and not from the schools.
"She knows that not only the Chris
tian Advocate and the War Cry but a
multitude of religious papers repre
senting the great religious bodies of
the country are almost a unit in the
denunciation of the theater.
"If the sweet actress wishes to be
perfectly fair why didn't she say so,
and not try to deceive the reader by
naming only two religious papers as
if they were the only ones In all
America that condemn the theater?
Giving News no Sign of Favor.
"Does she think that the fact that
the secular press—the newspapers and
the magazines of the country—give
theatrical news, and have dramatic de
partments, proves conclusively that
they favor the stage? Or that they
think that the theater Is the conserva
tor of literary culture and spotless
morality? She evidently does, but I
would remind her that the same pa
pers give lengthy reports of every
prize fight that is pulled off, and, by
the Miss Shirley brand of logic, they
are all made to favor the prize ring.
But we know, apd Miss Shirley ought
to know, that the press is loud in its
denunciation of the prizefight.
"I hope Miss Shirley won't feel of
fended by this reference to the prize
fighter, but if she does, I would re­
iv
-V*s A $ \trfW 3 ij& \$
mind her that John L. Sullivan and
other similar models of morality and
culture have gone out of the ring and
onto the stage, and some of them
marry actresses
"She did not quote a single promi
nent editor in support of the stage, but
simply assumes, and wants others to
assume, that because they give the
news concerning the stage they there
fore favor the stage.
Stage is Deteriorating.
"In order that Miss Shirlev may
have the opportunity to verify my
quotations, I will call her attention to
an editorial that appeared the Ore
gonian" March 23, 1S91, in which ajp'
pears the following:
'Compared with the stage of 25
years ago, the outlook of the legiti
mate American drama, whether
tragedy or comedy, is not encouraging.
There is talent enough, but the taste
of the country has become so cor
rupted that men and women of talent
for the stage seek fame through farce
and burlesque, because it is the short
est road to pecuniary reward. As a
consequence, the number of actors
who are artists is decreasing, and the
number of actors who are exponents
of histrionic horseplay, and broad-grin
buffoonery arid roaring larce is in
creasing Burlesque and farce
teach nothing, touch no dept. of hu
man nature, but foster its shallow silly
side. For the sake of American
manneTs, thought, speech and taste, it
is a pity, therefore, that the legitimate
artistic drama of human nature and
society is dying before the growing
passion of a frantic, money-making
age for mere amusement, horseplay
and leg drama.'
"Mr. Scott may or may not have
changed his views since he published
the toregoing 18 years agofi but I
know that he has spoken with equal
seventy in the editorial columns of
his great daily within the last six
years.
"According to the above the theater
is not the pure and morally uplitting
institution that Miss Shirley would
have us believe it to be
"Mr. Scott, statements concerning
the decadence of the theater are
hilly supported by a statement made
by the actor, Stoddard, on Noember 5,'
1902, from which I take the following:
"One reason that the actor of to
day cannot cope with those ol old in
the. particular fields selected by the
latter is that, ever since the days of
the 'Black Crook' in Niblo's garden,
the stage has drifted constantly to
ward the frivolous—the farce comedy
and the comic opera."
"This is but a small part of a mass
of evidence which I have collected,
but I think it will be enough to con
vince Miss Shirley that Mr. Sunday is
not alone in-his opinion of the theater,
"Miss Shirley denies that the church
in general is opposed to the theater,
asserts that Jews and Catholics and a
number of the Protestant sects are lib
eral patrons of the theaters, and fur
ther says:
'There is today in America a
strong organization known as the
actors' church alliance, designed and
.organized by a few broad-minded
clergymen with the object of bring
ing the 'church and stage, in still
closer touch.'
"I have heard of this organization,
but I didn't know it was strong.
"I would like to ask Miss Shirley in
what way is It strong? Is it strong
in numbers? Please tell us how many
are in it. Is it strong the piety and
spirituality of those 'broad-minded
clergymen' (hat. helped to start the
thing- Give us the names. Is it strong
in the matter of saving men and wom
en from the guilt and power of sin,
and sending them forth in the world
to live for God and to labor for right
eousness? Tell us all about it, Miss
Shirley, please do, we want to know.
"You would think from Miss Shir
ley's attack on Mr. Sunday, as she
starts out with a severe arraignment
for alleged 'reckless disregard of
facts,' and 'coarse and offensive lan
guage.' that her own utterances. In
these respects would be faultless. But
she shows the most utter disregard
for facts when she asserts that the
theater is 'constantly progressing
toward a higher standard,' and she
certainly is not very conciliatory when
she characterizes the opponents of the
theater as 'narrow-minded bigots.'
"Henry Brown."
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Hogs, 150®180
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Receipts—3,200.
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Seconds—34@35c.
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Dairies—21@25c.
Dairies—21@25c.
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Firsts—35c.
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Oats 60.
Oats 1 last year 80.
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Corn 74.
Oats 57.
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Get Busy.
9ood Sale This Week.
My present opinion of the matter is
that you will see a better horse sale
this week than you have seen for
some time—I don't mean by that, that
it will be larger than the January sales,
when we sold a total of $82,000 worth,
but I look for a brisk sale, lively com
petition, especially on farm mares,
mules and southerners, with much bet
ter buying of business chunks and big
feeding horses than we had at the last
sale. Several new dealers will be here
with loads, in addition to the list of
regulars.
Among those haying already report
ed-loads are: J. Donahun, Parnell, 2 to
3 loads H. L. Scott, Batavla, 1 and
probably 2 loads D. W. Miller, South
English, 1 load S/ P. Finch, Iowa
City, 1 load M. L. Jamison, Wapello,
1 load J. M. Fleener, Ottumwa 1 load
or more C. C. Cremer, Agency, 1 load,
and one load from Princeton, Mo., arid
many dealers to hear from yet.
And as to buyers, well I told you
last week I have been "going after
tijem" and you just be on hand and
"see who's here."
MORRIS WILLIAMS.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Market and 8econd.
If want anything* remember that the place
%o make your wants known is in the
COURIER WANT COLUMNS
The price is very low considering their value
to you. Only
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—FORTY BARRED ROCK
cockerels $.. each. L. E. Wutson,
Stockport, la.
FOR SALE OF TRADE-HOUSE AND
lot. Inquire 333 South Moore St.
SEVERAL GOOD STOCKS OF
hardware, furniture. implements,
drugs and general merchandise to
exchange fo.- Iowa land. Only own
ers reply. Fremont S. Gibson, Mason
City. Iowa.
ARE YOU TIRED OF LONG COLD
winters and expensive fuel? Fine
farms, homes and timber lands in
sunny northwest Arkansas. Healthy
climate, pure water. H. O. Sanford,
rayetteville, Ark.
FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR LAND—
6 room dwelling and 2 storv business
building located live railroad
town. Address J-21-A, care Cour
ier.
PHELPS COUNTY MISSOURI BAR
galns. 160 acres. 100 In cultivation.
60 In meadow, bottom and upland,
all good fertile land, good 7 room
frame house and other buildings,
orchard, good water, good location.
3 miles from town, rural route: a
bargain at $4,000: $1,000 cash. 5
years on balance. Write for par
ticulars and booklet. Victor Wm.
Ritz Realty Co., St. James, Mo.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A HOME
this spring? Notice! 109 South
Adella. street, 7 rooms. 2 lots, loads
of fruit, good cave 812 Finlev Ave
9 rooms, small barn. 509 Chester
Ave., 7 rooms, new semi-modern
Cash takes these cheap. R. Chew
109 S. Adella street.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—GENERAL
stock of merchandise worth about
$7,000. Will trade for land near
Houston. Texas. Phil Watkins
Agency, Iowa.
FOR SALE FULL BLOODED
single combed Rhode Island Red
cockerels. E. A. Hastings, Florls, la.
600 ACRES OF MO. LAND, SMALL
improvements, some excellent tlm
ber. Cheap for cash, or will exchange
for Iowa farm, or rental property,
price way down. H. E. Duke.
HI Specialist
DR. D. H. LEWIS
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT
QIasses Pitted. Ottumwa, la.
CNNI8 OFFICE BUILDING.
Hours, I to s. m. 1 to p. ia
Sundays. 9 to It a. m.. to 5 p. m.
FIRST SPIKE FOR
INTERURBAN DRIVEN
Continued from page 1
townships through which the road
would proceed. Should this tax be
levied, it would mean that a small
amount of actual cash subscriptions
for stock would be necessary. This
stock, there is little doubt, would
readily be taken by Ottumwa mer
chants and Investors would see in an
interurban the reaping of much good.
The gentlemen interested in the In
terurban Construction Co., are en
thusiastic over the prospects of an in
terurban materializing within a lesser
period of time than some of the most
enthusiastic hoped for, and to do this,
only a little concerted action on the
part of the moneyed men will be nec
essary.
to buy a farm
to rent a farm
to hire a man
per word each insertion.
FOR' SALE.
FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR A
small farm, a five room dwelling(
restaurant and lot. In a flourishing
little mining town of 500 or 600 pop
ulation. For full particulars and de
scription address W. R. Smith, Fred
eric, la., R. No. 1.
FARM AT AUCTION—I WILL SELL
at public auction on premises at 2
o'clock p. m., Tuesday, February 9,
1909. my farm located one mile
from cltv limits of Albla. Iowa, con
sisting of 247% acres. Good com
fortable house, good barn and good
sheds. One of tho best stock farms in
Iowa. Well fenced. Eighty acres of
this land Is rough with some tim
ber. but the best of blue grass pas
ture. Underlaid with coal. Terma
to suit purchaser at 5 per cent in
terest on deferred payments. I am
moving to Colorado and this farm'
must and will be sold. Write owners
or auctioneer for anv further par
ticulars. R. W. Barclay. Mason
City. Iowa. Auct. S. G. Hoguc, West
Liberty, Iowa, O. E. Hogue, Albla,
Iowa, Owners.
I HAVE TWO GOOD BLACK JACKS,
Want to sell one of them or would
trade. Geo. Lentner, Ottumwa, la*
R. R. F. No. 1.
WANTED.
WANTED—A COMPETENT ELEC
trlcian. Steady employment, by tha
Llbertyvllle Telephone Co. Liberty
ville, la. StttJA salary required when'
writing.
MACHINE SHOP—REPAIRING AND1
manufacturing. Halloway Manu«r
/acturlnir Co.. 209 f. Second St.
PUBLIC SALE—WANTED—YOU TO*
attend B. F. Ostrander and W. E.
Bean's sale, one-half mile west of
Nasby corners Thursday February
4. 1909.
[Want good correspondents at Hed
rick, Keota, L&ddsdale, Fremont,'
W.iite Elm, What Cheer. Murray and
Pella. Address .Editorial department of1
Ottumwa Courier.]
WANTED-I WOULD LIKE TO RENT
a good farm. Can furnish best of
references. Address J-30-A, cara
Courier.
A FORTUNE
IN FRUIT
HERE'8 A SIXTY DAY PROPOSITION THAT'S OPEN TO EX
ACTLY TWENTY BUYERS.
A 10 Acre Fruit Farm
In the famous Sunnyside orchards of Colorado will net you an incoma
of $3,000 each year.
You Can Buy on Easy Payments
10 acres with a guarantee of 1,000 living trees all planted and taken
care of for 4 years. We have exactly 200 acres to sell before April
1st. Then the price goes up. Let us tell you why. Don't wait—call
tomorrow.
Johnson Metz Land Co.
Rooms 16-16 Lelghton Bldg.,
AGENTS WANTED
Sell our Bis $1.00 bottle Sarvap&rtUa tor 89 coots*
200 Per Cent Profit.
BtftStlkr, Plnast Madieitto. CompllM vlib purt
4raa l»W. Evaryoao
BAFT*
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for ftornu.
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Ottumwa, Iowa.
New York Poultry Market.
New York, Feb. 1.—Poultry—Market
dressed, steady.
Chickens—12@21c.
Fowls—13@14Vic.
Turkeys—19@23c.
Peoria Corft Market.
Peoria. Feb. 1.—The corn market
follows:
No. 3.—60%c.
St. Louis Grain Market.'
St. Louis, Feb. 1.—The grain market
follows:
Wheat—May—$1.07%@1.07%c.
Corn—62
%c.
Oats—51V4c.
AGENCY.
Agcncy—O. C. Stadford is unable to
be around on account of a sprained
ankle.
M. D. Whipple was called to Kansas
on account of the death of his father.
On account of the stormy weather
the debate on baptism between Rev.
O. G. Orcott of Agency and Elder Mc
Clure of Missouri was postponed until
later.
Lena McClure visited at Mediapolia
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Bearden of- La
coma are here visiting at the J. t.
Howell home.
Fred Miller has returned from Illi
nois, where he visited- for a few davs.
The three months' old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Cremen died Sunday
morning with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Black left Mon
day for their home in Nebraska after ,/di
a visit here.
TOSK
Born, recently, to Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Connelly, a son. '.
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