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VOLUME XLV1I.-NO. 14.
LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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"REFORM"
Spcnkcrs Entertain City and. County
- Emplojes nnil Families nt
Opening.
Sewer ami Drain AVorkcrs and Pav
el's Chuckle nt "Keynoter"
mill "Mrick."
Machine AVoulrt Allow Quln io En
force Sunday HIuo Laws, But
Xo Others.
MACHINE GETTING DESPERATE.
The voters of Louisville and Jof-
fonson county are now viewing an-
other series or tableaux entitled
"Reform," under the stage direction
of the Searcy-Chilton Company, the
leading characters being portrayed
by Helm Bruce, Lolusvllle's leading
apostle of reform, ably supported by
Ben ''Mack" Brumlevo, EdwaTd
"Assessor" Hill, Innocent Joe Sel
Hgman, "Governor" Burllngame,
Tommy Butler, Pete Bttzer and
Harvy Burns. The reform company
staged Its first big production last
Friday night at the Gypsy Smith
Tabernacle amid a blazo of red
lights and fireworks. It is said
many la the audience folt perfectly
at home with .the selection of red
lights. Despite the rain and threat
ening weatlher -there was a big audi
ence present, and let It be 6ald right
here that a big audience was as
sured In advance, rain, or no rain.
The Searcy-Chilton machine ordered
every city and county employe, Key
stone policeman, "hick" fireman,
their wives, daughters, brothers-in-law,
alsters-iln-law, fathers-in-law,
mothers-in-law, uncles, aunts and
every conceivable kin to be on hand.
Failure to be present meant trouble
for the absentee.
The poor old street cleaners,
street pavers, sewer and drain work
ers turned out en masse. Friday
afternoon representatives of the
Searcy-Chilton machine presented all
of tlheo workers with two car
checks ot ride to and from the
meeting. ' AVith the checks came the
order that any man failing to at
tend need not report for work the
next day. Street foremen and bosses
were stationed right inside the door
to check off the tired and woary
workers who were there to boost for
"reform." All through .the. dreary
speeches of "Keynoter" Bruce,
"Mack" Brum'leve and "Innocent"
Joe Selllgman the pavers and sewer
and drain, workers would be prodded
every now and" then by their leaders
ot wake up and applaud the "re
form" orators. Every time Helm
Bruce told how bitter ho was
against gambling the city employes
would yawn loudly, while jthe "Key
stone" police who collect from the
gambling games for the machine
chuckled and nudged one another
In tiho ribs. The -wise ones In the
audience wonder it "Keynoter"
Bruco really believed that tiho pres
ent administratoin was opposed to
gambling.
How grandly Bruco talks against
tho evl's of race track gambling,
but how .silent he Is on the gambling
In stocks of the many corporations
ho represents. The old "Keynoter"
sees an awful wrong In some young
man or woman wagering two beans
on Gallant Lad to win the Ken
tucky Derby, but he sees nothing
wrong in the gambling In stocks of
his corporation bosses and asso
ciates. "Reform" is a beautiful
thing, but how queer it works in the
minds and consciences of some of
our apostles of "reform." Many are
surprised to ses thio unkind attitude
xf the Lexington Herald in its dis
cussion ot Helm Bruce's position, on
race track gambling. The Herald
does not seem to consider the "Key
noter" as a sincere apostle of re
form anil cites the fact that Just a
few years back lie was tho legal rep
resentative of Celln, Tllles and Art
ier, St. Louis gamblers of wide no
toriety, owners of tjio Douglas Park
track and controllers or syndicate
hookmaking, which brought more
scandals to racing than all other
agencies combined. Jusit think how
mean it Is of the Lexington Herald
to dig this up on Mr. Bruce jus
wihien he is showing tho ways or
"reform" to the people of Louisville
nnrt that wo must xoto for Huston
Quln, his candldnte, If we want to
walk in tho .path of righteousness.
Shame, oh. shame, on tho publish
ers of .the Lexington Herald, which
we believe would be guilty of throw
ing a. brick through the drum if Mr.
Bruco .takes an active part in the
Salvation Army.
Follow ne Keynoter" uruce at
Ihe Republican "reform" rally was
ilnnocent" Joe Seaugman. or ine
loard of Safety. Joe said he ue-
sved we had a splendid police
rce and that he didn't beliovo the
jice stole all of the automoniies
It wore takwn around here. Ana
the cases where the police weroj
tid wlin Dne suwen u-uws u. utm
Session WIW SI;ttrMJl ixiiu w "
Ived that they acquired them ac
tually, soma wicked person or
Ins putting these amoa m wieir
le when the innocent -ivey-
policemen weren't loosing.
ttaiMirirt&n also said he didn't
Io that the police and fireman
Ibolng assessed tor pouuoai,
lea as ho tooK an oain wneu.
Ing a member of ne uoara oi
to ree tnai ims seuuuu m
kxter ivF not violated. Many
ewer and drain worKcrs anm
ivers yawned' louuiy wnen
it" Joo jnade thte statement,
e ot the "Keystone" -eoos i
ttnee looked eurprked; as
they know .they had been assessed
$35 each by the Republican Cam
paign Committee, and that J. H.
Scales, former circulation manager
of the machine Herald, was collect
ing this money. Butj you'll have to
glvo Mr, Selllgman the benefit of
tlio doubt. Maybe ho doesn't know
this unlawful assessing is being
done.
Then amid the blare of tmmnetR.
the shouts of tho tired pavers, the
I 6lici vieuuere aim uuuui ulcere
! Benny "Mack" Brumleve, of the
I Board of AVorks, waltzed on the
rostrum to itll how he had been
fighting for "reform" for lo, these
many years. Mr. lmimevo evident
yl sized up his audience as a crowd
of jays and suckers as he fed them
a lot of guff that wouldn't bo Bwal
lowed by any gathering of Intelli
gence. Ho begen with an awful de
nunciation of Col. "Jim" AVhallen,
who has not taken an active part in
politics for the last four years, and
coupled that with a tirade against
the Buckingham Theater which has
been closed for nearly six years.
Tho wonder was that someone in
that big audience didn't protest
against tho speaker's insult to their
Intelligence. Many would rather
have heard Mr. Brumleve toll the
secret ot his successful! sale of
"Mack" trucks to contractors and
corporations that do business with
tho Board of ATorks, consequently
doing business with. Mr. Brumleve,
Mho is a member of the Board of
Works. A'es, sir, "reform" works
In a queer way. Mr. Brumleve de
nounced Col. "Jim" AVhallen, who
played politics on tho square for
tho benefit of his friends, and sees
nothing wrong in his own conduct
of selling "Mack" trucks, for which
he is sole agent to contractors and
corporations.
"Mack" Brumleve was loudly ap
plauded by near Mayor Smith, who
sat on tho platform, and who for
four years has also worked for "re
form" by allowing the Searcy-Chilton
machine to conduct his admln
tratlon to suit Itself Tho near May
or is n great booster for "reform"
along the linos of tho Brumleve
policy, as in four years ho lias taken
more money out of the secret service
fund than any Mayor, in history,
and as an apostle of "reform" took
the little old measly .$189 left over
from Mayor Buschemeyer'e admin
istration. Bruce, the former attor
ney for tho bookmaklng syndicate
gamblers; Brumleve, tiho con
tractor's IdeaV salesman, and near
Mayor Smith, two took the last pen
ny out of the taxpayers secret iuna:
What a trio to be advocating "re
form" on a public platform. How
proud Harvey Burns, Tommy But
ler, Pete Bltzer, the other "reform"
workers must have been and how
lustily they all joined in at tho close
singing Chesr Searcy's favorite hymn
'H you ain't got no money, you
needn't come around."
The eecret Is out as to Judge
"Holdfast" Quin's contract with the
Searcy-Chilton according to rumor.
Quln knows that if elected he must
obey the dlstates of the machine and
reappoint Burllngame, Petty and a"l
of the other machine followers, but
to save his pride and help his "re
form" promises he is to be allowed
full latitude In the enforcement ot
Sunday blue laws, which is Quin's
hobby. Ho will issue on edict clos
ing Sunday picture shows, baseball
purkH, jmjoI rooms, billiard parlors
and all amusement places and then
eay to tho church people. "Don't
you m I'm strong for reform." He
will be allowed to do this as the
above amusement place spay no rev
enuo to the Searcy-Chflton maahlne
fund. But Quln will not bo allowed
to stop gambling games or close
bootlegging joints because they nro
a source of revenue to tho machine,
nor will ho lie allowed ito interfere
with tho police and detectives who
collect tho machine's takeout. Some
of the speakers have been laying it
on pretty tlhtck about the pious Godfearing-
man Quln is, but does any
one doubt for a minute that Quln
knows gamblers and bootleggers aro
being assessed for his campnlgn
fund?
Tho Searcy-Chilton machine is
showing signs of becoming desperate
as the flood of Harris pictures and
buttons continue to mock the ma
chine Jeadera The revolt of the
colored Republicans is another
source of worry and the Republicans
are Issuing a negro dally paper dis
tributed free to offset the bombard
ment of the Lincoln Independent
party and the two colored Repub
lican papers, the Mews and the
Leader. The Leader tolls ot how
"Governor" Burllngame is making
social calls on colored Republicans
trying to get them in Mne for the
party while tho machine Herald is
advertising a drunken negro preach
er whoiia callm to fame Is that he
will support tho Searcy-Chilton
ticket But for a real sign of
desperation get this. This week the
Republican headquarters compiled a
Ilts of 250 relatives, meaning wives,
sisters or daughterecof firemen who
intend to register Democratic. The
Scarcy-CliUton machine has notified
tho firemen in question that ir their
female relatives do not swear allegi
ance to tho Republican "reform"
ticket the unfortunate flrcmen will
liavo to look for other jobs. Some
of .tho firemen plead that they can
not central all of their relatives, but
the Republican bosses say no ex
cuses go. Besides showing despera
tion it shows tliat tlio Searcy-Chilton
machino is drawing bosslsm lo a fine
points
MERCIER OX FACULTY.
Dr. Charles Mercier, nephew of
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, has
been added to tho faculty of Notre
Dame University, where he will
teach philosophy. Before departing
for America Dr. Mercier visited his
famous uncle, who spoke affection
ately ot the United States and its
people.
"If it were possible for me to do
so. and lf my duty did not He so
plainly in Belgium, I shouldi like
nothing (better than to spend my, last
years in America, that, wonderful
country vhere the people are so con
siderate and liberal and where the
ravages or the great war and social
upheavals are not so much in evi
dence," Cardinal Mercier told his
nephew. Cardinal Mercier is pro
foundly interested In the struggle
for Irish independence, Dr. Mercier
reports. "He is watching the devel
opments in Ireland with anxious
mind," he said. "He knows It means
much to the whole world to have
England and Ireland in agreement."
GIRLS' HOME OPEXS.
Tho Visitation Home for AVorking
Girls, 957 South Fourth street, in
charge of tho Sisters of Mercy with
Sister Mary Aloysius as Mother Su
perior, was formally opened with a
largely attended and delightful re
ception AVednesday afternoon and
evening, to which the public had
been Invited. The new home is tho
outgrowth of the Visitation Home
established on AVainut street many
years ago, and tho unanimous ex
pression was that the institution is
a credit to Louisville and the Cath
olics of Louisville and Kentucky.
Music was furnished by the orhces
tra from Our Lady ot Mercy Acad
emy, and Mrs. Thom'as- Keenan,
Mrs. AVlllIam Duane, Mrs. George
Hoertz, Mrs. Charles AV. Smith, Mrs.
George Rankin, Mrs. J. B. Arbegust,
Misses Minnie Hoertz, Genevieve
Dowllng, May McGinn, Rose Kav
anagh and many others assisted in
greeting tho guests.
Tho officers are Mrs. Joseph
Hutchlngs, President; Mrs. Charles
Smith, Mrs. Minnie Bosche, Mrs.
John Buschemeyer, AMce Presidents;
Mrs. George Burkley, Recording
Secretary; Mrs. D. F. Murphy,
Treasurer; Miss Kate Collins, Corre
sponding Secretary. They and the
Chairmen of the various committees
comprise tho Board of Directors.
KVEXIXG SCHOOLS.
Thirty-one different trades will be
taught in the nation-wide chain of
Knights of Columbus night schools
during the year 1921-22. The
schools will reopen generally the
first week in October with a fresh
enrollment of 100,000 students, ac
cording to current estimates, this
number not including re-enrollments
by last year's students. Here in
Louisville the school will be at St.
Xavler's College, where the K. of
C. policy of giving free instruction
to former service men and women
will be continued.
EVBXIXG AVEDDIXG.
Mis3 Marguerite Campbell Franke
and George M. Kennedy will be mar
ried Wednesday evening, October
12, dn tho rectory of the Cathedral
of tho Assumption in the presence
ot the two families. Miss AVllhel
mlna Franke will be her sister's
maid of honor and Dr. George Ken
nedy will be his brother's best man.
There will be a reception at the
homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Carl Franke, in St.
James Court: After a wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy will be at
home in Edgarton, AV. Va.
MERRY MOTOR PA11TA'.
Misses Ellen. Mary and Louise
Foley. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Cooper
and Messrs. Garrett and John Foley,
of Pewee Valley, composed a happy
motor party to High Bridge last
week. A very pleasant time was had
at the Bridge.
LSONS BAN KU KLUX.
The Missouri Grand Lodge of the
Masonlo -order passed a resolution I
at it seesoin in St. Louis last week
prohibiting any member of that or-
ganlsatlon joining the Klu Klux.
IGNORES HIS BACKGROUND.
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Helm Bruce, the "Keynoter" of the Republican "reform" cam
paign, seems to be going it blindly.
IRELAND
Speech of AA'inston Churchill at
Dundep Increases' Hope For
J'oace.'
Proposal For Parley Expected to Bo
Continued hi Premier's
Xotc.
Conference AVHI Take Place in Lon
don About tho Middle of
October.
SOLUTION STILL HOPED FOR.
Harry J. Boland, close associate
of Eamonn do Valera, and who has
been an active participant In the
Sinn Fein councils since his arrival
from New A'ork in August, expressed
optimism AVednesday over tho pros
pects. Tho speech of AVInston
Churchill, Secretary for Colonies, in
Dundee last Saturday had increased
his hopefulness, he Indicated. MrJ
Boland will sail for New York next
Saturday.
Invitation of Sinn Fein leaders to
a conference to be hold in London
about the middle of October was ex
pected to be contained in Prime
Minister Lloyd George's final reply
to Eamonn de Valera which it was
believed would b e made public
Thursday. There was some uncer
tainty In London over tho time
when the Prime Minister's note
would be delivered in Dublin, but it
seemed tho reply would not be de
layed longer than Friday.
Tuesday at Gairloch, Scotland, It
wa3 assured that the reply to De
Valera may be considerably modi
fied from tho draft submitted to the
Cabinet Ministers before It is finally
dispatched. It Is now certain that
it will not be sent to Dublin earlier
than AVednesday and its publication
in London and Dublin may bo de
layed unutll later in the week. The
Ministers attach great importance to
tho wording ot tho reply because of
the desire that this be the last com
munication before, the conference.
It is learned that the reply of the
Ministers will be conciliatory and
expressive of the desire for peace,
and the Ministers are hoping that
through it tho. puzzle of what De
Valera requires as a basis for the
conference will be -finally solved.
British recognition of Irish claims
of Independence as a preliminary
condition to a conference were never
asked by the Sinn Fein, declared
Arthur Griffith, a member of the
deelgation chosen at Dublin to con
fer with Prime Minister Lloyd
George, in an interview with tho
Dally Mall's correspondent in Dub
lin. He added that entering the
conference without previous guaran
tees or conditions would not imply
British recognition of the Sinn
Fein's claims.
"Our entrance to a condltlonless
conference," ho Went on, "would not
give Ireland any fresh International
ptatus. If tho conference broke
down Ireland would bavo the same
international position that she holds
at present. Irish Republican lead-
kers have contended they wero en-
titled to enter the conference hold-
Ing their own opinion, but the moro
holding of Uaoee opinions would not
entitle them to anytMar from any
on'e else. Nevertheless, it would be
QUIM
'AND
REFORN
unjust and high handed to ask the
Sinn Fein to stultify its attitude by
abandoning its' standpoint.
"The Sinn Fein has offered to
enter the conference for the purpose
of finding a solution which would
terminate ithe quarrel between Ire
land and 'England. The only thing
that mattered would be the final
agreement. Tho opinions expressed
during tho conference would bo
merely opinions, which would bo
wiped out by that agreement."
Sniping and rioting broke out
again in East Belfast Monday morn
ing and the riot act was read at
noon throughout the riot areas. Re
inforced by troops, tho military are
patrolling all streets and additional
armored cars and armored autos are
being brought from Dublin. -It was
stated that several batteries of artil
lery and further battalions of infan
try also were en route to the city.
Lorries equipped with powerful
searchlights already .have taken up
positions to locate snipers.
A proclamation prohibiting the
assembly of three or more persons
In tho riot zone in Nowtownards
Road in East Belfast, tho scene ot
fierce fighting Sunday, was issued
Monday evening, to become effective
at 8:30 o'clock. Tho disorders were
not orealed by Sinn Felners, but by
the Orange element, who seem be
yond control and have broken the
truce that has. been strictly observed
outside the Orange localities.
The aftermath of tho week-end of
bloodshed in Belfast gives four dead
and forty-two In hospitals, many of
whom aro in a critical condition.
Many women and children were se
verely wounded and may die from
wounds received In Sunday's bomb
explosion. Further reports ot a sec
ond bomb, thrown date Sunday night
In Mlllwater street off York road,
state that it exploded In the midst
ot a group of young children and
worshipers emerging from services
in a nearby church. The street
lights were lit and the bombers had
a pood view of the scone.
It is reported that President de
Valera AVednesday atfernoon re
ceived a Belfast deputation which
sated It represented 100,000 citizens
who are resolved to refuse recogni
tion of a partition parliament.
BRIDGE AXI) LUNCH.
Mrs. Harry Schultz gave a luncheon-bridge
party Thursday at the
Audubon Country Club. Those pres
ent were Miesdames Charles J.
Peurrung, AVflllam Bouscaren, Jo
seph Michael, Edwin Daum, Joseph
Appol, Clifford Lussky, T. J. Crlce,
Lewis Vbss, Edward HInkebein, Dan
lel O'SulUvan, J. H. Rademaker,
Harrv Presslv. Paul Arterbum. AVU-
Ham McXJufnn, A. A. Ericson, Leo
Schulten, AVlllIam Duffy, G. R. Mc
Glnnls, J, N. Grant, Theodore AVels
enberger, H. H. Newmark, Henry
Mazzoni, Bayless Keller, Ross Gor
dan, J. S. Miller, Kendrick Lewis,
AV. E. Carroll, Harry Schutz.
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA.
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Mrs. C. J. Cassilly, Vice Regent,
will preside at the regular semi
monthly meeting of Louisvillo Cir
cle, 'Daughters ot Isabella, Sunday
afternoon, in tlte absence ot Miss
Cummins, the Regent, who is leav
ing for Atlantic City to attend the
national convention of the Daugh
ters of Isabella, to be held there
next week, M.!ss Cummins will go
by way ot Indianapolis and join the
delegation from there.
ROSARY PROCESSION.
The annual tall Rosary procession
in honor of tho Bleeser Virgin will
.take place at SU Louis Bertrand'e
church tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. The school children, alter
boys and children ot St. Thomas
Sodality will take part and the fif
teen banners emblematical of the
Rosary will be carried in the pro
cession. The annual collection tor
the Dominican novices will be taken
up at all the masses tomorrow.
BROTHER. BEDK'S JUBILEE.
The Rev. Brother Bede, C. F. X.,
instructor in science and modern
languages at St. Joseph's College,
celebrated tho silver jub'llee of his
entrance into the Congregation of
tho Xaverlan Brothers Thursday at
Bardstown. For twenty-five years
Brother Bede has been engaged in
tlio praiseworthy work of training
youth to be good Christians and
good citizens of our country. Very
properly the exercises began with
the rites of religion. High mass
was celebrated by the Rev. AVlllIam
T. Flnneran, chaplain of the college,
and the faculty and student body
recodved holy communion for tho in
tention of tho jubllarian. The
Brothers' choir, with Brother Jose-
phus at the organ, rendered Leon
ard's mass. Ferns and cut flowers
from tho college conservatory
adorned the altars. At noon a
banquet was served. Brother Bedo
was the recipient of numerous con
gratulatory letters from brothers
and friends in the various places in
which ho lias labored and all join
with his brothers in Bardstown in
wishing him "Ad multos annos."
XATIOXAL ALHAMBRA.
Resolutions denouncing the Ku
Klux Klan as un-American were ad
vanced, and -a committee to co
operate with Federal and other In
vestigators of tho Klan was appoint
ed at the national convention ot tho
Order of Alhambra, Knights of Co
lumbus, in Chicago on Tuesday.
Officers elected wero as follows:
Supremo Commander, John T. Ryan,
Buffalo; Vice Commander, Joseph
P. McSweertey, Rochester; Supreme
Scribe, A. B. Neubauer, Albany.
The next convention will be held in
Boston. Tho order ini Kentucky was
renresented by Leo Goss, Sr.,
Thomas D. Clines, Roger Dougherty
and Josenh Kirchdorfer, who ar
rived homo Thursday.
A'EI)DEI FIFTY-YEARS.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Buckel, Can
nelton, Ind., who were marrlecl fifty
years ago In St. Joseph's church,
Louisville, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary with a nuptial
high mass Monday morning In St.
Michael's church. Ot their nine
children, three reside in Louisville,
Mrs. Albert Cooper, Mrs. AValter
Peak and Mrs. Leo Keller, all of
whom came homo for the celebrn-
iMnn. m. E. M. Kemncr. Detroit:
Mrs. F. X. Bumm, Troy; John Buck
el, Indianapolis; Mrs. Carl scliei
degger, Misses Louis and Bertha
Buckel. all of Cannelton, other chil
dren of the couples, aslo were pres
ent.
FRANK BARON.
The weddinc of Miss Louisa
Frank and Chester A. Baron took
place recently at St. John's church.
Miss Madeline Roederer was Miss
Frank's bridesmaid and Julius
Buecker was best man. After the
ceremony a wedding supper was
given at the home of the bride's
aunt, Mrs. Louis Klehammer. Mr.
and Mrs. Baron are at home on Fohr
avenue.
XEAV ALBANY.
Miss Irma McLaughlin entertained
delightfully at her home on AA'est
Market street, New Albany, in honor
of Miss Lucille Roberts, of Gales
burg, 111. Her guests were Misses
Isabello English, Margaret Connell,
Janetta Smith, Margaret Herter,
Catherine Carrick, Agnes Tlghe,
Freda Thornton, Margaret Seelly,
Elba Miller, Clara Relsing and
Katherlne Connell.
LADIES' SOCIAL.
Tho ladles ot St. Charles Bor
romeo church will give their next
monthly social on Monday evening,
and they expect this one will" sur
pass those heretofore given. There
will bo tho usual amusement fea
tures and some special attractions.
The social will begin at 8 o'clock,
and the ladies Invito their friends to
join with them.
STAYS IN ROME.
(Fathe'r Richard Ramsteln, O. M.
C, Who was ordained in Romo at
the American College In Juno, and
who expected to come to his homo
and celebrate his first high mass in
St. Anthony's, his parish church, is
not coming at present but will stay
In Rome for two years moro pur
suing his theological studies'.
ORPHANS AS GUESTS.
Thomas F. D-olan, the well known
tobaco man, had sixty orphans
from St. Thomas' Homo as h!6
guests at Eclipse Park on Tuesday
to witness the Louisviiio-Kanras uuy
contest. The host supplied the
peanuts', brick Ice cream and soft
drinks whllo the guests furnished
the rooting and enthusiasm.
VISITED PARENTS.
Jerry F. Cummhis of 4727 South
Third street, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Cummins, has been home on a
vacation after spending one year in
Chicago, 111., studying music. Ho
will return to Chicago the first of
next week to resume his etudies.
TOOK BOTH.
OYinlty Y. M, I. ball team jour
neyed to Sneeds, Ind.. last week and
defeated itlie local team In a well
played Bm. the score being 2 to 1.
Last Sunday tho Trinity boya took
another game from the Utica team,
winning by 5 to 1.
INDICTMENT
Frank Confession In Motion Picturo
Magazine and Arraignment of
Producers.
Miss Susan Brady Sajs Ten Com
mandments Broken Xightly
on Screen.
Undermining the Private and Public
Morality of the American
People.
APPEAR TO CORRECT ABUSES.
There has been a great deal of
criticism and undoubtedly much of
it is justified ot many of the films
exhibited In tho movies and ot pro
ducers who place objectionable films
on the market. It is a much rarer
thing, however, to find some one
EDeaklnc for and in tho nrnrln, inn-
end of the film Industry, openly con-
lessmg io serious moral delinquency
on Its part and appealing to the pro
ducers themselves to put an end to
at least the grossest abuses. Yet
that Is what Motion Picturo Maga
zine and one of Its contributors,
Susan Elizabeth Brady, aro doing in
what Is advertised as a series ot
articles on the topic, ' Are AVo Im
moral?" appearing in the publica
tion mentioned. Tho August issue
of that publication contained the
second Installment ot Miss Brady's
article and the announcement that
the article would be continued. But
neither the September nor the Octo
ber Issue contains the continuation
promised, a circumstance for which
the publishers may or may not bo
responsible. The statements made
by the writer In the issue before us
are, however, sufficient In them
selves to constitute a telling arraign
ment of film (producers.
Miss Brady asserts. In the very
beginning of the Installment in ques
tion, that there is no need of seek
ing to ascertain whether films offend
through outright vulgarity or a
more refined salaciousness. The of
fense simmers down to a plain mat
ter of wrong, discernible to the
everyday person. "Immorality means
to most of us," she writes, "who
have our feet on the ground and
our heads approximately six feet
away breaking tho Ten Command
ments. Practically tho whole ten
are broken nightly on the screen."
she confesses, and that "with appar
ent Impunity." Going Into detail
Miss Brady adds: "Thievery Is made
attractive by a pretty young star.
Adultery Is rendered inoffensive In
the same manner. Murder is for
given and condoned. Parents are
betrayed and Ignored. Vice is shown
in all its irresistible glitter. Good
ness Is made drab and dull. Sin In
the person of a beautiful half-nude
woman has ten times the drawing
power of morality in a shirt-waist
and skirt. But they don't show
many good ones."
The author of the. article doe
not content herself with such a
frank statement of facts, sufficient
though that might bo to constitute
a glaring Indictment. Besides citing
tho various forms of aopeal through
which films exert a baneful Influ
ence, she characterizes what she
considers the most serious offense
thus: "The real, tangible, compre
hensible and present immorality ot
the screen lies in the needless stress
ing of primordial lust, the calculated
subversion of the moral sense, the
persistent portrayal of life In the
raw, the grim, the terrific realism ot
loathsome habits and habitations,
and the ubiquitous sex appeal." Air
of this constitutes an admission that
the moral turpitude criticised Is not
accidental but intentioned.
Another striking feature of Miss
Brady's statement Is that she does
not accept the threadbare excuse of
the moral purpose of tho gross real
ism or worse, In which film pro
ducers Indulge in staging what they
might want to call a "morality
piny." "The silly sop of tho last
reel reform" has no appeal for her,
and she would have the producers'
recognize that such excuse for the
presentation of objectionable films
Is insipid. Addressing herself to
them, and warning them of what
may occur It they do not heed the
demands of decency, the writer
says: "Tho necessity for Instituting
and making operative these re
forms ourselves1 Is unmistakably ob
vious. Let us so conduct our own.
business as to keep the exploitation
In our own hands and out ot the
pragmaHc grasp of blundering pol
iticians."
Tho fact that Miss Brady's essay
Ir printed in Motion Picturo Maga
zine, one of a trio of monthly maga
zines published' by one of the larg
est, If not thfe largest house devot
ing Itse'Mo publications ot this na
ture, is significant enough. AVhilo
the statement of Capt. John Pelle
tier, Executive Secretary of the
Morals Efficiency Commission of
Los Angeles made in connection1
with tho Arbuckle case that thero
Is no organized movement on tho
part ot producers to clean out tho
IndustT. sheds fruthor light on
Miss Brady's article. It what he
says regarding the private morals of
the "live one hundred" a clique
of film players of Los1 Angeles be '
true, then it is certain that these
moral lepers have been permitted to
publicly demonstrate their depravity
by means of the film, gaining there
by fame and fortune while under
minlrig the private and public mor
ality of the American people. How
much longer will we tolerate such
conditions?
C. B. of C, V.
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