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HIKE TO HEICKB WCOHStRVATION STORE fit AqtMig Ytu Mir Kiad l HARDWARK KNRT HE1CK MIDUK GO. 323 W. Market St. 6ota Ptmnit 432 loulsle. Kj. h American PHONE: HOME OR HM jLV.L J 1 JL U vi Bl 1 Krerjr DrlTer an Bicort LslnWiTMkrttTriKtrS Incorporbt4 VOLUME XLV1I.-NO. 14. LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS. Iris 1800 "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. I 1a.. . : n mWMiS mSmm lWiW- 'Campaign M Lf JlJ l 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. v w T 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. V