The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-30
THEATRE vs.. CHURCH.
Mr.. TALMAeE IS TAKEN TO TASK.
A Sermon on Liberallty-views OF Rabbi
Silyerman- He Goes for the Brook
Ign Parson-su sunday Simply
Civil Holiday, Etc.
ny RApBI JOSEPH sILvERNAN.

took OCCASION 10 I0ldrk' "B0b come
now and be honest, you men who man
age theatres and operas and confess
that you do not care anything at all
aboutthe moral welfare of tho people,
but you only want more dollars. In
deed, the leader 81 one Of the operas
says in the psbhc prints that unless he
can have the theater open on the lords
Day he can not afford TO keep it run
ming. We are told by tho operate and
theatrical leaders that they must get
money on the Sabbath nights In order
to pay the deficits OF tho othor nights of
tho week. Now, in answer 10 that,
say that If men CanuOJ manage our
theaters without breaking the Lords
Day they had better all 20 into bank.
ruptcy together. We will never sur.
render the Christian Sabbath for the
purpose OF helping LhC YiOlators nav
their expenses. While there may DO q
difference OF opinion among some pso-
Pile about the proprioty Of having theat.
ricals during the week, | think all
lovers OF good order must unite in one
solid, unanimous resistance TO this in-
formal attempt to massacre the Chris.
tian Sabbath" Thus speaks a repre-
sentative OF the Christian church, im-
plying by his words that there exists q
conflict between tho church and the
theater, and that such conflict is moro
detrimental to tho former than the lat
ter. IL would seem that the Sunday
night theatre makes heavy drain upon
the church attendance; such q ono, IN
fact, as to cause religious people to take
notice thereof. And when they do take
notice thereof they Immediately make
war upon tho theater. In
doing so they endeavor to
remove tho result instead of the
cause. II they, then, fail 70 remedy the
evil, such failure must DO attributed
rather 10 wrOng1ess or method than TO
any alleged iucurabiiity.
Some people prefer attending q tacs-
TIRE 10 attending tho church. Therefore
the theatre must be closed. So think
some good Christian people; 80 thinks
Row. DR.. Halmaga. Such sentiment
nom SUCH q scholar from such y man.
with an due difference to the
gentleman, is indeed surprising His
argument, furthermore, that because
operate and Theatres. ladies can only
exist as such bgCaus OF tho Sunday
patronage, they u1serYJ To 20 into
bankruptcy, IS NOT only absurd, but
eyinces a spirit of varrJw- mindedness
and illiboraiitY winch EO would be
sorry 20 think the reverend gentleman
possesses. With 3s much Justice and
equally as false logic c1uId the az
grlsVed managers iet8r,; IL churches
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nla,i resi- atn I,t t.luii atd hencd ls
giol"-'Is OF th' HH.i 'ht' c'l7lltul iouf
tHag spiie lt."t'e eve .aii"e ouoush 20
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h"uV tlu'hiaHN't I'D '"' itl NanN
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UhlS rom a'c.e'F uu' IfoH
Iho country iAes roWtu con,
deIlh actors 's cfiHinaH and
vuhuuhee thaaLil'al man gers Gs tht 4
TOTS Oh CRIME AS a lur'l-c tlon OF tn.ii
uhWarrahtaDlo pcrs.ca Iuni lnoy ciHln
thaL the lhohltt IL hol p.d ul immoral
n.y. 70 TINS class Oh p.up.o we nave
huthlng 10 say. my arc ituHJcal, uu
prlhclpieui p.eluui''t JiSotSi WIN
Whom CANNOT l'hsNN' ana Wlom 10 T.
bolter 70 PhsS B. ia silent contempt
lhCy are fortunately le" Ia numlCl
ana poWeriess before au cnlighienea
ana thinking community There Is
however another class Whoi Whatever
their private opinion regarding the NOR
ality or imm0fait! OF tho tbeater may
De- never allow such en- opinion nc ieJs,
apparently, TO bias their thoughts AM
actions. This class content that Nh,
theater should continue In full blasl
throughout the week, but on sunday
they desire that the IN ara DO closed M
order that tho masses may not no with
drawn from worsriliU. 10 the shrine of
their God. These tit whom they think
that, by closing the f1co;rcs, they Will
gain their object. Thoy seem TO thinR
that the people prefer tho church 10 tho
theatre simply because the theatre is
there, and conclude that weTo tho thea
TIRE closed, tho people would naturally
crowd into the churches. Thoy seem u
think that theatrical managers and
actors do wrong ia thus drawing the
people 10 their places %, umusomo MT. Ia
all this they tail - ti'Sc note of tho uu'
derlying cause ct the existence OF the
Sunday theatre. Nuutgors are not the
active agents, hut tho passive tools IN
the hands OF tho muitttuds. The multi-
tude cravesamuscmeut On Sunday. The
demand Is there, aud actora aud mana
g0rs merely supply this demandi merely
act IN accordance witn the desires OF an
impatient community. Aud 10 Ia an in
Nhriaple Jaw 81 pol'lictl econon y, IN
.ncy u latuiai ~ "; thnJ every demand
., NUS u9 supplt1 iu enc infm or othoc'
e ~ ,av.S v. Su3uay tA0htfes iles there
IT,, "un.uv' win lhAHN-ct1 nor actors
oS Wv" u,u-"luue that Is
oio,,S roiirioni 80. PVu' OF lil-
nio' ,.,,, -'n Jua' ~ Euu