The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-19

that excellent mani Then there is William Nc
Alpin-yes, we know him, sure. He is an elder
in the First. There is Alexander Mcdonald; he
is an elder in the Second. There is Elliott II.
Pendleton. jr. Glad to see that it 10 not that
grand. good fellow who helped us out at Orchard
street-sorry if it is his son. There are A. How
ard Hinkle and Thornton M. Hinkle, both Sec
ond Church men. We do not know whether
these boys are Anthony's or Philips sons-either
way, they had good bringine-up There il
Stewart Shilito. of the Second Church-he must
be John Shillito's son. There are hundred
and more of these names, some Of them belong
ing to influential Methodsts-lots of them Epis-
copalians. OF course, we wanted to know what
all these good Presbyterians, Methodists aud
Episcopalians were Joined together for Has the
communion of saints come at last and Gin
cinnati. which is last, become hrsu Whewi
"Grand spectacular baliet-92 Ninety-twO
dancing girls-92 The whole spectacle consti
tuting scene of lavish beauty and enhancing
eayety." Lavish! Well, one would say sol
Ninety two double pairs of nude limbs flying in
the air like the windmill which vanquished the
scene will be introduced. The entire ballet will
appear in the kirmiss OF the first act, and in she
grand bacchanal Of the fourth act"--of Faust"
The reader should understand that the devil ID
represented as getting up grand bacchanal for
the temptation and ruin of Faust By the way,
we almost forgot to say that these grand Gin.
cinnati doings are advertised as Thanksgiving
festivities! But Satan made no pretense that
MS CLOUDS OF i0W0 women ana O6SkeIS OF
wine were for the glory of God. What he was
after and what he secured by them, was the
damnation of Faust The aluremants which
drew Faust down TO eternal death are the allure
ments which this circular sets forth as 'entranc-
ing" and by them the young men and young
women OF Cincinnati are to be likewise "en-
trancedn-intoxicated, bewildered, deprived of q
sense of shame and degradation. The ninety
two young, or old. as the case may be, ballet
girls who are made to expose themselves to the
gaze of old lechers and young roues-don't count
for anything-they are, we suppose, regarded nc
already indelibly soiled and irredeemably hard
ened. If not the good people of Cincinnati will
ray roundly for the pleasure of seeing them
damned-seeing everything modest womanly,
and pure in their natures scared in the blaze OF
thousand iustfui eyes. The business is Abso
lntely astounding. Those names never could
have got onto that circular with the knowledgs
and consent of those excellent and most worthy
gentlemen. Quite likely they signed the paper.
consented to it, but they could not have
known the use that was to be made of the
signatures. The trick is becoming so frequent
of getting distinguished names in endorsements
of some ostensibly worthy object-such fine
music or charity--and then using them for pur-
poses not contemplated by the signers, that
our business men and visiters are reluctant to
give the use of their names for any purpose.
The Cincinnati brethren, we doubt not, learned
a lesson from the abuse of their onfdence which
will make them more cautious in the future.