The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-15

teachings of the churches. ! do not ac-
| cuse Payne OF writing against the thea
ter; in fact this is the first time i have
heard him quoted in this connection. IL
the reverend gentleman will accept Payne
as mn authority OF Biblical matters i will
accept him i'm matters theatrical; but IL
Payne Is rejected on Scriptural grounds
as a false teacher, ! claim the privilege of
rejecting him also, as II is n logical con-
clusion.
'.Fdisus in uno. JaIsus in omnibus"
The Buckley referred to-at least this
particular B~uckley-Tm unacquaintcd
with. | knew n good many clever boys OF
the same name in the could DART" IL
informed of the particular parish lac
adorned previous To his emigration ]
might he enabled 10 trace him.
Now ] would ask the reverend gentle
man considering his evident dire expert
ence and his familiarity with Payne,
Rousseau, etc., why he dares, in the face
of statistics and the records 81 the daily
papers concerning his own Ealing, brand
actors as Immoral: True, there are black
sheep In every flock, and the theatre may
have In its fold "a stray sheep OF logwood
hue. but why should the theater and the
profession at large be painted ebony Tor
one or two s~tragglcrs. One might as well
say the church at large is infested and
the pulpits filed with wolves in Sleeps
clothing. because we read Of some clcri-
cal fraud almost every day making an
excursion Ia Canada with his friend
wife and the Sunday school funds AS
agreeable adjuncts To his trip. II would
be the acme of absurdity to abuse the
church, or blame the good. holy and plous
men who are to be found in NJ places
doing His work, following in His foot
steps, whose lives are devoted Ia
the welfare, spiritual and temporal OF
poor erring humanity. because you
can find throughout the peniten-
" Ia
of the gospel who have been found guilty
of playing every stop In the gamut of
crime. I don't know of any actors grac-
ing those abodes, but il M there he il is
not for robbing the widows and orphans.
$50, ON the score of morality, ! don't
think We ought to be vain ON either side"
There is. reverend sir, n very large man
tie, "A property of the dramatic fraternity,
and whatever their little shortcomings or
foiblcs, l believe its folds are ample
enough To cover the entire guild and pos
sibly a clipping of the tail might be
spared which could u all eraciousness he
bestowed OF you. This garment il called
Charity. Pray you. sir. cultivate II, n
instead of misspending your time over
Tacitus. Plato, Payne and Patrick Buck
ley, devote more attention to studying,
say, for instance. the "Scrmon on the
Mount"
Why does the reverend gentleman stig-
Matte "She Stoops To Conquer" EAST
Lynne" and money" as being immoral
plays" Wherein does their immortality
exist? IL IL because they hold the mirror
up TO nature? Is II because IL shows and
teaches in East Lynne there Is retribution
sure to follow wrong-doing even In this
lifcG Is IL because In "Money" the mask
Of sham-fricndships I'M the hollowness
of certain states OF society Is torn In
shrcds and people held up for what they
are, and not what they seem? Is IL he
cause the stage holds up what is vile or
base i'm cur natures, In its manifold hid
cousnesss SO as To earn our disgust n
Celebrates in its most attractive forms all
the virtues and all our better attributes so
that by the contrast Of that which Is bad
and that which is good the former is made
more revolving, the latter more a~lluring 10
the mind of the spectator who leaves
the thcater in innumcrablc instances
duly impressed with the lesson impaired
to him, and, in n measure, a better man
for its reception.
and has to-day. from all the brightest
minds In every land. The greatest preach
crs i'm the lnnd are foremost in their adj
miration of the drama. and il was my
great pleasure recently Ia read an account
Of mn eloquent defense of the stage by the
Rev. DIR. Barrows, as an institution al
most illimitable i'm lis power Ia do good
when properly directed.
And now in closing, j would draw the
attention Of the reverend gentleman To
these ines from Shakespeare:
'Tlcrcforc they thought u good you hear a play
And frame your mind Ia mirlll and mcrrimeni
which bars - thousand harms, and lengtiicns
JoHN M,orIRE, Actor.
Butte, May IL. 1880.
Try one Of those Prince Cuban cigars.