The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-03
During these spring months, everyone is threatened with many
complaints and diseases These months allure to exposure
work and risk Of health Prudent people take advantage of the
marvellous invgoratng power of
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Ut Is rather a pity that so much free
advertising was given "Sapho,"
Simply because New York and
Il Philadelphia have been in state
of shock over 1.-The Degeneiates''
and olga Nethersole is the reason why
Scranton made such u fuss, The re-
formers and good people in general in
town do not consider 1t in the line Of
their duty to raise a protest agains.
play houses in which appear produce
tions by which even Olga Nethcrsoic's
"Sapho" would no considered quito
white, or to start out OH a crusade
against the danger of the dance halls
or the hideOus evil which stalks in
daylight and darkness on cur street.
and rot once in a season. They don't
feel constrained to try to save the
little boys who crowd the playhousas
evening after evening at the vilest pre-.
sentations ever being given. They do
not try to protect in the early morning
hours the young girls, almost children,
who come out of the public dances and
balls in various parts OF the city.
Probably 1t Is because refOrmers are
usually people who live on a very high
plane of social distinction as we'll as
morality. 1t Is only when the women
| or the men or the young people of their
own class are threatened by some de-
grading play that they really become
aroused. 1t doesn't so much matter
what happens to the others. The ears
of their own daughters must not be-
polluted nor their pure eyes offended
by an immoral play. The other poor
| daughters of the world may go down
| the way that takes hold on death with
| out hindering hand. That is the diff
| ference in the point os view.
The fact is that reforlaers haven't
| the courage of their convictions. They
are often willing at the outset of a
movement to do almost anything and
accomplish it all tl,emsel, es, but about
| three of them are all who can be
| dragged out to u second meeting. 1t
| Is so much easier to write letter to
| the newspapers than to attempt to
lead an assault in person on an exist
| ing evil. 1t Is so convenient to teie-
| phone regrets" to a public meeting
| or a committee session. II the church
| societies, the Christian Endeavor peo-
pie, the Epworth Leagues. the Chris
tian associations. the temperance so.
cieties ard few other things that are
alleged to represent the moral senti-
ment and the reform in the community
should really make combined effort
which did not contain a lot Of crank
fads against the immortality which de-
grades our city, II wouldn't take two
days to clean up the whole mess. You
can get almost anything you want in
this world II you only want it hard
enough. Our spasmodic efforts at re.
form in this town are certainly ludic
| rOus.
It isn't necessary to break a bad egg
on ones plate In order to convince ones
self that there are bad eggs in the
| world.
1t isn't necessary to po,lute the mind
with an evil play In order to be- the
means of suppressing the play. II
isn't necessary to prowl around In tha
Nth of the slums In order to get an
inspiration for uplifting their denizens
II the people in town desired earnestly