The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-01
| IN BEHALF OF IOLERS
CHURCH ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF LABOR
MAKES PLEAS
STAGE DOES SOME GOOD
Should BE FOstered by the Churches,
Says One Eminent Divine
Many Plays Moral and
Religious.

WASHINGTON, April 30.-The church
association for the advancement of la
Dor held three sessions today, at which
questions affecting labor was discussed
from the standpoint of Christian citizen
ship
Bishop Henry Y Satterlee opened the
morning session with an address in
which he counseled his hearers to deal
with the great labor problems of the day
with cool heads and warm hearts, and
not to be unmndful Of the benef1cient re-
suits of prayer.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor read a paper on
THE Needs of the Motormen.' The con-
dition of these men in many of the great
cities, he said, is most depiorable, being
subject to long hours, insufficient pay, or
exposure to rigorous weather, climatic
conditions and almost entirely deprived
Of home life and society. Organized la
Dor, he said, does not strive alone for
betterment of the working mans condl-
ton from monetary point of view; it
strives to bring the wage worker to
higher social position, to give him bet
ter environment and home association.
George B. Squres, vice president Of the
Washington Clerks union. told about the
work in the department stores i'll Wash
ington.
The conference adopted a resolution
recommending that church members re-.
fuse to shop at department stores on
Saturdays after 5 O'Clock, and also re-
fuse to receive packages after 8 o'clock
ON that day.
Ter Lawrence, secretary of the national
sweat shop committee Of the association,
read paper which dealt with conditions
in New York. city, where she said there
were 5000 sweat shops.
Miss Margaret Keyser, secretary OF the
organization, read a paper on the or
ganization of Women" in which she con-
tended that women have a right in the
industrial world.
CHURCH AND STAGE.
- Rev. Alfred Bentley, formerly an ac-
tor but now in the Episcopal ministry,
and Secretary OF the Actors Church al
lance, spoke on 1.-The Church and the
Stage" He said in part:
The church and the stage should be
closely allied The stage depicts life as
the church teaches how life ought TO be.
Without the church we would be bar
barians: without the stage we would be
lunatics Amusement is as divine as
prayer, and the prejudice the church has
for the stage is based on misunderstand-
ing. The church, with fuller under
standing, could do much to elevate the
stage. but 1t will not do this by denounc-
ing. all plays as bad because bad# plays
exist. If the good plays were patronized.z
and the bad ones were not, there aveuld
be no bad plays produced" S
DIR. Bentley advocated that theaters be
endowed by churches, just as colleges
are, and he predicted that they would
be a great power in Christianizing the
world.
Frederick Warde, the actor, echoed the
statements of Mr.. Bentley in brief
speech, expressing the opinion that many
plays are not only moral, but religious in
their teaching.
Rev. Arthur P. Greenleaf, secretary Of
the Church Social union, closed the ses-
sion In an advance, in which he told of
the objects of the union and the work
accomplished.