New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1901-02-06

zatlon and the art of acting stands glor-
flied, as indeed it should.
So, friends, this stage is dedicated to
the literary drama of moral and intel
lectual worth. Here shall at all times
be maintained the standard of purity.
Virtue and truth shall be commended
and exalted, vice and iniquity degraded
and discouraged. Learning and broad
ness of mind and depth of soul shall be
recognized in the makeup of perfect
manhood, and thus shall we befriend the
eternal spirit of civilization and enjoy
the satisfaction and peace of mind that
go with work well done.
Of course we must expect to meet op-
posing influences. Our aims and pur-
poses will be misunderstood, our efforts
and endeavors misrepresented. Our in
stitution may be denounced and con-
demnei as an artful conveyance rushing
man headlong into everlasting perdition,
but we will not mind it. What man
does not understand he is very likely to
look upon with suspicion. 1t is within
the space of my own recollection that
the works of Goethe and Schiller were
condemned from the pulpit where I wor-
shipped and the parish oners were exhort-
ed not to tolerate such literature in their
homes. was yet boy and of course
harbored natural prejudice against
those particular classics ever after un-
til by mere chance saw the production
of Schiller's s'Intrigue and Love-" (Ka-
bale und Liebe) upon the stage of Turn
Ell hall in St. Paul, when it threw my
mind into a confused condition as to the
reliability of the literary judgment of
that assailing pulpit.
We must not look for support, or ev-
en- approval or sanction, from such quar-
ters. Nor must we expect anything but
the most virulent condemnation from
any one who repudiates the hel1ocentric
theory and declares in the face of all
science to the contrary that the sun ''do
move" around the earth. But, nv
friends, | have an abiding faith in the
onward march of the spirit of enlight-
enmeDt and there is a ministry at work
in ali denominations whicl are up and
abreast with the spirit of the times and
which give due credit to drama and dra-
matte art as potent agency in the work
of civilization.
There are ministers and university
graduates who will recite whole pass ag-
es of Shakespeare and other classics with
as much genuine appreciation and atfili
alton as any man [ ever met, who have
the soul and intellect to entertain re-
sponsive chord for theso literary giants.
1t is, of course, unnecessary for me to
say that in my laudation of the drama l
am entirely confined to the morally pure
and decent play in which virtue and
truth constitute the central figures. I
have neither excuse nor encouragement
for the corrupt and polluted stage which
exists by appealing to the lower propen-
sites of humanity.
In conclusion, let me but emphasize
what has been said before, that it is not
our purpose nor our intention to make
war upon the churches nor to steal away
their members. If you feel that you
need your church and your religion I'll
vouch for this association as the last one
on earth that will ever ask you to quit it.
If, however, you shall discover that
the religious dogmas preached to you are
getting stale to your mind and you are
outgrowing your religion you will prob
ably come to us OF your own volition,
by force of natural afiliation, and we
will vie with one another to be honest,
courageous, generous and tolerant men
and women.
A Race for Box of ssBLIZZARDS."
The New Ulm Fire Department made
another remarkable run from the Central
station to box No. 81 on Minnesota and
9Th South streets last Sunday morning,
Chief of the Fire Department Hy. EngeI
turning In the alarm at 9:15. The Hook
& Ladder Co. was ready for action 9: II,
Hose Go. No. had water turned on
9:17 30, Hose Co. No. had water
turned on $40. The Hook & Ladder
CO. being the prize winners enjoyed the
Blizzard cigars given by the Burg Cigar
Co.
A Well Known ST. Paul Occulist.
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skill with which it is adjusted. Second,
its method of construction. Tudor Op-
tical Cos eye specialist and expert frame
filter will be at their agents, Pfefferle's
drug store, on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 26, 81 and 90. No
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