The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-10-17
PASSING OF THE MIDwAY.

The Heral0r DceS1tlsc Va AsD
Hoht for clean shows and clean living:
,.-caass the Herald mas a principle and
.-=~r n live N TO u. we are some
times called fanatical Not infre-
quentIy friends say to rs, why don I
you let upP' 1T Is cheaper to r1oe
on a free pass than to pay your way
s'Don't you see you cant stop III
1.-THE world does not take it's religion
and morals AZ seriously as you DO.
ssYou are running public business for
the money there is in it, not for your
health, why not pander to tine puniie
tasse and foiblesp' why have the
gang always cursing and abusing
you9'' IF it were not for You and
Johnnie Slick the town could nave
some peace.
And with these questions and cr1tl-
cisrns and admonitions from our
friends DINING in our ears, we nave
often turned upon ourselves and asked
the question ''Whyr
Ii Ia comforting. therefore, fanatic
or no fanatic, to find ourselves in good
comnany. II was one of our fanatical
ideas that the Midway of the Tonnes
ace Centennial was disgrace, and we
had the tenerity to say so. We were
told that the World Fair had it's Mid
way, and that the best people pat
rorized II. And we were told that the
official board of the Tennessee Cen
tennial was largely composed OF church
officials. who recognized that they
could not enforce these narrow
views upon q great undertaking like
the Tennessee Centennial To which
we replied ''more's the pity, that tine
church has such time-serving officials. "
This il but one of very many In
stances when the Herald ran counter
TO public opinion and WAS soundly
abused for it. So when time has VIM
Dictated us, our readers will PARDON
we trust, this public congratulatlon
we give to ourselves.
Miss Helen Gould, than whom there
Ia not a noDler woman 1v1 ng. mas
entered her solemn, timely and POSI-
tive protest against there being any
Midway with the slightest immoral
feature. at the st. Louis Exposition
In 1904. And the Exposition mana
gers. realizing that tn ey must either
abandon every immoral feature OF tneii
show. or else lose the very valuable
snonsorship Of Miss Gould, chose the
wise part and will keep clean theii
Midway.
The Herald also opposed at the time
the Sunday openings Of the Chicago
Fair Public sentiment has compelled
the Congress to attach that PROVISION
"a a rider to their munlfcient app-o-
priation to the st. Louis Fair. SO In
our .'fanatical' opposition to the
Sunday Dissertation by the World
Fair at Chicago, and the moral dis
Orxce of the Midway at the Tennessee
Centennial, the Herald was simply a
few wears ahead of the times.
And simply to keep up our reputa
ton. we will hazard prediction righ'
here. The time will come. and thai
In the not very distant future when II
will be considered indecently bad TASTE
for genteel women to harness themselves
In their finest regalia and parade al
horse shows for the public gaze. Inc
brazenness of fashionable society Oh
today has well-nigh reached its limit
Recurring to Miss Gould and the
Midway. we clip the following com
ment from the New YORK American
and Journal
ITO Miss Helen Gould this country
Ia deeply indebted for many acts OF
patriotism aud benevolence ana fo'
the example of a woman of the leisure
s,ass who takes sincere and intelii
rent interest in affairs.
sBut we have not been more obliged