The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-10
The Church and the Stage.

The Church and the, Stage.
IN yesterdays paper we took occil-
sion to suggest that II the church would
NV more attention to the theatre It
might make o,ir play houses less and less
d cvil and more and moro Il means OF
rood, This Is not 10 be accomplished by
,ndiscrlninatn dcnunclato1, OF TIC
theatre from the pulpit, but by intellt-
gent and well directed methods to reform
,hc stage, TO get rid OF bad phys and
to create moro and moro popular taste
Tor these entertainments which are clean
ana wholesome and for the intellectual
mud mornl Improvement Of tho nttcna-
ants
c,,rously enough We ind In the Balti-
more sun OF the same date nn announce.
mont that tho "Black Crook play
which had d great ruin several years
ago. Is to be revived ut the tAuditorl"'l'
In that city, and In connection WIN 'nc
announcement Is a brief history OF 'hc
MAY. IT was written by Charles BarVas'
m actor. and was first seen at Nlblo's
Garden, New York in 1866 the music
being written by Thomas Baker INC
managers Of The play, we nre told, hau
no faith IN It, because they CONSIDERED
H. a. little moro than an adaptation OF
Gocthc's Faust and, much to the authors
disgust, decided to Introduce n ballet
OTIS success was instantaneous says
the Sun. "A minister Of radical ten ntdNeR1h
ces tool, up the cudgels against II anu
succeeded in advertising 1t thorough
ly.'
THAT is the way Of It. Let u preacher
or a newspaper begin to dcnounce
nIny as being unfit for the people 70
sec and, SO pervcrsc is human nature,
the people will rush to the boX-oiiice
und justle one another III purchasing
seats, Tho author of '"rhe Clnnsmnn1
Is Indebted to the press Of the south
for recent favors Of that matt but
there is q way to work moral reforms
in all directions and there Is a way 70
make our play houses better; and We
cannot but believe that the church can
lend valuable aid In accomplishing IT.
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Why Angels Have No Beard.
In carving tho faces Of sculpturcd
angels upon the new Episcopal Cathedral
toi st. John the Divine in New York,
forty OF the angelic figures were repre-
scnted as females. This aroused the at
&tention OF the clergymen, who thought
that as some or the best established IN
al
Michael ana Gabriel were men. that some
place should be given to men IN the
Cathedrals ranks Of angels. 1t was
finally determined that men angels
should have a place. but DR.. Huntington
pointed out that he had never seen a
picture or sculpture Of an angel With
whiskers, and therefore, all tho angels
we're directed tosbe with, smooth faces,
This is not new question at all. II
was long since settled by distinguished
divine, the Right Rev Richard II. VII.
mer, late Bishop Of Alabama, who Wa'
remarkable at once for his picty and his
humor When some ono asked him Why
IL was that the pictures and figures Of
men angels, as well as female angels
were represented without boards, the
bishop replied promptly that 1t seemed
TO be easy enough to make angels ou
of women, but that men could only ge
into heaven by CLOSE shave.
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The United States Supreme Court TO-
day begins actual work In Its October
term, the first term after the summer
vacation Chief Justice Melville w
Fuller has just returned from TIL
abroad, where he served as one Of tn
arbitrators between France and England
IN thn matter Of the rriGhteof Frencl