The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-02
"THE DEVIL"

"THE DEVIL"
Richmond owes 60 vote Of thanks
to Henry w. Savage for favoring it
with sight of his famous O. pro-
duction, THE Devil 1t evidently felt
its debt, according to the size of the
audience that cheerfully contributed
good money to see the excellently act
ed version of this damnable play. HUI
man nature to attend such play
Yes, for the writer was present at the
performance and wants just such an
Axcuse-one that would have come well
from the lips of the plausible devil,
last night-for having been there.
The Devil. however. is one of those
plays that leaves cold, gray dawn
taste in ones mouth. 1t deals with the
bad in good and bad men and good
and bad women. With triumphant
bad, IL you please, made SO by the
FEASIBILITY and veneering of distaste-
full truth. OF which our personal devils
are capable II sets at naught the
seventh and tenth commandments of
our Lord Thou shalt not commit
adultery Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbours wife,
The Devil. as is easily seen, is moth
ing more or less than the story of a
wife, who argued down his best in
stincts with the old. thread bare plea
of IF do not. some one else may" A
fine kind of play to place before any
people! A fine kind of money maker
for Mr. Savage. with his eighty-odd
productions of The Devil thoroughly
disseminating this story of uncleanly
and filthy character throughout our
land. God knows the so-called "taint-
ed money of John d. Rockefeller, is
as fragrant as the heavenly perfumes
OF ancient Olympus, as pure and. unde-
filed as a new born babe. as sweet as
the first kiss OF virgin, when COM
pared to the money Mr.. Savage is reap
ing from his play, that deals with a
story that is told a hundred times a
day In the divorce courts of our ma
ton. that typifies rottenness and al
most exalts the overturning of our
Lords commandments with "and
there you are'' shrug of the shoulders
The Devil, however. shows only one
side of the story. 1t ends with the Sc
duction of a woman. In real life, as
every one realizes. that is the begin
ming. The real end begins when the
passion, for it is not love. that brings
about such results, begins to wane
when the man and woman. il they be
OF the right calibre and not mere per-
verts. realize the depths to which they
have fallen. realize the shame and dis
honor that will be their inevitable
companions through the rest OF their
lives. and in that realization comes
the end. For nearly every right think.
ing, decent and honorable man and
woman worships purity, and it is a
sad, sad day when they are brought tc
a sudden stop by the full realization
that ''the saddest thought Of tongue OF
pen. are those sad words, 1t might
have BEEN
The stage, after a fashion. exerts
almost as much influence upon the PEG.
pie as the press. What the press tells
about, on the stage is reproduced as
though in actual life. On account OF
this great influence the stage exerts
II sould be the aim of those who con
troll its dcstinies, to produce those
things that up-lift and not those thai
degrade and encourage perverted ideas
And it is our earnest wish that the
devils own luck will not hold goot
in this instance and that some wa,
will be found to cut short the career
OF The Devil. that soul-shrivelling ant
fetid breathed monstrosity, paradins
about the country in all its utter in
decency and moral perverting goddess
ness.
There are now 667 women student.
In the University of Glasgow. Thi.
Is said to be the largest number on re
cord Queen Margaret College is tn,
women's hall, which is presided owe