New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-17

which it has been staged regarding
scenery, costuming and cast, has been
the cause of its splendid success.
Nothing that would in any manner
add to it's value has been left undone
by its management. A clever, speci-
ally selected cast of principals and an
equally clever corps of auxiliaries
are used in the production, which will
be seen at the Turner Theatre Sunday
evening, February 18th.
Rev. Billy Sunday, the sensational
and erratic revivalist, recently at
tackled the stage and the theatre in a
sermon at Spokane.
Jessie Shirley, well-known actress,
throws back at him this well-deserved
| answer:
IF you feel that you must attack
the theater to hold your job, look up a
few historical facts regarding the sub
ject and don't become the laughing
stock of all well-informed theatrical
people. You state that not only the
church but the press condemns the
theater. What do you mean by the
press?' Doyou mean the Christian
Advocate and the War Cry, or that
mighty pOwer-th the American newspa-
per, in whose columns will daily be-
| % fIo ,1ox
with usually an intelligent criticism of
the same? Or do you refer to the enor-
nous list OF monthly magazines that
almost without exception have an in
teresting dramatic department as one
of the leading features?
81 don't claim that all plays are
moral. That would be foolish state
ment, but shall we sweepingly condemn
the stage because some Objectionable
works have found a hearing there?
AS we'll wipe out literature because
there have been obscene and immoral
books published at various times.
cit is our glorious privilege to be
living today and reaping the benefits
of twentieth century progress. You
might just as we'll talk of abolishing
music, literature or any of the arts as
to talk Of abolishing the stage. It
has too firm a hold on the hearts and
minds of those who appreciate it's
beauties and realize it's tremendous
power for good.
"You say Booth and Garrick never
allowed their children to witness a
play. | hate to spoil your fatherly
little story, Mr.. Sunday, but the truth
is that Garrick never had any chill
dren, though happily married to a
French danseuse, by the way. Booths
wife was his leading woman, while it
is generally understood that his daugh-
ter was his severest critic and he high
ly esteemed her judgment.
"You say that certain actress,
whose name you can not reveal, con-
fded to you that the stage was corrupt
in all it's branches. I cannot imagine
what sort of a company she had been
connected with, but she wHs undoubt-
eddy unfortunate in choosing her en-
gagements. l have been on the stage
nearly Is years, yet I have always as.
ISOLATED with ladies and gentlemen OF
honest and upright principles. Many
of them are devout followers of differ.
ent creeds, and of all the scores of &C.
tresses [ know [ cannot now recall
=. more than one or two of whose moral
ity there was the slightest question.
'Mr. Sunday, you repeatedly sa,
the Bible is good enough for you. l
is: it is good enough for anyone
= What does it say about bearing falls.
witness against your eighbor? VIVA
does it say about Judge not lest We b,
! Ijudged?' What does it say abou
calling your brother fool? Wha
! does it say about though l speal
i with the tongues of men and of angel
, and have not charity | am become a.
q sounding brass or tinkling cymbal?
q Probably with your usual courtes,
! and refinement you will call ne a vel
O low dog, as you called the others wht
ventured to criticise your methods
> That is very easy way of side-step
ping an argument; but after all it i
! not so bad to be called yellow dog.
Surely the little yellow dog who ha
the courage to bark at the heels of
humbug is entitled to more respec
than the coward who runs away from
the bark
Frank Jaehn, the well-knownS Spring
field contractor, has decided to locat