The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-20
London Dominies Propose to
Get Control of Theatres and
Music Halls in Order to
Reach the Ungodly Multitude
BISHOP TO PERFORM
AS CENSOR OF PLAYS
Each Performance to Begin
With Short Speech by a
Minister Teeming With Good
Advice Especially to Young,
AVIATION IN ENGLAND
BY PHILLIP EVERETT.


Especial Cable to Herald Republican,
London, March 19.-The theatres
of London are not given to producing
frivolous or immoral plays, they are
in fact about the most sedate on
this side Of the Atlantic, and the
despair of the Americans who con-
slider it part Of their life task to
spend certain weeks of each year IN
the foggy metropolis that their wives
and daughters may have chance to
bend their knees to our ponderous
king. But dull as the London the
aires are, there is conspiracy afoot
to make them duller still-the min
listers of the Church of England have
made up their minds that they ought
to perform the duties of the censor
through the bishop of London.
The clergy of the city of London have
long complained that with very few ex-
ceptions their churches are empty anu
as they must get in touch with the pub
lie they want TO get control of the the
aires and music halls.
The idea was conceived in the brain of
zhe Rev Thomas Phillips, the well-known
minister of Bloomsbury chapel, in the
very heart of the city, whose name VIII
be familiar TO most Americans who VISIT
London. for his sermons are advertised
3n every hotel and boarding mouse pat
He has been led to take those views as
the result of his investigations OF the
What struck him most was the 'awfnl
loneliness of London, where many gOod
men and women have gone wrong solely
for the want Of good companions. For
the great majority OF those visitors there
is nothing but the cafes, the music halls
Or the theatres
Ministers to Open Proceedings.
His problem is now TO capture these in
stitutions for righteousness and TO secure
FOR the people healthy amusement lie
has an IDEA that II would be splendid
thing to have minister open eaeh per
formance with a short speech; not nee
essariiy a sermon, but just few WORKS
of advice especially to the young, to De
followed by plays or sketches tnat teach
q healthy moral, and he would Ike TO see
the bishop of London exercise the Same
Influence over the theatres as he does
over the churches.
Unfortunately, or perhaps one should
saw fortunately for the public neither the
press nor the managers Of the theatres
are in favor of the idea, but the minis
tiers are going TO make determined at
we shall probably soon see the theatres
as empty as the churches.
Chance to Buy Pictures.
American art lovers may soon find an
opportunity to acquire historic Hogarth
pictures now in the possession of the
committee OF the Bristol Fine Arts acad-
envy 1t is stated that the pictures are
20 be sent 10 London for disposal unless
the sum Of $4,000 is raised locally TO keep
them in Bristol.
These pictures. which are of huge di-
snensions depict the burial and resurrec-
ton of Christ. and were painted in the
eighteenth century for the Vestry of Red
cliff church. Bristol, which holds the
great artist written receipt, dated Au-
gust ~ 1856. for S2,625 for the trio.
Probably on account of the exceptional
size of the canvasses-in all about 400
square feet-the church authorities
szrudged the space they occupied, and in
July, 1859 the vestry agreed to sell the
pictures for small sum to Mr.. 7. Proc
tor who undertook to present them to
the Bristol Fine Arts academy.
Short Horse Supply.
Sir Conan Doyle. who with serious
appreh snsiOn has noticed the impOs-
sfbility of breeding enough horses in
England to supply the needs OF the
English army, wants cyclists to super
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