The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-03
PUBLIC OpINION REV. SWAIN SAYS
 TASK IS SEVERE
Editor of the Farmer:

Editor of the Farmer:
 S.r-Will you grant me word in your esteemed paper concerning the severe task assigned me for next Sun days Vesrer Institute at 5 o'clock The questions concerning Christ and the Trinity may lead some to con- clude that either reason is to be sub stituted for revelation or else dry and incomprehensible revelation will he proclaimed. and. therefore. the dis cussion will lack in interest and profit except. possibly, to the few. Allow me to assure the public that reason will not be substituted for revelation. The aim will be to show how large and warm place this revelation may have in our reason: how sweet and simple certain aspects of this revela- tion are to enlightened Christian ex- perience.
 May I say in conclusion that the sub ject involved in the questions asked is at the very heart of our Christian religion and therefore we will simply take look at the citadel of our faith. do not believe that what I shall say will be very hard to understand. and l sincerely hope that al spiritual bless ing will accompany the words spoken.
 The fact that we have been proclaim ing God our Father in His vastness during the preceding lectures. and that Christmas is so near, makes the dis cussion of this subject peculiarly fit ting at this time.
 Sincerely,
 RICHARD L. SWAIN. Editor Farmer. Sir:
 I don't know whose official duty it Is to look after the safety of the theatregoing public but I think it s the duty of the police or some other city department to put a stop to the patrons of the Empire theatre stand g-- OH0 9r~cy wh oh overlook the gallery. If fire such as occurred in the theatre a few days ago should happen, while there was a performance in progress, the smell of smoke would undoubtedly stampede the gallery. Providence only knows what would happen if the stampede took place with the stairs these stairs. The side of the stair way next to the auditorium is only protected with a railing of hollow brass. Any crush on these stairs IS going to cause this railing to give way and prec'pitate the crowds from the gallery onto the heads of the peo- nle coming from the auditorium. There are two sets of winding stairs coming from the gallery but they are emptied through the same front door that empties the people com ni, through the center aisle of the thea ire adding to the SeetnlnG vortex.
 I don't see for the life of me how the building department ever stood for these stairs. Furthermore I ds not see how the building department ever permitted the builders to put in the fire exits at the east end of the theatre.
 These exist consist of inclined planes built on the lines of the Hoop the loop" leaving a pit in the center that would soon be piled up with strug- eling humanity should any of the first people in flight through the four foot passage slip on the hard smooth floor.
 The conditions surrounding this in clined plane are such that even those acquainted with it can hardly pasy throueh it without an occasional tum. hle. Vet there is red light sieL "Fire Exit" over this mysterious spot I call the attention of the city depart ments to this danger spot before something serious happens. The same cond tions would not he tolerated in New York City and the people of Bridgeport are entitled to as much security in their persons as those Of any other city.
 THEATREGOER.