The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-20
DR.. Mcdaniel in Special Ser
mon Thus Pictures C.ondi-
tons in Richmond
SPENDS TWO EVENINGS
LOOKING FOR HIMSELF
Prominent Minister, With Polico
Officer, Makes Inspection-Pic.
ture Shows and Automobiles
Menaces to Pure Life.

AT the First Bsptist church -
sunday night Rev. DIR. George w. Nc
banIel preached upon the den1ora1fS$ 5
! Aation of Richmond from the taxfzla
Lovers OF pleasure more than lover
of God" go
ne said in part: Il wish there w41S q
no occasion for this sermon. ThnS~ II
are many sensitive souls whom ~ K
pam language may offend. They dSfs
not oeiieVe that such subjects betOn
properly TO pulpit treatment. How
ever 1 speak because my conscfonrsSY 4
pids me. This service Is the a.
charge of painful duty "Do seNa 4
10 please men? III | yet pIease uYa112 N
! should not be the servant OF Chrfnf MI
The church members of our city m \
their attitude toward moral coudi~
lions may be grouped in four classe1
FIRST. those who do not know. Then
are good people. who attend churcE
| business and are devoted to thAi1S%
homes They know nothing Of the
sin and shame of the city streets
Where ignorance is bliss II Ia folly U &
be wise. Second, those who know
but do not care. They have no sern1ss
of personal responsibility, since &hey
are not participants in the wrong,
Their chief concern is in taking cars
Of self. Third. those who know. but III
Sin has always existed and aIway1
! will. The scarlet woman has been
! in the world since the days Of Solo,
/ mon. 1t Is useless to attempt to pu~N
! rtfy city life and improve social con-
| ditions. Whoever makes the effort " 4
striking his head against stone WALL
/ Fourth. those who know conditions
/ feel their responsibility as citizens aud
/ Christians and endeavor to remedy the
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! like the crack of my rife, but nevRr~
j-theiess / am determine TO take fhN
I shot. Nm
What the Minister Saw. Ss
With this IN view. l. accompanied l1
IAN officer in citixens clothes took n
i walks down Broad street md
4 sights which / blush 10 mention ia 4
first was ON Thursday night, tho s5f
clear night after about ten days on n fS
They had come out like the fnDSc{1s
| from under bark and sod with thoS
first return of the spring sun. They
swarmed othe street until 1t was dif1-
cult and In some respects dangerous
to walk. Girls resorted to the back
pariors of Italian Confectionarfe8 AZ
1 to welcome and tempt whoever migl1f
enter therein. An older girl on evil I
bentied her little sister on her periloUn Il
mission. Others Whose lives dis4rAcek1 II
the name OF woman stood ON corners
or marched brazeniy down the atr0&t
Boys in knee trousers and girls In short
dresses were out In the darkness OF tho
night. when they should have BEEN
at home. Young men c, ngrcgated On
the side walks and looked with estnssa
picious eye and evil minds and spoh6
tenticingiy to passers by. Washers fol-
lowed girls from block to block an1E
around corner after corner and fo1{8
them down dark alleys, All Of tht1N
and more | saw. Twas enough TO mal1IS
| the head heavy and the heart sick. Alfsa
races were represented and Jewin
men and women struggled with Gem
tiles as they stopped TO drink. OF. thG
pool OF impurity. zs
| At Moving Picture Shows. a
"On the second night we visfte<&
! the moving pictures" DIR. McDnnl61@
| continued. Il saw nothing objocftoiSsS
able per Sc in the pictures. A mtl@@
lister was present. and they would vi
guilty of no improperly. All clAsoS
and conditions were in attendances n
dude, dressed in Prince Albert. IN
hloated faced sport and q weaa5o6
half-fed man were there, who bOuGa1f
| tickets In rotation and entered e.
after the other. Little children uSlxs
der ten and haggled old women NtttKN
bent forms We're there. What hxDa
you to say about these shows? TW6ea,
!
demonstrate that the American peop30
are lovers of pleasure more than 10y
ers of God. On two blocks on RrUn&
street last Friday night more people
saw the moving pictures than asseT
.ble in seventy of the eighty wh1tA
/ churches of this city tonight. TheYa
1 lined the block and backed up on th4 q
side street waiting for admission. an1
| yet we say this Is Christian c1t1s
| Would that 1t were, but many Of thu
church memb ers love the places 20 q
pleasure more than the house OF GOG4#
They are too. tired to attend tlaof
church on Sunday evening, but na1s
parade the streets and stand for X&
long time and spend hours seoixtmSH
moving pictures and vaudevilleS aft1s
4 a hard days work. Oh. consiskeqcXE@
! thou art a jewel! s#
People Arc Extrayagnni. s&
/. The moving pictures demOnatN1&3&
a second fact. taht the American p41l NJ
pie are extravagant. Host Of the rII "
| pie present were poor or In x1@I
moderate circumstances. They c6
not give to religious objects.
| fish for their smallest coin. n
fish at all when the collection u
ing passed. But they freQuent
cheap shows. where they pay not
| than 10 cents for admission, and n
a number in one evening. ThMf
attend with degree OF regulAF41ys
saw women who forced younss
1 dren TO work to help support a.
lily, and men who do not pay
grocery bills and fail to meet
other obligations. but they I'M
time and the money to spend CO..
| ming OF pleasure, Who cax4 III
ure the demoralixing effect XII
upon the poor and upon the yGS
Girls Taking ON J0y HtdlGG
Passing from the places ef
lure, we saw young girls, who's
ers thought they were In u0ys
entering automobiles ana gotn9
rides with young men Who no
good. One Of the most d6Hn6Q
agencies In Richmond ID the o3
| bile OF the son Of the rtrns
want to ruin your son. ~
automobile. Not more than 14n1
ten can own : machine swtft