Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-26
QUEENS AUDITORS
CALLED BUzZARDS
Temple Church Pastor Preaches
EpiIogue on Naughty
Partisan Play

"As long as l am pastor of Ieihpie
Baptist church this pulpit Will s'anu
both publicly and privately to proVe''
against anything that is not for the up
lifting and benefit of the entire cl'S.
We do not believe in "a conspiracy OIL
silence 1t may be that there are tlines
when a whisper is more effective thalA t
a shout but this Is not very ol|Tn' ~
Since the days of Jesus CHRIST ING
devils have been saying, Let US aloi,e +
but that is exactly what we 40 noe
rronoso 70 do AS long as sin is SIN
and God il God and right is rlshl "o
propose to draw a clear-cut line pc
tween what is right and what Is Wrons
and do our best to down the "rohs
and boost the right --.... ,,,ada
The foregoing were statements tas, nhauo
bv DR. j. Whitcomb Broughef, pasIo.
of the Temple Baptist church naoI
evening on "Our Critics, reearuiis
the play of the queen of the NOUN
Rouge" in the Auditorium ne . oa
The Queen of the Moulin Rouge
has had it's week and is gone. "A nun
Der of letters and an eultolial ,tI,,,intr "a
have appeared in the papers crltlclsils
the attitude of the preachers l~l9 ~
churches and the city attorney toWaru
the presentation of this indecent play
There are few things that "anI "
notice. ~ .,s+oos of
IN the first place, the trustees ol
Temnle BAPTIST church and the eXec-
nti,,n committed composed Ct thirty
renresentatiye men and women III tne
church, passed a resolution two Neeh9 1n
before the play came to Los AnseiGs,
nrotesting against its presentation III
this city.
PITTS BLAME on NEWSPAPERS
",rhis protest was presented by
norsonal representative to the directors
of the Auditorium company -
through Il EN- to Mr.. Behymer lhle
action was taken without any plate VI
trumpets and with an earnest oesnt t
not to advertise the play. ABOUT llla'
same time some of the prominent Woi
on of our city went to see the mayor
and entered their protest against l.9
| presentation. They We're Ielell lou -
the city attorney, and he prollllaIi9i
them that a censoring committee Mou.o
be appointed to pass judgment ol .no
| DIav and they decided II was I'M
moral il would have to be modlileu vi
its nrescntation would be prohlplted.
t soon after Mr.. Eddie had appointed
this committee the newspapers P
lished from a quarter to nan COZ
umn announcing the fact that t,ey
nlaV would be censored ana Ihdt MI
| f1TI3ia had anpointed a committee to
|
} do IT. Instead of the preachers anu
the churches attacking the play pup7
licIv and thus advertising H. the paPel9
were the first to announce the ldeI
that the play would be censored anu
| thus advertised it before the predcn-
ors had ever had an opportunity "
sneak publicly on the matter FoloW-
ing this public announcement, the
| nreachers decided to denounce the play
from their pulpits and II possible 10
l create public sentiment enough asdiiSl
immoral plays to make IL lilpossiulo
in the future for Such pay ~
nresented on any stage in this CITY, 1t
| is not especially becoming in the news
naners at the present time to be crit
icisinp the preachers for giving pun
, LOFTY 10 their condemnation of this I'M
moral ! lay, when they themselves Were
the first to advertise the ldcl nc
there was objection to its presenta-
tion.
NOT SURPRISED BY CROWD
"Tn the second place, l want to say
that it is not surprising that the Au-
p ditorium should be crowded tne LrsI
> NIGHT of the presentation of TINS play
: note however, that no one was
turned away after that first night, uh
able to gain admittance In a city Oh
35O 900 people we ought not TO De aston
ished If some $1,000 or 10000 of them
would love indecency. This would lur-
ntsh a sufficient number to fill the Au-
ditnri,lm to oyernowng every night for
a Ueek-especially If as many passes
wera given out every night as were
given out on the first night. 1t is
9erv easy matter to fill any auditorium
in this city under the excitement OF the
publicity aroused by condemning
| nlav if YOU want to send out enough
passes for that purpose. In spite OF
The fact that the Auditorium was
crowded that first night, / still be-
lieve that the majority OF the people
of Los Angeles are opposed to the pre-
; sentation on any stage OF that Whlch
caters only to the sensual ana low III
human nature. In spite of the fact
that Luke North went to see the play
: ont of curiosity l still believe that
any one who would go voluntarily to
see THE Queen of the Moulin Rouge
and enjoy seeing IT., Is indecent ana
loves that which is suggestive and I'M
nure. A mans character is revealed
Nv the things that he likes. The ques-
tion of wealth or poverty, automobiles
or wheelbarrows has nothing to do
with it. It takes more than money to
| make a decent man; it takes more than
brains to keep man clean ana pure
mans moral nature is revealed by
| | the character of the things that he en-
joys.
LIKENED TO BUZZARDS
"a bee will fly over all the garbage
| barrels and dead carcaSses in city
and find the flower in the park, and
getting it's honey will make bee
| line home again. A turkey buzzard
| will fly over all the parks and flowers
and beautiful spots to seek out the
| dead, putrefying carcass in the back
alley, and having gratified his appe-
! tite, will fly away without knowing
| that there was anything clean and
J pure in the city. | have not doubt
| that the buzzards roost was filled that
Monday night to see The Queen of
5 the Moulin Rouge with only an occa-
sional turkey, here and there, out of
curiosity among them. Of course Luke
North and the censOring committee
were among the turkeys. The censor
= ing committee went there to perform a
} duty. | am glad there are people in
: our city willing to perform an un-
f pleasant duty. Perhaps that was the
reason Mr.. North was there also.
} There is danger however, of being
5 taken for q turkey buZzard if one as
sociates too much with birds of that
! feather.
2 There is a difference, a vast diff
) ference, between decency and inde
r cency, between right and wrong, black
and white, in spite of the fact that
! some people try to make out that there
is little or no sin in the world. No one
; who has any moral discernment will
| claim for one minute that the Queen
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