Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-28
A STRANGER IN NEW YORK
Arthur Swan. in the Sioux City Tribune.
An Orthodox Sermon.

Arthur Swan. in the Sioux City Tribune.
An Orthodox Sermon.
I heard q good sermon in the chapel
OF the Union Theological seminary the
other Sunday. / came just before the
preacher aecended the pulpit, and / left
directly he had finished his discourse.
All unpleasant concomitants OF the or
thodOx service were thus spared me.
Aucassin wouldn't have liked this
sermon. I know: he doesn't like any
thing orthodox. In the main I am at
M with him. OF course: but I hold It
TO be unfair to castigate Il thing for
what 1t Is not. for what 1t makes no
prstense Of being. This sermon was
orthodox. though scarce in the narrow
Anticipated n n 1t was meant to
be: but 1t was an excellent specimen
OF Its kinda very rare specimen, /
should perhaps rather say: 1t was sure
~ far superior to the sensational lee
lures given by certain free lances and
new thought" advocates.
The clergyman spoke on the Union
OF Christian Churches" He pointed
out. quite fairly. I thought. how the va
rious denominations. all ~prOclaiming
the one God and the true faith, lost
dignity and respect through their very
sectarianism: and he expressed the be-
lief and the hope that the frst steps
towards an ~uneventual union had al
ready been taken.
The knowledge Of Life.
This morning I read Les Avarfes,'
the play by Eugene Brieux. who Is per-
haps the foremost Of contemporary
French dramatists. 1t Is many moons
since q play has moved me so deeply.
Technically. 1t is we'll nigh fiawless. and
the noble tone n fine seriousness in
which the dreadful theme is conducted
is beyond all praise. esthetic or ethical.
give o q little excerpt from
this exceptional drama. The doctor is
speaking:
"A respectable man will take his son
and daughter to one OF these grand
music halls. where they will hear
things Of the most loathsome descrip-
ton: but he won't let them hear a
word spoken seriously on the subject
of the great act that %reproduces life
by the means OF love. Not a word
about that without %blushing: only. as
many barrack room jokes, as many OF
h foulest music hall suggestions as
you like! Pornography, as much as
you please: science, never! That is
what we ought to changed"
An Encouraging Sign.
TIL brains are provided by the play
wr.ght-and the actors and manager
get the praise! ''Thc Woman one of
h most important plays by an Amer
lSUiI dulllOI DIOOuCcu lIllS ScdSOIl. Is
still running at the Republic theater.
The large electric sign above the en-
franc way to the theater reads thus:
David Belasco Presents The Wom-
an'"-that's all. VIM. G. de Mile is
the author of the play.
George BrOadhurst, after Mr.. Thorn
as, perhaps III leading playwright, has
two successful pieces now being per-
formed in New York. The Price" is
playing al the Hudson. The electric
sign announces merely the name of h
star, Helen Ware. At VIM. A. Brady's
Paid For" n of the most noteworthy
dramas presented here in the season
thus far. The piece is being played by
a cast of unusual excellence; 1t in
cludes, for example, Chas. Richman, a
former star. Why doesn't the manager
know. On the electric sign 1 read SIM
ply this: Bought and Paid For-By
Geo. Broadhurst." Hats off, then, to
MT. Brady!
Mark Twain.
Are you reading Mr.. Paine's biogra-
ply of Mark Twain, which began in
Harper's Magazine last month? Its
publication recalls to me the only time
I saw Mr.. Clemens. I don't remember
IL 1t was three or four years ago. He
was crossing Broadway at Twenty-fifth
street or t~hereabouts. I think. He was
dressed in q rather long black frock
coat, and he Wore a derby hat and yell
low gloves. l have forgotten whether
he carried O cane: but I think not, for
I seem to see him with his gloved hands
crossed on his back.
I was coming from behind. I didn't
Immediately know who the man was,
but I guessed-and was right. There
were at least a score (and l believe that
to be q very conservative estimate) of
newsboys walking behind him. 1t was
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