South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-15
HOME IS PLACE
To BEGIN WORK
Of REFORMATION
4 Good Looking Woman Can
Kill a Man and Get Off With
out Punishment These Days,
Says Judge KaVanagh.
FRIDAYS PROGRAM.


matte Interpretation, The For
tune Hunter.
Aforementioned. the Marx :
Trio. Lecture The Dawning
Consciousness of Woman's Sex
Loyalty" Dean w. T. Summer. .
d. d.
Evening-Grand concert. the
Bergen Marx Co.
$50
The Ben Greet players in Shake
speare's famous comedy, "A Comedy
OF Errors" easily carried away the
honors of the third day Of Chautau-
qua entertainment Thursday. Judge
Marcus a. kavanagh in the afternoon
addressed an appreciative audience on
Traitors TO Justice" The Florentine
Trio. mandolin and guitar artists,
pleased highly with their preludes 10
the afternoon and evenings entertain
ment.
The extremely farcical situations
arising in "A Comedy OF Errors" due
70 twin brothers who have twin serv-
ants and then became separated, kept
the well-hlled tent in almost cOntinu-
Gus uproar Despite the lack of
scenery and stage properties, the work
OF the English players was faultless.
The action is easily followed, in part
due to the faultless dramatic con-
struction Of the piece. Rich and ma
tive cOstuming added 10 the beauty
of the play. The play deals with the
ms and outs of two twin brothers
who look exactly alike and each of
whom possesses a servant whose twin
brother and exact double is a servant
Of the other brother. The play might
be regarded as a series Of uproarious
misunderstanding held together by
slim thread Of plot
The two twin brothers become
parted during a shipwreck and see
nothing more of each other for years.
In each case the servant follows his
man. In time one brother marries.
One goes to Ephesus and the other to
Syracuse. a trading ship brings the
one from Ephesus to Syracuse and
the trouble is on. The unmarried
one is involved with the married ones
wife all against his will, while the
poor servants bear the brunt OF the
attacks. 1t all ends happily when the
aged father OF the sons. also parted
from them at the time of the ship
wreck. recognizes one of his boys.
George Seybolt and Albert Findley
take the roles OF the two brothers.
Percival Vivian and Charles Rogers
the twin servants.
Mal0eups Perfect.
The makeups or the double char
acters were perfect. il being difficult
at times for the audience itself 10
know which Of the actors was which.
The costumes. which are all Greek,
are Of the best. The play, though
somewhat short. gains enormously by
keeping the action at a swift pace.
There is not much serious sentiment.
but what there is is introduced and
presented in a mastery fashion. The
characters blend tremendously with
each other and not one of them
stands out more prominently than
another
The place 20 reform criminals is
I'm the home, was the argument by
Judge Kavanagh in his lecture in the
afternoon He told fathers and
mothers To take their sons and teach
them to respect their parents and
homes and il would follow that they
would respect their country. IRE
sponsible fathers and mothers are the
greatest traitors TO justice. he said.
The others are INSCRIPTIONS law
yers and judges and jurors. And
you can't reform the laws by sending
lawyers TO the legislature 10 make
them" he said. send anything but
lawyers 20 the legislature" he ad-
vised. Farmers, school teachers.
anything but lawyers"
Judge Kavanagh termed his mes
sage as a word of danger" The
evil passing through the courtrooms
Of today in our country is bringing
upon us the sCorn of the world" he
said. He began by citing figures on
the enormous number of hOmicides in
the United States annually. During
the past year there were 5000 homi-
cides in this country, he said. In the
year previous S.750 and the year
previous to that 5000.
During the last o years the aver
age annual homiCides numbered near
5000. And still nobody seems 10
say anything or do anything 10 stop
this" he said. we seem 10 think it
a disease for which there is no rene
dy.'
Compares the Rates.
He then compared our homicide
ratio with that of other countries In
Canada he pointed out that 13 hOmi-
cides occur in every million Of pOpu-
latOn while in the United States
there are 80, I'm Germany FIVE and in
England nine. Looking at this. is it
any wonder we gather the scorn OF
the world" he said. The assassins
are not alone 10 blame Much OF the
responsibility OF this lies on your
shoulders He held il is the fault of
the masses who allow shrewd lawyers
10 so 10 the legislature and compile
laws that are filled with so much YER
blage that most or the criminals, no
matter how guilty, escape punishment
on technicalities Here he cited a
multitude OF instances where supreme
court decisions. reversing decisions OF
the lower courts. We're made on the
merest and most trivial OF technical
ities.
From his own experiences he gave
figures on the chances OF a criminal
10 escape punishment The chances
10 arrest him three out OF one; 10
convict him ten in one. and 20 hang
lin 90 IN one.
We are not an immoral nation or
lovers or injustice" ne said. The
trouble is In human nature. Lawyers
know they can work easily on the
sympathies OF judges and jurors and
VIII leave no stone uncovered 10 do so.
II has come TO pass that any good
Booking woman can Kill a man in the
-lited States and get of scot free"
Judge Kavanagh believes In appeal
Ing 10 the better natures OF criminals
70 reform them. but while doing il
keep them locked up" he said.