Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-07-27

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with the house as we might be- thai
the - theater Of our city
would allow any photo play or any.
thing upon its stage that is rotten
(the word properly used by the Her.
add utterly out Of place on a stage
such as we had supposed the house
stood for the best thar came 10 our
city, good, clean shows and was to be
the house for the good first class.
clean talent that will likely visit our
city in future days if we grow as we
hope to grow to like and consequently
demand films and theaters of a high
and uplifting, influences that we us
ually eXpect( and generally fnd) on
the ~chatuauqua platform. The spirit,
the attendance that greeted the 1916
chautauQua in Watertown this year
was fine indeed and, people, it means
much, it's a great advertisement for
the place, it builds city and country
into the most desirable state. Why
not make our theatres, our picture
shows, places where one need never
fear to go and take the wife and
girls and boys at any time. All men,
you who conduct these. shows, you
exert through them a most powerful
and permanent influence even on
adults and certainly upon the younger
people. If you care for this influence,
il YOU care for the lives and charac-
tiers of your patrons, for boys and
girls, the mel and women Of tomor-
row; if you desire to help 10 build
your city and vicinity to best things,
how can you, how dare you allow
film plans of a low, immoral or i'm
proper nature. Why use anythingI
questionable, anything the influence
Cd which is, Or may be, any other than
u%pbuilding. There is SO much, so
very much that is good and clean
and pure and perfectly proper.
And, parents, absolutely refuse to
allow yourself or any of your family
to attend things or places the in
tiuence of which is improper. And
any theatre, photo or otherwise, that
allows improper, questionable films
or plays-simply boycott that house,
And, mister theater manager, do you
Ennm thot tho hnct I,,e;npr- ~, ,,~s+l
permanent business; the most money
too, and the most lasting money, is
in the good things, the pure things,
the unQuestioned things. Please don't
take our little, humble word for that,
STATISTICS, the history of men and
business proves the fact to be true.
Maynard Noble spent Friday in Wa
tertown %atteding the show and chat
ting with friends. THE first time"
said Mr.. Noble, Il have had a day
off for a long time and ] made up my
mind to take the day and see the
big show once more"
Mr.. Ed Hayes states that he will
iihSiy SSt udIileu lulS COMING VIII
ter.
We beg to state, Mr.. Editor and
readers, that we failed to get our star
piece of news (as far as kempeska is
concerned) for last issue into circu-
alton. That, mister, is the painting
Of the town hall, a job we have long
looked to have take place. Well, sir,
looks IN thousand per cent bet
Messrs. Calvin Wheelock, Ed
Falvey and Goss Green are the
worthy gentlemen who performed the
work. Everybody interested should
ioff their hats and say thank you.
Robert Archer is now helping the
with the harvest at Prairie
AVN. Our early barley, II filled like
asst year, would have made SO bush
lis at least. 1t now is at least 40
Der cent simply hulls. II it yields %
per acre we'll feel we have a
good crop for the season.
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