The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-16
Ocal Ministers Make Statement
Against Sunday Shows
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clerks day and night without giving
them an opportunity to attend church
services. II is from this source as
we'll as from the lawless element
that such requests come We are
sorry to note that some OF these men
are church members.
The Paramount issue, as it comes
from those who favor Sunday open
ing. is to furnish recreation for the
enlisted men Of Fort sir who arc
privileged to spend the weekend
i'm Cbickasha Let it be understood
that no city is more vitally interested
in the welfare Of our soldiers than
those who oppose the open town To
this end the Protestant forces are ex.
ertng their every power both through
the y. M c. a, and apart from It.
The Catholic church is working
through the Knights Of Columbus,
Everywhere the churches are making
special appeals to the young mon,
and putting forth every effor. 70
make them feel at home aAd to en-
JOY themselves. All good citizens
who are able, are contributing of
their means to maintain recreation
camps as well as religious services
in the cantonments So it cannot be
said that we do not love aud wish
to help the soldier but when we
throw omen our shows ON Sunday we
are influencing those boys to stay
away from church, and it is a mat
ter of history that no one was ever
converted in a show And ii we be-
leve our Bible we must believe that
il they are not converted they are
lost and knowing as we do chat
these men are soon to rAce death, it
places their blood upon the hands Of
all men and women who east their
vote in favor Of Sunday opening, and
open the hands Of all men and wo-
men who fail to cast their vote
against Sunday opening
In answer to Mr. Johnson's state
menr as to changed conditions we
quote from the oklahoman, Of the
sixth and seventh issues Of this
month. some ermarkable statements
from the zen of Miss Edith Johnson:
Conditions Of war are SO abnor
NAL as 70 create a whole new set of
emergencies that must beS met by
People in civil life When fine
healthy lad is taken from home life
who're he has very real and per
sonal value to his family and be-
comes an atom Of humanity in the
vast military unit, his sense Of re-
sponsibility to often deserts him and
fe 49, luenly subject to Influences
whether Il be good or bad His pas
sions are not subtle they are ele-
mentary Outside OF camp he gets
to feeling that he is law unto MIN
self
4out Of the chaos and excitement
Of war, there has grown what I
might call a new girl psychology, i
made up Of the thoughts, feelings,
the desires and aspirations Of sensi-
tive and emotional girls who are suf-
fering a profound reaction from the
events Of the present time Millions
cl girls in the United States are hit
orally burning, with desire 70 ex-
press their patriotism. Powerful
though it is, it is a vague, confused
desire that they do not quite com
prehend They only realize fully that
they want to express themselves In
some vital way Naturally and inevi-
tally, the thoughts Of young girlhood
turn to those Young soldiers who
stand as the living symbols Of all