Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-20
PASTOR SCORES
DANCING AND
MODERN DRESS
Jumping Up and Down Not
Related to TerpsichOrean
Art, He Says.
EYES GARB IS TARGET

That jumping up and down" and
the assertion Of the Rev. Lewis Brown.
D. D.. rector Of ST. PauTs Episcopal
Church, in a sermon last night on 1.-THE
degradation Of Dress" which is the sec
d Of his series Of Sunday night sermons
on dhis series Of Sunday night sermons
week he will preach on Criminal Nov
ing Pictures His subject last week
was Shattered Homes and Broken Fam
lilies" The Rev. Brown said he is in
favor OF normal dancing which consists
OF full revolutions and which is mot
only enjoyable, but a healthsul pleasure
In condemning the present day dress
women DR.. Brown said that at this
time in civilization people should realize
that there is no place for the Garden OF
Eden garb. He censored the "waistless'
waist. abbreviated skirt and tho trans
parent hose, terming the present fashion
"a disregard for the principles Of mod
esty and decency," and recommended
standardized garment for women which
could be worn throughout the year.
GIVE VIEWPOINT
OF ENGLIsHMAN.
An Englishman who was in our coun-
try=oEce wondered why the rainy Sunday
attendance at the churches was so poor
and when told that people could net
wear their best clothes on rainy days
he showed his surprise. saying that in
his country the children we're taught to
wear their oldest garments to church.
ne said.
In discussing the conditions in the
high schools Or. Brown said the high
school girl cannot be blamed when she
has no education in decency and mOdesty
at home for Directing to enforced con-
troll at school. DR.. Brown pointed out
that the revolution in dress has come
about by degrees, at the same time de-
claring that something must be done
to counteract the present frighuulness
OF the improper dress prOpriety."
In an address on My Mothers Bible"
yesterday afternoon, before the Mems
Big Meeting at EngIish's theater, the
Rev. R. A EIwood. known as the board
walk" preacher OF Atlantic City, y. J..
scored the modern innovations in PrOtes-
t&nt religion as the destroyer OF the
SSachings Of the Holy Bible" He ad-
vocated a revolution TO the puritanic
faith. and declared that the majority Of
people In the congregations today do
notlSaaVe a speaking acquaintance with
essSonement for sin. He censored the mod
eTn church as lacking in hospitality be-
cause the religion in 1t is too respectable
to allow an old-fashioned interchange OF
friendship.
FORETELLS LONESOME
XMAS FOR SOME.
He cited as an example Of this that
there viii be many persons in Indian
Gpolis who viii spend a lonesome Christ
mas day, because nobody WIFI ask them
to spend the day in their homes
In discussing sin. the Rev ElwOod
said there are too many people today
who are trying to make them selves be-
lieTe that there is no sin and declared
that the individual who says that sin
does not exist, is no less than a liar.
At the meeting, which was the Ladies'
Day Meeting the quartette from the
Third Christian Church gave special
numbers under the direction OF F. z.
Ellis. Preceding the meeting L. \. Won
Staden's orchestra gave a thirty minute
concert. out Of the 2O4T persons pres
ent. go were women. There will be no
other Sunday meetings until Jan. 9. se-
cordinS to the announcement Of A. II.
GODDARD. director Of the big Meetings"
At the Capitol Avenue NJ Z. Church
following an address by the Rev. Elwood
on the persecution Of the Armenians be
cause OF their Christian religion. the
Sunday school OF the church pledged to
Spport twelve Armenian babies. a
pageant depicting a miniature Near East
Relief cantonment with twelve beds for
orDhan babies was given nv the children