The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-29
DIR. JEKYL AND MIR. HYDE

Il is not our intention to give free
advertising, editorially, to any con-
Germ, mercantile, professional OF
amusement.
But the moral to be drawn from
the screen dramatization Of the IA
nous novehst's flight Of fancy, DR..
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde, now running
at the Adelphos Theater, is so OBJ
viously worthy of consideration that
we feel We may be pardoned for
referring to it in this column.
Perhaps no book has been so uni
versally read as has "Dr. Jekyl and
Mr.. Hyde" the book which carries
the story telling how any man may
give way to his evil tendencies, how
any man may relegate to the rear all
that is upright and honest and hon
orable in his makeup, giving full
rein to the immoral, the dishonest
the brute that is in him, until these
characteristics gain fun sway and
rule him with rod Of iron.
Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde has been
styled by many critics as the repro
duction OF a romancer's dream.
Better might it be called the part
ing OF the curtains, by the hand Of
irnagination-the rending Of the veil
which hides the psychic from the
real, which conceals the intangible,
which screens the evil from the light
OF day. 1t is the opening Of the
windows OF the soul. the barring Of the
hnnermost closets OF the human heart
to the gaze Of the world, the per
rnitting of the horrible, the naked
and the depraved to show itself, while
all that is good and holy and moral
in man shrinks and trembles and re-
treats until 1t Is, at Last, utterly
routed by the immoral and the un.
chaste.
Read the book, 'Dr. Jei.yl and Mr.
Hyde" and you tremble at the possi-
bIll;y OF evil predominating over
good See the pictured dramatizatlon
OF Or Jelsyl and Mr. HYDE and you
view the frightening changes OF a
horrible nightmare, the passing Of q
phantasrnagor!a OF disorder. evil and
revulsion.
See the pictured dramatizltion Of
the wild story and you realize that
the corrupt which exists even IN the
kindest and rentlest, the most up-
right and godlIke man. given full
swing 70 that evil which is born IN
all mankind, Is capable Of gaining
control and sinking the ersvwhle par
Rgon OF virtue in the lowest depths
OF hell OF iniquity.
See the pictured naturalization %
the novelists dream. and sou witness
the change. with Kaleidoscope rapid
ity. whereby. with the skin Of nee
rouaney. the pure and righteous giyes
way 70 the iniauitous and unehaste
the change whereby the snowy rebe
OF purity loses its whiteness when
touched By the erinsoning hand o.;
inpuniy. The impure hand guided
by the power q an unehaste mind
See the pictured nightmare Of '-Dr
Jekyi and Mr Hyde and you see
something which awakens you 90 n
realization OF the indisputable fact
that the lie OF the average man.
from the cradle 90 the grave is one
continuous struggle between The an
gels os good and the angels of dark
ness for supremacy. for debating gov.
ernmsnt over the heart.
s~o the pictured horror Of the
dual existence. Of the life OF one
man. "Dr. Jekyl. as an uprsh, and
philanthropie man. merged into the
existence Of the other man. Mr..
Hyde" the man without a heart.
without a conscience. without a
thought save thoughts Of evil and
unhollnesA and you viii. perhaps.
awaken e. a realization Of the great.
the serious. the terrible danger which
conffonts you. which threatens every
member Of the family Of mankind.
See the pictured terror Of "Dr. Je-
kyi and Mr.. Hyde and you see some.
thing which should cause you to APP
preciate the utter helplessness with
which yon. unaided by the sustain
Ing hand Of a just and wise ofnhip-
v;ence. may BE- forced to cope with
the cohorts Of evil Of iniquity. of
dspravity.
See The rictufed abortion OF hap