The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04

are bod YOU cant Nud any men
/ nr women ON Garth better than you
. can ind ON the stage But you can
/ ~ cnurs" una some bad ones among
them. We have got some preachers
. thnt are bad and some deacous and
elders that are bad. And so. my
. ui,ndA ",rrywhcr" you go you Will
una propI" who are biu.
/ a thontcg has capital and u -aA
. power Doe the money. certainly /
. WiIl admit ull that IL la cSttmntad
T that 100000. 600 be- Invested in the
movies ono nowadays Fifteen
million people attend daily the
movies lu This county a million
. dollars % day, 10 ss ustimatcd, ia the
a"aot7 taken In By the movies
. twenty-five thOusand thcatcrs house
tho tlm lovers 0I tho land
Certainly there ts money In It,
. wo viii jldmlt all that. Salaries are
big. all right. and I don't begrudge
any actor or actress on the stage
ono dollar or their salary. I don {
"ogruhgc any prizefightcr dollar
/ '' a basrha!! player enc dollar thar
hc can get II a fellow can get
10000 Il year then ! wouldn't play
I for $4,000 II I was a baseball player
nO' on your life' 1 wouldn't do a.
read a statement the other day
whore Billie burke gets $4,000 "A
week All right. she's worth it. /
don't bogrudge H. don't know
| hcE but Know aomc Of her rola-
/ iivfh Mnuge Adams gets $1,000 "A
week All hight, there Isn't a finer
woman on earth.
Dave Warticld made $500, 900 In
The Music Master" All right.
/ Dawes IN a class by himself 80 I'm
/ told. he made hi. manager, Dave
liolasco, a. miiiiun--hc In "a class By
/ himself
All these pooplc are hcndilncrs
| In their profession. Sarah Bern
hnrdt made $4,000 q month. They
say Sarah is dandy that's al
right, and I'm glad sho got we'll.
They say Rose Stahl made 100000
/ In 10 years.
Greene made $4,000 IN The
| Crisis" which has been dramntized.
Charles Chaplin pulls down 5000
| 600 year 10 make you laugh. All
right. he's worth IT, or he wouldn't
/ get the price. Tho prlZctightef
stands up and pulls down $50, 900
! All right, he's worth II. ola Jcsa
/ willard couldn't hit me for $4,000.
and IN tell you that
A lot of baseball players get
eight. ten and foteon thousand dol
| lars "A year. All right, don't be-
grudge any OF them. but II happen
/ to get a little money for preaching
| I'm a CRATER
I notice the guy that says I'm "A
CRATER wouldn't get close enough
| to me when hc says IL for me TO
reach him You will notice that guy
never gives me anything. II ism Z
| the fellow that gives, IL is the guy
that doesn't give II. lt IL none or
your business what the other fell
low docs with Ais money, It isn't
your money Now, that's all right,
let II go at that.
Cyrus Bownsend Brady ono ~
the famous authors, went - 81
| plays to see how many OF them 10
could indorso and com mend "a
/ his friends. nni nc slid out OF tho
|2l he couldn't indorse but eight.
and some OF them he was compelled
todcnouncc. with our p5pular
grand opera he said u was almost
| impossible to tinl anything decent
or pure In the plot u tho average
play.
Church and Thcntcr Divorce.
The church and d he theatcr sccn
to hav1 nothing IN common. The
stage gives people what they want.
the church what they need.
! Israel Znngwlll. author. says tho
! playwright gets up his plays TO sat
! isfy tho pandering lust OF the age
and not for the good that they do
the world.
Archbishop Lehman Of ST. Louis
preached "A sermon some time ago.
and he said to go night after night
TO the theatcr Is n mark OF decad-
ence. He said we avoid the pest
house, but rush TO enjoy the process
sions OF these moral lepcrs exposed
TO the people.
Tire rogue and scoundrellsm and
mans infldelity are what forms tne
groundwork OF most plays
Somebody said To me: what was
the last play you saw" | believe
II was Doadwood no, It was Joe
jefferson In RIP Van Wrinkle" in
McVicker's theater. In Chicago.
haven't darkencd theater door
from the day | was converted until
this very day. except TO preach the
gospel from tho stage. hut | might
20 and he able to discriminate. but
somebody else looking at me for an
example wouldn't be able To dis
criminate and follow my lead. There
tore, for your sake, my friends.
don't go,
| have no quarrel with II "a an
Nn--that has always been
my attitude. Some OF the best
l friends / have got are men ana
women on the stage, but ! don't so,
/ | don't go.
/ Now. somebody said: What's tha
matter with his preachingf" Moth
ing at ALL
Don't you believe In amuse-
ments7" You never looked into tho
face OF anybody who Believes more
In amusemcnts than ] do. But | be-
iieve they should bo recreative ana
thA the relaxation from their In
duNcncc should he harmless, and |
believe that no amusements should
he injurious either mentally or
physically or morally to the one
who indulgcd In the sport who might
he inspired to indulge in similar
things.
Some one Fays: What game do
you like 20 play?"
We'll, Ike to play baseball. was
n headllner In that. ! like TO play
golf; / think it's n peach OF a game
/ think bowling IN fine. Lawn ten
ni"---I don't like II very we'll, It's too
sissiNed FOR me, Mind you, IT'S =
dandy game, hut It doesn't happen
20 suit my style, that's all. | like
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