Putnam patriot., 1922-03-03

disb4rrsd from prscties, doctors are
tried fer criminal arts, yet tbs is~ ard
medicine suffer noihing frpra the N
worthiness Of Fn.nvhgzl lawyers and
1octorx Even frfnisters-zns a.
t@ess upon tire stage come most fre-
qaently from ninisters-ars not n
class that = - elevated that from
time 70 tine ore Or the other u TIE
servants Of the church does net tuFF-
Die 20 earth condemned for weakness
or crime. Evil IL ret = thing Of class
IL is trzse that an actor killed Abrz-
nan Lincoln. II { also true that ihs
close relative Of this same actor vas
the bright light q the American The
atre, the most adored and ne most
honored member u bis profession. i
Is true that actors and actresses fix1re
frequently In ne divorce courts. Their
divorce cases get more publicity than
others because they are knoxn q a
greater public thar the hundreds Of
similar divorce eases which are con
atantiy being tired with little OF no
publicity L + tsue that some actors
drink II i also true thar the police
courts q tswas So larger Than our
gaH. for al ~ prevention 4 Vol
stead. are daily ard seeslg devoted 70
the trial u eases u .reoraeg.
Now Il may b. true .ha, TIE young
woman at The Bradley was right Pc
maps the screen star Nith tne giidsd
nan and the bahE smile I'D takesa
bath IN cream e3erg morning. though
Why she should gIse W the delights Of
hot water 20 the discomfort II cream
Is beyond our ken Perhaps she did
make million gear and perhaps
she didn't. and pernaps she does pos
sess whole foek II Rolls Royees.
But granting the probability. vel bet
an homes, dollar that none = the tbres
statements were true II she made a
million in a year she probably inyczI-
ed II securely. Il she had an alto.
mobile. II va probably no mere
snowy than the limousine Of any pres
porous lady Of fashion. A. for ne
bath 81 cream 0eil. Of course you
can never tell about a woman
Stage people. a. matter Of faet.
We have always found, lead fairly or
NAL lives excepting IA one Nay. and
that Is IN the abnormal amount Of
work they do. When be- is working.
the average actor mas 40 le8st .i.-ht
performance a week When movie
people are making picture they work
from ten TO : hour day The pop
ular suppOsitiou has always been that
idleness was both the father and the
mother Of evil feFbaps idle actors do
get into trouble and dissipate their 81
efgies. So do IDLE mil hands
Rather than condemn the stage for
the offenses Of a minute proportion Of
the profession. the American public so
dependent upon the theatre for
amusement and interest. might we'll
regard few of the virtues u the pro
f fession
No more recently than three year
ago the stage was leading every pro-
+ fession IN the country in the work Of
/ the war Popular actresses sold mil
+ lions % dollars worth Of Liberty
bonds They gave their services un-
tiringly to the entertainment Of the
soldiers and 20 those affairs which
were arranged for the raising ~ funds
for war work One Of the most active
organizations II relief was the Stage
/ Women War Relief Society.
Again, must il not be hard for such
artists as Mrs Fiske. Mary Anderson.
Edward X Sothern. Miss Janis. Miss
Taylor. and host Of others TO sit by
passively and hear the profession 70
which they nave given their lives
with or without liberal monetary re-
wards cursed down to the moral lev
Fl of complete depravity? or course
they do, bar being ladies and gentle
men and sensible people Of broad
minds and experience, they laugh at
it and Fits the public the best they
have
These recent attacks on the stage
are. a. ii matter Of fact, largely bunk
It viii be- rcerettablc II undue atten-