Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-04
Now For Stage Censorship

lPresbyterian and q Methodist snd
guilds Of other denominations and
havs a combined Actors Religious
Guild" he proposed.
/ This suggestion 10 pIsassd Dr.
BtrAton that no promptly offered 70
come 10 Mr.. Brady's theatre ana con-
duct religious services for tho benont
l'of the profession. Such services would
mot however, no warned. interrupts
his campaign for stage censorship De-
Hing carried on AT Albany.
Meantime, other prominent preArh-
ors, repealed by what they term Dr.
f3trston'- "sensatioiiaIisrn," are frank
iy espousins the tbeater's cause. ono
Of these recently pointed out, for in
Stance, that tho s,ngs II splendid
medium--and one that In not ignorc1
for putting moral propaganda
across" He called attention 70 the fecs
, That there we're At present two p,sys
running In New York~-J''rhs National
Anthem" and 'Brieuy" "Aadayns
Pierre" containing propaganda which
Favored more N tho pulpit than OF the
!, tbeater
Another preacher invited Mrs In
= .lian Oish 70 address no consrsgs-
: zion Of his church. the other night. and
introduced her with the following TO
assuring words:
! Miss Gisb Addresses Congregation
Il am proud 20 have IIliisn Dish
here In my church tonight. know
b. her. and I know David Wark Crifylfh.
her manager, and I am glad that
know them. I am proud 20 Count WI
liam 4. Brady among my friends.
:, am tired ~ hearing the theatre ard
, the moving pictures continually abused
They DO a great deal Of good. and
y they should be encours ged rather than
- vilined. OF courso. some plays are bad
" and shouic be biackiisted. but they are
- IN tho minority. The movies put tho
~ saloon on, or business. 80, instead Of
y throwing stones az them lets conn
II mend the good things they do
. Miss Gin then stepped forward and
~ testified az 70 her religious tr7inir 2.
20 Many people nova days secn 70 re-
" gard actors and actresses with s,SDi-
r cior." en-. began. ~ don't know er-
a. actly what 70 say 20 you 20 convince
IN you that re are not strange people,
juet normal. everyday men and WON
"a en- Ike yourselves, but perhaps II will
r. do II I simply tell you about nnyselt
AZ and my sister. Dorothy. Whatever sue
v. cess my sister and I have hah 10 cus
We 20 our mother, who has always bssn
m our friend and adviser.
N Our first public Appearances on IN
% stage vas when-I was ysars old and
Dorothy was g. in an entertainment
IN church Sunday school, by tho way
u I was and Dorothy when We oegs
IN our professional careers IN child parts
eir Mother continually watched over N
lily careers, She looked after our relisi
'rts Gus training. and saw that We Away
ent had Bible in our dressing room, an
lily that we read II. Mother told Us tia
the God CAV everything We did and knsy
not everything we thought. We have neve
So forgotten her teaching.
cen Thus, the whole subject Of staz
Oh censorship has become, str,nxel
late enough, .nextricably bound up wit
,or- tho personalities OF the stage. A Holly
M. wood moving picture director Is mul
.v. dered. resulting IN . certain arnou,
a., OF scandal. and INN sd1Atsty Dr.. 5tra
-. on and his followers !eap to the cor
,.s slusion that everything connected wi,
the 10 "a vile, and that tts produa
tons must therefore b controlle
--0 This conclusion may seem q trtde II
1eN reasonable TO the disconcern.ng, b
- experience has shown that the legisl,
pate tors at Albany are svayed by mo
IAN potent means than mere logic