The New York herald., 1922-02-13
CHURCH IN UPROAR
AS BRADY ATTACKS
Continued from First Page.

and women Of the profession did during
the war a record that was not equalled
by any other group in the country. Why
pick out Hollywood and San Fran
cisco when l can parallel condl-
tions in those places in other realms
of society? The stage has become a
target for sensational preaching and SEN
sational Journalism.
''I am not saint. and don't pre-
tend TO be. but the theater is doing a
great work and II ought to be en-
couraged. What were the actors and
actresses sent overseas during the war
for? To keep up the morale os the SOL
diers. and morale is just as important
in peace time as Il is In war"
Here Mr.. Brady remarked that he had
been broke ten times in twenty years"
to which DR.. Straton replied. II am con-
stantly broke"
Anger reused the audience once more
when Mr.. Brady said: "Dr. Straton de-
clared that 1t was impossible for a
young woman to get promotion in the
theatrical profession without sacrificing
her virtue" There were cries of mo,
nor from the Stratoh adherents, and
to straighten the matter out afterward
DR.. Straton read from his manuscript
and showed that he had uttered much
modified statement but Mr. Brady was
not to be interrupted at the moment.
Leaning over the pulpit. with quiver-
ing voice he said.
Then l ask if all the women who
have succeeded on the stage are actually
immoral?"
One of DR.. Straton's charges was that
the theatrical profession had been cap
tured by the Jews" That statement Mr..
Brady disputed. He said It was about
'fifty-fifty," as far as the managers
and producers were concerned, but that
so per cent. of motion picture directors
were Christians, as were % per cent. Of
the men and women who act in the
films.
In refutation Of Dr. Straton's charge
that the motion picture industry was
back of a heavily financed propaganda
to maintain the "open" Sunday. Mr..
Brady said he had appeared before a
number of legislatures on this subject,
and he had found that labor had always
opposed any attempt to shut down on
picture theaters on Sunday.
"If YOU close the movies, you ought
to close the golf links" said Mr. Brady.
Admission by Dry Leader.
Turning to Mr.. Anderson. he asked
IL II wasn't true that the movies had
closed UP the saloon before prohibition
had arrived. and the Anti-Saloon League
director admitted with n smile that
1t had helped" Whereupon Mr.. Brady
with his arms outflung turned to the
audience and said:
Put 1t on the record. Do you hear?
He says it did help"
Mr.. Brady's suggestion for attaining
ness was cooperation among the church,
men and the profession.
Lets follow the example Of the
Catholic Actors Guild" he said, land
get a Presbyterian and Methodist
and guilds of other denominations and
have combined Actors Religious
Guild. If they're worse than the
heather Chinee' and the South Sea
Islanders why. let's encourage them
and build them up and help them and
not slander them"
When DR.. Straton's turn came he
said that brave and strong as Mr..
Brady's address had been. there was
an element of pathos in it, and then
he went on to say that the fundamental
trouble with the stage to-day Is that
IL Is dominated by commercalism and
is corrupted by the Shiny trail of the
dollar mark" It can never escape
from this degrading bondages to Mann
mon," until dramatic productions are
placed under educational auspices in
stead of being guided by commercial
interests" he said
Thouht Brady Had Quit.
When Mr.. Brady did not appear on
the pulpit at the time scheduled for
the debate. Mr.. Anderson. who pre-
sided. drew the inference that he had
Withdrawn from the tilt and announced
that DR.. Straton would speak anyway.
After telling how the negotiations for
the debate had been conducted and how
difficult 1t had been to hit upon title
suitable to each side, Mr.. Brady rose
and said:
There are black sheep in every flocK
and / do not come to this church of
God to defend, the black sheep. but to
defend the decent men and women of
the profession I represent. / am per-
fectly willing to meet in a neutral
place. but there might be some rough
work here. and as far as I'm concerned
this is neither the time nor the place"
Then Mr.. Brady sat down. and many
people thought he had left the church
until he popped up again an hour and
half later full Of pep and yearning.
1t seemed. to refute some of the state
ments made by DR.. Straton
Actors Aid to Distressed.
With tears in his eyes Mr.. Brady
pictured the actor as a man of deep
humanity. generous and self-sacriicing,
always willing to lend his talents to the
aid of sufferers in disasters and public
calamities.
Look at the enormous amount of
money raised during the war by Doug
las Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, John
Mccormack. Mary Pickford and Others"
said the manager. "and let there be an
cther calamity. another Johnstown flood
or San Francisco earthquake, or an
other war and it will be the actor who
will be in the front rank of the workers
And let me say right here, DIR.
Straton," he added. II would rather
have the record of the theatrical pro-
fession in the world war than that of
the members of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association"
In his preliminary address DR.. Stra-