Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-06
As ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
Swing Of the Pendulum From Strict
Observance Of Rules to Non.ob.
servanee May Be Succeeded
by Different Kind Of Clock
BY SARAH ID. LOWRIE

r ASEEn n ,,.,,.~ .uov, ,,hot shs
i thousht - .h. % 1... vo0S,s % svmnbonv
oes .nousnt OF the last week s sympnony
nrno,.. Su. nnu sne maze ,ttie movement y"
precise Dismissal and said curtiy;
r.,a 10 not ASK q memper OF tne ooc,WS!y 9t
,,. rr,ends' my dear, such a question. we 10
"oI 20 70 concerts or TO tue opera,
.,l,et et that percoiate slowly through ny
ss.tn ior month whi!e l couhtee the
,,e"oers nrn or the society OF friendsLn tnsy
lii "enipers OF any rehgious pouy-who
I'a ,is, 70 20 concerts. did not ma many out
m Muu hhu some.
strict one-.onJ / was amazed 70 hear him
say that more than one family of his pcrsua.
sion had fitted ur wireless telephones on
their roofs. "And," said he, "thcy enjoy
very much listening to symphony concerts
that way" He added that 1t was a scien.
tific pleasure to them rather than musical
one. and he went on to explain that arti-
fetal music, MS he called all instrumental
music. and, indeed, all music made from
written notes. was n pain rather than a
pleasure so far ns combination OF sounds
went to most Friends who had never ac.
customed themselves to II. l asked Inn
why It was banned BY Ouakers, and he re-.
piled with gentle detachment that thew
thought 1t right to avoid whatever was
sensuous in effect as an insidious danger
to the will.
To make sure asked him If he meant
more gently explained that all sensual thinrs
were. of course, TO be avoided. but by sens,i-
Gus he meant Just what I did: viz, some.
thing that moves the senses with or without
a mental effort TO conprcbcnd IT, He rna,le
a distinction however. between the sounds
Of Nature, which he claimed could be en-.
jOyed without danger of excess. nnd man.
made music. lie further claimed thai The
ear of n Quaker was timer. and discoversS
discord where an ordinary Christian would
go on his way rejoicing. either in tbe
matter of church chimes or of church organs.
r >,AS vorvt fo,;,,,, ,,,.,, AIT. ,,
,. very ium,'i"r "'th 'h's claim OF
purity OF taste due to rigorous censor.
snip in the matter of the acted drama and
~ dancing and of subjects for painting.
very rev families now practice this censor.
woro noiIo, ttn t,Io',,, WITT p'"Eing calus
Stunned as such. nnd there wcre nIcntv ~
Protestant families who fclt actors and
plny goers onoro s;,"nns a,'i 49,. aI~
formers, dancers and artists who n,ipted
''from the altogcthcr'' were mike hind
leaders of the blind, with even chances for
nacL onI ohnnt ,,n'.. y, yeplu.is; Low
were grnvcly discountcnnnccd anon" octi,o
church workers md nor to bc condoroJ q,
clerCymen's Children mr. mucb countomou, u,aa -.
for the families Of church oficals lila "idsrs
or dcacons, >o''
Going somewhat further ofield. tbo rcod.
ing of the works of fction--.on,,tinu .Ia.
was make believe and nor trc ts ~ h;stnu. tnms
--was frowncd unon In .omo,,,It siuy.1
circles as dangerous to onc'a own rarnoit. sf
wbilo o,nono ai,an,., ~ ~ oiio oMn FeIncitv'
as well ms certain noa+rv w.ns tnta ...n' nction
Eliot and Hyron hecanse ""S &c 'uU-weorge sh"tr t.
relations: Goetbn.s ..E"~s.H he. e.. hurMaI ~. 1,h
II "uSe pttuusc VI tHe