New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
The Theaters
Thas Sadie Thompson" Is stH True the Marine Corp.
BY Percy Hammond

M ELL a hope that by this poor little Miss Thompson
<W miss Eages begun Sydney,
snd that she is making good wife exsergeant
&a haven of regrettabe pasts
hard tell from, Of
and sudden the things that had happened
posture OF Sergeant Oara suggested at the end that
e and in charge and that the stormy Miss Thompson
81 ahr apenod Of contentedness and tranquility.
Au such as that in "Rann between loose but lkabe young
Honolulu abarets and cruel sancnonious holy
EaRNar with the paygoers in their of
akhe enhatd lady The prosecutions
she of them nober
g q sanity adversary Miss Thompson finishes far the
in the comnodious of the Marine Corps; the
1ies dead the beach Pango
a islanders having cut his throat in Of atonemen
s possible that Sadie Thompson better than the customary
mncisco minor curb wanton and that the
Davidson not the standard of the pleasant Protestant
ares 70 unredemed Polynesia 1t not however, the business of
ugham and his adape M Cotton and Miss Randoph) deal
the medocrty of They interested interesting
examples of saint and If they little prejudiced
Representations they still excellent agatng
~ and is therefore, duty Broadway dramaover
One Vaughan for missionaries to the
folk east of Suez and other unfriendy
nntaned.
On the oBrien passionate tropical CAD
rather likes tem particularly the Mormons who in
n of the Paumous Aos of the Sun Company
m who inexperienced oddly enough South Sea evangelism
are perpeNed by the experts conradcting testimonies
During the first night
abiding hatred for the Rev Mr. Davidson mnstered against
Apia from the the
@ There she quaranned Pango Pango with her rbald
shabby nery and her be friends with everybody
1Ny put the by Davidson
@ her intimate companonshp with members of the u Marine
believed that her residence the archipelago would be nm
[@s moral welfare Having political
forced the Governor the island deportation
L @n francisco and misery.
Yet thought missionary worthy
He had the habit prayer of "buonhong God"
s would but he did piouy When DR. MacPha (Frz Will
eposad with him his eentlessness Miss
ne was smingly patient He whskers He large
as and fanatic really
4 4as mat God meant him when He said:
o I'll
e Sinai of his evangec egosm he pronounced admonl
on the ehdke For the males he forbade breclous
Aberts discarded by thrifty druggists
envle Ohio he ordered Mother Hubbards
M place Of long hair native ansica comedy indifference to
@ OF the most celestial he had
Of diplomacy Bargaining with the hapess little semoop,
e choice OF coming glory to San Francisco Ana
both destinations he nveghed against her IN and about
range Pango the gody Paphnuts nveghed against That's
'aaiS and gymnasia Of ancient Antioch
ebae How must felt when he discovered
were red lips and white the EARTH that all Of them
Sadie Thompson Though prayer fonder
the late hours of the night kned by Sade bedside and
upward in her behalf The he Of her, the
ms desire other things Her little naked
wondering her be good girl her sop
gaze toward the altar rough talk and
her Marine and she became and pale with yearnng for
I . the rap and Sadie entered Of webe
s. preacher alas, autted it
| oeca that most seductive the dramatic cmaxes the
uea risen Magdaen and the fallen {mael angel we see the
outside Sadies door midnight. numbiing good eX
io what he suspects he do Lake the medeva
Sa'af dilemma he outces If thou givest thyse 70 me'