, 1923-04-01

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movie people arc. and when our
church was young the other churches
used to treat US terribly. Tho things
they said about our carly preachers
and did TO them-jal n whipping
posts and abuse-good gracious! you'd
never believe it.
Look what they did to Admiral
Dewey-one day the nations pet hero
and the next n yellow dog. They gave
him a house for n gift, and when he
put 1t in his wife's name. just to make
sure OF it for her. the people rose
! and treated him worse than they treat
ed Gu.teau. And all he had done was
TO be nice to his wife,
From her of all people. came even
4 word of compassion for h object
| OF the nations wrath.
"And thai poor young man who
got into all h troubie-he couldn't
have meant TO DO any harm. He was
lust n big, overgrown boy, and he
madc too much none too soon. and
| he drank too much. Oh. the terrible
sufferings people &c through who
| can't help drinking too much when
they lind what they've done.
There was a deacon in our church
"A good man as ever was, but and
| then he'd go mad for liquor and he
never knew what he might do. Once.
after n long period OF being perfect
Iy nice, he tasted the communion
wine and left the church and went
crazy with whisky and-oh. Gear,
how he wept and prayed! Even my
husband was sorry for him. Christ
was sorry for cvcrybody-even for
| the people that crucificd him.
And that young mar. so big and
| fat and funny-all the world laughed
at him and paid fortunes to see him
! act. And now people are after him
like wolves. and nobody says u good
word for him.
Even II he hac done what they
said he did. how brokcn'hearted he
would be now. 1t seems to me that
most OF tbs people who howl for his
lie arc making thcmpelves crueler
thar wha. they say he was.
'Nobody seems TO know Just how
tiia. poor girl came to her death. But
p the worst that's said was
true. I.'s net half as had as thous-
ands Of cases that have gone on in
tails country.
Agf lh "a go1SNAo' 1900 NF
there was a terrible thing happened.
I hardly dast speak Of it, but there
was n pretty girl. a wild thing. but
awful pretty. and some fellows got a
lot Of liquor. and she was alone with
them. and after terrible goipgs-on-
why. she died the next day.
And that happened right in our
home town eG Calverly long before
moving pictures were sven thought
Of. And not u line was published in a
single newspaper. not n sermon was
preached against 1t. mt nobody ever
dreamed of prosecuting n OF the
five young men who really Killed that
poor, foolsh young girl. Two of the
men were members OF my husbands
church. They were terribly sorry
and and It seemed tine
right thing to hush 1t Up and not
talk about It,,
Il guess there isn't o town in the
world that hasn't had things like
TINT Happen. A preachers wife gets
TO know the most pitiful things. II
{ all the preachers and doctors and
mothers and fathers would tell all
the5 lsnew-oh dear. what rcvela.
tions.
And SO I say. why should every
body act like this young man was
the first one that eve did anything
terrib.e7 Why should they say II
had anything to do with tho business
no was in? Why shoults they perse'
ute the dear, good. nice people in
the moving pictures? I think it's
just frightful and IL l was in the
movies I just wouldn't stand for it"
Mem throbbed with ove of her
mother for her ardor. but she bent
her head. realizing her own secret.
Claymore stared at the flaming little
matron with cleaning eyes Of mp.
proval. Levh Lemaire squirmed
ashamed of her own acquiescence In
the storm OF abuse.
But Tom Hobby rose from his chair
and, going to Mrs. steddon, bcnt down
and kissed her on the hair and wrung
her little han6 and kissed II.
And in that tribute he wooed Mem
moro ~canpellinsly han in any other
possible wise.
Mrs. Steddon chung 20 Tom Hol.
by's big hand and patted II, hen rost
and left tho room. When Mem would
have followed she was sent back
Then Mrs. Steddon, in a fir frenzy
went to her table and wrote her hus
band an answer to his letter.
Dear Husband-I am ashamed
OF you for writing such a mean
little note. Yes, I am proud to
say that my Daughter is an ac-
tress and is doing fine work. II
you are not proud Of her II is be.
muse you don't know enough to
be. You will some day. you'n
soc.
She is working hard and earn
ing lots of money. and I'm going
to stay with her as long as she
needs me. 1 guess you can get
along without mo awhile. II you
can't. come on out and sec for
yourself how wrong you are. I
hope your next letter will be an
apology. Mem would send her
love IL she knew ] was writing.
Your Loving
WIFE.
When this tiny bdmb exploded IT
Doctor Steddon's parsonage 1t pro
ducec an astounding effect. The OLE
! devil fighter wa not afraid Of al
the logions OF holl. He could ever
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