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Recently the News had some-
,, hnt to say about a sermon in
-. iiicii I represented as scor-
' ‘r T.he moving picture and vaude-
shov.'s of Burlington. I do
net deny that I had some plain
r’.^infrs to say about these shows,
ivit k is bardly exact to say that
'"'‘•scored’’ them. 1 did what is
to e\‘t'!‘v thinking mind more ef
fectual' than scoring. I stated
^acts-'facts evident and eonclu-
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' 1 write because the editorial
coniTi’.ent may be misleading. It
cavs either too much or too little,
f Wording as one construes, the
Saningof “scoring” or ‘‘going
f'ter” the shows. Some reader
^.■oiiid say the preacher is a crank
-'oY denouncing innocent amuse
ment. Oihers would think he
v;i5hes merely to say something
sensational. I ask the reader, as
] asked my hearers, to form each
ois own eonciusion in the light of
the following facts.
I spoke of moving picture shows
jn e'fcneral. Why discuss them at
n::'; Why advertise the business
bv preacliing on it? Such ques-
tions iTiany are disposed to ask.
the - iuestions imply a general
ignorance of the gigantic propor-
tIoi!S assumed all at once by the
moving- picture business. It is a
fiev; ’Dusiness. It has grown up
almo?i in a night. So sudden and
so iiiarvelous has been its devel
opment that few people ever -=>us-
peci wliat a large place moving
piciures have in world affairs.
The Literary Digest of July 30th,
contained the statement that
■‘within almost a single round of
seasons the picture show has be
come an immense enterprise, a
v.'orid-wide amusement, a univer
sal imluence;” and that, in spite
jf world-wide criticism and de
nunciation, “it has forged ahead
into international popularity’’ and
ihai "in this country alone prob
ably two and a quarter millions of
people visit these shows daily.”
Biirlington illustratates the world
■.vide interest in this business. No
oiher enterprise has so conspicu
oj.i aad persistent advertising.
Nothii':g else in our city is exert-
;r,:r a more potent influence on
the rising generation. Since the
Rtr.c- !)rize tight, and the vigor
ous piotest raised all over the
’.voi id pgainst moving pictures of
thai incident, says the Literary
r%''es*, moving pictures have
been ‘easily the most discussed
01 any form of popular amuse-
rjent ” The press and the pulpit
over all the earth today are tak
ing serious notice of this business.
Now what 1 shall proceed to
say will be mainly from recent
editorials in reputable journals.
These quotations are worthy to
carry greater weight than any^
thi>ig I can say. I am frank to
concede that there are good
Things even on the vaudeville
stag'e. Much more cheerfully do
I concede that a large per cent of
the moving pictures ^ven in al
most every show are instructive
and wholesome. But I deplore
the admixture of the evil kind.
More and more the press is in
clining to the following conclu
sions as to these shows.
L They are mjurious physic
ally. Here are statements from
editorials that recently appeared
;n joiUTials of high rank: “Tak
ing them altogether we are be
ginning to believe that moving
]>:cture shows are injurious.
Children who habitually attend
thiem are said by their teachers
to be dull, sleepy and nervous at
‘H'booi; and oculists say that the
r.'ioving jfictures ^re a terriffic
strain upon the eyes,” “Physi
cians, TOO, v,-arn us that many of
tne places where such shows are
-ven aro distinctly unsanitary,
threatening tuberculosis from the
I 're^ence of dirt, spectrum and
show,
is coarse and
talk of the
There is che
are fond
ihere is much that - which the mpi’e' serious journals
degrading in the i of the country, both secular and
vaudeville stage. ^ religious, incline more and niore
■P wit which the boys widely to adopt. It is to be rc-
of imitatihg, and gretted that one of the greatest
which dulls the capa ity for real; means of entertainment and edu-
humor.^ Children lose their in-1 cation ever known to the world;—
terest in simple and healthful | the moving picture show—seems
forms of amusement. They are | destined to be converted into an
constantly craving the sensation-1 agency of evil. Some towns have
al. It is just because this social ;seen fit, through the W. C. T. U.
influence of the cheap show is |or the mother’s meeting, to es^
destroying in many boys and girls i tablish a censorship of these
their capacity for future efRcien- ^ shows, and to protest against the
cy as men and women that the I introduction of any objectionable
problem has bii'come serious. ” j pictures or other features. A ju-
The thoughtful parent will notice! dicious censorship seems desir-
that the boy that goes regularly | able.
to the moving picture show loses | Again it is clear that I have
gradually his interest in his book?, jdone no “seoring” of local shows,
the Sunday school lesson, or the 11 have stated general facts, and
sermon. It is partly because the | that largely in the form of quota-
show is forming in him the babit | tions from leading editorials. I
of looking for light fun and en-1 have done so with the belief that
tertainment. Thinking becomes I moving pictures ha ve come to
a burden. I stay; that they are destined to
3. These shows are hurtful j exert a yet greater influence
morally. I will grant that much ! nationally and locally, and that
in them teaches a good moral les-: it is a matter of immense impor-
son. But more and more they! tance that public sentiment re-
are tending to the opposite result. 1 garding the busineiss shall he
The Western Christian Advocate, j wholesome,
of Cincinnati, some months ago ! S. L. Morgan.
declared on the testimony of the ■ '
Hazelwood and family
S t hil ‘ 4 f' who have been with a party on a
court OT Cmcmnati that juvmile ■ ^ i.- _
delinquency has increased alarm-
ingly in that city-50per cent he
would estimate—since the multi-! •
plication of the cheap moving ' “
?t”sa^“%’eiXTa;^Te-|Big Preminffl Offers Given
ries of pictures to which the pro-'
prietor directed our specific at*
tention as being particularly high' We want you to represent
class. But they showed aban-! PHSICAL CULTURE in your
doned women, apartments in a i City and vicinity. Never before
house of ill repute, gamblers at; was such an opportunity offercid
their games, the suicide of a pros-1 our agents to secure sabscriptioiis
titute, the hold-up of highway-j as we have to offer at the present
men, and so on. And all of this i time. Five to fifteen dollars a
the exhibitor claimed was day is being earned by many of
teaching a high moral lesson! j our agents offering our attractive
Through this means boys and ; premiums W'ith subscriptions to
girls become familiarized with ■ PHYSICAL CULTURE.
jMake the Best
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Away Free.
Norfolk
By
Winston
Waluut C.
Madison
every form of vice and violence.
Juvenile criminals have repeated
ly confessed that they received
their first suggestions of robbery,
house-breaking, safe-cracking,
etc, from w'hat they had seen on ■
the screens.
“Not only are the^e pictures
themselves depraving, but for in
nocent boys and girls to be drawn ;
into the associations Hkely to be;
found in such places, and to be :
out on the streets during the ^ Lv
night hours, is not conducive to i
their best moral- development, |
There are all sorts of danger and I “layodan
temptations in that direction.” i Ly'. M’rt’uv^le
Again, Mr. E. H. Chandler in | Ar Roanoke
the Journal of Education says:’’
“With rare exception the ordina-: poanoke
ry program of moving picture J lv! m rt’nv’lle
shows includes some representa-! Lv. Mayodan
tion of burglary or thieving, some ;
suggestion of the . fiiritations of j J'maston ’
husband or wife, and somethitig i Xr! Charlotte
grotesque, with preferences for
representations of satanic magic.
The public instinct for represen
tations of what is criminal is very
strong, and will be catered to by
commercial managers.” In proof
of the last statement we need on
ly to note that since the recent
disgraceful prize fight, the mu
nicipal authorities in almost eve
ry country in the world have
found it necessary to prohibit the
showing of pictures of the fight.
Depraved taste everywhere clam
ors for such pictures and the mov
ing picture men everywhere ca
ter more or less to the depraved
taste. The most competent crit
ics everywhere are agreed that
no moving picture show does bus
iness long without presenting
pictures that are not fit for the
I forbear to mention the indeli
cate—nay, often profane and vul
gar—language, and the coarse
and indecent exposure of the per-
MAY 15, 1910.
No. 22
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No. 21.
No, 23.
9:15 a. m.
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■■I
ve .'list read a letter from
hitive in a Southern city. He
y "1 attended moving pict-
"'nows until I learned, that
'i'nans regarded them as one
nemobt frequent causes of
with The eyes,” Head-
“I am told that Germany
^'-'■fbidden moving pictures as
- injurious to the eyes.” 1
•01 Know that the last state-
’ is true.
1'riGse siiows are injurious
Of course many pict-
yiv- instructive, and there-
to the mind in so far
■ -ty lire instructive. But
>-s_aisothe other side. See-
■ -'-oany what is sensation-
•• \fiting., or what is merely
■ . away both the rel-
■ CH|)acity to enjoy
’■■■ -n ',\ hile. One who
i o'-iU-.riy to see jnoving
i 'he vaudeville will
• • s*' !■ to listen to a seri-
; '■•i' t^'vcud a iho.ig'it-
i .iot.ivirai or Educa-
•■■■ the effects of
- and vaudeville
son which is an acknowledged
feature of the vaudeville stage.
4. These shows are ruinous re- j
ligiously. I shall touch this but i
lightly in a secular newspaper. I j
speak with the full knowledge |
that some churches in all their!
branches of work, make valuable |
use of moving pictures. 1 know j
the moving picture business is i
not necessarily hurtful. It could I
be made one of the world’s great- i
est blessings. But it is signifi-1
cant that, new as the business is, i
almost everywhere the religious;
press and the pulpit are begin-1
ning to deplore the manifest re-:
suit of frequent atten dance upon |
moving picture shows. In addi- =
tion to all other bad results, is is |
being noticed that regular attend-:
ants at the shows become indif-1
I ferent attendants at the church i
I services. The young people ac- i
I quire an unhealthy desire for i
j light and sensational entertain-;
^ ment, and as a result the church ;
I services becomes dull to them. |
'The church ceases to liold them, j
^ One may see shows occasionally i
'.and not'be hurt, but the tendency:
' is danpcerous. i
j it should be noted that. I have |
'but expressed mildly the position ■
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