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Show SAYS THE THEATER IS A liL PESTHDUSE Archbishop Declares Stage Is Mirror of Man's Depravity, Woman's Shamelessncss. ST. LOUIS. March 5. In a sermon delivered de-livered by Archbishop J. J. Glennon, he severely criticised theaters and deplored tho tendency -of people to patronize them. He said In part; To rgo1 "night after night to tho thentor Ja a mark of decadence. You avoid the cancer hospital and the pesthousc. while-night while-night by night you rush madly to enjoy the 3ad procession of moral lepers, exposed ex-posed nmld the plaudits of the multitude; the cancerous growths, tho deadly vices, that destroy the soulu of men Calls It Depravity. "Roulc and deml-mondalnc aro depicted with Ptarlllng realism and men's depravity deprav-ity and women's shamelessnesa aro held forth ns the expressions of genius and 1U means for entertaining a Christian peoplu. "You say even still there Is genius back of it all. Yes. nerhaps, but it Is only tho genius that gilds the tomb; tho phosphorous phosphor-ous that accompanies the last stages of putrefaction." |