Show l OPERA EES SToW I l 1 HELD CONTRIBUTOR o T TO DIVORCE EVIL I II I II i r II I I I I 1 j 1 Ij I r rt t 1 I II I b 11 A I II II II I I I I ron ron-ct a ac In Iii opera ot oC that name Crena Ian an a IS In the I production sTion ho In iii the to 10 hop iI 1 choson cholon laet Ine lakes strong rong nv fly Y nor nOY no j GIBBONS MA 1 It CHICAGO Jan Jail JODo 0 O Do Do the and operatic pi conti ule II to Theatre critics tos together r Ith church leaders hele are aro stud ing thc question Ith with a possible lew Ie les to recommending chane changes In stage tago ros rols portraying oman woman as n II S s Tie The Do a stat ted Bishop Thomas Icholson of oC the MethodIst Episcopal church TV ho eho takes shong exception e to the char char- character character character acter enactment of oC as hy by Crena C rena Van Vall Gordon in the thc I I do not attack attach the opera opra itself I aas a as s Bishop Nicholson but hut I do ho- ho heHe be believe He tee lieve e that the de- de depicts depicts de depicts woman oman as a a creature ot of th depths depth J r C rEo She She Is made to seem sent e ennd iid without those higher en- en en endowments ments do which all good woman pos pos- pos possess sess ess undoubtedly Is the clem cst clein-cst est and nearest to religion of oC all grand operas But what is the center of t een in this great production Nothing lessi leB than a e woman oman plc- plc pic pictured lured as ns an ell cill Influence PIC-I PIC The hero goes the tile limit ol of o temptation and een cn e en when ehen hen tha Ilia woman oman Is aho n to the tile best she can do is to wipe wipe the fet feet of oC the tho hero with Ith her hair l The ed edoman woman oman of the I t century must Jia c a bet bet- better better bet better ter outlook on life lite than this I t hat is the outcome of the mu- mu muIng movIng moving ing picture perversions the thc degi-ad- degi Jug Ing opera and th the low standards of o religious obligations I I I There must bo be a 0 better beller support for the church and a more determined effort to plan for the de de of the spit life I 1 I 1 These remarks remark e were ere ere prefaced 1 by bythe bythe I Ithe the bishops bishop's recital of statistics to toi I I show that 26 per cent of all alt mar mar nar- nar In Chicago end In the dh 01 CC I court STORY OF or TIlE I HE PLAY Y I The opera olera Is the great I ian feit al play regarded by byman byman I man as almost religious Its themis them themIs Is built about the of the tile Holy Gall Gail picturing the knight s I quest of oC the spear which pierced th the Redeemers Redeemer's side and stolen tolen i ing to the by a nicked ma- ma magician ma magician I j To lure him hini flom Ills his object the magician conjures conjure jp the sorceress Hei lIel wiles lies tall fail hc e er I and in the end enl the she I Is redeemed laes the heros hero's feet Ceet and dries them her hair |