| Show A FAT CRITICISM FOR DARM the irrepressible genius of 11 1 T barnard Barn baa has been on exhibition again lie ile and the preachers throughout the tle land are having war to the tle death over the personal character of the boo ballet girls whom hom barnum brought ocer over with hia greatest 0 show how on earth trim london the racket was as a started by a pulpit declaimer to is hom the importation all in one batch of show girls was a spectacle too shocking to be passed in bile silence nce so he proceeds to advertise mr now feature b by y preaching about it whether the girla girls were chaste or not has little bearing waring upon the consequences qu rices of tins this public attack from the pulpit had the attacking minister he the a slightest lightest means of proving his assertions hia his zeal would have been a little more pardonable the fact was wa he had no knowledge know ledge of what he lie wa was 8 baying ay after tile manner of ill hie 9 profession he le jumped at a conclusion qui quite te as much from an eagerness for tion on hia his own account as from any hope of a good of couts there could be but one res result u it barnum is too shrewd elire wJ an advertise to allow BO so excellent an opportunity of bringing hia his name before the public to pass lie had not personally known the young women up to that time but for his big purpose it waa was necessary that they be almon pura pure and pious church hurch goers and to make his point do doubly ably ubly eure sure they must have some reliable companion a father or brother preferred to protect their good name all of this lie ile discovered to be the case ease in time to get it in forthe for the following Sund sunday ky and it vi wag as proclaimed from one of the popular pulpits of new york that each of those ballet girls was not only a penelope of chastity under the jealous watchfulness of f a fattier or a brother but was a faithful attendant upon church services a number of them being present at the It everend so and sos church while he was engaged in lubis hi vicious calumnies calum nies against their character so it was that out of a meaningless tirade from a shallow brained preacher the great showman lias has got m worth orth of 0 first class adverting ing without paying a cent tor for it |
