Judge — August 28, 1926 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Editor, Norman Anthony One Hundred Per Cent. 0 pvovust the Methodist Episcopal Church numbers among its members a great many Americans of good feeling and charitable inclination, of breeding and common sense. Our heart bleeds for them in this, the hour of their humiliation. For the evidence has been accumu- lating that the spokesmen for their Church are conspicu- ously lacking in these qualities. We are all well used to the outbursts of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals in Washington. But its recent sug- gestion that we refuse to cancel the war debts of our European allies unless they go dry reaches heights that we had thought unscalable even to this fountain of fatuity. Now on top of this comes the famous speech of Bishop Adna W. Leonard, of Western New York. Lest you have forgotten their wording, we quote a few extra “No governor, be he nullificationist or not, can kiss a Papal ring and ever get within gunshot of the White House.” “We (the Anti-Saloon League and the Methodist Episcopal Church) are the keepers of the Constitution, of the flag and of American citizenship.” “America is a Protestant Nation and alwa; main so.” “Tam 100 per cent. Anglo-Saxon.” “Our immigration laws must be enforced against those Latin races who would flock to this country... . The Anglo-Saxons of this country will see that the Latin ideals do not obtain, but instead that the ideals of Christianity prevail.” “Loyal Methodists, in view of the action taken by the last General Conference, I say to you that no loyal Methodist can be loyal to the Church and to Senator Wadsworth at the same time.” It is a little difficult to say of which the gentleman shows the grossest ignorance: Constitution or the spirit of Ch s will re- history, the American God Forbid! cr 1s becoming the fashion, when a public officer dies or is impeached or goes to jail, to elect his wife in his place. The latest manifestation of this amiable custom is Mrs. John W. Langley’s primary victory in Kentucky. Mrs. Langley’s husband, the former Congressman, is serving a sentence in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for conspiracy to violate the Prohibition law. Two years ago his constituents celebrated the charges against him by re-electing him. Now, to reaffirm their enthusiasm, they | virtually elected his wife. Associate Editors, William Morris Houghton, William Edgar Fisher, Phil Rosa. Dramatic Editor, George Jean Nathan. But there is a limit beyond which they can’t be ex- pected to go in support of the Langley family. Mr. Langley is editing Good Words, the prison publication at Atlanta. Recently an article supporting evolution crept into this paper. Langley was horror struck. He has made emphatic denial that he is an evolutionist. Film Fancies 10 ANYONE who by choice or condemnation has made habit of the movies there comes sooner or later the ation that here is'an institution not simply silly and cheap, but silly and cheap in its own peculiar manner. t liad aw flavor, or‘ant odor; of an atmosphere, or what have you, that, however objectionable, is typical and distinctive. Whence comes it? We hope the following analysis is not all old stuff. The movies are preoccupied with sex. men like the soft-treading Mr. Hay: term, “love interest.” real Pious gentle- no doubt prefer the But sex it is, if we are to be honest with ourselves and with the pulchritudinous children whose shadows are forever kissing and hugging each other on a million screens from coast to coast. The reason for this preoccupation is obvious. In all history there has never been another box-office attraction to equal sex. The gentlemen who control the movies are well aware of is and determined not to forego its advantages. But theirs is a special problem. Hitherto the theater has been a purely urban institu- tion. Over a period of centuries it has inured city folk to the exploitation of sex appeal. They can take it or leave it alone. But with the advent of the movies Thespis has suddenly invaded the great open spaces. The vast majority whose dimes and quarters the movie magnates must seduce are country people to whom sex appeal is something highly intoxicating and wicked. They have raised up a multitude of censorship boards to protect them from its corruption. The special problem of the movie magnate, therefore, is so to disguise his exploitation of sex that it won’t be too readily recognized and still retain its potenc He has chosen for his purpose a cheap perfume made up in equal parts of obvious hypocrisy and gross senti- mentality. There must always be the hint of matrimony, past or future, to sanctify the ravenous love-making. Attempts at rape may be frequent if they emphasize the purity of the intended victims. Legs, bosoms, wild parties. suggestive dancing may be introduced if passed off as the foibles of the wicked rich. The result is exactly what it always is when perfume is used to remove something that really requires soap or ventilation, WoMUL comicbooks.com