Life — November 7, 1901 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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And lastly, is the theatre on a lower plane than literature and art? Isn't the decline from Longfellow, Hawthome, and the more recent Howells and James to the very recent historical romancers much greater than the drop from Daly's to the Empire Theatre Company? On the other hand, isn’t grand opera, controlled by the eontami- \ “Tp THAT SNOB THINKS SHR CAN WALK ALL ovER me—SHe'LL FIND IT’S A LONG WORM THAT MAS NO TeRNtNo 1” Kickers’ Column. The Editor regrets that he is compelled toexetude many interesting letterson account of their length Letters should not be longer than to hundred words, and are more likely to be inserted Uf etill shorter. IFE PUBLISHING CO,, NEW YORK Dear Sirs: In your number of Septem- ber 26th is a letter, which, to sa surprising to find in such a paper 4 I cannot let such a scurrilous attack go the least, is yours. unanswered. ‘The writer seems to think he knows the Jesuits. I also know the Jesuits—not, how- ever, from the writings of their enemies, but from personal acquaintance, and since childhood. 1 have known them in Rome, in France and in England, as well as in America To know them is to admire and esteem them ; nay, more—to look on them as the ablest and noblest bodies of men 1 Their watchword and majorem Dei gloriam (‘For the greater glory of God For that and for that only they live and work and It is evident that unde one could go far wrong If your correspondent is in good faith, let him read ‘The Jesuits,” by Paul Feval. The book has been translated into English. Yours truly, “A Lover of Truth” Paris, October 8, 1901, motto is uch a banner no. To Tus Eprtor or Lire. When one reads in one of issues that the Jew contaminates whatever he tonches, he must needs reflect a little, rub his eyes somewhat, and then ask himself whether anti-Semitism in this country has at last arrived. It must pain all thoughtful members of that despised race to sce Lire lend its powerful intluence to engender an agitation which the whole world’s hi ‘our recent tory has proven useless, and therefore needless, T have been a reader of your sheet since its inception, and have followed its growth in power and circulation with much interest, but I couldn't heip observing at the same time, and with personal feeling against a certain theatrical manager, until the bitterness injected into this controversy is directed against a whole people. I will not attempt to show how il all this is, but merely to questio gical the state- ment that has called forth this letter. the Jew lowered the standard of honor in this country ? Has mmercial Was he concerned in any of the infamous deals that have brought destruction upon the orphan and the widow, that have debauched the Courtand corrupted the Legislature? Does his name often figure ame the numerous lists of embezzlers and other betrayers of trusts? Do the activities with which he is monly connected depend upon de- ceit, manipulation of news and courts, and the defiance of law, the circulation of lying ramors and the cornering of necess' Does the Jew figure much in the divorce courts? Is his standard of morality in his private and family life a low one? Where the Jew in this respect has copied his Gentile neighbor and overthrown the safe- guards of centuries, who is the contaminated and who the contami- nator? Does he overtlow the prisons and ce ? Is he very often a public charge? Is he frequently numbered among the drunkards and thu, Is the per with which some associate the Jew lower tone or morals, less reliable. or as prolific in fakes and vile cartoons as other papers that may be easily men- tioned? Hasn't that sheet, in spite of its sensationalism, won an honor- able place among the legitimate and powerful press in this country? com- jes of li owd the almshor newsp auch regret, the growth of nating Jew, on as high a plane as ever it was? Isn't it a fact that com- mercialism enters into every branch of artistic endeavor? Then why is one activity singled out? Of course it can’t be because the Jew is in control? T think I have suggested through these a few of the ills that afflict the American people, and candid answers will show that for a race that is popularly be- lieved to have such a large capacity for evil, the Jew has sadly neglected his opportuni- ties. Perhaps he hasn't had a fair show, beeause the field for mischief seems to have been pre-empted, wh w Roxsvry, Bostox, Oct. 10, 1901. “GHES an omnivorous reader, she?” “I should say so. She says she has read all the vest selling books of the queri isn’t A DISTINGUISHED COMPOSER comicbooks.com