4. "By this happy medium we are winning young people and church-members
by the thousand, for they can attend these Park exhibitions without
being severely criticised.
5. "We are careful to give them enough immoral and sensual bait to
draw them further. (Wild applause.)
6. "These innocent Park Theatres must not be abandoned, for they are
a sure training school. We hereby pledge ourselves anew to go forth
more earnestly to our tasks." (Furious applause over the whole
assembly.)
"Have you met with any hindrances to your work?" queried the chairman
of the meeting.
"Many indeed. Some Parks refuse our class of Theatres, while others
are closed to every class. But our committee is determined to push
ahead."
"Onward, ye comrades," urged the chairman. "Buy up the stock of every
Park, if possible, and furnish recreation for the church. Do not become
too bold at first in the introduction of lewd and foolish plays, or
you may be fought by the popular churches."
"Hardly possible," replied the leader. "So many in the church are glad
to wink at these incongruities, for they are thereby given a chance
to satisfy their carnal appetites without being classed with the regular
Theatre crowd.
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