The Church And The Drama

Miss Kate Meld says in a recent London letter to the Journal: There are even grounds for believing thnt church and drama raay one day embrace. An American clergyrnan told me lately that be -n as sure he'd be an actor in the other world, he loved the stage so passionatcly, notwithstanding that ho had nevcr darod to beseen in a theater nntil he oanie to Europa. Kir Charli s Young, recently appointcd one of 1' e International Copyright Coiumif:.si w. rs, combines the occupatioii of uovolii t, dramatii, and Secrelary to the Eng! slï öhuroh Union, relieving the Intt r by amate.ur acting. l expeót to live to feu the day when clergymen wiil btrwriting dramatic criticisms for the daily papers, and advising their congregation what plays to 866 and 'n-hat plftye to aroid. Tlirii, I think, there will be an end to opera boufle. Amen, What relatiog Is pjgianity to crim;, ï'irst eu3sin'.