CORRESPONDENCE.
—— — — — I SUNDAY ENIERTAINMENTS. To the Editor ok" The Evening Mail" Sir — There has been from time to time much opposition shown to entertainments being allowed in our public buildings on Sunday evenings, and I quite agree with ifc. "We cannot guard our Sundays too carefully. I now desire to call attention to an attempt that is being made by the Salvation Army to give an entertainment on Sunday next at the Theatre Royal. I believe the Salvation Army, when first started, did good; but what can we think now of the organisation that stoops to give a theatrical show on the Lord"s Day, and that for money-making pure and simple ? Their handbills in the shop windows inform us that a " combination company " will givts " musical drills, tableau, action songs, statuesque drill," with lance, bell, fire club, etc, with •' exquisite dresses." Surely nothing in the garb of religion cuuld descend lower than this. 1 sincerely trust tho entertainment will not be allowed, at least on Sunday. If the Salvation Army is permitted to set aside an established custom in such a barefaced manner, I do not see how entertainments by other companies can be fairly stopped. — Yours, etc, A STRONG OBJEZTOR, Nelson, July L7, 1901.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 161, 18 July 1901, Page 2
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205CORRESPONDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 161, 18 July 1901, Page 2
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