By Euwe Dow London, April 23. got a Christian," T who with always seem to start by the hero coat of mail, or. d. She seems a suitable the many women, hosstewardesses, and just wu to the sea in "And then. the usual enthusiasm. According to the Germans' account of themselves, their love of culture is so great that they never bomb churches, and as they have always made a great Bhakespeare they appear to have let arado of their admiration for
the festival alone. Or perhaps to attack it would have meant definitely aiming at a mark, which is contrary to their indiscriminate slaughter principles. The festival has given rise to a sarcastic letter from the "Daily Telegraph's" dramatic critic. Thanks to the "Lord's Day Observance Society" through whose efforts Parliament rejected Mr. Herbert Morrison. the Home Secretary's proposal to allow theatrical performances on Sunday, it is not permitted to play Shakespeare on that day in the Stratford theatre, but it is permitted to have dance bands and crooners in the same building. Absurdity could hardly go higher. Parliament's decision in the matter was curious. I do not think it re presents national feeling; at least one notices that it is strongly disapproved by papers which have always been particularly considerate of the so-called "nonconformist conscience. Apropos of "blue laws" the "Manchester Guardian" tells an amusing story of the State of Delaware, USA. which has laws dating back to 1740 that forbid all "worldly" employment on Sunday. The State House of Representatives rejected a motion to repeal them. whereupon the Attorney General who took ai different view. declared that he would enforce them just to show what they meant. On the next Sunday the police went out and arrested bus drivers, tram and taxi drivers. restaurant and sweetshop keepers.
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