Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1910 — The Fighting Parson. [ARTICLE]

The Fighting Parson.

If more such plays as “The Fighting Parson” were offered for public approval, there would be more consideration given the melo-dramatic field than has been given in the past. While the play is full of comedy, sensation and mechanical stage effects, it is also uplifting in its moral and spiritual teachings. The leading character of the play is that of a young minister who has adopted modern methods in his effort? to point out the right paths to those who inhabit the slum districts of our great cities. The Parson is liberal and broad minded in his views and with his athletic ‘qualifications combined with his natural friendliness to the down-trodden of mankind, the results of his work are most marvelous. “The Fighting Parson” will play an engagement of one night at Ellis Theatre, Monday, Aug. 15. • W. F. Mann, the producer, Las mounted the play in a most sumptuous manner and has surrounded John A. Preston with a most suitable cast-