The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-16
REFRIGERATORS.

during the past week, the Drlue, "s soou
as she was left alone, gave two or three
suggestive sighs, and then began 10 un-
button the front of her wedding dress.
She took of one garment after another,
until she rut on her night robe. ihen
she jumped into bed, and shouted IN
French for her husband to enter. AS ne
did the curtain fell.
The stoppage of this part OF the panto-
mime was due to Chief Conlin. he read
the criticism of the performance ana last
Thursday he directed Acting Inspector
John Harley to make an investigation
and see il the public morals were nkeiy
TO become endangered.
Inspector Harley visited the theater on
Thursday night. accompanied Dy Capt.
Pickett Of the Tenderloin precinct. Capt.
Pickett had seen the show several times
before. and he was strongly OF the opinion
that il was a little too advanced Tor New
Workers.
: So was Inspector Harley after the pan
tomime was over. The inspector is not
bit squeamish, but he thought the show
was indecent. and the following day he
made report OF what had taken place
and what he thought to CHIEF Conlin.
The chief Of police communicated with
the district attorneys office. and Inspector
Harley's report was turned over TO Assis-
tant District Attorney Battle. AS re-
suit, accompanied by Inspector Harley
and Captain Pickett Mr.. Battle visited
jefferson Market court yesterday morn
ing.
After the fact in their possession had
been laid before Magistrate Wentworth an
affidavit was sworn to by the acting In
spector, in which he declared that on
April 10 and on divers other days, lone
John B. Doris unlawfully did commit
and maintain a public nuisance, IL that
he unlawfuly did an act which offended
and still offends public decency by un'
lawfully causing and procuring to be pro-
duced and exhibited In certain theater
of which he was then and there, and
still is the proprietor and manager, called
Doris Gaiety Theater, certain lewd,
indecent, obscene. filthy and scandalous
pantomime theatrical performance, called
sOrange Blossoms which performance
consisted of pantomime in which GER
tain woman called Pillar NORM, whose
first name Is to depoDent unknown, did In
a filthy, lewd, obscene, and scandalous
MANNER disrobe and denude herself in
public before the persons in said theater
1.-THE said thsater then being open to the
public on payment OF the price OF admis-
sion)"
The affidavit, after some more specih-
cations, thus concludes:
"Ahd the deponent further states that
the said performance, so produced aud
ny tnt bdio JOnu ID. bOtlo Us
aforesaid, was then and there publicly
and openly filthy, obscene, lewd. and
scandslous, and grossly offended against
public decency, aud deponent therefore
prays that warrant be issued for the
said John b. Doris, and that he be ap-
pretended and dealt with according to
law. JOHN III. HARLEY"
After Magistrate Wentworth had signed
the warrant the inspector and Captain
n,... Il .1Ar 1t fnn ~
Manager Doris at his theater late in the
afternoon and placed him under arrest.
He was not a bit surprised, for he had
been expecting the auth critics would
stop his show after 20 much unfayorapl
criticism.
He was taken directly to court, where
he sent for Lawyer Abe HummeL The
Attorney Battle, and when he arrived II
was agreed that the examination which
will determine the moral status OF the
pantomine would have to be postponed
until some other day. 1t was finally sci
down for saturday afternoon.
Before the police would agree to post
ponement, Manager Doris had to proimst
that ne would cut out the Objectionable
part of the pantomime. AT the advice oi
his lawyer no did so. Then he Yves
paroIed in his lawyers custody until Sat-
urday.
Inspector Harley and Captain Pickett
were at the theater last night to see tina,
Manager Doris kept his promise. The
theater was packed to overfowiug, as II
has been since the pantomjme has beer
running. Men and women stood up enc
waited patiently, and sweltered in th'
hot atmosphere until 1880 O'Clock.
The other variety performers were
treated with scant courtesy. The little
applause given them was interspersee
with Kisses.
81 know what you're waiting for, and
Pm not going to detain you," said {
monologue artist who appeared just be
fore the curtain rose on "Orange Bios
SONS"
The crowd cheered him and he got OF
tho stage quickly. When boy placed {
numbered sign on the stage announcing
that the event OF evening was to com,
next, there was more cheers. When tn
curtain dropped, as the bridegroom wa
leaving the bridal chaber, there were
"Focled again. said a baldheadee
man who had been standing with an ex
pectant air all the evening.
"It,s a shame" said fiashily dressed
woman, "the police must have stopped
it," The youths who made up large
part of the audience looked disgusted ant
disappointed.
Lawyer Hummel says he will find nc
difficulty In proving that the show Is I
moral one, besides being one OF the mos
artistic ones ever performed in this city
no prove this, he says, Pillar NORM viii
be the chief witness at the examination
and the little lawyer threatens to SUB
poena the critics who have treated the
mar fnno harshlv.