The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-29

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arur .uIJtnrs 10 nui IN pictures and
st,iIra which an, truly artistic aud heauti.
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fr.Ity Nr Coler then puts u up 10 Tho
R,,rrl uf Aldermen aud save In conclusion
rs hile " Ia true that an ordinance broad
enough Ia prohibit such pictures may also
lrohihii some pictures which arr harmless,
vet the good IN such a prohibition far out
weighs the evil
his attached ordinance, which saya that a
fne NJ from $40 TO 500, or imprisonment
not eyoeeding ten da Va, shall be Imposed on
any person who posts. or even pastes or
prints. or 40 much ~ nails. or takes the
trouble to maintain, OF goes to the ex-
treme Of displaying, upon any billboard,
or a fence, or places on n building. or dis
rlay vs. within or without "a frame, or, for that
matter, n structure any indecent print, or
any illustration known as "a picture. or what
Ia sometimes thlleU u CuJ, as an advertise
ment Of any show. or a play. or what might
he termed by some a performance, tending
10 represent the doing of a criminal act, or
representing indecently "the limbs that
any one that goes to the trouble Of doing
these things be punished.
Mr.. Coler was asked yesterday whether
his ordinance was aimed at corset and
hosiery advertising posters as we'll al play
bills.
What we wish to suppress he an
swered. "are the posters hat are bad in
Take these Tracy the OUTLAW
Tor instance. They incits the young to
crime. There is usually no bad intent
IN the hosiery advertisements you men
ton. Sometimes they are depicted in Ia
manner that is shiok, or chick whatever
the pronuncia--'
"Tohick,' suggested the reporter at a
guess.
Well, some Of the advertising cards are
presented in that way, but I don't think
thew 10 any HARM
the borough with the aides that com
to you of the indecency of the
to find out what the conditions
are?" Mr.. Coler was asked.
-Oh, no; but I know that the abuse over
here has one on too long. and we propose
passed. and then we shall make every
to nave these posters half decent,
anyway
Mr.. Coler left for home before it could
be learned which half OF the posters he
to reform. A raInble around the
disclosed the fact that up to a late
hour last night the burlesque show and
livertising posters had not been clothed.
Both of the Coal Dust Twins had full length
of themselves on every street
nothing but a red lettered appeal
10 be permitted to do your work. An I'M
~yce'le,! starch was advertised by a litho-
Era ~ that showed a robin perched on the
limb Of a tree. On another poster |
hat told of the long life that may be obtained
~ drinking a certain brand Of whiskey was
81 'uro Of a red coated hunter astride a
nude horse.
Que noticed. toe, from the rosters near
~ Fridge that "The Gay Morning Glories"
I the Star, Fred Twins Big Show" at the
and Barthold's animals at the Or
hcnm would lose no costumes to speak
4 in casN Of an earthquake. 1t could be
'aen with the naked eye, also, t hat the morn
rg glories this spring have four limbs to
'ach glory, and that they are far from being
art if the rosters tell the truth.
Bro1Idyn women who were shopping in
no rain around the department store dis
rio; refused to allow their skirt hens to
ecome muck rakers, ordinance or no
ordinance. They carried things with a
nigh hand, even when nearing the Borough
-'all, although it was evident from bits of
NllNPTS1I ION RdLIleTeu IIldJ Un6 women nau
card, too, of the Borough Presidents
etter.
BE careful, my dear said a motherly
cooking woman to a younger companion,
her daughter. MIR. Coler's office
: on this side Of the building"
"Oh, slush, | don't care" snapped the
younger woman. This Falenciennes lace
me 65 cents a yard and I'm not"
7ut the rest of the lawbreaker's Remark
VAS blown away on the breezes.
The letter to the Board of Aldermen has
lad some effect already, however. Almost
very horse on the Brooklyn streets yester-
wore a full length rubber covering and
he shades on some of the shop windows
lingerie was on display were dis
,reetly pulled down. Clusters Of bright
green leaves were making a brave effort to
,over the limbs Of the trees in the parks,
nd a laborer bach of the Borough Hall was
away in the rain to cover with
boards the exposed portions Of an open
on Joralemon street just back OF
Mr.. Coler's office. One Italian fruit vender
IN Fulton street had half his fruit exhibit
with dried fig leaves long before
loon.
Whether the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts
md Sciences will be permitted to do business
It the old stand after the new ordinance goes
INTO effect could not be learned definitely.
PEOPLES INSTITUTE DINNER.