The daily sentinel., 1908-01-11

ioW onls Dduy Dlut ounudy- Inc
shows" presented by the theatre
managers of the metropolis are now
either sacred" or educational" SO
far as the first day of the week are
concerned. Personally. have visited
several of them, ana nave been un-
able to imbibe either sanctity or
learning, but this was probably due to |
lack of spiritual and intellectual COM
prehension. There may be something |
inspiring in the rendition of Don't |
Get Married Any More, Mama" or
Mothers a Good Old Wash Lady,"
and one may be able to obtain incen-
tive to leading the higher life from
an inspection of debrutalized cancans
quires spiritual comprehension, and
in this quality. fear, many of us
are lacking.
AS matter of fact, the Sunday
performances at the metropolitan
theatres are about as innocuous as
before the crusade, which is the worst
that can be said of them. The clergy
men who initiated the crusade are
jubilant because they have been able |
to inject the sacred and educational"
clause into the law governing Sunday |
Shows" The theater managers are
exceeding glad. since they are en-
abled to reopen their houses and take |
the public's money.
Only one Insignificant class has
been forgotten-the public. Hun
dreds of thousands of people have
any day but Sunday. II they are to
be allowed to spend their money to
see a theatrical performance, they
should be allowed to see a good one.
That apears to be a logical PROPOSE
ton. But, of course, it would be too
much to expect logic from the Solons
who make the laws of this city.
One good result, however. has been
achieved from the reopening of the
theatres The Sunday patronage of
the saloons has fallen off and there
have been far fewer arrests for
drunkenness. The theatres, despite
the innocuous character of their per-
formances, appear to be the real con-
servatois of morality, and the clergy
would do well to recognize that fact.
Getting Rich Quick.
One of the most interesting discov-
cries of scientific investigation is en-
braced in the truism that sucker is
born every minute. 1t was this hi
illogical fact that led C. r. Fagley,
Sixth avenue green grocer, to add
side line to his business. out of which
he made a small fortune. Now the
postal inspector have got next to
fraud order against Fagley. who OPP
Grated under the name of the Nat
ional Turf Information bureau
Fagley's scheme was not original.
No plan for separating credulous
ones from their cash ever is. The
green grocer represented that he was
in position to obtain inside infor-
nation on certain horse races, and
that he would send the information
absolutely free to anyone who would
agree to divide with him the profits
of wager.
This, on the face of it. looked fair
enough, and hundreds of suckers all
over the country bit at the bait pre-
sented so alluringly by Fagley in his
advertisements.
But Fagley had his string to his
philanthropic offer. He was bound
to win, although many of his clients
must lose. He furnished the names
of different horses to different per-
sons, SO that, no matter which horse
won, certain portion of his clients
were bound to divide their winnings
with him. If ten horses were entered
in race, and he had sent "informa-
tion" to 500 clients. fifty of them
would win bets and give him half of
their profits to their 'benefactor. :
1t was ridiculously easy way of
playing the marks, and il the post
office inspectors had not interfered
with the game. Fagley would doubt
less have become millionaire In a
short time.
Henceforth, all who write to the
philanthropic institution known as
the National Turf Information bureau
will have their communications re-
turned marked fraudulent" BY
this sign they may know that green
grocer named Fagley will hereafter
be forced to depend upon the profits
from the sale of green groceries for
living. And all because he used