The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-11

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reqiiifed 70 stand f. ilne for hpilrs
ana to serye RE butt q cpafse
Jokes and vulger tlings from the eIty
han hangers on and ioafers before be
ing given a chance at the license Win
dow
TO become the target Of the cheap
wittitisms Of hoodiums is not pleas
Esnt experience at any time That re
fined and sensitive women, at an hour
Of their lives which they consider the
most important. should be subjected
to such treatment. is disgrace to the
city which boasts of being the center
Of American culture. 1t is small won.
der that many girls have been over
come by Mysteries and faintness and
have been forced to leave before
their mission was accomplished.
A marriage license law may be i.
very desirable thing. do not deny
IT. In its application In New York
the city officials have shown them
selves lacking in sense. or, what is
worse, lacking in sentiment.
II the law is not an ass, It viii
cease to furnish arguments for the
free lovers, who declare that neither
church nor state have the right to in.
terfcre in the relation OF the sexes.
Rabv RIue SUNDAY,
Thanks to the new Sunday law or
dinance and the grist of the tnjunc-
ton mill, New York will enjoy to.
morrow only baby blue" Sunday.
The shows" presented by the theater
managers OF the metropolis are now
either sacred" or educational" SO
far as the. first day of the week is
concerned. Personally. I have visited
several OF them. and have been una
BILE to imbibe either sancitity or learn
ing, but this was probably due to lack
of spiritual and Intellectual compre-
hension. There may be something in
spring in the rendition of Don't Get
Married Any More. Mamma" 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
and clogs. To do this, I take 1t, re-
quires spiritual comprehension, and in
this quality. I fear. many of US are
lacking.
AS a matter of fact, the Sunday per-
formances at the metropolitan theaters
are about as inocuous as before the
crusade, which is the worst that can
be said of them. The clergymen who
initiated the crusade are jubilant be.
cause 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 enabled to re-
open their houses and take the pub.
lies money.
Only one insignificant class has
been forgotten-the public. Hundreds
OF thousands OF people have not the
leisure for amusements on any day
but Sunday II they are to be allow
ed to spend their money to see the
atrical performance, they should be
allowed to seee a good one. That APP
pears to be logical proposition. But
of course. 1t would be too much to ex-
pect logic from the Solons who make
the laws for this great city.
One good result, however, has cen
achieved from the reopening of the
theaters. The Sunday patronage Of
the saloons has fallen on and there
have been far fewer arrests for drunk
enness. The theaters, despite the in.
nocuous character of their perform.
ance, appear to he the real conservn
tors of morality. and the clergy would
do well to recognize that fact.
Getting Rich Quick.
One of tho most interesting lts"oy
cries of scientific Investigation is EN-.
braced In the truissm that sucker
is born every minute. 1t was this
biological fact that led C. R. Fagley.
"A sixth avenue green grocer, to add
side line to his business. out OF
which he made small fortune. Nov
the postal inspectors have got next
to the game" however. and have is.
sued fraud order against Fagley,
who operated under the name of the
National Turf Information bureau.
Fngley's, scheme was not original.
No separating credulous ones from
their cash ever is. The green grocer
represented that he was In position
to obtain inside information on GER
tain horse roces, and that he woulA
send the information absolutely free
to anyone who would agree to dl.
vide with him the profits of a wager.
This. on the face OF it, looked fair
enough. and hundreds of suckers all
over the country bit at the bait pre-