The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-05
PUTS ON TIGHT LID
woMEN,s CLUBS IN MINNESOTA
 ARE ACTIVE.
Improper Production At Ali P1aces Of Amusement Will Be No More If These Women Can
 SfoD It.

Saint, Paul. Minn., May 4.-The toe dancer. the dimpled girl, radiant m pink tights, the stunning Juno In the living picture. the modest artists mod el the merry widows, the beauty chor-r us in diapbanous robes or the daintiest of frills and fleshings, the too sweet chorus girls with exotic charms, rad- iant elances, and ridiculousiy short petticoats. according to the last ediet of the club women of Saint Paul are now thing of the past, as Tn the future they will not be allowed 10 show themselves, or their ingenuity, Tn the theatrical programs Of the future.
 Problem plays. the psychological so- ciety studies. Ia Bernard shaw dramas lacking in moral tone, ana productions of such neurotic travesties as Sappho: and women with past, as depicted by Mrs. Patrick Camp bell, are to be ostracised, and their productions made impossible Tn saint Paul. The movement in this city in favor of drama pointing q moral and adornins tale" commenced . Few months ago when united meeting of ministers was held protesting against the performances of Miss Nethersole and their voluptuous kisses The movement failed at the time to stop the plays because one minister dis- scented and gave an opinion that they were not opposed to truth, and were literary and artistic.
 In sympathy with q movement. gem eral in the United States. the Saint Paul women representing twenty-two clubs, affiliated with the Fourth Dis trict of the Minnesota Federation of women's Club, have decided to put on. the tishtest of tight dramatic lids. in connection with what they consider irl- proper productions at all places of amusement. and at the close of the theatrical season Saint Paul Is called upon to bid a long farewell to the dar- ing extravagances with which the patrons of the various theatres and vaudeville houses have been so long entertained in the past.
 There is to be a general overhaul ing of the penny parlors. where school children are invited to make themselves familiar with the frivolitles of high life as it is supposed to exist in Paris and New York. and where stories of domestic infelicity and inhdelity are treated with levity. It is claimed that the 10-cent shows, so popular in the city are turing high school girls from the paths of virtue. and that immedi- ately school is over they resort to these places to meet acquaintances and form attachments. It is proposed to place these f0-cent establishments under the watchful supervision of the Inspector of Schools. This ofiicer will give them an academic tone. and see that nothing is given except such en- tsrtainments as are right and proper for school girls to see. and that good order is maintained.
 The President of the Saint Paul Wo- mems Club is Mrs. Russell R. Dorr. She is an able woman, and the clubs have met with extraordinary success In the reform work they have undertaken under her leadership. After nine months campaign at the State Capitol, they secured the separation of the male and female departments at the State Reformatory. Last Fall a cru sade was commenced in favor of en- forcing the law in connection with the sale of cigarettes and improper litera- ture to minors. When this campaign opened 1t was impossible to walk q block without seeing a boy of ! or . pufing a cigarette with all the assur- ance of a man of 50. The habit was spreading to young girls. who were given cigarettes by boys attending school Pictures of disgusting kind. put into of.oiEoulation, by undesirable sa,- loon keepers, were finding their way int the hands of boys and girls. But owing to the energetic crusade prose- cuted by the club women at Saint Paul. these evils have disappeared and moral and physical improvement has taken place in the lives of the young people of the city. It is now proposed to reform the older ones on the same moral lines.