Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
cURFEW AT PANAMA,
Employee Suggests That One Is
Needed In Canal Zone.
TWO MEASURES ADVOCATED.

Tor quarters, wants protection
Against tho convivial Among His
Number-views Of Daring Dis
senter.
Bachelors employed by the isthmian
anal commission and living in the ca
nal zone, at Panama, are debating
heatedly whether they need curfew
law for protection against the bibu-
lous and convivial among their num-
Der. The suggestion that curfew, law
be established for night roaming bach
elors on the isthmus came from one
Of the employees living in bachelors
quarters, says Washington special
correspondent Of the New York Post.
The trouble began when this employee,
who is stationed at Paraiso, taking ad.
vantage Of the canal commissions in
vitntion for suggestions looking to the
betterment Of the service, made these
two:
Ffrst.-The establishment of curfew
hour. not later than 10 o'clock in the
evening, when lights in bachelors quar-
terS snoulQ Dc extlngulSned.
Second.-The absolute prohibition of the
practice Of bringing liquor into quarters.
The employee added ingenuously in
making the second suggestion that he
did not know whether 1t was against
the present regulations to have liquor
In bachelors quarters, "but IL not it
should be-"
In advocating these two measures
"for the uplift" the employee urged
these reasons:
There are many employees of the COM
mission whose duties are both arduous
and exacting. and at the end of the days
labor they are In actual need of undis-
turbed rest to At them for the duties Of
the morrow. When this is denied them
through the action of various roisterers
who periodically make their quarters an
assembly of brawlers whom a respecta-
BILE ~ saloon keeper would not tolerate
1.-THE writer Is aware that whatsoever
this shoe pinches will be the loudest in
esnunciation of him), 1t Is evident that
the service given to the isthmian canal
commission by all who come within the
zone of their disturbing influence is not
ard cannot be as efficient as 1t should be.
For the benefit of dipsomaniacs who
detriment to personal health. and the
writer would not deny them their rights
In this respect, 1t might be well to estab-
lish canteens In the various towns with
.booZing ken" attachments, where their
orgies could be INDUCED in without dis
turbing those who have no desire to take
part in them and who have rights which
should be respected.
The response was instantaneous and
viyacious. An employee at Culebra
heartily Endorsed the plan, but sug-
gnsted that the curfew should not be
rung until IL o'clock. ELEVEN o'clock
would suit everybody better than 10
p. NJ, because those who attend Y. NJ.
c. A. classes, tournaments, entertain
ments, lodge meetings and more inti-
mate rendezvous would be put to
great deal of inconvenience If not al
lowed to turn on lights on retiring"
One seldom thinks of the hordes Of
canal employees returning nightly in
throngs from Y. NJ. c. A. classes.
The Culebra employee wasn't SO sure
about the ACCESSIBILITY of the second
suggestion. He thought it would re-
quire the presence of zone police
man to keep the bachelors from bring
ing whisky into their quarters, but
he added, 1T is to be deplored, to be
sure, that orgies are sometimes In
dulged in by coterie of friends, such
practice being, 1 am sure, against the
existing rules of the commission.
The habitual drinking of some OF
the men makes 1t also very disagree
able for their roommates especially,
but such practice, In my estimation,
cannot be regulated or stopped, what
ever means the officials may employ"
Another employee at Empire. who Is
evidently a sociologist, q vegetarian, a
disciple Of Bernard Shaw and a be-
lever in a paternal form Of govern
ment at once declared his willingness
TO go TO bed when curfew tolled the
knell Of parting day. He thinks II |
would be perfectly lovely II the en-
ployees could be made to eat legumes
by official order instead of meat.
Andrew Bearup. a locomotive en- /
gineer, is the only dlssenter who has !
himself publicly. He Is full |
of wrath. In blistering words he seeks
20 dispel the idea shat the bachelor .
population OF Paradise consists OF In |
ebriates and rowdies." Bearup says
that he has been resident of Paraiso
for eight months and has not seen a
drunken or disorderly person in that
station in all that time. He suggests
TO the employee who advanced the cur
few plan that II his duties BE so ar
duous that II Is necessary for him to
retire with the chickens that he may
his energies for the morrow
I believe that 1t would be policy for
him to migrate to some other climate.
rs he certainly cannot be IN perfect
health. As for taps Of curfew,
will say that the majority Of us are
more than twenty-one years Of age and
have been severed from our mothers
apron strings a sufficient length Of
Time to know when we wish to retire"
Philippines 70 Outlaw Playing Cards.
Playing cards are doomed to disap-
pear in the Philippines. Legislation Is
now In the course Of preparation TO
prohibit the manufacture Of these cards
n the islands and their importation
rom other countries. The punishment
Tor the Importation Of such merchan-
1lse l. to be fixed at 500 pesos for ev-
~ packet imported or manufactured.
For the possession OF q park Of cards