The sun., 1909-02-03
TIE PURIF YING OF PATERSON
pO>TrR CENSORING 4 DIFF
CILT BUSINESS.
s,crn rrorts 10 Amelioratc the Grief OF
the better Element by ObscurinE or.
tens,e DisDIays on the Blllboards Go
I'm rnd Sew Ordinance Is Passed.

c,tr clerk Stcndeven, i don't think
,,5 >ou.d see more than six inches OF
her -h,e
.Y11 mean leg, don't you, Sim?- sug-
,s.t4d ore # the City Clerks advisers,
vho sioyd near.
.y.c.e.s admitted Sim thoughtfully,
81 g.ess do. Anyhow, you couldn't
.ee more than six inches Of it
Pa,er-ors City Clerk was talking about
,he--~ic'l roster. 1t was clear that
"a didn think it was a poster remark
able Il. any way. But John Bimson.
patersor chief OF roIice, had thought
i highly Objectionable last November,
chen he caused two Of his detectives
=, lay hands upon one Jake Greder
ard hale him before Recorder Carroll
oD charge Of having exhibited some
t1inS immoral, contrary TO the city ordi-
nance made and provided. And these
olrcumst nces. !nsignifcS mt though they
NAV rerha' apr ear TO q sur erticial mind,
vet Indicate 10 close student Of PRter-
sons municipal affairs that there may
he iurortant differences Of orinion when
,he rev Board Of Censors gets its ma
chirery working.
All Of which leads up, gracefully II is
toped, 10 the disclosure Of the fact that
Paterson is about TO be upllfted some
more The upift is to taie place through
the medium OF an ordinance passed last
aieht by the Board of Aldermen. though
the uplifting can't really begin to get up
steam until that great uplifter Alderman
Tom MCGUIRE, who runs the Broadway
Ho;el and Is president OF the board, re-
covers from the indisposition that at
present detains him from his presidential
duties. Because, you see, the ordinance
isno ood until President Mcclure signsit.
Not TO delay the arrival OF particulars
any further let it be said that the Better
Element Of Paterson has for some time
been grieved. snoc Led. panied and morti-
fed by the character OF some Of the bill
board advertising by means Of which the
uanss ers OF Paterson's principal theatres
have sought 10 attract persons with cash
% part Herewith. As long a.o as last
March delegation from the Ministerial
Association appeared before the Alder
N ~ and complained about it.
On that occasion there were present
the Revs L. S. Hamilton Of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Theodore W. Welles
of The second Reformed Church, j. A..
Westervt.t Of the Christian Reformed
Cnurch, y. B. +. Randolph of the
Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church.
Arthur y. Bea Of lie First Evangelical
Lutheran Church, j. o. Sparnon of the
Trinity Methodist Church AM K. A.
Dunlop of the Auburn Congregational
Church,
Mr.. Sparnon, protesting. said that the
association objected TO advertising that
tended to corrupt the minds Of the young
people OF the city, especially pictures
Of women in all kinds OF immodest dress 4"
The Aldermen hearkened and passed
IN ordinance designed TO protect the
Young. Under that ordinance Chief Rim
the Folly theatre, who had posted the
poster that showed. as Sim Standeven
said, not more than six inches of tho
lady's shoe. But Jake was discharged
because the ordinance d dn't srecIfy
how the morality or immotaity Of
poster was TO be determined CT mavNe
v was because Recorder Carroll didn't
think six inches Of a iadys shoe an i'm
moral sight Anyhow, Jake was dis
charged and the chief grieved
Days ran into weeks and weeks into
months and then came January, lDrA.
when AIayor Mcbride made New Years
address 10 the Board of Aldermen. I be
Mayor remarked that he had esruei
and received the commendation OF the
citizens Of Paterson for the manner ia
vklch he had administered the city gov
ernment. This duty having been dis
charged, the Mayor said he thought the
Nlegmcn should vote for the appoint
men Of a Board of Censors T. make that
urinance effective.
80 the board ordained that mo person
shall post. paint OF distribute in any
public place any lewd. vulgar, immoiest
iHmOra or indecent painted, printed
oI written matter Of any Kind whats ever
including theatrical posters. advert Sc
merits. pictures, postcards and notices
containing representa- tons Of nlurier
shooting, s'abblng assault or otha"
criminal act 4 fine Of not above SO
or Imprisonment Of not more than thirtJ
'sys are the penalties rrcscr BID, and
The ordnance names Recorder Carr ~,
CITY ClerH Stanieven and Fcllco Chief
fU>nn as the Board of Censors.
y ou saa. said the City terK. oXpiaIr-
ing the clause about shooting, stahbing
1Ld such ike, "a lot of the EuyH got to
CARRYING guns around the street ard
saving out door panels ard thai kind Q.
ling and a lot oc people thought They
got tAslr ideas from these billboard ds
Srco we passed that ordinance of last
f1rlNg the theatre managers took 10 rast-
'ng srJs Of paTer with the date Of the
show OYER parts of the bills that some
folks might not like, but II didn't work
'e-y well II would rain and snow and the
e.!ps would get soaked of and it was just
o6 had as before
he mana ger Of the Lyceum Thea tire saws
'TanA.y that ne regards the ordinance I
- legislation in restraint Of Al Woods, F..
'her.es Blaney and I heodore krcmer.
md u - a fact that it's at the Ivceum |
hat such Inspiring dra mas as The queen |
y The Opium Ring Bertha, the Sewing /
Ntchiu" Girl and Tracked Across the
'Jr'lu"nf are displayed for rhe edlfi- (
catipu VI Paterson thursday night for
eVsmp'a, that thrilling drama Sold Into |
o.a'=ly.' that once had a run Of seven !
'ol,ecutivc nights at tho lhaiia Theatre
~ ~" Bowery, is coming 10 the Ly teum. /
7 lucky that Tom Mcclure Is still laid |.
~ II he'd or Paterson would have missed /.
'a-' stirring pictorial scene which now
aG..us the fence at Van Honten aud Wash
'Hefan streets and is entitled 10 as we
,sl Won or vel burn Your ewes out"
iua' would have to go surely, If the
ordnance we're signed because you can t
cry vel burn a mans eyes out with a
Ca'' Sip,
>acs Jake Grieder got pinched he :
a.. What he could Ia placate public
t-rrr.-nt among the urlifters. Opposite
IT il-sj b tist Church. for example.
. 'hree she.t stsnd belonging to yase's
..y Theatre AtSrresent it exhibits
" .c,t-r publishing the attractions of
a. o-rlNg 80 Jake's tem~le of art IN a
"a ?ct farce comedy entitled A Trip
Though India while MAY Harris, cham
f'r' Frrlle wrestler of the world will