New-York tribune., 1910-11-06

the second floor OF Bronx tene-
ment. The fire was discovered by Nx
tenant, and was extnguished without the
aid of firenen. The next day second
fire was started near the same place
Again the tenants were able to put 1t out
before the firenen arrived; but 1t was ~
close call. The tenants realized that ikssss
incendiary at work, and were much EssS
concerned. Few enjoyed sound nights EEx
rest for weeks. Many dared not go to bed -
at all Police and fire marshal were nOti- ~
fed and private detectives were put II
the case Some of the tenants set traps of kE8
their own to catch the trebug. -.
About the same time a letter was found ,X
hanging from one of the doOrknObs on the ~
same floor. 1t read: ~
If you don't put S5 under out
side doOrnat will burn your go
home and everybody in it
BLACK HAND.
While the writing in the note ESzt441 =
was plainly disguised, it bore D. -
Enthusiastically the charaCterlS- ss1HSsa~sa
tics of a childish hand Every ~ II,
child in the building ques- az ~ ss'
toned and the search narrowed see@Ssa se@sa
down to little girl, only .s1ss.al1.
twelve years old, the daughterOf ~:
the tenant outside whose apart - H.
ment the fires originated. tfl. ;, YvFs'
At first the little girl denied NJ
authorship of the note and dis -.tssagee l3-s
claimed all responsibility for -.-~,r : :
the fires. Under severe cross eX-
animation, however, she finally
broke down and confessed.
and people were rescued she explained between so
land | also saw where the Black Hand tried to
money. don't know why did it; but did not me
to do wrong
In New Jersey something along the same line ha
pened still more recently. moving picture pl
showed young in the act of taking her own
through the agency of gas. All the hOrrid details
thrown after the other upon the scene not omtti
to present the girl reclining her bed calmly await
death That evening young man, depressed thrOu
loneliness other cause, having the pictt
show went home and copied to the last detail the pl
of the picture heroine.
Much has been said on the morals of the moving D
ture from the pulpit, in the courts, and by the pre-
"These shows are sinks of inquity" exclaimed @
police magistrate "Nlnety-tive per cent. of the
ought to be closed"
At the Childrens Society New York; it was said tt
the society had obtained the conviction of more tn
thirty managers and attaches of moving picture hOu
in the last few months for permitting children under
teen years old to enter without escort Thirty ott
moving picture men convicted of more SerlC
charges, a result of which they now languiShi
behind bars. There seems to be some ground for belle
ing that through moving picture shows others may
obliged to don prison stripes.
The documentary evidence touching this phase
the development of the moving picture seems end
less. Its educational aspect is not entirely without
its clouds. A New York paper had this recently
to say the subject:
AS for the educative influence and intellectual uplift
of the moving picture theater sufficient idea may be
obtained the following titles extracted at random
from the list of films prepared for exhibitors
"The Pirates Dover" "A Jealous Wife," "A Bride
groom's Mishaps" The Girl Who Dared The
Ghetto Seamstress." The Engineers Sweetheart
The Ienderfoot Parson. The Cowboys Race for
a Bride" and The Sheriff of Black Gulch"
The last named titles suggest list of dime novels
of a former generation. And what. indeed. is the
moving picture show but dime novel literature flashed
by of magic lanterns purveyed to YOU
tul minds pctOrialy for half the old price? 1t is in
dime novel that its enormous popular had
and It is by dime novel standards that its moral nfue1
be measured.
There Is Good in 1t