Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24

much to the state as to the parents is
stiIl a trite axiom, and law-abiding man
hood never develops from bad ana law
less children.
Again we press your attention to the
.curfew law so urgently needed. and ask
your cordial support for the bill framed
to correct the evils recited by your COM
mittee OF last year.
The great necessity OF pubic paths Set
continues and hopes are entertained tnat
the coming Congress may grant THIS 80
much needed complement to'a great city
charities.
I'VE have come reluctantly to believe
that a censorship is imperatiyely neeos q
for the regulation of the cheaper grade
Of theaters In our city. We refer especial
ly to that class where the admission zee
ranges as low as dime ana Wnlcn ca.eI
to the juvenile element OF our popuiatioh.
while the billboard nuisance has been
to a great extent abated, vet the SUD
stance of the shadow remains ana the
character of entertainment provided In
these cheap houses of amusement makes
most distinctly for the BAD: ana snou nc,
be corrected. We also believe that all
pisces of amusement, under Whatsoever
name or style they attempt to cater to
the public. should be closed on SUNDAY.
The capital of the American nation
should be the first city OF the land IN the
observance Of the Lords day..
Places Of Amusement on Sunday.
NJ. d. Rosenberg objected to that part
Of the committee report that applied to
the closing of all places of amusement on
Sunday. Conrad Syme opposed the sug-
gestion Of Sunday closing as a step to-
ward the regulation Of the religious at
fairs of the country by the state, and de-
cfared that the clause relative to the de-
llnQuency Of children was an insult to
the children and parents of the District.
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that In his opinion nothing in the world
was 30 very immoral after all. He ex-
planned afterward that he meant to say
nothing in the District. but his first state
ment caused considerable laughter. He
offered an amendment to strike out the
portions Of the reports to which he OBJ
jected, but on division the motion. which
opposed the closing OF places of amuse-
ment on Sunday, was lost by 70 to 30.
after division was called for. Later
the report Of the committee was modi-
fed SO that 1t recommended the closing
Of places Of amusement run for gain only,
and then 1t was ADOPTED.
Protection Of Minor Children.
A resolution offered by Walter c. Gle
phane recommending the passage of laws
forbidding persons under seventeen years
az age to enter theaters. poolrooms or
dance halls; minors under twenty-one to
enter saloons, and the selling of tobacco
In any form to persons under seventeen
years Of age. was passed. The resolution
recommended that the punishment for
viola ton OF the law relative to the sale
OF tobacco be fine of not more than
$50 or Imprisonment Of not more than
ninety days.
Thomas C. Noyes offered an amend
ment-to the clause in the report favoripg
Fairgrounds by adding declaration that
In the appropriations Tor this purpose
the half. and half principle should not be
violated. He pointed out that the sub
ject Of appropriations for Fairgrounds is
now being considered In conference at
the Capitol. and that firm declaration
Of the inviolability Of the half and half
principle Is Of Importance at the present
time.