The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Warden McGuinness of the Essex coun-
 ty, New Jersey, jail agreed with Quinn
 by as follows: "The typical crook is a nervous, restless chap, furtve and dis
 satisfied or else he is cold-blooded and
 devoid of human sympathy. He lacks
 the very things that a man grows fat upon" McGuinness weigh 225 pounds
 Chief Detective James H. Smith of St.
 Louis said that porch climbers seldom
 work after getting past 160 pounds, as
 they lose their agility; the transom
 thief is lank and the pickpocket is thin so that he might squirm easily out of
 crowds
 The records of Auburn prison show
 that in it's present population of 140O
 fewer than 40 men weigh more than 250
 pounds piece.
 The new Winter Garden, the erection of which signalizes the introduction of an other type of playhouse and entertain ment, Is built on such lines of spacious simplicity as make the name of garden more than mere house. whereon ,o hang an electric sign. Though modern theatre in every sense of the word, with all the latest Improvements in equpme mt and construction, the garden effect is so well preserved by the nature of the
 decorations as to create an atmosphere
 distinctly unlike that of any ordinary in
 door place Of amusement.
 The Winter Garden Is located just above Fiftieth street. on the strip of land which separates Broadway from Seventh avenue at that point.
 Senator James P. McNichol of Pennsyl- vania recently introduced in the Penn sylvania legislature a bill which provides that it shall be unlawful for any per son to give or participate in or for the owner of any building to permit. within said building any play, exhibition, opera or performance of any other theatrical, operatic, dramatic or vaudeville exhibition or performance of lascivious, sacrilegi- ous, indecent, immoral or impure nature or such as might tend to corrupt mor- tals.
 And person who shall be guilty of vio- lation of any provision of the act shall upon conviction thereon be sen fenced to pay fine not exceeding 5000 or undergo an imprisonment for period not exceeding one year or both at the discretion of the court
 Madame Tetrazzini has won a suit brought against her by Isadore Lernef, and was heard in the supreme court bench. The contract was illegal.
 Lerner sought to recover s39 900 from Madame Tetrazzini, because. he said. she DiOhc d COHtId tO oliS IOl Iliili lol Sl-> months in 1903. Counsel for Madame Tetrazzini showed Justice Gerard a copy of the contract, and asked that the case be dismissed on the ground that the contract was void for want of mutual ity"
 He said Lerner sought to compel Mad anne Tetrazzini to sing three times a week at a salary of $500 a performance, but there was nothing to compel him to give har v,roa ov,o ,ot,tc
 Madame Tetrazzini, according to her counsel, was left stranded in Havana. She had no money. and was forced to sing in music hall to get money to return home,
 Standees will be barred from many Rhode Island theatres and halls if an act just introduced in the legislature becomes law. The act is the outgrowtl here for some time against the over crowding of halls. This agitation re- suited in a definite and vigorous crii- sade on the part of Rhode Islands larg- est daily newspaper, following the pack ing of the hall recently at meeting of the Religious Educational congress
 The Ticket Speculators association met in secret few days ago and planned a fight against the new law designe to stop ticket selling in front of thea tres One member said that had 1t not been for the roughhouse methods Of some members the law would never have been passed. To make things more the rats were told they were that contingent. There was no beating l around the bush.
 ''I saw you roughin a guy the other day." said he. to rat and 1t made me ashamed of the profession Why you had him around the waist-holdin' hlm. Why didn't you take his watch?'
 A speaker, called attention to the face that the city tolerates curb brokers down on Broad street. He couldn't see where l curb broker was any better nuisance than ticket speculator. Another ora tor wanted 1t understood that, while there were few touts in the organiza- lion who showed too much ambition at times, he wasn't tout, nor was he a rat" Nobody threw up his hat when |. E.,tD t,Ad