The Detroit times., 1911-11-11

some violations OF the regulations,
they were satisfied that the proprie'
tors, as a whole. were living up TO
the requirements of the police de-
partment.
Tn Mittenthal's cafe, couple OF
young girls, without escorts, were
found, both drinking together at a
table. The officers recognized one OF
them. Rose" a pretty, red-cheeked
girl of about H. Detective Black
talked 10 her and her friend, adyis-
ing both to leave the place and 10 re-
main away from such places in the
future. The officers also told Proprie,
tor Mittenthal TO refuse admittance
TO girls who come TO the place unes-
corted. Mittenthal was not in the
cafe when the officers arrived, and he
explained that he didn't know the two
girls were In his place until his at
tention was drawn 20 them. lie prom
ised 10 carry out the regulations In
the future. In this cafe, many wom-
en- were sitting at tables. drinking
and eating. but all but the two men.
toned, we're accompanied by men
Visits were next paid 10 the Kaiser
hof and other big cafes in the vicin-
ity of Pingree-sq.. but no ground was
found for complaint In all places,
however, the tables were surrounded
by girls and men, many bald heads
being among the latter For the most
part. however. the men were between
the ages OF 20 and 40, and the ma
jority OF the girls appeared 10 be
over 20
Late at night as the officers were
heading for the Rowland cafe, Girls
wold.st.. near Grand Riyer-aye., their
eyes fell on a lone woman walking
rapidly eastward across Griswold-st.
She ran mp the stairway leading to
the Saratoga cafe, opposite the Row.
Land They followed her into the
cafe. but she was beyond their grasp
when they entered. as she had joined
man az a table. They made a care
ful survey OF the men and women az
the different tables. and, 10 their sur
prise. they found there the same two
girls whom they had discovered un-
escorted in Mittenthals. This time
however, the girls had an escort and
were free from further eensure. The
face of Rose lit up with sort of tTt
umphant leer as she shot sly glance
at the officers.
Another girl was sitting alone at a
table, and the officers were just
about to investigate her, when a
young man Joined her. The officers
told the proprietor that they believed
the girl was unaccompanied. and that
the man simply sat with her as a
stall" Like Mittenthal. the proprie-
tor said he wasn't in the cafe when
the girl entered. He was given TO
understand that he would have TO
keep his place free of unescorted
girls.
IT'S up to you." said Oflcer Black
to the proprietor; IF you can't regli-
late the place yourself. just say so.
and we'll show you how 10 do IL. We
will come here every night, II neces-
sary."
The proprietor said he would give
the matter his personal attention.
TO keep the cafes and saloons at
tached TO saloons free from young
girls, unescorted, is one OF the big
problems we have TO deal with" said
Detective Black TO The Times THE
proprietors know that II is against
the regulations 10 allow them In
their places of business. and some OF
them do their best 10 comply with our
requirements. However. some OF
them get careless once in while and
we have to go around and give them
cali or two But the conditions now
adays are much better than they
we're a few years ago. We have been
regulating the saloons and cafes at
tached to saloons for the past nVe
years, and we now think We have
them pretty we'll in hand. There are
certainly not nearly as many girls
freauenting the downtown drinking
places now as there were when We
first started our work.