The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
E STAMPS WITH ALL PURGHA HASEs
YOU'LL PAY LESS FOR IT AT Kr1NE,s

ilcl park on Sunday. It would be il
 legal and under our present law ever
 spectator would be liable to a fine a
 @i. It was our custom to have th GiIy treasury pay for a concert a , nnoe n,oerslae park certain Sunday after
 Good music is a lifting force Al
 cnurches use music as an accessory Sureiy there IS nothing immoral in :
 oand concert under municipal auspi The city of Hartford at Elizabett , park sells ice cream and soda water 1 It IS done as matter of convenience
 Ine pupiic. Our parks are one or Hartford's best assets. They be
 tong 10 the people and are used for
 one pupnc veal. Elizabeth park is
 one or the most beautiful spots in ali connecticut. On Sunday there are
 thousands of people who visit that
 park The city of Hartford welcom es | those people no matter where they
 may come from. If they desire ice
 cream or soda water, or even lunch
 the city will sell it to them at exact | cost Will any one say that that is
 immoral! Is it venial for the city
 10 10 sell on Sunday what it is legal
 crowd of merchants visited the may.
 or Of the city and said: s.Mr. Mayor
 the city is doing what we are prohib-
 lted from doing. We cannot sell
 our soda, water and ice cream. The
 prosecuting attorney says we will he
 arrested if we do MT. Mayor it
 IS not right for the city to do what
 we are legally prevented from doing "
 me mayor was forced to acuuiesce
 S3, 30 you may go thirsty or hungry at
 elizabeth park, and all because of an ln1qu1tous Sunday law.
 In Hartford until a year or two ago the theatres provided a Sunday entertainment consisting of moving plctures, pictures that were calculat- ca to instruct and entertain. They were notified by prosecuting attorney that It was illegal for them to do so and they desisted Those theatres were patronized each Sunday night bv nVe thousand or more people. The 1 snow was good, the admission chean | Now where do these people go. There | tnan a moving picture show conduct ca under right auspices You may imagine that human nature, con structed as it is will seek some amuse-
 nent; The streets of the city are op- en, the parks are open. The dark spots surround every city. The bovs are there, the girls are there. and Of ten wonder how many souls are say ca by shutting up the theaters and aorelng at least some of these thous- dnQS on the street.
 In Hartford. and, of course. what IS true of Hartford is equally true of each center of population. there ara at least fifteen thousand men and wo men nvlng Tn boarding houses. They are confined to a large extent, 10 lnelr rooms and the public highways. Ihey work each day in the week ihey are entitled to rest and recrea- non on Sunday. Now rest does not 1ean means ]. ioleness nene or inactivity. It tlon rom one work to another. Play ng baseball is work, but 1t is fun fo , ne boy who drives a team six days week, 1t is sport to the individual sorhIns Tn the shop every day but sunday. Now leaving the law as if . IS certainly productive of a can-l : ankerous feeling in the minds of many cltlzens. Do you blame a deni- ! en of a rooming house for feeling : nat the law works an injustice when : lls automobile with the golf sticksI /. board? Then he sees a succession [ I automobiles and he commences to eel that the way to have Sunday [ ecIeatlon IS to have sufficient mon I to buy exemption from the law. be- S ause that is what it finally amounts
 My amendment is broad enough t. no nperal enough to equalize all p ais. It works a hardship on no ona E ecause we have already passed a law g roHldlng that person who labors d sunday must be given a day free u 'om laDor during the succeeding eeKe. No one can be disturbed |, worship and believe that we can IN lfely leave it to the mayors. war S' ems and selectmen that we elect to 'e that the interests of all are con- rved and that where the sentiment
 against any recreation on Sunday ), permit will be allowed do not slieve that the citizens of Hartford we right to invade Rocky Hill and r. sturb It's peacefulnesS, unless the s; tlzens of Rocky Hill are satisfied D; th such an invasion. Neither do III III lleVe that the citizen of Rocky Hill " w ould deny to those of Hartford the sd sht to a reasonable recreation on IS nday when the citizens of Hart I'd disturb no one and violate no F oral law. The Sunday question is
 complication of the adage that least governed are the best gov ~. ned. tic Senator Archie McNeil, Jr., SUD- Ne rted the bill introduced by Senator Sae her focal ontion or Ioo.I;t,- o+im m thi believes the responsible authori- ing s Of cities and towns can be trust IS to handle the situation in accord pol ce with the sentiment of their re- eve .ctlVe communities.
 Senator Fenn of Hartford favored WI
 Spellacy bill because it was a ne rule measure and he expressed
 belief that meat markets and
 ceries should be allowed to open \ necessary for a few hours Sunday Jos rnlng in order that poor people who cor ld not afford the luxury of an ice per might nave chance to secure He sh meats and vegetables for their lday dinner. enator Peck of Danbury was op- oat ca to any change in the present to
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