The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-05

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been made an Investigation 10 ordered
"A n ouuditions have been shown TO be
baA the owner Of the premises has been |
ordered TO make necessary improvements
No speciai Investigation Of conditions IN |
neving picture shows. however. mas ossn
made BY the department.
POWER OF THE CITY HeAlTh
DEPARTMENT.
The Department has full power TO step
n and compel q reform In conditions IN
places such a. moving picture shows. IL
was said at tho Health Department TO-
day, under Section 25 OF the Sanitary
Code Of the Board OF Health. This SEQ
ton provides:
"No master or teacher or manager of
or In any school. public or private. or of
or any sunday school or gymnasium. or
che oflscses or managers thereof. or Of
ncers or manager or persons having
charge Of any place Of public worship.
shall % far omit or Asg1sct any duty or
reasonable care or precaution respecting
the safety or health Of any scholar. pu-
Dil or attendant. or respecting the tenn
psraturs. ventilation o. cleanliness or
strength Of any church. hail q worship.
practice Or exercise. or relative 70 any
thing appurtenant thereto. - that BY
reason OF such neglect or omission the
life or health Of any psrsoa SHAH suffer-
or incur any avoidabls peril OF dstr1-
msnt."
While this section seems to relate only
70 schools, churches and the like. oticers
Of the Health Department said moving
picture shown and such places Of anuss-
msnt naturally were included. They said
the department would have the authority
- act under this section.
District sanitary inspectors. working
under the direction Of the Department Of
Health. have been instructed to give spe-
cisi attention to the condition Of moving
picture shows In their sections
There are only sixty-sight sanitary Ia
spectors In the five boroughs OF the city
Of New York. and only twenty-eiEht Of
them In Manhattan. but the field will be
covered.
Employees Of the Health Department
manifested considerable interest In re-
ports OF methods Of deodorixstion IN
practice In many Of the cheaper movie.
housed.
DARKNESS PREFERRED ~ THE
CHILDREN OF THE AUDIENCE.
In williamsburg and Brooklyn, a.
along the east side. there IL hardly a
b opened except At long Intervals when
there 70 NO reel showing. Opening win
dows. especially In the daytime. not only
admits light and endangers the value Of
the MIN. but also the darkness which
seems to be sought In many places by
children OF opposite sexes. This can be
readily seen by watching them take
seats frst In the parts Of the houses
which are darkest. The suggestive imi.
tations Of soul kisses. often by young
strls. are the result OF this security OF
darkness and the suggestion brought up
by the indecent aim.
That the air In the narrow. box-liks
movies 10 unspeahnbly foul needs nc
further proof than the admission OF ths
impurity by the managers themselves.
who send attendants about squirting Z
msiodorous. soapy disinfectant, OF
doubtful value but successful In kill.
Ing the other stencil by sheer force
This disinfectant or secondary odor 1,
supposed to lay the stining nth ~ wei
tea leaves smother dust on Q dirt,
carpet. Without the long pump squirt
Ing over the walls. floors and ever
clothes Of the patrons. the place wouit
he unbearable.
Along Graham avenue In Williams
bugg there are several nve-cent movie,
which are unsanitary. In many OF tn,
houses there are slot machines 70
spraying one with . nth dsodorant
The price for this protection Is one cen
and worth II. The owners seem wiliini
TO make . pront through these machine
through reason of the nithy condition o
their places which renders inoculatiol
worth money.
DOESN'T DARE LET UP USING
THE oisiNFEcTANT.
Up at 4 theatre In Third avenue. nsa
One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, II
the Bronx. an usher walks UP and dow
the centre aisle all during every per
Torrance industriousiy shooting VIVA
he called ''disinfectant' into the carpe
and also the atmosphere.
lis that neeessaryg' asked 0 reporte
for The Evening World.
YOU'D say no 10 you smelt Il after
had stopped for a few minutes" an
he went ON. using a big atomiser, tn
Kind they use In dairies.
Not only are thousands Of chil0rs
breathing this fstid air daily. but Il
Ooveral places on the east side pro
pg1stSrs have had TO wrestle with tn
question AZ how TO get this children on
- ~ place after they have seen -