Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-17
PLAYS SHOULD
Be CENSORED
Vaudeville Acts AIso--Board
Against Sunday Shows.

Vaudeville acts and stock COM
pany shows produced in this city
should be censured by commission
named especially for that purpose
and all kinds of bill board signs and
picture post cards should be simil-
arily passed upon, according to
statements made at a meeting of the
Board of Censors for motion pictures
In public school No. / yesterday af-
ternoon. One member maintained
, the board should censure posters and
cards as was originally intended by
the Woman's Club when it request
ed the appointment of a censuring
committee. Others claimed some
vaudeville and stock company pro-
duCtions weT "nit for children.
Woman's Club Members Present.
Ten of the twelve members of the
board were present and discussed
motion picture exhibitions at length.
Mrs. o. c. Martin, Mrs. Wilbur La
Roe, Mrs. o. w. Ramsay and Miss
Mary E. Vaughan, the four members
of the Woman's Club recently ap-
pointed censors, were welcomed by
| President Joseph F. Walker. He in
structed them regarding their du-
| ties, privileges and powers. M. r.
Letter, as secretary, read instructions
from the National Board of Censor
ship concerning the sort Of pictures
usually objected to.
Against Sunday Exhibitions.
A new working schedule was
adopted to become effective Monday
and a motion was passed, that plac-
ed the board on record as being OPP
posed to exhibition Of motion pic
lures In this city on Sundays. Miss
Vaughan made the motion, which
| was to the effect that the board Pc
tition Acting Mayor Garretson to re-
frain from giving permission to ex-
hibit motion pictures on the Sab
bath. This action was prompted by
| a report of President Walker, that
application had been made to the
acting mayor for permission to run
picture exhibitions on Sundays.
Posters and Post Cards.
Mrs Martin favored censure of
| bill board pictures advertising shows
and the like and picture post cards
also. Mrs. LaROe said 1t was the in
| tent of the Woman's Club to have
them restricted when request was
made to the acting mayor for a cen
sor committee. Mr.. Walker said
he would confer with Mr.. Garretson
on the question.
What National Board Rejects.
According to information received
! by President Walker and laid before
the board. the National Board of
Censorship often rejects pictures
showing a crime committed, chiefly
thieving, details in opening a safe,
arson and mixing poison, specially
gruesome scenes, cruelty to human
beings or dumb animals and divorce
scenes are objected to.
Take Turns at Visiting.
The censors will take turns at
viewing pictures in five licensed
places in the city, four of which are
running at present. They will also
take turns serving the city at large
and to view exhibitions In other than
those places now established. The
members will work IN pairs and will
go to one house for week and
change to the one following in the
following order: Miss A. E. Van
Mus and Miss Emma Macmillan,
Royal; Mrs. Wilbur LaRoe and Mrs.
0. C. Martin, Proctor's; Miss Mary
e. Vaughan and Mrs. o. w. Ram
say, Tryonix: Ed -ar H. Kleinhans
and M. r Letter, Bijou; Henry S.
Hulse and Charles Deitz, open air
theatre in Smith street; Joseph F.
Walker and Frank H. Lloyd, special.