New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-09

'CENSORS WOULD LOOK ON
No Liquor Could Be Bought on
Dance Hall Floor, but, OF
Course, a Drink Might Be
Had Downstairs.


tea dance" situation. and particularly
on the fact that his place remains
closed while his business rivals are
reaping harvest as a result oil Ma|oi
Gaynor's press agent work, George
Rector hit Yesterday upon a plan
whereby he thinks he. too. can come
in for a share of the golden yield ana
at the same time remain in the good
eraccs of the Crusader at city Han.
His plan, in short. is a "denatured tea
dance" or i'm other words. "a non-al-
coholic turkey trot" II all came about
in the following way:
Mr.. Rector runs a restaurant. lie
does not have fifty bedrooms as side
I issue. and. therefore. has no hotel Ii
cense. He has a dance license but 1t
does him no good In these perilous
times as far as tea -time-tangoes' go.
for Chief Wallace OF the Mayors Bu-
rcau of Licenses. visited him last week
and gently told him that II he didn't
cut out his afternoon dances his dance
license would be revoked. So rather
than lose the right Of having dancing
at night he pulled down his curtains on
the afternoon dances
Hurt TO See Others Keep On.
But IL hurt lust the same 10 sit idly
by and see tho others keep on going
by virtue OF the fact that their hotel
licenses put them beyond the reach of
the Mayor until ne gets his bills passed
al Albany. giving him the same arb-
trary power over them that he now has
over dance license places. So Mr..
Rector evolved the non-alcoholic dance.
which was described Yesterday by his
business associate. Joseph b. O'Mally.
we shall suggest 10 Mr.. wallace
said Mr.. OMally. that we he allowed
to resume our afternoon dances with
the understanding that We will have
real tea dances. where nothing but tea
shall be served.
More than that. We propose TO CON
duct them on the most respectable
lines We will have ccnsors 10 see that
dancing happens. We think this VIII be
the beginning 81 real moral uplift In
these afternoon dances so that their
good features will be preserved.
No liuuor on Dance Hall Floor.
There will be no liquor served on
the dance hall floor but. 81 course. II
anybody wants to go downstairs 10 the
restaurant and order a drink there can
be no objection 10 that. The exercise
of dancing helps TO work OF the drinks.
anyway"
Although tho projectors affected by
the Mayors crusade have remained do
ellie for the most part. that section OF
them included I'm the Ballroom and
Park Proprletors' Association. OF which
Adolph Suesskind. proprietor Of Ter
race Garden. is president. started some
thing that looked like a fight yeste~-
day
This was in the form Of a vigorous
campaign in support Of a bill now be-
fore the Senate amending the public
dance hall sections OF the charter. Inc
main point Of attack is on the arbi-
trary authority Of the Mayor through
his chief Of the Bureau Of Licenses. 10
revoke the license Of any dance hall
whose ways do not suit him. He has
been swinging this power so vigorously
in the present war on dancing that the
proprietors didn't know where he was
going TO land next.
The proposed amendment provides
that the power TO revoke licenses shall
be renewable through "A writ OF certi-
orari. so that II license f. revoked or
renewal refused the reason for such
action under existing laws must be
given. Under the present law the loser
Of "A license has no right Of an appeal
10 the courts.
The other main point in the amend
ment is that making il "A misdemeanor
To hold dance i'm the state armorics
which have no dance hall licenses.
Wapts N lptroduce New Dance