The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
THE FARMER: APRIL 2s. 1914

nance regulating these places
 Another delegate to the conference told of a girl she had found in the city jail in Bridgeport wno owes her downfall to these unreguIated dance. halls.
 This girl was an assistant nurse girl well educated and of good fam fly After an exceptionally hard days work, she. accompanied by her sweet heart had gone to a dance. While there she became acquainted with a man who came to the hall in a slight ly intoxicated condition. As her sweetheart left at an early hour, she was at his mercy, in her tired mental and physical condition.
 CAJoIIED BY MARRIED MEN.
 The man, who happened to be mar ried. cajo1led her into accompanying him elsewhere. She was under his dominion for two days. and later found herself in the city jail. At first she was penitent, but the contact with the inmates of disorderlys houses who had been locked in the same cell with her soon changed her viewpoint.
 This woman who discovered the predicaments this poor girl was in, tried to help her. But she also dis covered that the two weeks in jail awaiting trial had turned her from penitent attitude to an attitude that would lead her into a life and house
  that if possible she would turn this girl back into the right path.
 FIR. JUDGE ADVOCATES MOVIE
 CENSORSHIP.
 Father Judge of the Sacred Heart church then told of his experiments with Juvenile deIinquents. The nov ing picture shows he declared should be inspected by properly educated and experienced persons
 Hes declared that the dance hall should be licensed and any violation should mean the revocation of the H- cense. However, he said that the prob lem of teaching morality among the young people must start at home. He said that the parents should teach the boys respect for all women. He suggested the church dances as one solution Of the public dance hall evil and declared that if all would CO., operate aon this subject legislation would soon be secured.
 MT. Johnson defended the properly supervised and regulated dance hall. H He declared that police supervision is not what they want. but that prop ertIy experienced dance hall inspee- tors is the only solution for this evil
 Miss Schoenfie1d was asked what sort of a substitute she would sug- gest to take the place Of the public dance halLx She declared herself in favor Of the school cepter idea. where a small sum was charged for admit tance. She declared that a great many of the young people of the city will net attend the free dances be- cause they fear it is charity. This has proven very successful in New York city.
 Mrs Michael Ford said that it was necessary for the community to give their young people regulated amuse- ment, and if the community did not, they would find it in the less respect able places. However. she said that all idea Of charity must be taken out of amusement, or the young people for whom it is intended will not be there
 At the suggestion of Eugene Kerner Of Waterbury, Schuyler Merritt, vice president was instructed to draw up a resolution to support legislative program to be introduced. to remedy the evils in the state that are in need of control and supervision.
 The Rev. MT. Richardson then en- phasized the need of dance hall leg islation- At eleven o'clock he declared the fourth session adjourned.