New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
LIQUOR LAW AIDS
SOCIALGANGSTER
IN Turing GIRLS
Committee of Fourteen
Members Want City to
Stop Tea Dances.
MRS. KELLY'S ACTION
WINS COMMENTATOR
Drinking and Styles Of Dress
Blamed-Mrs. MOSkoWitz
Warns Mothers.

"so.;al rapgsters" and lax ltquor
,sw enforcement on the part OF the
,resert CIV administration are respon-
s{h'e FOR The 6epTaved atmosphere IN
Eew Works amusement centre eNem-
rgAeS BY the case Of Eugenla heliY'
according 20 an analysis OF me slJ'a-
fior bv Two q New YORK 5 leao."E
vice opponents. 1870 ,,- 4o-
II Is situation that came up ior
informal discussion yesterday aI'e'
noon among scvcrs. ot the members OK
80 Co~-- -..ce Of Iourteer. ln the
hea6gua-ttrs ~ the organ-lalo" ''
30. r,le~t.-sc-o-d Street.
Ms H,~rv No.aoW.tz. formerly
Ms charles lsrae.s a member OF me
committee and also head Of the Com
-,it-oe on Amusement Resources ior
Wor.src GIRLS. was present she tolG
1ss+ NIGHT Of the rise of the soolai
e-rcster. IS she called the breed OF
HaTes.tes i.fcstiug the New YORK eana-
Ict and dance life. Walter q. HooKe'
executive secretary Of the committee,
discussed the NDerahty OF the MltcheI
administration in enforcing the excise
laws.
Tribute TO Mrs. Kelly.
81 admire Mrs. Kelly for what she
hiss done" Mrs Moskowltz SAID. ~
took erea. courage on her part TO take
The stand she did IN regard 10 her
daughter. It was good for her own
daughter. and FOR The daughters OF
others as well 90 bring TINS matter 10
a. issue now. 49,. .ho
"The men Who are freQuentng me
afternoon tca dances and the cabaret
~oe.e,,~g-.s a. night are simply an
other manifestation OF the !o"er haSI
Si5o rarrsters. They are doing the
ssr,e things 90 another way -depTaN-
;~c women and living rs parasites.
TLov used 10 give 'rackcts IN the fas-
so live bv extor,.on and by MUIR
The police have stopped that most
T.. "a The most polished Of the gang
80 have come uptown. They are
social ca1gsters now, but they are luSt
as vicious as ever; even more So il
81 feel ,ha, the city ought 10 put an
absolute stop 20 the ai'ernoo" TO- ,e
dances as was done IN Chicago. Ihey
"a 49, -ban the night life in their
influence on young women. Ihey are
moe jnsiGious. They are running
broadway life.
"a lot Of young girls and marTlSed
women are frequcntlng them. ne ne
GIRLS use any device 70 deceive me
T,o+bers so that they can get ou' 10
- places. the Young married women
oro doing the same thing with thel
brsbends MANY women have pai(1
oscor.s who dance nicely and look We'll
70 take them around this way
Warns of Trouble Ahead.
MORALLY. New York is headed for
big catastrophe. II Is me sane III, o.I
story we never get needed IRE ,""
nil there is fire horror. The thlns
for the city is not 10 walk Ou. u e.
~ ~ abolish these places now. LIE
cannot be decent on broadway N'"''
"prs.aurants should be made TO be
res.aurar.s. theatres 10 be theatres
and bathrooms 10 be bathrooms. me
caharet. and dances should be driven
o,,t If the restaurants. / an not go
INC 10 stou until ! get the tea dances
X:al-er G.. HooS. executive secretary
81 the committee, said that IN ms pc
lief the general conditions IN the Guy
are improving. But the TACT remains
he said. that there ls suI 700 easy
attitude by the city government 'o"aIu
hqlor laws -.... .,;rr sbop. q too
liberal excise law enforcement. ne
said. els that the impression goes ou'
in the underworld that the town is
opening up. The present SITUATION has
brought out the swarms ~ CROOKS 'l"O
we're driven under cover after the
Rosenthal shooting. They infest Broad
wav and the cafes Of the side streets,
and robberies and holdups are frequent.
LAS an instance, only a snort "n.Ie
600 Tho Committee Of Fourteen dis
covered in a Broadway cafe crowd OF
gangsters that in the last three years
we have driven out Of five saloons al
the way from the lower East SlGe 10
The Bronx and down the West side.
The situation disclosed by the Kelly
girl incident IS largely due 20 the pres
ent dance craze and the opportunity OF
promiscuous acquaintance MADE uhuer
apparently respectable conditions.
Mothers Get Blame.
The blame rests largely upon the
,otbers Of the girls. who care more