Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-15
THE CIVIC LEAGUE
WANTS CLEAN BREAD
VIII Urge Bakers to Cover Loaves
With Paper Bags---Would
Censor Motion Pictures.
DEPLORES BLEEDING" TREES.
A Movement to Plant Tree for Shake
spears Ter-CentenarY in Front of
First Theatre in America.

Endorsing the Curfew Law OF the
Senator fromkent county approving OF
the Joint Resolution before Congress
introduced by Representative J. Chas.
Linthicum TO investigate dairies and
dairy products, and approving of the
censorship of local moving pictures.
the Civic League held a busy meeting
last evening in the Municipal Build
ing, Duke OF Gloucester street.
Miss Katherine Walton, president OF
the Civic League, presided at the
meeting. In the absence of the secre-
tary, Mrs. Tisdale was appointed to
act pro TEN. The treasurer Miss Lucy
Wheatley, read her report, which was
adopted by the League.
Mrs. Burwell, chairman OF the Tree
Committee, submitted her report fol
the entertainment given at Caryel Hal
for the benefit of trees. which netted
approximately. SIS. TO be devoted to
doctoring old trees. removing diseased
trees and planting new ones. The
League voted S25 to be applied, in ad-
dition TO the amount raised at the en-
tertainment for trees in the city.
A discussion on the unsatisfactory
removal of garbage followed. and il
was reported that for several days, at
times, garbage was not removed
from certain sections of the city. Va
rious unsightly dumps in and about
the city were reported, and remedy
suggested for the abolishment of these
unsightly places.
a qpunrg,ittaa ,vac 81, ,,., il.
upon the Mothers League, a colored
organization of representative colored
women recently formed here, to urge
upon them the necessity of forming o
cooperative Civic League among their
race in this city.
Letters were read by Mrs. Anna
Brewer, of the Tree Committee, from
various foresters and tree-culturists
on the matter of looking after the old
trees in Annapolis.
A member of the League reported
some of the trees cut by authority of
the city had not been cauterized and
were bleeding, the sap having arisen
in the trees before the tree-cutting
had been done
a maple tree on st. Johns College
campus was reported to be "bleed
lag" some of its limbs having been
blown off by the wind storms this
winter. and the sap is oozing out and
is dropping on the sidewalk II not
attended to this tree will die
The president brought before the
League the fact this year is the ter
centenary celebration of Shakespeare
and is being observed throughout the
country by tree-planting, and it was
suggested that the Civic League plant
tree in honor of Shakespeare, the
great dramatist, and that the tree be
planted in front of the Presbytera
Church. or opposite, as this is said ia
have been the first theatre in Amer
lea. and Shakespeare's plays were
produced there
There was some discussion as to the
site of the old Adams Express office
having been the first theatre in Amer
ica, but it is known that one of these
places. and Annapolis has the distin
guished honor of having the first the
atre in America.
The Curfew Law was discussed, apC
the necessity of having the small boys
and girls off the streets at late hours
of night was considered.
Members took up the question of i'm
proper moving pictures at three of tn,
local moving picture parlors, and .
committee was appointed to see the
management and endeavor TO have OBJ
iectionable pictures eliminated
The unclean bread came up again
No effort, apparently has been made
to protect the bread delivered from
wagons in the early morning to the
various stores. Drivers handle the
lines, smoke cigarettes. use their hand
kerehief Tor fingers for substituted
and handle the bread, rolls. etc. witt
the same unclean hands Bread is
wrapped in other cities or encased IL
bags. why should it not be so in An.
napolis II was urged that the bakers
cover their bread and that consumers
not buy unwrapped bread.
The League unanimously endorsed
the Joint Resolution in Congress in
troduced by Representative j. Charles
Linthicum. relative TO investigation OF
dairies and dairy products. and the
secretary was ordered to send Con
gresham Linthicum letter 20 this
effect.
The meeting adjourned at 9.35 p. m