The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-28
NO LIQUOR AT DANCES AFTER
 1ST OF APRIL Recreation Commission will Be Ready For Work By
 That Time.

No dances where intoxicating liquors are sold will be permitted in Bridge port after April Il
 BY that date Inc new Recreation comm1ssion will have organized ready for work.
 The permanent commission fs to be appointed by the mayor and to be composed of one member each of the common council, park board and school board and two members at large, one of whom will be a woman.
 ThA board will have charge of grant ing licenses for all dance halls, thea- tres, circltses, carnivals, athletic meets, moving picture shows, etc. No public amusement enterprise of any charac- ter will be permitted except by li- con0ed consent of the boartd.
 The survey made by the commis- sion appointed by the mayor shows that "a number of these dances are being conducted regularly in halls in the center of the city and in the west End and oh the EaFt Side. Young girls frequent then. The communication in it's ssconfdentiaF re- report made to Mayor Wilson, points out that such dances are a menace to the morals of young people.
 The investigation which was made by c. w. Stimpson discloses also that there Is a Sunday night dance con ducted in the Park theatre hall in Main street. to which anyone who pays the admission price, may gain : adn,lttance. It has been the custom of the authorities to allow Jewish clubs and societies and certain so- , cieties whose membership is made up of foreigners to have Sunday even ing dances No permission has been given for the Main street dance hall
 In the confidential report of the survey which was recently made hero under the auspices of the Recreation commission. it is recommended that the school house assembly halls be opened for community dances and if is believed these dances will take the I11ace of other objectionable affairs where liquor is dispensed
 Rev. John R. Brown, who is chair man of the commission appeared be- fore the board of apportionment yes terday ,afternoOn and asked for $1O,- f0e0 to carry on the work of perma- nent commission which it is proposed to name. Besides Rev 1Ir. Brown other members of the tentative com 1nission are Rev. Richard r. Moore LLD., Miss Euphrosyne Bown, Rev. Dr. David Levy. and Harvey o. Went.
 Mir. Brown said there is in i lpreparation model ordinanceD pro- yidinz. for the establishment of the permsSnert rpu1misaion.s He said a survey has been made of the city and . "confidential report isl the hands of the mayor Hec ould not make known the nature of the report but he felt that the board of apportionment would vote money without knowing what 1t is to be used for.
 He said Providence voted $19,000 for the purpose last year. He thought $1o,0OO would be- enough ' for the board to start with this year. It is said that the cost of the survey that has been made will be paid for by private subscription. Rev. Brown did not say 50, however, nor did he tell the board how it is proposed to spend the $7,000 which was finally allowed.
 George M. Flames, president of the park board, said his board favored the commission and will turn over to 1t all monsy received for playground purposes. President Elmer 8. Havens of the school board, also appeared in favor of the recreation scheme.