Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-12
eVpSTES MUST QUIT
MALODOROUS DENS
,.rsd to vacate Ninth Street
Olc0 onsrters, They Prepare to
Move to Texas
.,,n BY HEALTH BUREAU
:. Maori and Her Associates Too
Vu' Much for Their
Neighbors


,.,D.ctors from the division OF housing
p,,ot,on Of the Bureau OF Health |
,ne scbarltles tcIhy swoopeo uo"h upo"
ina tor,une-teling dens" conducted by |
'yp" ,,.or," at 2iO and 229 North Ninth |
rous'H "A notified the gypsies that the |
arse' o. a menace to the public health,
p''tS ~ nat they must vacate at once
pu ' ,,r,e was specified for the leaving OF
No isles The latter told the visiting
ns S that they would probably have all
hspe''o hsp,.nts completed to leave in few
days ,,.d raid was ordered by !
Tne IVahl assistant inspector OF the
WlnNn =, housing and sanitation or the
tNsv ~ Health and Charities
oDoRs INToLERABLE
,,,t upon the places was made
The srlt Of scores of complaints which
B me rod into the office of the division
bave p,ua and sanitation from persons liV-
Of housIs neighborhood. These persons
ing ~ niueJ that the odors emanating from
eonS,,ure parlors" of the gypsies were
NE arable with the nose-clutcning ira
eOup nlco of a tannery on hot August uaE'
pA, charged that the gypsies built camp
Ahn nran
hes hesm,ontities of fish and other foodstuits
hree qo,e forth strong odors while being
vhlch The accusation also was made
prepa.iso ovnsies consumed large quantities
nas uvrger ", cheese and slept on the floor
o. ~ ~ stores rented by them. inspectors
o. sn1 ,bat the gypsies had ripened up condi-
~ - Tor a nice little epidemic Oh cholera OF
ns uuus other terrible disease.
'.s,s oo,ors wasted no fine rhetoric with
h1ic 'COnePD
Maori" .,,." o,o NJ tben, said
o.nson tou said he would get out without
fight ,." In .oid ",vbere
Vi, nIenty of room and where folks do
=, w mind the pleasing aroma OF cooking
tA" ,.,,oro ,,o,, eo " re-
MA ,he inspector, but we positively won't
W. w., Won or YOUR crew to cut loose any
~ ~ fragrance around this town. We
s.rs nv a lot of respect here for Bill Penn,
s ,ye will not allow anything to disturb
bis rest"
nrrrEN's HUSBAND DISCONSOLATE
rbomnson owns three automobiles and
.ossv ne made arrangements 10 procure
vcsnse tags so that the start could be made
IN the Lone Star State.
,Trs too bad" he sighed, that these
phiadplDhtanS
We are here to beneht ther souls' put IheH
p6ses are interfering"
The action of the Board of Health comes
AZ A severe blow to Tony Thompson, seven
teen wears old, nephew of Frank Thompson.
Ifew weeks ago he married, paying S2OOO
tor his bride who is an assistant of queen
WsoIp Young Thompson paid the $4,000
.iuinglv because he had been informed that
,hs erl had great powers for the forecast
,rg N the future. He expected that she,
Nv her talent, would quickly refund to him
he amount he paid for her.
Soueen Maori" the thirty-nlne-year-old
managing director of the Indian malds'
rpsy fortune-telling trust" announced To-
day that she would seek protection under
alaw enacted in Pennsylvania in 1909
/ The queen whose store fortune-telllne
studio" has been quarantined by Acting
Lieutenant Brown. of the Eleventh aho
Winter streets police station, insists Una,
she and her maids, who usually are garoeo
N epsy costume, have the right to carry
on their craft on payment of $50 lot
license ~
The present crusade against the fortune
telers is based on an act of 1851, Thls
act forbids fortune telling. The punisnineh
/ fixed is a 800 fine or prison sentence
It was under that act that eighteen gipsS
fortune tellers we're arrested seVera
months ago.
4 "QUEEN'S" LEGAL KNOWLEDGE
Barely had the quarantine been estap
lshed when Queen Maori" gave hint ina
she knew something about the law also
She didn't exactly know when the law uhde.
which she will seek protection was passed
but nevertheless, she knew OF Its exist
tnce
Search of the laws relating to gypsy
bands and nomads today disclosed that II
1909, under the administration OF torInel
Governor Edwin s. Stuart, bill, No. 247
was enacted applying to travelling gipsles
This law specifically states that "nomads'
commonly known as gipsies, have the righ
opch a camp or settle down encampment
and carry on their transactions or practic
their craft by a payment OF $50 10 IN
county where they may be.
FORMERLY HAD CITY LICENSE
Inquiry made today at City Treasure
hcCoach's office brought forth the explana
uon that It was common practice 10 lssu
such licenses as Queen Maori" has in MIN
years ago As matter of fact such II
censes were issued to gipsy fortune teller
until short while before the last crusade
Now, II was explained at the City Treas
uers office, these licenses which are GOV
cred In the act of 1909, are subject to IN
approval of the police. The police nav
aheady served notice that they viii nc
on the act of 1909
The words fortune telling" are not mer
Toned in the act Of 1909. To quote "Quee
maori no nomad or gypsy has any oth'
eait except to forecast the future throug
ne art Of telling fortunes.
INSISTS ON HER RIGHTS
Queen Maori" says that there should I
no discrimination in this matter. She col
nders herself citizen of this country ar
insists upon her rights-so she says.
Ihe police quarantine established by Il
police after the EVENING LEDGER mac
PUBLIC the arrival of the advance guard
me Indian and Gypsy fortune tellers ST
continues. Uniformed policemen are ST
uohed outside Of 210 and 229 North Mini
street. Pedestrians are warned not TO ent
Vecause the places might be raided. Pc
.ons are also warned that in the event OF
.eio they may be held as material wi
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