New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Dallas, Where Piety
and Quacks Lie Down
Together, Fifty Fifty
Continued from page Is


table advertiser progressive and secretary who is thor
oughy committed the theory and of clean advertising
and an earnest and hard working chairman Of its Vigilance Com
nhee What it has and what sorely lacks Better
Business Bureau money to do vigilance work with and paid club
Official President Phelps Secretary Payne and Chairman Buck
OF the Vigilance Committee all their and them
generously But they give all their the task
and conditions locally call for the undivided OF
teal advertising of the right progressive type
Even under the unpaid system much has been done One
line OF local endeavor is believe unique and working
shows how advertising wachfuness may guard public morals
Director OF Public Welfare Scott member of the AID Leagues
Vigilance Committee and such he specazes the classified
columns OF the papers department employed cities
trap tor young girls For example there appeared of the
local papers want ad for girls cabaret Now,
the cabaret does flourish Dallas Chairman Buck Of the
Vigilance Committee spotted the advertisement and
Director Scott who dispatched Investigator the address
given. he immediate result the of the who
the place and the closing of dive Of the dangerous
sort Which reminds of point the credit of all the local
newspapers They do employment ads for
women which suspicious without themselves investigating
or referring them to MIR Scott for his opinion
Another official who works with the AID League for the
protection OF the public Assistant United States District Attorney
Allen To Mr. Aliens wahfuness due the absence of piano
puzzle those fake enterprises where you guess
letters there the alphabet how much Xxi equals
you get certificate emitting purchase $3.50
piano for $225 (sad piano having actually the advertiser
S72). He also keeps eye for fake Federal bankruptcy
sales When the Boston Store advertised a bankrupt by
order of the L. s. Court of $40 $49 SIS suits for
$685. and and the took the advertising though
fake the face Of Mr. Allen around his inspectors
inspectors then the proprietor until the following day
alter his style OF advertising 1t didn't take him that long No
aker take any chances with the Federal officials Dallas
In order to protect the city against similar offences trench
ing the Federal field the Retail Association asked
the assistance of the Dallas Advertising League securing
of Pure Ad ordinance dealing with fake sales AS this
refers only to pacard and advertising, the newspapers did
not oppose IT. indeed they supported It, and passed. de-
cacs illegal false advertising bankrupt
lre damage samples salvage trustee Sheriff liquidation
lar specifically provides that faulty spelling or Juggling of
words shall affect the offenders guilt For period this was
well enforced But the time Of my Dallas the
principal streets had blossomed into mass of the fk sort of
sale announcements Among them noted Ondorwriers
Sale and huge Shefs Sale with the words This is not a in
almost ndscenibe letters above it If the law to be made the
subject of bad jokes such these the Ad League which
might better Withdraw it.
AS have stated above effective weapon is lacking for
vigilance work that there law Texas honest adj
vcrsng he Associated Advertising Clubs of Texas hope get
such law passed by partly emascuang that it will exempt
the Otherwise, informed the newspapers will
slaughter Which throws interesting if urd
light the standards of journalism the great Texas
fits in well with what mentioned previous article: that the
scandaouy quackh patent medicine i.aas was able to Sc
from halt OF the important Texas hearty
dorsement OF its marvellous Though purely Imaginary qualities
The papers got the money for advertising it.
In other that have visited notably Baltimore
the practical and advertising who interested
improving local standards have bewd the fact that they could
get no proper support III we reasonably
clean paper here said they could drive the takers and
clean the field Dallas has such newspaper The Dispatch
of the ceanest publications the country For occult
difficult for outsider comprehend but which seems
be dmly political the Dallas Advertising League The Dallas
Dispatch do work together Here splendid opportunity
wasted he and the League stand essentially for the
vital principle Other potential aids genuine and far
reaching cleanup might we'll be found in the local political off
Gals interested and efficient the each his ne also
organization of merchants which has proved competency
the returned goods campaign and which, though the high
advertising levels still steadily and hopefully climbing toward
besfst IL.
field Mr. Holland whose publications stand as model of
advertising honor and responsibility all these agencies were CO.
oinaed in effort what there that they could not do for Dallas,
They might reform its religious pressl