Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-09
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sFor quite d while ia the movies
recently while the current WAS on
and the audience sat tense ii the dark
ness, i number Of people throughout
the house struck matches. from time
to time until the lights came ON
again, said d lady who happened To.
be present Containing, she said, II
think this very reprehensible thing 70
do. suppose one 81 those matches had
fallen and set Gre to something. what
an awful thing II would hare been.
Better sit In the darkness quietly when
these epasms Of electricity come on, or
rather 30 on, then endauger lives Of q
crowded moving picture theatre by
striking matches thonghtlessly {
II there be any town on the map
that can furnish more thrillers In the
short space OF time that Annapolis can.
commend me to It, = said q we'll known
resident Of Main street the other day
Here my family was In darkness
for As minutes and SO seconds. while
the electric current was on, and
scarcely had II been turned on than
the IRE alarm was sounded and there
was big fre, the third big fire In.
less than three months.
This electric light In the home has
become sort OF on-agin-off-a
gone-agin Finnigin'. and we are AL
most used to II. but 1t II certainly
mighty unpleasant III you don't hap
pen to have plenty Of candles IN the
house and a box Of matches handy, or
| II you happen to be III the bath tub
ana the lighta 90 out, and we'll I re-
peat. IL You want thrillers live In An
napolis. "
Speaking OF the South River ferry,
q. J. Wilson. Taylorsville, said to-
day, 'If something fl not done, and
done speedily, to remedy conditions
or the South River ferry, the county
viii probably find itself with q law
SUIT on its hands. Conditions con-
Itinue to- grow worse instead Of bet
ter. We have been all week without
ferry, practically. The strong gales
having broken the cable, which has
not been repaired until today. The
ferry is In bad shape and liable 10
sink at any minute, and the motor
boat which propels II has sunk every
night this week. 1T Ii not safe to
travel over this ferry. and some ac-
Ecident ii imminent Ii conditions are
1 not remedled Even the ferryman
says he will quit soon II something
Els not done to make conditions Of
TaylorsvIlle ferry more safe.
What Annapolis needs, said q
gentleman interested II amusement
features for young people, Is more
dance halls. Why. don't you know
that recently when It was planned TO
/ give dance for young men IN town
/ as form of secretion and amuse-
ment, there was not d single hall
available for the purpose. There was
d dance at every gymnasium and
every hall In town.
"The reported syndicate which con-
templates building large up-to-date
theatre In Annapolis, had better see
Ito ii that dance hall is built above.
as the continuous nightly rental 81 II
would be an assured thing.
Just how many things can 90 en-
Lin Annapolis at the same time is
worse than the solution Of the age Of
Ann, said man about town today.
Il have counted as many as five big
things In progress on one evening,
and often there are two or three, and
even four. Now. no town Of this
size can support more than one large
leyent on d single night especially II
that event be well patronized. Dates
are advertised way ahead yet It does
not appear to shut out the other fell
/ low. OF the opposition entertainment,
what We need here Is cooperation,
and not opposition when II comes to
giving q benefit entertainment