The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
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York Charter.
BE it ordained by the Board OF Alder
men OF the City OF New York as foi-
lows:
Section /. No person. firm, partner
ship, corporation or association OF what
ever character. owning or controlling,
either as proprietor or manager. any
hotel. restaurant. place OF public enter
tainment or other place OF public resort
in the City OF New York in which people
meet and congregate. whether Tor pur-
poses of refreshment or entertainment,
shall allow any female 70 smoke In any
such hotel, restaurant, place OF public
entertainment or other place Of public
resort, such an act being construed as in
contravention of the provisions OF sub
division IA OF section 80 OF the Greater
New York Charter.
Section Amy violation OF the pro-
visions of this ordinance. upon convic-
ton thereof before a City Magistrate,
shall be punishable by fine of not less
than SIS nor more than $50. or by i'm
prsonment in the City Prison, or by
BOTH but no such imprisonment. how
ever, shall exceed a term of ten days.
Section 3--This ordinance shall take
sfsec. immediately.
Adopted by the Board or Aldermen
March IL, 1912.
Approved by the Mayor March Il.
1922.
(signed) RICHARD e. pNrioHr.
"Police Commissioner"
Thomas II. Murphy. Deputy Chief
Inspector OF the Police Department.
when it leaked out that there was doubt
about the ordinance said there could
be no doubt of the authenticity OF the
printed matter received at headquarters
regarding the supposed ordinance. tie
read from what he said was an official
copy of the ordinance, and the wording
matched up with that in the order cir
cularized by the department.
1T came to the Police Department IN
the usual way and through the usual
channels" said Inspector Murphy. Like
any other ordinance which the police
must enforce, it was sent to Police
Headquarters SO that it might be sent TO
all precincts"
Inspector Murphy would not comment
on the fact that Mr.. Collins and others
claimed that they never heard OF the
female smoking ordinance being voted
on.
Mayor Hylan was in Chicago and
could not be reached for nis version
OF how the new law got to be.
Even the boss of the whole Tanrany
works, Charles f. Murphy. said he didn't
know anything about it. TIE NEW YORK
HERALD telephoned him at his country
place at Good Ground. L. l., and gave
INN the first information con. crning the
new enterprise of the Democratic Ad-
r.inistration. ~ know nothing about
the ordinance" said Mr.. Murphy. and
will not comment on 1t until I do know
something about it."
Murray Hubert, President OF the
Board OF Aldermen, agreed with Mr..
Collins and other members OF the board
who were communicated with that no
ouch ordinance ever had passed the
board
Every prominent Democrat commune
Gated with, in office or out, received the
news with a perceptible jolt. No action
of any sort ever taken by the Hylan adj
ministration, 1t was realized, has such
political potentialities as the fotsting or
such law as this upon the city. Not
only would its reaction among the
women voters be tremendous, but 1t was
regarded politically as n deadly offset
to the home rule and personal liberty
propaganda upon which the Hylan pop
ularity has thrived.
The reaction to this revolutionary In
novation was perceptible the moment
the news Of 1t got abroad.
Men both in uniform and plain clothes
from the Mercer street and the West
JenJn street pOllGC SldNlOlIS went LHTOnek
Greenwich Village early last night and
notified proprietors and managers or
restaurants. cafes. dance halls and the
various resorts where temperament and
tobacco are in vogue that they had just
two days to tell their patrons the bad
tidings and comply with the law.
The result of that was that when the
girls OF the Village went to dinner and
dance last night in their favorite haunts
they received the Jolt OF their lives by
cling told not to smoke. Not to smoke
and this right in the heart OF Bo-
lirr1ia and the cradle and last stronghold
cf personal freedomi Incredible
The waiter must be crazy; call the
head waiter
1T is true, madame" said that inn
losing parsonage, and that was followed
~ a demand for the manager and the
proprietor.
That scene was enacted dozens OF
times ia the Village resorts, but always
ended in the fair lady rising and leaving
the place in a huff.
Bottles on the hip and a VIA: OF succor
A. the vanity case, surely, but nary a
cigarette
The village ~ literally UP in arms
noout the matter, and the merry vii
layers were in none too good n hunior
With the Mayor and his administration
anyway-remember how he investign
them and everything last autumn.
While tho hotter and restaurant men
were surprised by the new law most OF
them treated II philosophically, with the
comment that IF It's the law well have
TO obey" Some OF them showed. how
ever. that they were entirely out OF
sympathy with IL and regarded Il as an
unwarranted meddling with their per-
sonal business.
Ridiculous" said Edgar Leney OF the
Vanderbilt Hotel. Women who come to
this hotel are ladies and have as much
right to smoke as has a man. But, II
such an ordinance has been passed we
VIII have to abide by rho law"
Frank Martin OF the Waldorf-Astoria
Faid. as did all the others interviewed,
that he had had no official notification
~ tho ruling OF the Board OF Aldermen
but that IF IL we're true" he would
have to abide By it,
Il. $. Stallings. assistant manager of
the Pennsylvania Hotel, said that for
some time IL has been the policy Of the
management TO forbid women smoking
~ The lobby and on tho first floor bal
comics. lie would not admit, however,
that ~ favored prohibition on wom-
ems smoking in the hotels dining rooms
Iroprictors Of chop suey Joints and
&c the smaller Broadway restaurants
scoffed &C the law as a joke. probably
ITS enforcement would be in their places.