New Britain herald., 1922-09-18
WANT CITY SHOWN GREATER RESPECT C. of C. Directors Object to
 Stock Jokes in TheaterS ACTION TAKEN AT LUNCHEON
Vote Unanimously to Ask Proprietors of Showhouses to Caution Perform CTS Against Objectionable Re- marks.

Jokes on local vaudeville stages which reflect upon the character of the city, its police and other depart drowned upon by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, so severely that letter of protest will be sent to the theatrical managers asking that this practice be dispensed with hence forth.
 Mir. Dyson Opens Discussion The matter was brought to the at- tention of the board officially by George H. Dyson, although 1t has been brought to the notice of various directors before. MT. Dyson reported a case of a man who desired 70 set- tie in this city who went to a local theater and received a mistaken inn pression of the city because of certain jokes cracked" on the stage.
 He said the trouble is not confined to any one stage but occurs occasion ally in all local theaters. the same jokes, being adapted to local condl- tions which are heard in all towns and cities where the theater manage ment will permit it.
 Mir Dyson and other directors in- vestigated the rumors and found thar jokes were being cracked about the character of the members of the police department about various races of people in the city. and other things which, "A man who thinks anything of his home city cannot stand"
 Mr. Dyson also added that it was Ia bad example to local young peo- pie to hear their police department ridiculed by actors in theaters. Miss Curtin On the Job.
 Tn the absence of Secretary Ray L. Maxim, who is confined to his home with illness, Miss Mary E. Curtin, as- sistant executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who was present at the regular Monday lunch con today, was instructed to write a letter to the local theater men asking them to have their actors cease mak- ing statement derogatory to the police department and the city as a whole.
 Unclean Streets
 Another matter which came up for discussion at the same session was that of unclean streets on Sunday mornings. It was reported that for mer governor of a nearby state, visit ing here one Sunday recently, noticed unclean conditions of Main street. which struck him SO forcibly that he asked if New Britain did not have street cleaning department.
 Miss Curtin was instructed to ask the department of public works if 1t would be possible to clean Main stree, from Franklin Square to East Main street every Saturday night.
 A report was received from Secre- tary Maxim of Hartford man who wants to get out business directory of New Britain. The Chamber does not approve of his proposition, af- though no vote was taken.
 A report was read by President John c. Loomis, from the hotel com mittee. Mir. Loomis reported that a hotel campaign headquarters had been opened and preliminary work was going along as per schedule. The hotel organization is almost complete | and the list of officers will be ready | for publication by the end of this week
 While no names are available at | this time, it is understood that the list of officers and directors is headed | by the most prominent manufactur- CTS and businessmen in the city. The seems to be meeting with considerable enthusiasm
 It is understood also that a suitable name is under consideration but has not as yet been decided upon. A meeting of the proposed hotel cor poration will be held later on in the week