New Britain herald., 1922-03-04

Is not properly executed, when 1t i.
 made an excuse for vulgar alfl often. sive conduct, If is the prevalence oi the latter phase which the writer is
 attempting to drive home.
 From time immemorial there were
 young men and women pointed out al
 public dance halls as "toughs" who
 apparently were careless about de-
 serving the respect of their fellow hu-
 mans. It seems that someone waa
 always being held up as horrible
 example, and perhaps deserved such
 treatment. Today there are in dance
 halls in every city frequcnters whose Itrespasses against society have brought down upon their heads the l just censure of others who like clean
 dancing and who realize that their
 chance of enjoying any dancing at all
 is being imperiled.
 Some measures should be taken to
 enforce the rule of good department l in public. It is obvious that many
 parents either are blind to the pit falls or are indifferent to their chil- dren's future The same female of- lenders are seen at nearly every hall which has a 'reputation' for per-
 hitting licentious actions Some. of
 them are barely past childhood. Their
 hair is bohbed their cheeks are smeared with paint, their skirts fall
 only to their knees and they are so
 completely under the lure of the dance hall that their. poor, puny
 brains .think-if they think at all-- that there isnothing higher in life
 than fox trotting.
 These children should be protected home influences and environment, they must be taught that they can- not longer outrage public feelings. And the only way to prevent them from continuing along the path that in the end is paved with thorns may be to censor dancing to which the general public is admitted. It is we'll within the power of the police to do this, the Observer believes. If the police know that the moral code is being violated they have the author ity to step in. Any argument against that is indefensible. Such being the case, the police can interfere when they see vulgar dancing, and they can see it frequently by stopping at some of the dance halls on their beats.
 Unless the evil is corrected by young men and women themselves, a censorship is just as certain as sun- rise. This would be distasteful to the average person, but it is sure to be a 1nJr n1SY ,f r,{f ,l, Conditions cannot continue as they, are. Whether the offenders come to their senses or it is necessary to have a censorship, depends entirely upon those same offenders. Either one or the other is certain to come.
 Perhaps, before adopting the cen- sorship. plan, it might be well to ex- pertinent with less drastic regulations. All public dances in the city could be police, who could issue licenses for ! conducting dances and who would ! hold to strict accountability the men i or women to whom the licenses were issued. Upon evidence of the police man on whose beat the hall is To- cated that rules of good conduct were being flagrantly violated, the holder | of the license would be barred from securing another permit for year. There are, no doubt, ways by which | .he law could be evaded, but that is made simply to furnish Tn idea around which more stable re- ;trictions can be constructed.
 Another way of reaching the evil would be to hold owners of dance lal property responsible for the standards observed at dances Upon proper evidence being presented that Offensive dancing was the rule rather han the exception, the police could close the hall for period which would sufficiently punish the owner of he property and which would make Jim exercise caution before renting if lgain.
 Regulation should begin in the lome, but as it is found there no onger the strong arm of society must 10 it's part.
 It is pleasure to volunteer SUD- port of the appeal which has been ent out in behalf of the New Britain