The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1913, Page 4

| PRACTICAL MOTHERS INSPECT ‘ ‘MOVIES’ FOR EVENING WORLD p Se hee of feciaunen\-| * }Visit Seores of Picture tions of Greater City and Report Conditions, as They Found Them, RE RRIR EL fee * Greatly Improved Since é The ing World’sEx- ; Pose of Evils. Fy Majority of Films Shown Are Above Reproach, but Evil Lies in the Ex- elusion of Children, _Who Throng Sidewalks About theShows, Plead With Strange In cordial cooperation with The Bening World's campaign to regu- late the moving picture houses, the Practical Mothers’ Association of Greater New York has conducted a tour of investigation, during which tbe members made personal inspeo- doa of scores of picture shows in every section of the city. Foll reports of this highly interesting and impartial investigation are pub- ‘Mghed in The Evening World to-day, and the results plainly show what has ‘been accomplished by the vigorous hem- -mering for better moving pictures an@ better conditions in the moving picture = ‘Mrs. Harry C. Arthur, founder an@ President of the Practical Mothers’ As- eoctation,.and herself the mother of tee: children, sume up the present situation, public spirited course. @ooD sHows a ree lah TO CHILO! “T myself have Mattos ‘more than atx cational and recreational facilities to our children. that oe of @ome of the houses might be cleaner and better ventilated, nevertheless they are nearly always superior to thelr im- mediate environment. | “The Griffia bill, to'be introduced at Advany this ccesion, is @ perfectly aplendiad tor remedying what ever needs rengent' in connection with the moving plotare industry. It 1s companied — @uardians., The only result of such a regulation ts to teach our ebildren con- tempt for laws that are dead letters, @24 00 tor law in general. “Bvery good purpose will be preserved fey the provisions of the Grimn bill, stipulate for special chikiren's .@iatinees, with’ a matron in attendance. Q8 Gor the films, what the public musi & is to get after the mamufacturer of ‘he suggemive or immoral picture, He fe the real oriminal; not the small show- mas. We've got to spank the right boy {Z-we want to insure good behavior.” ,GROOKLYN HAS SOME EXCEL. 2) LENT PICTURE HOUSES. lore ip Mry. Arthur’ port of some ae Ms Entirely eujtadle and courteous manage- -mmpat. Should ask nothing better tor children. E Atay AUDITORIUM, Fulton street eenting arrangements, which "Qa yor easy escape of audience in cage of fire. Pictures of educations! Value and no rowdles among audience. CARLTON, Flatbush avenue—A deau- | my face tiful new house, seating 60 and comply. ite pertectly with the fire and sanita: nge—A new house, which seats 1,000 and fe.im splendid order which is bound to sense of any child Inte: Has @ fine organ, in music, ‘NOSTRAND, Nostrand avenue—Crowd- @ with children, but all were aecom- panied by adults. High class films and the general conditions good. TOURAINE, Seventh Q, K. Would take my children there. “LINDEN, Flatbush avenue—Seats 1,000 and is ajry, roomy and clean. A good enough of amusement for any |" vail ané pictures all that they should PicTURE SHOW GREAT AGENT ¢ OF MORALITY. ‘Moving pictures on the e t side were tigated by Mrs. Kiizabeth Secretary of the Practical s’ Association and the mother of ehil@ren. Ghe travelled from Park to the Bronx, @he sald: “I have epent three afternoons and @ evenings upon this investigation, I would not have done for any | exoept The Evening World, upon that 1 edt 2 everything would be publish.’ exactly ae we find it. two Chinam large families and the:mothers of many | ! lehildren, know abeqfutely that the gre: est agency for morality that we have to-day is the moe! dren on Sunday ‘and Sundsy gohoolin the afternoon to the movie sistuse ohaw. Consequenily, in order velop the artimic MRS H-C-ARTAUR. f twelve and fourteen ye " rpcateh hold of thelr wo da and # lease, John, take us awe, practical mothers, the heads of | 11/2" rte Chinamen ignored the children eed quietly went on about their bus! ness. Horrible that in the first city of t tern Hemisphere such conditions must permitted because of the ignor- ant pfejudice of fanatics who allow thelr theoretical notions to prevent the practical care of children, THM BAYARD, No. 90 Rowery—Condl- m that if they | 1on® good as to lighting, sanitation; or- "the picture | 4eFly audience. No children in ‘this I'and that it Didce, but crowds of children outside acconting strangers lo be taken in. setter esurchward greatly. | CHILDREN SAVE UP PENNIES TO 1 elie darted SEE SHOW SATURDAY. femove an intel FLORPNCE THEATRE, No. 331 Bow- pe taon Ed i standard in all respects: crowds of children outside. 1 talked to cannot possibly | the children as to how they got nickels mother will to go to moving picture shows. The: other mother | said that they saved thelr pennies pleture houses, aa through the Week un@ went to the pic- ctures induce children! tures on Saturday, Children evidently | af parents in poor station in life, NEW GRAND, Grand treet, near Allen street—An absolute mob of ohil- dren, Man with rattan in hand try- | Ing to drive the children a lcture. My chil- Ing go to church them to church Teepe (mpreased by the con- sequences of ‘@ ‘érime and benefited | protested against him driving the chil- DOWNTOWN THEATR ARE | WELL CONDUC: | ws the law would not let them come in Her detailed report follows nd t! parents tnaisted upon giving | NO... PARK ROW—Well ghted, | them money to come to the pictures and] { weil ventilated, perfect order. would not come themselves, General Posters | | lighting, ve o outside advertising show within truth: | gone ige® Jnside as to lating, venttla Orchard— tub. ‘NO lildren arount place, prob-| "GRAND STREET, near ably because place is in the business! Crowds of children, same as everywhere, section; opposite new Municipal Bulld-| demanding admittance. General san’ ing. Audience consisted of % per vent.! tary conditions much better than sur- men, Would say this place ts O, K, — )Toundings outside, HDG THATRE, No, 116 Park) GRGND STREET, near Nortolk atrect Row--Posters truthful, ventilation and] ~CPIQTON COUTT. Clinton utreet-— lighting a Place clean, picture on} Retter than environment screen showing repentance and remorse | sanitation, Evide of street woman, Tho piano played a| entirely of foreigners, ao} Roman Catholic hymn. I noticed three] dren outside, same as usual. men visibly affected, one moved to teats; firmly believe that man went out BW PLAZA, touched wit! remorse for a wasted life. THE VENICE, No. & Park Row About thirty children ov everybody to take them !n, nditions good. working peo- NO. 15 CHATHAM SQUARE-—Posters| ple. In this house the rapt expression splendid and truthful; show good, no] as they looked at the screen particularly bad or immoral films whatever. General] noticeable. Conditions could not be better. Many} THE NOVELTY, Rowery, near children accosting everybody for admit-| ington street—Only nine children outside tange; Same always, of this house seeking admission. As to NO. 6 CHATHAM SQUARE — This| sinitation, pictures and all other tea- @ corresponds with the rest of the] tures, up to standard. horhood. At this point, tomy hor-| THK COMEDY—Conditions fine; no For. I saw two girls, between the a children, —_—_—_—_—_—_——_=_=_=_—_—_—_—_— HOW | CURED MY SUPERFLUOUS HAIR A Friendly Scientist Showed Me How to Cure It Forever: - | WILL TELL YOU FREE HOW TO CUR. YOURS AT HOME, JUST AS EASY. ehil- Order Delancey at near Essex atreot—Crowd of children outal acconting General Crowd evi- Fourteenth atreet, be- Ft Aes i a Biasoas an One aolid ,onk Side mirror, of 1 banda ier Mae a 1 Bitches Ci \ Kia! Chale, 10 panda Gultloth 20 want every’ other sufferer tn know about it, Tt worked. eu: S. E.. COR. 124th St. A 3d AVE., NCW YORK Puckgrdieh 4 ‘ul we and advice oy re Note: | om eel! aT: a et do as | say. y above shows lady THE “EVENING “WORLD, rire Third and Fourt ence % per cent. men entldren, tneid et, orderly, Unhets act er rything at to sanitation, 6, very good. THE STAR, No. 1% Third avenue Mob of onlldren, out of fang box office, aceosting men | and womery to get In. ‘the jaw being | rigidly enforce@: A,woman told me th: it week, while an Officer was dri women, politely ventilation, ly owses2. accidentally run down by truck. woman sald ; she when she! wanted to go shopping, tad been in the habit of putting oe. eyneret (n pieture | houses until she ca houge to leave them with ‘to leaye them alone for play with matches and but aince the law was nm up in a room when she to the store or.merket. This the repented. She said she had been accustomed to leaving the children tn moving picture houses for over two years, ami thought them safe there. | Audience in this place 76 per cent. men, balance consisted of women and chil- dren, Place well lighted, well venti- lated; good music, good pictures. THIRD AVENUE, NEAR TWENTY- | SIXTH STREWT—Crowd of children outside; did not go in, a» was pressed for time, but outside conditions, except for children around door, O. K. i} THIRD AVENUE, NEAR TWENTY- | NINTH STREET—Crowa of children | got in conversation with a/ said moving pictures we the finei ings ever invented, as th kept her husband out of the back room | of the saloon on Sunday and evenings, as he took herself and the children to pictures and was always too Ured Joon afterward, LA BELLA SORENTO, Thompson street—Crowds of dhildren | outside. As a practical woman, I ca: Not nee the difference between children | standing outside of moving pictures a! inside. In fact, I would much pref the latter fcr my children. Pictu 004, Ventilation and sanitary conditions good; order perfect; place well Hghted, | BLEPCKER THEATRE, No, 17 / B et--Crowd of children out: 1al, Conditions good. CASTLE, No. 152 Bleecker street —Crowd of children in this place act! _¥R IDAY, “JANUARY 1%, irunken parents than they ever pos- ce very off ager stand! every woinan { ing in was hers; the wome: ably vaying west that they were not all bis. not blame the mana, je back, as whe had | the same a elght I do not really ere how it could be| its recommendations to the manutactas @ man on the shoulder and polat to the | to p: | pictureseare on the scr A girl on the other side of the aisie had probably ‘attracted the man's attention. I think ohildren in any house whi riaintained Bi manager. y | yorty-niath Conditions good as to Ughting, sanita-; THE GOLDUN GATE, y. 7% THIRD AVENUE—Every-|Many children, eplendid. BRONX LYCEUM, No. 481 Wilit the operator as he left the booth after thes performance, to let me seo tho inside of the picture between performance: booth he consulted the manager, who|dafly with disinfectants. told him to do a0. anism of the machine, showed water and| by police that sand pails, showed how audience fs pro-| but ted by any possible danger of fire from | observation. the picture mach! bi As inteliigent ‘one, can ui derstand why panic in any five-cent ptcture|diately admonished by the house in New York City, FIRST AVENU: ally reaching Into the street. Did not 69 in because the children pounced on me) to be taken in and I was glad to turn | and go away to get away from them. | CHILOREN DRIVEN AWAY FROM PICTURE SHOW. NO, 12% SECOND AVENUE—Crowd of children outside. I did not go in, but of building up to standard. 004. SECOND AVENUE—Condl- splendid; usual crowd of young- TENTH rowd of propri- etor and cashier to'be allowed in, The Policeman on tha corner did not bother his head to make the children go away until he saw me questioning the chil- dren, then he very busily started driving the child: I asked if he did not think the children’s bill would be A good thing for children down here and he answer ‘he kids down here are @ hard pune Then he started to tell me how bad conditions were. I asked him if he id not think that children learned more harm and vice from PARTOLA PUTS AN END TO CONSTIPATION THE PBERLESS, Thirty-eighth aj avenue—Everythin; J.N. Whal | Moving Pictures, | houses on the upper west side. 1018. “ to pay fifty ents they would home. “One point T want to make about the moving p that their bark ite. In other word conditions outside are NINTIL AVENL th le oft outside avcomtin e pictures Outside demanding | hardly the fault of the showrmen, the child she was| they have to take what posters the manovfacturers offer them. i hown within, ‘This ‘One of your business had Mabel tne prosecutions t all 1 40 s ould besin with the manufacturer, in and doubting his statement as i e National appeared to be pretty nearly CRE ai aes 8 and + and as the mother of| recommend, it has no power to enforce Ths discussion between the| rers. 1 enyeelf have known of severa} two grew so hot that I left without| instances where the board's decision tn fea igen seeing the finish. OPERATOR'S PRECAUTION GIVE was ignored by the manufacturer. FIRE PROTECTION. GEM ‘THEATRI Forty-ninth street—W did order, audieni and their familt clase theatre was there a better con ducted audionce; | ticed the manager of the house touch regard to necessary changes in the films “IL belleve that the passage of ti One Hundred ana 1 will do much to elimi: at the special matinee: out much more easily imple them down. be easy for the matron gentlemanly. I no- I overheard him ane children in Ishborhood. “T have @ reputation on the Censor- ip Board for my strictness in judge- ing ? aims. But in this investigation for The Evening World I have examined forty-five filme in three days, ai |baven't found one in any house to bi "ARIE, One Hundred and | condemned. Feet and Bergen avenue—| ‘This is Mra. Whaley's report: Audience very order ventilation; but all accompant and & most gentiemanly person inl’ music. Plenty of ex! janger of fire. PLBASURE E PALAGE, No, 4. Mane Well ventilated. Aired | (4p, and washel up! four to: Front 400r8 | you ea: He explained mech-|and two exits in back also. Was told | yy, was pretty bad, street—Fine Upon requesting him |hattan atr 10, 283 BIGHTH AVENUE—In good xcept that I did observe ae man imme- if all operators never bdeen| spitting on the floor. He wa © AND BIXTY-THIRD | One Hundred and|STROOT—The floor in thie place was near Alexander |dirty, although when children with bags K. nuts are frequent visitors one ‘of Censorship of|time, But I cautioned the proprietor, | All investigated many|and he seemed eager to do all he could | th to improve the condition of affairs. ND AVENUE AND SIXT 50 SUITS, in plain tailored and trimmed effects; navy, values $22.50 to $45.00, at 45 LEFT-OVER SUITS, values to Gal 50, to close out at, eac! ALTERATIONS FREE. 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