Public Dance Halls Examined By New York Clubs
A report by the Women’s City Club advisory dance hall committee and the city recreation committee led by Mrs Henry Moskowitz analyzes New York dance halls including licensed venues, Broadway palaces, rented and closed halls. It notes high attendance and spending, rampant exploitation in paid patronage, and warns nearly 500 000 residents must resist living outside their homes. The study condemns open halls as vulgar and debasing while noting club venues attract a more respectable crowd despite issues such as horseplay and lack of restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s City Club
City Recreation Committee
Henry Moskowitz
Maria Ward Lambin
New York
Manhattan
York
Rhode Island Senate Turmoil Ends with Republican Rout
Rhode Island politics after a two year struggle shows the Democratic attack ended by a November 4 rout. Filibusters and gas bomb scares marked sessions with long hours and tensed crowds. Republican senators faced upheaval while legislative stalled for years, culminating in a dramatic end to the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I
Rhode Island
Senate
Massachusetts
Arthur A. Sherman
Absentee Senators Return to Providence for 1925 Assembly
The piece recalls a 1924 political crisis where 16 Democrats opposed a constitutional convention while Lieut. Gov. Toupin presided. A gas bomb inquiry failed, indictments for conspiracy were dismissed, and Republican senators fled June 20, leaving the senate powerless. One died in exile. eleven absentees sought and won reelection for 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G
MccMeehan
Frederick B. Cole
Felix A. Toupin
Senate
Providence
Preservation drive aims to save the John Schenck homestead
Brooklyn and city historians rally to acquire the John Schenck house on Mill Island Jamaica Bay for preservation. Built ca 1656 to 1660 by Jan Martense Schenck Van Nydeck, it is cited as New York state’s oldest habitable structure. Capt. John Schenck lineage and Revolutionary War events add historic weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booklyn
N. Y
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Dyckman
Broadway
Two Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street
Lefferts
Flatbush
Prospect Park
Schenck
New York State
Jan Martense Schenck van Nydeck
America
Amersfoort
Holland
Martin Janse Schenck
Dominie Lupardius
John Schenck
Long Island
William Marriner
New Jersey
Chicago Aims at World’s Largest Agriculture Center
Chicago plans a $30 million American Agricultural Society building on a five acre site near the Michigan Avenue bridge. The structure includes a 20 000 to 25 000 seat convention hall a 3 500 room hotel rail air rights and a 700 foot tower with wireless station aiming for completion by May 1 1927 led by Gov Frank C Lowden and associates including William Wrigley Jr Robert W Stewart and Lawrence Whiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicago
Windy City
American Agricultural Society
Chicago
Middle West
Michigan Avenue Bridge
Paris
American Farm Bureau Federation
America
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Midwest
William Wrigley, Jr
Robert W. Stewart
Lawrence Whiting
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Illinois Central
New York Central
Illinois Central Electric
East Bridge Plaza
Boul Midh
Furniture Mart
Lingerie Styles Highlight Silk Shirts and Spring Knits
A lingerie showcase emphasizes silk and linen undergarments with soft pastels and white embroidery. Descriptions cover silk sweaters with metal threads, plaid effects, jacquard pastels, and knits with lace trims. Fashion notes note resort wear and home sewing for spring wardrobes led by Julia Bottomley.
The Great Question of Getting Mankind to Improve Itself
A speaker argues public enlightenment costs and effort, noting that words fail to move the masses. He cites health education, long life, and tuberculosis prevention as examples where genuine change requires demonstration and external support rather thanWords alone. He asks how to inspire true self-improvement.
Your Film Makers Lack Self Control Say Critics
A critic condemns American cinema for errors in judgment overdone acting, makeups, costly effects, and vulgar subtitles. The piece praises Chaplin and Harold Lloyd as rare exceptions showing restraint and skill, arguing film studios misbehave with public liberties and lavish spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
The Men of the Future Will Know Too Much to Laugh
An essay argues laughter declines as society advances with rising intelligence. Humans laugh from inequality and incongruity, yet pacifism and other movements may erase tears. The piece traces humor from Columbus and Galileo to Einstein and Freud, noting jokes are kept alive by professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Galileo
Einstein
Freud
Shakespeare
Ibsen
Mountain Climbing Risks Versus Street Safety Examineed
The author argues safety depends on self control and group discipline. In mountains danger comes from the climber, not crowds, and the key is to stay calm and follow orders, especially avoiding greenhorns who panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenderfoot
Such a Heaven Is Unthinkable My Happiness Is in Pleasurable Activity
The dying man rejects idle rest and envisions happiness as productive work. He argues against institutional Christianity and envisions a new religion favoring love, reverence, and cooperative goodwill. He foresees sainthood based on novel grounds and a shift from ancestor worship to gratitude toward preceding generations.
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Gotham
Capitol of Agriculture
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Elihu Root
Milbank Memorial Fund
G. B. Shaw
Harper’s Magazine
Charles G. Shaw
New York University
Carl Blaurock
Colorado Mountain Club
C. W. Eliot
Harvard University
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