PICTURE SHOWS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15603, 30 May 1916, Page 8

PICTURE SHOWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE rilESS.''Jw' Sir,—Probably as the result of ter from me (suppressed by thcjjfe torial wisdom), you have to-day a and-water protest on the subject picture shows. You base your merely on the financial aspect of/thawSf; 6hows. It is true that these mostly the property of men alreii<lj;'«(jf wealthy that they had to build their surplus money, are gathering'in{what should be the savings of tlie. W' tion, and that for that' reason should be at once imposed. But, mora"' than this. I assert tuafc gh^i<^iy c asd|> mentally they are poisoning our young] : - people. Our children, the- bdfctassecf' tnat a nation can have;, are mentally and physically degenerated in consequence. Do you .know that 'wholo families—father, mother, numbers of children, down' to • in the perambulator—attend these j stuffy, dark, germ-laden places at. any/; time up till 10 o'clock at night? Have J you ever been in the Square or street at 9.15 p.m., and seen the litj|f§ bits of children, often alone, walkinjK|| home ofter one of tnese: Bbows?;w££ you know that an atmosphere broattel|| and re-breathed by a crowded .audiewSr for 10 or 12 hours is bound to be fife of organic material? Do you towfe; that such an atmosphere, givendas|< ness, is likely to be much .Bißrts, unhealthy? Do you know ■■SmM the germs of measles, 6carl»t®|| spinal meningitis, infantile paralyflfost and many other fatal diseases are|el|f likely to be present under tions? Do you know that washingjsfe (floor with an antiseptic and the air would have little or no on such germs? Do you know;that young, growing brain requires rest;#® stimulation? Do you know that WM developing lung requires fresh and I #® exhausted air? Do you know thareM cliild's monils require good exanjpfe®!? and not bad? Of course, you kn<w||j||| these things. Why, then, do you tate—why not cover yourself and incidentally do some real drawing public attention to one -.of grossest and most dangerous evjMo» : . the present day. Ask for protecting**' ciiilciren I The drink curse is more dangerous, more product! moral degeneration than this,/.(ST dren steal to get the money even worse happens. Is it not tiffw*/ I asked you before, that MgKf. started a crusade to lessen And, while we are about it, whyw!fW*j; we allow entertainment-mongers ploit us at present? Why shoaffiy 1 the Government forbid the of Tom. Dick, and Harry, here and carry anav the money J*r, shall need before another twelvenJOtgSf ~ ; have passed ? Is there not, Sir,*®®*? slight justice in what I say that lead evon 'an editor to lend a y pen?-™,. etc., >' May 29th. • ! [It is not surprising that the autb©s«'j this fiery outburst considers own remarks "milk and wa ~s'i» Those remarks, wo need say. were not the result of, letter from our correspondent, were merely following in the tin j of several previous articles in > Press" on tho same subject. 'V~ though we think our <' orreß - dent's strictures are exaggera »j we agree that the practice oTt«: ing very young times babies in arms—to w shows is little short of criminal. Ed. "The Press."] ! . !