Show ANCIENT BLUE LAW LAIN REVIVED IN NEW El YORK All Forms of Public Amusement Prohibited Under Recent De Decision Decision Decision of Justice ustice OGorman POLICE INSPECTORS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS I Y V M C A ENTERTAINMENTS AND A SYMPHONY CONCERTS ON LEVEL WITH SCENT SHOW Now York Dec Dee 7 A blue Sunday Sundae is ts promised New York rork tomorrow A literal enforcement of an old but not I seriously se regarded statute 1 under a new interpretation will deprive Now New ew Yorks millions of any form of f public enter entertainment entertainment entertainment for tor four hours at least and perhaps or many ot er Sun Sundays Sundays Sundays days to come Orders for a strict en enforcement enforcement enforcement of ot Justice re recent reCE recent cent CE nt decision in regard to the closing of all places of amusement on the Sab Sabbath Sabbath Sabbath bath were Issued today by Police Pollee Com Corn Commissioner Commissioner missioner Bingham Commissioner orders to eighteen inspectors call for a rigid en enforcement enforcement of the law and clamps the cover of strict suppression on all forms of amusement nt from vaudeville to the Sunday evening entertainments of the theY theY theT Y T M C A The commissioner informed the inspectors that the Sunday closing law covers everything from the sym symphony Symphony symphony phony concerts at Carnegie Carnegia hall to the nt vaudeville shows and that any attempt to evade the statute must be met with arrest Promised to Obey Theatrical managers and showmen stated today that they propose to obey the mandate of the law believing they say that its strict enforcement will do more than anything else to effect its modification or repeal at the coming I session of ot the legislature The only 1 places in Greater New York where bright lights will shine and wheezy pi pianos pianos anos beat out a defiance to the police wilt will be In Brooklyn The managers of ot five shows and a skatIng skatIng skatIng Ing rink have secured temporary In Injunctions Injunctions Injunctions junctions restraining the police from interfering with them tomorrow and Commissioner Bingham told the Brooklyn inspector that the injunctions must be obeyed Commissioner Bingham in delivering j jorder order prohibited everything in I ef of a L performance or entertainment sail anil that the rule extended to dancing academies and to dance halts halls The I said to the inspectors Includes the Y V M C A Now that Order and that decision dison means simply the stopping of any pub public public lic lie entertainment or performance of any character in a place of ot public amusement on Sunday All AU perform performances performances performances ances of any character in a place of ot public amusement ls Is s the way the de do decision decision reads Now that covers Car Carnegie Carnegie Carnegie negie hall as well as M s the 1 i and vaudeville and shows It covers roller skating and it covers benefits The Y M II C A entertain entertainments entertainments entertainments ments on Sunday nights are perform performances ances in public places and while they are run for the purpose of getting boys and young men off the streets under the decision It is no go It cuts out the educational alliance with their little arrangement that goes on Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day nights because it is a place of public amusement Delay in Start of Race Commissioner Bingham said the music in hotels and restaurants was not to be disturbed He said Slid that the law was to be enforced on the outskirts of the city where it has been the tha custom to play football and other outdoor games The bicycle race which was scheduled to start at midnight tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row will not commence until 1 and the doors of Madison Square Gar Garden Garden Garden den will wm not open until after midnight The Sunday closing law has been long on the statute books and bitter and wide have been the contentions over its interpretations The police pollee have never nevor been quite certain how far they might proceed in closing the vari various various van vanous ous forms of entertainments though it was generally held that performances In which the actors and actresses ap Continued on Page 2 ANCIENT BLUE LAW REVIVED IN NEW YORK Continued from Page 1 In costume were within the meaning of ot the statute and should not be permitted |