Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-24 | Page 11 | Solemn Park Board Prohibits Word 'Boo'

SOLEMN PARK BOARD PROHIBITS WORD BOO BOON N New v. e York Visitors Must Get Permission to Carry Posies By DALE HARRISON NEW YORK Lovers CAP AP Lovers of liberty and freedom of speech ran into a few tew Monday that sent them staggering to the medicine cabinet for tor the smelling salts The new dont solemnly presented by the park commission Is this Dont Don't sa say boo at a bird or an ani animal mal mal malThIs ThIs gem of legislation was one of ofa a great many taboos listed by the I commission lon in a codification of ordinances nances rules and regulations which It will file flIe with the city clerk tomor tomor 1 I row Students of wild life lite In the big city pointed out t today day that many animals have very sensitive nervous systems A boo is apt to upset an anteater ant ant- eater cater for tor example for the entire da day so that he may be unable to eat a n single ant The gross groM cruelty of booIng booing boo boorn ing tag an elephant or a lion is Ls apparent to the amateur With the booing privilege thus denied de dc- dc nied them frequenters of parks park began began besan be be- gan san reading up lip on the rules to see sec ee what else the they couldn't do Each time they read a rule they took another deep inhale of the smelling salts They found for instance that it is Illegal megal to bring a flower or a bouquet into any park or parkway The rule makers relented a bit here however adding tho the proviso that one might bring a 1 flower Into the park by getting get getting ting a permit A citizen feeling an urge to carry a flower Into the park could go downtown and get a permit permit per per- r mit mil and could probably get back to the park the same day While getting the flower permit the citizen might as well get a permit permit per per- mit a also o to walk on the grass as this nefarious practice is u forbidden unless s duly authorized in writing One may take a newspaper or magazine mag mn- name azine into the park park but but only for reading purposes To sit on it is against the law There is a rule also that prescribes S the he playing of or any musical ment and so far tar this has successfully successful prevented ambitious musicians from irom going to the parks J and practicing on their pipe organs