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Show 'NOODLE JOINTS' ARE NOT SO WICKED j SPOKANE, Wash, Nov 8 Com-; I mlssloner of Public Safety Maurice. Smith, while commending as a whOW I the report of the commltteo that ln- vestlgated alleged juvenile delinquency among school children here recently.! I does not agree sifh Its conclusions as to the need for suppressing dances In noodle parlors or tho necessity for closing such places, whether they permit dancing or not, at midnight. Mrs. J. H. Tilsley, police womae having supervision over dance says the noodle parlor dances are conducted con-ducted along proper lines and that no trouble haa been given her In thc-so places. "The. name, 'noodle joint,' no doubt; creates a bad Impression In the minds of Borne people." said Commissioner Smith "But there arc waffle joint, tamale parlors, hill palaces and other places that specialize In certain kinds of foods and we cannot forbid thorn to operate because of the name. "We have had no complaints from noodle- parlors that carry Oil dancing with meals, and so far ;s v. are informed in-formed the pine M are operated In ac-' cordance with The law. Dance.i at; roodle parlors hero close at midnight, the name as do other public dances. "AM to the suggestion of tho committee com-mittee that we c'ose the noodle cafes at midnight, thai would be rtlfMeult' to curry out A noodle eafe. serving. 1 D y fo..d. h is the same riicht to I open all night as any ertber restaurant." restau-rant." i |