Gloucester Section 
NORTH . 
SHORE 
GLOUCESTER OFFICE, 
207 BRADFORD BUILDING 
BREEZE 
L. F. WILLIAMS, MANAGER 
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“5 
SUNDAY SHEERS 
The question which at the pr resent. 
time appears to be of the greatest 
interest to Gloucester, with the ex- 
eoption of the placing of fish on the 
free list. is the opening of the thea- 
tres on Sunday. There has been a 
lively agitation of the matter for the 
past two or three weeks and many 
protests have been made by _ those 
who believe Sunday should be ob- 
served as a day sacred to the teach- 
ings and example of the Master, who 
commanded us to ‘‘keep Holy the 
Seventh Day.’’ 
In the ehurches last- Sunday, the 
ministers requested those .who,..be- 
lieve in a close observance of Sun- 
day to make known their sentiments 
to the Municipal Council regarding 
the opening of theatres on Sunday, 
)) for six months or a trial 
_1eipality 
mibsexin tion for three months for 50: 
and prpstelie investments. =.“ 
and to protest against the issuance 
of any further permits. It is. quite 
likely ‘that this will result in‘ a de: 
luge of remonstrance that will have 
an effect upon the minds of those 
aldermen*who have been responsible ° 
for the granting of the Sunday per- 
mits. 
Lhe “question is,, however, a broad 
ove, and.advocates of Sunday shows 
appear to be no less numerous than 
those:-who are opposed to them, al- 
though, as is -quite natural-they have 
not. been. so active and conspicuous 
as the opponents of Sunday theatres. 
It is a matter that: has:to be met 
and decided by each separate mun- 
and.the manner of its settle- 
ment depends almost entirely upon 
public sentiment.: Here. in. Glouces- 
ter we-have ‘been without Sunday 
theatres far several. years, and the 
recent opening has seemed to many 
an undesirable. innovation, but the 
true way to decide the matter is by 
a test. of pubhe opinion... 
timent jis decidedly against Sunday 
- opening then the council as the rep- 
resentatives of the people, should ac- 
ceptthe verdict, and no matter what 
» their . ‘private desires ini.the matter. 
»may be, should refuse further per- 
On the;other hand if the peo- 
mits: 
perform- 
ple really: want. .Sunday 
anges: at the theatres, they can, very. 
easily make known their desire to 
the council. and*in that way relieve 
that august body from the some- 
what é¢fbarrassing situation that 
now confronts it. . 
* Candlemas Day. - 
Not much importance is attached 
in these times to the coming and go- 
‘ing of) Candlemas dayf in -fact few 
people ever call it by that name now, 
‘and if it is referred to at all it is 
generally called ‘‘Ground Hog Day’”’ 
which, by the way, has no reference 
to Candlemas day. 
‘ye esterday was Cannes ane and 
its chief interest, lies in-the fact. that 
it marks the half-way point in the 
passage of .winter. 
the last half and spring is not many 
 weeks*away wwhich “is: probably a. 
fortunate thing for most of us, as 
we call to mind an old rhyme about 
Candlemas day, the last two lines of 
Ww high, ran: 
If the. sen- 
We are now on . 
‘“‘Half the coal and half the hay 
And half the winter has passed 
away.’ 
A good many bins are doubtless 
more than half empty and the own- 
ers are praying hard that the last 
half of winter may be as mild as the 
first half was. 
February 2nd, was also ealled 
‘‘Ground Hog’’ day beeause of the 
legend that the ground hog who re- 
_ tires to his winter quarters in the fall 
wakes up on the mid-winter day 
long enough to sally forth and size 
up the prospects for spring. If he 
can see his shadow on the ground he 
turns back for another long. sleep, 
satisfied that spring is still far off, 
while if the weather is cloudy or 
stormy and he cannot see his shadow 
he accepts the conditions as a sign 
of an early spring and brings his 
long winter sleep to an end. 
Moth Suppression Appropriation. 
Alderman Barrett has introduced 
an order appropriating $2500 to be 
used in conjunction with an equal 
amount to be raised by the state 
and $2000 by Col. William D. Sohier, 
_ for suppression of moths on the 
North Shore, per recent letter of 
Col. Sohier taken from the table and 
adopted. Alderman Merchant said 
~-he realized the moth situation fully, 
and.what Alderman Barrett was up 
against in coping with the pest. He 
would vote for the order but advo- 
cated that his order for a power 
spraying machine be taken up also, 
as he believed both should be dis- 
posed of together. The conditions 
of last summer, when the elm tree 
beetle was creating havoc, had proy- 
en the necessity of such a machine, 
as would be again realized when 
next August came. Alderman Bar- 
rett and the members agreed as to 
the value of a sprayer, but felt they 
-could not afford one at the present 
time. 
Are you really in the harness for 
business now? -Many folks are. 
Buckle the straps good, tuek in the 
ends and let the other fellow do the ~ 
kicking. Keep your own legs inside 
the traces and pull true all the 
time. 
