CURFEW TO RING AT THE HIP.
Every Night the Bell Will Sound
at 10 for the Youngsters.
At the Hippodrome next Sunday night Kansas City's only curfew bell will ring for the first time. The Hippodrome's curfew will ring promptly at 10 o'clock and each night thereafter at the very same hour and when it does every boy and girl under the age of 16 years must leave for home. The "skidoo rule" will be imperative.
"The Hippodrome management is acting in self-defense," says its press agent. "It has been brought to the attention of the management that quite a number of Kansas City's young folk who stay out too late at night have a habit of blaming on the Hippodrome. The Hip pleads not guilty, but heretofore it has not been possible to make its plea effective. Angry parents have murmured something on the order of 'Tell it to the marines,' etc. The curfew bell is to solve the problem. When it rings every boy and girl under the age of 16 must start for home, they must leave the Hippodrome, anyhow. If they don't, they will be asked to leave, then if they hesitate, the Hippodrome's guardian of the peace and enforcer of law and order will make his order compulsory."
The big bell is now being installed, and the initial curfew is scheduled for the Sabbath.
