[I kind of love Mrs. Blanket.] Baltimore Sun Aug 17 1919 SHOCKED BY HER DANCES Belnord Avenue Folk Hale Mrs. Blanket to Court Again HER MUSIC BOX A TORMENT Neighbors Say her Polish Records and Rhythmic Street Exhibitions are Too Much - ThreadSky

iannagoski.bsky.social • 19 days ago

[I kind of love Mrs. Blanket.]

Baltimore Sun Aug 17 1919
SHOCKED BY HER DANCES
Belnord Avenue Folk Hale Mrs. Blanket to Court Again
HER MUSIC BOX A TORMENT
Neighbors Say her Polish Records and Rhythmic Street Exhibitions are Too Much

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iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

That a very lusty gramophone grinding out Polish music 15 hours a day without regard for union hours does not appeal to the aesthetic temperament of the neighborhood was evidenced yesterday when Mrs. Theresa Blanket of 535 South Belnord avenue was arraigned before Magistrate Gerecht …

iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

…in the Eastern Police Station and was confronted by several score of her neighbors, who testified that she even starts the music box before she opens the shutters in the morning.

In view of the fact that Mrs. Blanket has been responsible apparently for the continuous turmoil …

iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

…having been in court fully a half-dozen times, Magistrate Gerecht directed her to the respect union hours. On the condition that she would not serenade the neighborhood before 10 o’clock in the morning or later than 10 in the evening, and conduct herself better , he released her…

iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

…with the understanding that the very next complaint will result in her signing a peace bond for $500.

Mrs. Minnie Fraley, 533 South Belnord avenue, said she and her convalescent husband had to take refuge in the park during Mrs. Blankets’s graphophone recitals…

iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

She said she had no objections to music, but that the discordant noises of that graphophone sounded more like a “gang of dogs barking for their breakfast” than anything else. In addition, said Mrs. Fraley, Mrs. Blanket dances about the house, making more noise than a couple sledgehammers.

iannagoski.bsky.social•19 days ago

And when Mrs. Blanket tires of her music box she parades the center of the street like a dancing dervish, attired in nothing but a nightgown, according to Mrs. Catherine Stilton, 529 South Belnord avenue.

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