Sunday Theater Injunction in Wichita
A temporary injunction "restraining the city of Wichita, Kan., chief of police Cubbon, Police Judge Hawks, and the officers, from arresting them and putting them in jail for running their theater on Sunday," was recently obtained by the Bijou Theater Company. It seems that observance of the Sunday law has been enforced against theatrical performances in Wichita hitherto. One Sunday just before a street fair opened three years ago, two local theaters were opened for an evening performance, but the chief of police sent the patrol wagon and an officer to each place and the two managers were arrested and fined $100. Since then there has been no attempt to give performances on Sunday in any of the Wichita houses.