The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-21

we can ho7o e dc, perhaps is to ooofas it
within limits ard keep it out Of eight, like thO
filth which Hovt through or sewers. 20 that it
shall not faint tho al, brecdiog corruption and
injecting thu entire ccmmunity. Bu, tui.
| much, at least We have right O. ak Of tb ,sc
authorities 'or vtcse support We boar such
heavy tu' 'oos of tsxat,'n
W. can scarcely content oursslvc7 hovsvcs.
| with spi-mcdic ar' occasional ci.rlsyauf ici
| yi'y Oh tie part 4 co.. municipal ,fIir-ts that
arc 30 far from ;ls steal son rd ard supsrvi
sion which 'ho Evil rcally dom rd1 ro.bao,
| il is TIE fault o. public sentiment, petbap, N,
defect 81 cor law. hu. 1t j. evident ira, ID,
evil tJc' not receive tat crns'snt attention
which is require! g. keep IL ., all within Il nits
II .voi doiiol VOW Professionally IT pteA,e. prpr
tho ucpnia'..s We Re-, AZ oIt II, over sudeavor.
ing . assert Is eytsteace publicly. jus in IN,
degree which r,itti,ti rms uppni as rcnoysd
To-Day i.aIp'sr, ~ ,rs rlac. ard top,onos ia
nroiicr, ui~ays 3, a., ST. aly aotiv, to t,k,
Advantage cfoitL,r ih' negligence %. ,,rl,s1,
o! ttcsc whom ". s,, 90 watch it
IL ita late, notification. ne social evil Ia,
shown iit.l' in the form 81 the co-cs7t s,toon,
which, during th, pa. eight months have brok
en- oL' like go many ulc't- upon the fnf fac.
Of ouT principal tAor,. glf,tc, Bfoaivay. Tax.
ing advantage Of tie .mpunity They bad b en-
supposed 20 c'joy they have Iapilly iocrct,ci.
u"til row there If hardy block from C,na,
street 20 Aston Piece which /, not d.Gsurcd hy
from zone 60 iIlf dozen % these fal.o'y named
Cor.,t S,lcors. Tho disgui,e tnsy assume i,
too isIH parent 20 'rcci the mos, Nm vaty. AID
the y wonder j., That they sho.,d no ION ,
hav1 ut,r l,it -ndi,turbcd S..lo q them s-o
regularly organized O., + aces + entertainment
cc,ul, irg old theatres arI public halls, and
'hmsng regular Gee Others 40 nom
in1iy gratuitcus, though there is moth.
ing especially ifcs about then rxc,pt tb,
freedom of manner winch ,ha-ic,cri1cs ,h
coarse ant abandoned womon Who figure IN ~
ad,utiarcn's Of these places 81 the pretty
waiting girl whose charms are pr seltod ~ tho
chicl attraction Of 'ho place II Is Nv thc appe y
thee women 4 o 50 character mniss 20 tho evil
PorehsiIies Of young n IN. and others. tina.
these saloons are enabled TO thrive. Thoy differ
only in dcgcc, If IN hat, frcn tho girls who
walk in the street, a night and then t1,if lis
Ruirc o, walters, is Lot intended I, hide tho
characteristic feau-ca Of n, olts, TO which they
lolcrs. They receive from IS 90 90 jaw,ek
for II II 7,N.cas as attendants, ., sides which.
they eon'rivo to pick up from fifty cents to two
dollars, % more week, out Of the odd change,
which weak or good.uo.u'sl customers suffer
them TO retain.
They arc allowcd, also. :, improve th, op-
portunity to make appointments with the ffe.
quontcis oi the saloons in which they arc cm-
ploySd. for the exercise Of tho more infamou,
calling to which they have abandoned thon-
solves. Any one passing down Broadway about
midnight, can obstrye sheepish-lookinG men
lot nRirg about the corners adjacent 10 those
concert saloon, waiting for the girls with whom
they have arranged designations during the
evening
We have been at the trouble TO investigate
the character of these saloons, and arc satisfied,
from personal observation, that they are fit sub
i'cts for attention by the Grand Jury Of our city.
Th,y arc Of different grace Of disrcputabili,y,
but they only di0er as @ the character Of tho
GIls they employ, as one house Of prostitution
others from another.
Among 'ho principal corcort falcons on
Broadway, the one bearing tho worst rcputa.
ton Is the one called "Gaties, which advor-
tises III elf as the "Modol concert room OF Amer.
lea, "iecciving the patronage Of the Fashion
and Elite of the Metropolis, who arc especially
attracted the same authority informs us 10y
"ths capt., ating grace and ladylike deport-
moht Of the young lady walters, who are sim
ply vulgar looking wom,n, dressed in hoop
skirts Of the most proposterous fashion. Tho
saloon iistlf is simply roughly furnished loom
with a gallery, like box on stills, running
round the Sides a stage at one end and bar at
the other, at a little distance in front Of which
a railing divides the shilling boxes from the
tNen.y.fve cent places in front. The llery is
divided into private boxes which are lie. at a
higher rate.
One Of these boxes has been for some time
occupied nightly bva Spaniard, who has been
caught in tho net by one of the syrens of the
place, who is spending his money for him as ra-
pidly as possible. The performances are not in
themselves worse than the average of similar
ent, RI ain ments, without the accompaniment Of
| waiting girls They consist Of songs, dances,
| tight rope exhibitions and the usual style of no.
| gro representations by mon with banios and
corkcd faces. But tho whole tendency Of the
place il dcmorali1ing, and its purpole Is TO
mike money by encouraging the vices Of the
community. Among it, visitors are found the
young and old alike, and even men Of good
standing, whose curiosity outruns their discre-
tior. The only person recognized 10y the wri
ter, on the night Of his VISIT was prominent
member Of an up town church, whose curiosity
| probably has led him thus far toward the Dor
| deTs OF immortality.
Gai,ies" is but type Of these places, whic
| do not differ from each other in their ,sscntis
| characteristics. The least Objectionable @
them, apparently, Ia the Canterbury Music
Hail. which has an outward air Of respec.abili
ty, and is lrequcnted by better app'arin.
class cf customers. But even here it will no
do to inquire too closely into the character 0
the walters or rather they should be rigid,
nqlircd into by all who have any disposition
to encourage these plac s, AMI have any regard
to reputation.
There is one fact which sufficiently marks tn
real nature of the saloons, no Dirtuous romaa
ettr seen IN one, rot even tho most decent o
them, though they profess to furnish an unob
ioctio' able entertainment, one of them ever
inviting Ladies and children to Grand Mat
| iu,,n nn Saturday affeTuoDus IL 4, ia