The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-16

their periodical mld on the Broadway concert
saloons, arresting tho proprieton and the
girls In attendance. A city paper says that
on the way 10 the station houscthe miserable
girls were followed by large crowd and
their lovers pressed upon them, but they were
turned back by the officers. who dill their
duty as gently Rs men nnder the cirrum-
stances In which they were placed could do.
The night was bitterly cold, the thin snow
which had fallen earlier In the evening hav-
Ing melted, and as tho girls trudgSd along
they shivered from top 10 toe, their flmsy
dppery and light shoes offering but little pro-
tection against the inClemency Of tho weather.
As tho first batch entered the station house a
crowd Of rouchs and maudlln lovsrs en-
deayored 10 gain admission also, but the po-
lice soon closed the doorway TO all but parties
who bud business and the representatives Of
the press. Minute by minute fresh dctach-
tnents OF girls came In, Rnd by twelve o'clock
the large room wns completely hlled with
weeping, hysterical. laughing aud giggling
GIRLS.
Looking at tho group We would wonder
how tue places In which they held forth hnl
so long flourlshed, Out Of the whole crowd
there were not half dozen who could DO
called pretty, the great majority being bloat-
ed, iaded and dissipated In appearance. The
gaudy dresses by which they have been too
long allowed to delude grcenhonS were par.
illy concealed by the waterproof cl0Gks
which they all wore, Tho display Of legs
which have daxalel tho eyes and walked Into
the purse Of many an innocent countrymau,
did not appear 30 attractive In the station
house as they did half an hour previous In
the concert saloons under the brilliant gus
light. Shorn Of their padding aHd bedaubed
with mud, they presented sorry spectacle,
and q feeling OF disgust would creep over the
mind looking at the miserable creatures
whose vile calling has long Fince driven away
ev0ry spark OF m0desty aud decency. The
snow had washed away the paint ftnm theil
iilces, and Il triekled down their checks like
ocllre upon q red Indian. There were faccs
In the crowd which might once have beer
handsome, but, though still young, time ant
dissipation had done the work, and where The
eye was once bright with innocence and purl
u II only now gllttsB when lasciylous lcci
Is put on or glass Of vine quaffed. The
blOated countenances Of the majority Of the
girls gave evidence Of the calling, and tht
foul stencil Of the vile compounds they had
drunk during the night made tho station al
most lnsupportable.
The greater part bore their suilerings with
plllosophio calmness. laughing and cracking
Jokes With each other aud the policeman, but
here and there girl might be seen weeping
bitterly who had evidently not boon 10 long
Injured to life OF sin Rs her companions
One girl OF tender yearI-She could not have
been more than sixteen-sat upon chair neal
the stairs and rocked and moaned as II hel
heart would break. A wealth Of golden halr
fell upon her shoulders, and the beauty o
her 6iue eyes could be tlSccrned, although
her eyes were swollcn With weeping. She
had evidently been brought up 10 superior
station Of life, but misfortune came all too
early, and rudely nipped her innocence and
beauty In tue bud. Another fair haired
Teuton, who spoke English but imperieitly,
abandoned hcrelf TO grief and refused to *
eoiuforted. The officers did all in their power
to quist the weeping ones, and tho hardened
sisters In crime mocked them for being SC
chicken hearted; but they only wept The
more, and continued 10 do 80 until they were
removed to their cold lodgings for the night
By halfpast twelve o'clock the last CON
tingent OF prisoners arrived, and tue scene a'
that tiiae was truly dramatic. SO long o,
the girls thought they would not be locked
up for the night they boru the ordeal brayely
but when the order was given that theil
names should DO taken, and as they Wert
taken that they should be hustled od for The
night even the most hardened telt uneasy
blHSphemel and scolded, and Others plunged