The daily gazette., 1875-05-10
From he Reading Eagle.
Uhat We0{th Dr0acs to u City
THE GATES OF GOMORRAM.

A G4LDED PALACE OF SIN AND SHANE
ONE PLACE VIII RE THE MONEY GOFs.
Many of our citizens will be surpri-
sed to learn that on one of our most
prominent and busy thoroughfares, a'-
most amidst the b 1stle and noise of the
great tide of business that GIBBS and
flows back and fo4th along its constau-
tly trodden sidewalks, and within a
stones throw of some our finest man.
sions, is located gilded pa lace of sin
before whose oriental magnificence the
splendor of the harem Of the mighty
Caliph, Harouu Al Raschid, pales in
to insignificauce. The whereabouts
of this mansion ofpresent pleasure and
and future pcnitencc - as yet know n
to but a select few, and they, for rea-
sons best known to themselves, ke ep
very silent regarding it. The inmates,
fifteen or twenty III number, all 1tom
New York and Philadelphia, lovely as
houris, are seldom seen abroad and
then only when heavily veiled. How
they get fresh air and exercise is one
of the unraveled mysteries ofthis Id
ell temple of Venus, but beautiful they
are, and their charms are heightened
by the flash of jewels, the solft'rustle
of costly silks and laceg, and the blaze
of gorgeous chandeliers reflected from
waving curtains of crimson, white and
gold, and sent back in a thopssud scin-
tillations from ruby wine, sparkling in
goblets of cut glass from the a'abaster
surface of Scvrcs China, and from the
glittering sheen of magnificent mir
ors, which reproduce in dazzling
splepdor the fairy-like scenes in this
bower of beauty, Splendid furniture,
luxurious lounges, ,and CHAIRS in which
one might lounge away his ]ifo " it'll
out becoming weary, are lavishly dis
played, silver CLEANS on the pol'shtd d
sideboards, while ravishing music ,eVo-
ked from n grand piano, skillful'y
touched by the fairy fingers of some of
the Venuses here enthroned, intox ca
ties the brain into delirium Of delight.
Here, it is said, may be seen those who
would frown down severely the wild
youth who neglects his Bible class and
his catechism: the quiet, demure half
monk who shakes his head and sighs
in sorrow at the wickedneSs of the
world; the half-fledged fast youth, who
spends his money before it is earned
the man who almost starves his family
to throw away money ON cards aud
wine; and the rich young debauchee
who is throwing away fortune, body
and soul in wild race to poverty, pri-
son or the grave. All meet and min
gle freely extravaganza rules the hour,
ard he who can lavish the most money
is the best man. Occasionally one un-
used to the ways of the wicked is
dragged from his hasty place of con-
ccalment behind the richly flowing
curtains of the alcoves, and forced to
join the revelry; for all feel secure,
none but those specially invited being
admitted within these charmed por-
tails, and each one being not only re
quired to pay at least certain sum,
but to premise never to reveal the
secret of its location. But murder will
out. The argus eyes of the Eagle are
everywhere, and its duty in exposing
the death traps for our young men
shall be fearlessly performed. Precise
ly where this Babylon is located we
are not at liberty to state; sohy it c. lists
let those who howl down the PROVE v
stricken prostitute, "selling ner soul
for morsel of bread, answer if they
can!