New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-17
THREE YICIOrS RESORTS.
OBSCENE AND IICESTIOUs ENTERTAINMENTS BOLDLY
ANNOUNCED And PROCEEDING UNCHECKED.

OBSCENE AND IICHNTIOUS ENTERTAINMENTS BOLDLY
ANNOUNCED And PROCEEDING UNCHECKED.
The obscene exhibition business in New
YORK continues TO thrive in the face OF public censure.
The Egyptiln Hall, Tint sourthst, near Ihrdaye.,
ertoys immunity from police scrutiny aud has large
patronage IL Is above the lowest OF the low variety
theaters IN appointments. The performances have an
element of French scnSuaty. and abound in yugarity
aud the most offensive license The police pulled"
small rival concern by short time ago but allowed
the more ashy enOrmity to proceed save Few ap5es
into indccemcy and jaTgOn or oaths the LANGUAGE used
on the stage last evening was more conspicuous for
diocy and bad grammar than obscenitY The singing
was poor even for this place. The female statues"
were mere lewd displays. The entertainment which
WAS not enliyencd By ray of wit, terminated
with hur'esqir OF BAHIA" This closed with the can
con which was danced in the most abandoned manner.
The greenrOCm" at Egyptian Han Is mere hrothel.
4 policeman was standing at the door when the per-
fcrmance was over. He was asked why the place was
not pulled" at so hard 10 convict. yOt know"
Iniops,uare is daily disgraced by the placards OF
an establishment which should long have been sup
yressed The Partisan Varieties in Sxteenth-st.,
Broadway repeatedly closed by the police but as often
rAopening with promises of reform, Is doing great deal
az harm 10 the young and boys VINO frequent the
place. The advertisements are lisultS 10 INC modest
people who pass through 'quaTe-thelr suggestive
titles and these alone, but often their openly cx
posed obscenty, rendering them bios upon the city
that toleraes them. The entertainment which they
announce ~ in tho main decent enough, fair variety
performance taking up most Of the progtanme, but two
or three OF the pieces full OF the yes language, and
are obscene in incident plot and purpose. The audience
M the teacr last evening composed of about 20
me- i'm the orchestra chairs aud 400 or 800 boys under
20 years OF age, who filled the galleries ana less eXpen-
sive seats.
TIC variety performance last night at the Columbia
Oner1 House on GrcenwicLavc., near Tweifhst, was
marked by obsceny In action and gestures, and was
redeemed by any good features or regard for puoic
morality Ii Justified all that said regarding 1t by
correspondent OF THE TRIBUNE on Wednesday. The en-
trance TO the opera-hose is close by the door OF ba
ncn OF liquors IL kept The truth of this statement
tested by very many or the spectators az every in
terval between the parts The audience. consisting en-
tiley of men, filed the hail to overlooking, but was
quiet and orderly and caused no confusion with three
on four exceptions the persons the stage women
and the pieces throughout vulgar III movement and
lewd in language ut least by auson ana insinatiop
apt dreses were the rule much TO the apparent delight
of the audience. Among the rGprescn atOns were group
Of female statues, de scrbcd aS pyramid OF beauty
while bordering upon the nceutiOs nevertheless were
useu with regard Tor pfOpfiety.