The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-07

The police commissioners of Cincinnati hay,
lately made neat display of hypoc.
risy and puritanism. Our sister, the
Queen City of tie West" is indeed
to be congratulated on such an hon
orable board as 1t apparently possesses Tht
can-can blondes appeared in Cincinnati last
week and gave several obscene exhibitions
such as they gave here only once, when they
were compelled TO cease
The police commissioners of Cincinnati were
called on to abate the nuisance, but hestated
to take any action in the matter. This created
some ill-feeing and prejudice against them,
and some one wrote to the newspapers. com
plaining Of their inaction, and particularly Of
one Carson, who, it was stated took decidedly
too much interest In these exhibitions.
At a meeting last week of the police board
Carson arose to q personal explanation, and
convinced all by his defense that the remarks
Of the unknown correspondent, although
quite severe, failed to do him anything like
justice.
He thought that people who complained of
him should look to themselves at home first.
They should begin reform by prohibiting
round dances and low-neck dresses in their
parlors. He alluded to the book known as
'sThe Dance of Death which Mrs. Gen.
Sherman had 50 enphatically indorsed. It
was all folly for them as police commissions
erS to discipline the low theatres, while indie
cencies quite as broad, If not moro artistic
were practiced in the best society of Cincin-
natl. He, for one, would not consent to be
lectured as he had been as long as he knew
that such persons approved Of demoral-
tr Hannpa N ri. In l-,a
of nothing more Indecent OF loose than the
Cincinnati young lady of fashion clasped in
the arms OF q young man, with her head
dropping on his shoulder while he waltzed
her around the ballroom. This was not only
tolerated in society, but regarded as the
.'thing." Yet, forsooth, there was to be no
dancing In the theatres
Such were Carson's remarks. II must be
rather unpleasant to the people of
Cincinnati to hear the ladies of that
city broadly pronounced by one OF
its officials as considerably below its
iereftes and courtcsans, and that in its
parlors are to DO nightly witnessed scenes
out-Heroding the bold obscenites of the can
can In fine, public official of Cincinnati de-
clares that he will not interfere with the pub
lie display of the can-can in that city because
its ladies make much more indecent displays
In their parlors ut home
One Ziegler followed Carson Zieglcr has
a German name but firm purtanical spirit.
He was not disposed to attack the can caners
Let them give their obscene shows, he said, il
they wished to, but at u p. IN. Saturday night
their can-can must stop. He had heard that
III often continued some minutes later, and
into Sunday morning. This must in future,
be prevented. The dance was moral until the
last stroke of twelve had sounded, and then
instantaneously became indecent. The police
commissioners were willing to yield this
much to public opinion, and to prevent the
dissertation of the Sabbath, but they |
would 20 no further. He felt how shocked |
the citizens Of Cincinnati must feel when they |
learned that In their good city legs had been |
seen flying in the air at IL :O1 a. m. Sunday |
morning. This dissertation, this outrage. |
uould never be permitted as long as he, the |
roligious Ziegler, survived to defend the Sab
saasl from these attacks. Iieglers idea
Anaaly agreed on and adopted by the
ss<,is.4 1aat! lis no objection was made by any,