, 1879-04-22


The recent exposures bY TUE TRIBUNE Of tho
business conducted In tho bccr.saloons With
"pedcstrian" attachments have borne fruit md
brought tho city officials 10 realizing scnsu OF
their duty. Yesterday the Superintendent OF
Polfco Issued m order putting a stop 10 such
exhibitions, nnd thus enc OF the many attrac-
tons to vice alld crltno has been wiped out Of
existence. With View tu ascertain whether OF
not the order was obeyct, q reporter made tho
rounds Inst night. He found but two offenders,
ono Of whum broke up tlle show shortly utter
wards, wh!la tic other can probably not bc
reached by Supt. Seavey.
basement Of No. 154 Dearborn street was ia
full working order. It was announced that
MstE. DROWN AND NIL. SOMEBODY OR OTHER
wero walking, she to n,alsc lU0 to his 100 miles,
DcFcendtng tho ,steDs, tlln reporter found tle
inevitable tables, tue usual smell Of stale bcnr,
A ha1f.grown boy was "kceplng thc score.'
and Mime. Brown. In blue tunEc, bare arms,
and blue tights, wAs leaning against a bcer.kcc,
ATa ucep III cohsefsatloa with Wcllu.be lnau
about town dressed In light ovcrcoat. Tile
tmckerpcr proved to be- a most encouraging
specimen Of ignorance. lie liun't know how
many miles the lady had walked, whether she
Wla to walk any 1nofe, or anything abOut It.
But llo had understood thlt thu nlalc competitor
lad WithlraWn,- ttol,lc abotit his nay,-
ntil that tho wn!nnn .ras going 10 walk 1t out.
llo said that Il took forty laps to mike mi!c,--
l40 would probably DO nearer the truth. l}y-
nnd.bY Nine. Brown game out, trampcd around
Tho track half n dozqn times or SO, and then
gracefully vanished Rehnd tho curtains Of au
improvIsGd dsessIng-room. Shortly thereafter
the proprietor WIS told to stop; and now Mmc.
broWn Is ont OF IN engagement.
TKlF ALoH1 BTArE AND CLARK aTnEETs
showed not only tlnt the order OF the t,lipcrln.
tenucnt was obcycd, but HAT tho revelations IN
rcgurd to the abonlil.ahle character OF the t!ens
which line those thorougIfares lad ilone eouti.
Tie 1laltan Restaurants, beer-garlcns, nlld the
lis Were deserted. 1l,r!r ordinary customers
wcEc scared of a11 they lid no business. At
Jerry MonEoe's Summer Garden ~ there werc
q collpls of hundred snen untl women sentcd az
the tAblcs,-tht men mostly hard cases, with u
Epr!nkslnE Of k,cEcra,-tfie women Of t,e State
street unl Fourth avenue nrler. But two po-
IcetHcn stood at tho door In such n position rs
to DO in plain view from ait parts Of the rancho,
uni Jcrry,s customers actcll very quietly.
South Of Harrison, OIL Clark street,
THE BoLE 1.Aw-unEAKER
was found. Maybe Ito had not bccn notified ol
thu apasn OF Virtue wllle!, Inns struck thu police
tcntlon to thu order. He wore shaggy cont
nnd lad head like buffalo, anu he tfau1nel
around h1s little :4-loot ring With tho uir Of
marayr' ,a!n le Wns "us Of tho;o attsnt animals
iu thc:yurnaeular, 4 jackass. The poor beust
trompel around tho ring, llslcrous carlcature
uf his hs,snan competitors, ind when
Ills owner said tint "Jnckass Rowcll !"
was not tnuklag uny special number ot quarter
miles within Rny, dc.inite number Of quarter
hours, and tat when he got tired ail llo had II,
| DO wa: to quilt. The rnos beast seemed we'll
ftsa md contGntct enough, uni was perhaps luz
lcast aeuoraltxsll animal III te while shuw.
ln tle Weat Dfyislon Enpt. uood uayo the
order to seyrEal salous,-kcupess aloug Madis0l,
md !la'sscsi streets, A.l oil of tlrnl prn'nptly
epnplieu with tho order. lii consequence, tic
block Oil Madison street between Clinton uthl
Canal, which ID 30 often in au upsear curly tn tho
evening, WAS ~ quiet u aehureh-ynrd. 1t secIls
| ns u the iNlliImcrablu ealooHs lit this block are
30 badly located tllat their proprlctors cannot
/ make Il living without resort!ng to somc clap.
trup actlenAc fur drawing custom.