, 1879-07-02
Tie Little Dcus Of Vice sun Running
IN Fill Dlast.
A Disgusting Paporama for the Mod
ern Haroph,al-Rasohid.

to txnfllint for b[TseH "a to tl,r rxlatcnsp Of
fnI soclal blot upon u'u famc Of thu Harden
Viii, much satisfaction THE TRIBUNE an
notnrcd Int Mnyur Ifarriton, attur visiting thu
dses for himself aid Ieeon1llg satisfied With tho
EXPOSURES mnue In these columns of the vile as
t.fven pcren,ptnry bfders to c1ose them up by
tcvukilg their tcensch.' This was tho method
pruposcd By TnE TRihusg, al,ti the only remedy
sn0lc'entlr radical to rope with the .iiseass.
respyetabie citizens as . areat step In The riaht
direction, md 1t WIS furvcntly hoped that ut
last thu greatest tl,oroughiaro IN tho city was
to bc trecn from tho domination Of ttc prostE-
an.t given over to tho use Of Inv abiding citizens.
tnt'appIIY, the facts do not Justify these. per-
haus too anilEune. authorizations. Tllc net ra.
snlt Of his Honor's i'lvtstisat!ons and odtgts Is
en,,aix a1 if.ey s@s 4 the almost
temporarily cIosed. 'Fhat Is all. Inst evening
these piaces we're ahut'up, bur from Van Burcn
almost TO Twelfth street the smaller but equally
pern'clous diyes ind Hog'ho'rs wcro IN f,ll blast
The strains oi 3angltiiE pianos all cracked y[o-
Retreat," links llaec," "BjIiy's nanrS,S
''Libcrty Hail." and all the osller hc1.holes
were crowded By tho vile ind abandoned Of
either sex, nnd
rARnEMoEluM RE1aNED AZ HERETOFORE.
Nor was this oil. 4 ccaselcss tfJu of frafl l,tl.
1nnntsy-painted prostitutes OF every grade,
frnm tie wltted acpulrhges who survived tile
great IRE to tic 1A-ycar-otd strumpct newly
started upon tho town-passql alopg the SIDE
walk, anu openly solicited inalo paascrs-by.
These pedestrian prostitutes, driven from .tilcir
fayurlte resorts. Travelled uncenst.,aly from one
ndsgo-shnph to mother, fitted In and out oi
the doors. .ef houses where furnished rooms are
rented cheap to transient bonrlcrs disappeared
mYstcrn,isly down sido streets Cu lie latter
case almost Invariably With q ncwly-eaught
erccnhorn at their; hcels), or In couples Or
threes blockcd the pavement nill filled tho mir
With their sttident ia4glter and b1nsp!>cmous
ptcially deutorab!e feature Of tho "a t,erlng sns
tho number ri half.gTown gtrls--nlmust chill
dren--amons this class. In faet, these eonstl.
tuto pefhaps ths most pertinaetous at,d dellAnt
Df their class. THEY are utterly reckless md
desperate. und know. no shame. Tie ud repro
batcs who hayc infested the strceas for years
arc bad enough, but as most of ihcso
have learnt at son!c tllnc or another TINT too
la,n!s then, in tho Bsitlewell, they preserve
somewhat OF caution, fnos Of deconcy.
Another noticeable fact wad tie utter abandon
with which the Keepers and Inmates Of Mtuscs
--or q greater part thcreof-at tho (]nors aud
windows Ut their mananns. Ouce uuon q time
tiWre was police regulation In Chicago ind
fafrly wetl-cnfoFced nt that. which demanded
should be kept closed; and that tic purchasabie
beauties Of llis tpmntes should mt ba too lay-
lsi,ty displayed to 'caancc pedestrians. E7r, to
tl!fs 1as the loWsdown harot Of 'tYilern aye-
nus or her lcss.deGratcd sister on other ot tic
streets entirely g'yct,'ap to purposes Of yice is
liaele to, DO ~: .d :'s ;i,'; ii:.f'iti;, .,y'
ArnEsTkD At ANT MOMENT
for a breach at th(s salutnrv regulation. Int
this apparently does not apply to the :. furnished
roumsh VI Stass Rttcct, although Il Is a we'll
known fact thu. some Of the European hotels u
nf TINT itI-eondnctcd tl,orouglifara contain from
fifteen to twenty-slyh common strect-watkcrs
each.
Lust, and worst Of, nll Of tho lt.graces Of
6tatu street, aro the" 1tullau restaurants" ST.
called. n,Hl last night these we're. With tew cx-
eepiIans, duiug rattltnE tfas!nc*s. They have
teen described about oftrn enough, md tho
English lapEunEc does not contain sufElctcncy
Ut y!tuperat!yo adlcetlves .yherewith to atly
charaetcrLzc their ytleuesa. Every one Of tileso
vent-hoics of hell has license frnn lis city to
rCtul v1lc liquor, aud cyurY one would bo COM
pel!el 10 clOtu uo In week II deprived at such
permit. Their breteHsoia as " "restaurants &"
are of thu slfn'1ncst character, md ii Is t,nlv as
convenient nectlng-pIaccs for prostitutes
atnt dcpraycA boss atn, ucu that they
exist at Hll. In tt,csh ranches may be found
thieves, thugs, ard worse. prostitutes, and lie
stsll loWcr am! mora 'stl!atnoAs creatures who
iona aud procurers .aud procurcsses On lie
lookout 10 dccoy pnor wor;tnggirls who may
ltapput. perhaps nnocc1tiY, tnto tho damuatlo
deus. 1t IL wCtl.c&tAhissted fact That hupgst
character, and attracted " their sgns settiug
furth tile sa1a OF lcocFeaIn, fruit, an4 tho like,
and mRny such traec ta!rir ruin and shame to
tie tour til which tier DID So.
1t ls no use for Alaynr Harrison To step hnlf-
way. lie has not begun to realize thu facts or
to understand the ,shamo aud scandal which
these places nrc. Thers 10 pot pntlcc-o!llcer
ut the Arnors, from;. butt old Simon O'Dun-
nell down to the newest resTut, bdt could tell
bin In hnlf m hour s4Gh stories ot tI'csc haunss
OF vlco as would rouse blu Indignation at,tE cali
forth tic enost encrguttc n,eatures Oh hts mart.
10 r!oso Up q couple tof the lurgcr resorts is
stmp}y to
MULTIPLY TIE SMALLER ONES.
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nnI WHO vote with smch v;rarennnt
50 often-thu untcrrtffcj tfcEct at
municipal elections, That therefore they