Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-01
TALMAGE's TOUR.
He FeplOres tbs Mysteries and Mareels Of
IpndeiL[e.


He FeplOres tbs Mysteries and Mareeis Of
LeadcilEe.
lLeadville Cor. July 90 Cincinnati Enquirer. |
Rev. Dewitt Talmage last evening re-
peated in Leadville his astonishing perform
ance in New York year or SO ago, making
personal inspection of The slums and by
ways, and privately visiting the dance houses
and gambling halls, and viewing the life
therein presented for the purpose. as Mr..
Talmage explains, for qualifying himself to
flourish in the faces of his hearers the fire
brend freshly snatched from the hotbed of
iniquity.
On their arrival night before last Mr.. Tai
mage and his wife were temporarily assigned
to room on the first floor of the Clarendon
Hotel, from which the clerk yesterday offered
to change them to an especial apartment near
the parlor, usually occupied by Governor
Pitkin and like distinguished guests. Mr..
Talmage inspected the apartment, and said to
the porter: al guess We will take both rooms.
We are nervous from the effects of our trip,
and do not care to disturb Mrs. Talmage.''
So Mrs. Talmage kept the first room, while
Mr. Talmsge took possession of the other.
No one suspected the preacher was pre-
pairing for his second great nocturnal pill
grimsge among the slams. Last evening he
lectured at the City hall on big Blunders."
It was half past ten O'Clock when he dis
missed his audience and was rapidly driven
TO the hotel. Helf an hour was spent in
preparing for the work before, and Mr.. Tai
mage was ready to set out with solitary
companion to guide. The preacher quit the
hotel at IL O'Clock and entered Harrison
avenue, which at that hour is always filed
with busy crowd of people engaged on va
rious errands, thronging the sidewalk and
elbowing each other in ceaseless tide.
They crossed the street and stopped in front
of the Board of Trade saloon. Without en-
terlng, Mr.. Talmage being informed by his
guide that man had been shot over gam
ing table there on Monday night, he satisfied
himself with curious glance down the pol
ished bar-room floor and into the gambling
room beyond the curtains.
He and his company then recrossed the
street and entered Wymsn's gambling sa-
loon, where Talmage stopped long enough
to obtain full view of the little crowd of
players seated about half a dozen green Ia
bles and watching with breathless interest
the progress of the games.
From here Mr.. Talmage proceeded to what
is known as the Texas" another gambling
saloon where music and good lunch relieve
the monotony of faro, and where the crowd
present was equally large about the different
tables. Here Mr.. Talmage was recognized
by one of the gamesters, and in an instant
was the cynosure of every eye in the room.
He beat hasty retreat, reaching the street,
thence continuing his visit to three other
gambling rooms on Harrison avenae, where
he was thoroughly initiated into the secrets
of poker, keno and roulette.
The preacher and his companion then
turned down the street, and proceeded to
visit the dance houses. The first of these
places at which Mr.. Talmage stopped and
entered was the Odeon. His companion
led half way down the ball, Mr.. Talmage
timidly pausing few feet from the door
and watching the girls as they treaded the
mazes of the dance in wild abandon. The
floor manager, not recognizing him, ap
preached Mr.. Talmage and asked him to lead
set, but the invitation was politely de-
clined, and as soon as he could get his guide
once more within reach of his voice, they
stepped out, and continued down the
street until the red light of a dance
hall was reached, where they entered
timidly, inquiring of his guide several times
if all the men carried arms. Thus the
rounds were completed from Harrison
avenue to Pine, and Mr.. Talmage mad view
ed all the sights to be seen in this delecta-
BILE region.
In the last dance-honse visited Talmage
had been recognized by one of the girls, and
he was glad when he found himself once
more beyond the bold inspection of the fire.
quenters of the place, to whom his presence
became known almost as soon as he set foot |
inside the door. He wished to have glance |
at the female gamblers before retiring, but |
on consulting his watch found it was past |
twelve o'clock, determined to defer his visit |
until tonight. He returned to the hotel |
end ooaupiad hia room till morninp