Daily Republican., 1882-08-15
SIRENS AT THE BEACH.
A New Dodge for EnsmsrlnR UnsuS.
..-.- pectlnE Adm 1rers.

A New Dodge for Ensmar1nE UnsuS
pectlnE Adm 1rerS.
From the Eew York Mercury.
A number of richly attired females
have taken up quarters at Coney Is
land, and can daily, and more especial
ly on Sunday, be seen carelessly roam
ing along the beach or mingling in
groups on the piazzas Of the hotels
These sirens of the surf side will per.
NIT no stranger to approach them. They
will exchange looks and pass knowing
glances with male admirers, but will
offer no familiarities openly, but they
have new and significant dodge. In.
stead of carrying the checked keys OF
their rooms in their pockets, they
are placed where the numbers can be
seen and noted.
The brass checks of some of the no.
tells are about four inches square, with
the room number plainly stamped in
the middle. These checks these pecu.
liar females place like the keys of the
bath rooms, 80 that they will be seen
at the belt of the waist of dress or else
may look good deal like locket or
medallion. When glances of recogni
t1on are given the woman lifts the
check between her fingers and motions
with it, SO that at once the gentleman
may see the number and know where
to visit after she departs to her quarters,
why these women are working the
Coney Island hotels for all they are
worth, said a permanent guest at one
OF the hotels yesterday to Mercury
reporter, who was
CATCHING ON TO THE LITTLE RACK
ET."
"Why are they SO careful?" asked
the reporter.
swell, it's just this, they know that
they are working good snap and they
do not want to give it away. | have
been at Long Branch, Newport, Sara.
toga, and other places, and have seen
some of these self-same women doing
their business there. They all appear
like perfect ladies and carry themselves
as any respectable woman would, to
casua! observers. These young sirens
give out that they are the daughters of
business men, while some of the older
ones appear as wives of merchants and
brokers, and what makes it look more
true is that they are all on the hotel
registers accompanied by husbands or
guardians, also appear at the hotels N
the evening and carry out their part of
the arrangement. These women are all
mates of gamblers and other men-about
town. The latter come here with their
women and, entering he office, put on
lot Of frills and confdentially ask the
clerks to 500 that their dear dear wives
and daughters get everything they de-
sire while they are in the city. When
they place the women, they return to
New York, while their companions
REMAIN AT THE SEASIDE.
Some of these people are really not
all from New York, but Boston, Phil
ade!phia and other places. They have
been at the other summer resorts, and
after working them up until they were
spotted, have come here to wind up the
season.
There Is woman now here that looks
q good deal like well known acUress,
and she Is doing more business with
some of the guests than you could shake
a stick at. She dresses nicely and car
rles herself modestly.
When she thinks any of the hotel
people are becoming suspicious, she
gets her friend from the city, to come
here and he stays q while for appear.
ances.
Since have been here rows have oc-
CURED through one of these women
that nearly came giving their whole
thing away. 1t appears an old fellow
accused Lim of going into the woman's
room, when ne did not know her. The
girl was too smart, though, and left at
day-break the next morning"
The reporter was told at the hotels |
that as far as was known, none but re-
spectacle women were among the
guests