The daily gazette., 1882-05-23
RELGIUM's BLOT.
o,,u-oco that Mars the Morals Of an
a,horw,se Excellent People.

..o0 that Mars the Morals of an
otherwise Excellent People.
I'm ylcholson In Baltimore Day.l
,me now to phase of Belgian life,
eV'a' q usnnot n1 escape the observation Of the
'.,., ~ , and which forms the solitary blot
,sl', s' u,orsls a of an otherw sc excellent and
pnr TS neople. n 1t would be false delicacy to
it H |. e fact 50 essential in a proper descrip-
oct i tbe country. refer to the utter
aVee O u, of morality, and the sanction and
,oction tgi accoriedby the government to the
!, system that ever defaced the admins
I'm cfa civilized people. Right under
shadow Of the noble Cathedral is a street
rbcb tbe Infamous like does not exist in
ritr Of Europe and America, not even
pcrD or Paris or London. Every house
sttej I'D and decorated In the most
geous style conceivable, and every house
place iill-iame, licensed by the govern
N and under its special protection. When
4 shades of eve have fallen on the river,
the traveller takes the one short turn
leads him into the Haarungstrasse, or
sgg. as it Is popularity termed, he is
.DHted to rub his eyes and ask where are
poIice. In every doorway stand girls
led in tights or nearly nude, soliciting
patronage of the house from passers by.
I'M within issue strains of music of the
nyishing kind peep through the
rryealslOvely grottoes;crystal fountains
fitting forms-in word, everything
can cOnduce to immortality of the most
red aud attractive character. The police
lHto whom you turn, smiles, and readily
Hnteen to enter with you. This, he will
you, is the grotto of Calypso. 1t has
b In existence nearly seventy years,
toned and encouraged by the govern
bt God! you think to yOurself-what
pOCaust of virtue has there been What
ot Of breaking hearts have broken
b tah host of homes disgraced by these
l that now resOund to the merry touch
be harp as the work goes on You tread
Of carpets the room is ablaze with gas;
fOr adOm the walls from floor to ceiling
here sit perhaps forty or fifty men of all
and mostly of good position-scholars,
rhants, sea captains, magistrates-not
hs, but tranquility reveling I'm vice, and
snng the while to the prattle of the
phs attached to the establishment.
bat ismOre surprising is that there is no
nkrnness, no bad language, no profanity,
oisierous laughter, no clinking of cups
glasses. A staid lady In black sits at
at the head of the room, controlling by
pTd The slightest exuberance on the part
hegrls, Neritably it seems as If vice
ng been deliberately set up and the
ge0i virtue torn down, every effort has
made to render the new worship as
Fmatic and decorous as possible.
De revelations in the English press of late
concerning the manner in which these
nous dens are supplied with their chief
lCtion are so awful that not even
gesllon Of the process can be given. 1t
eeS 10 say that many of the girls are
lsh ladies, who have been entrapped
Oy The offer of a situation as governess
laef|lSe Had single American woman
Tfolged as hundreds of these have
now terrible the reparation that would
oee1 exacted !! Even though the great
tis-france, Austria, Prussia-had in
tla, as they would undoubtedly do for
reservation Of that monarchy it would
~ell swept from the earth as were
'n anu Gomorrah in the days of old.