New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-31
BLOTS on COMFY ISLAND.

morEL.KEEPEEs TO COMBINE IN THE FALL TO
PURIFY IT.
Though the Thermometer chose to pretend
IL was not the city yesterday the people thought
they knew better large crowds went to seek cooler
weather at Coney Island Monday. however uniortu'
naiely comes next TO sunday and. because there
we're larger crowds the day beforc. all the
r, stauraleus policemen ana proprotors Of shows and
games agreed to call t "dul day" EyerybO how
ever was well behaved ana there were no accidents at
thr bathing paccs and ths after the tragedies OF the
two previous days, made It to the professional eye
still duiler. Nevertheless, TO the unpreludieed
visitor it wa. anthing bat duh There was
plenty OF noise and there were plenty OF people
who ale-al thcm-quite enough and drank-inany Of
them-much too much. And II Is perhaps as well that
all days are not as busy sunday the Island, for
society would be- scandalized by every hack
man becoming millionaire, and caplta-
lists would abandon Wall street IN body
and take to keeping rne-ranges ON the beach. with
only QUO holiday In the week, catering to the public
amusement there wodd still to be sufficiently ucra
i've for every day new and Ingenious attractions ap
near The latest novelty IN this way Is Frepoh
SHOW" n: which. after paying 20 cents Tor ocent
baunlc, n man is allowed eight throws with ROUND
metal disks at board covered WIN WING
rlngs II he succeeds In covering up ono OF the
rings he gets pnEe-wbioh may be gold watch nut
usually s cheap scentbottle comparatively worth
less knife and fork IL Is form OF gambling. however,
which seems TO have small fascination for tho public,
Judging from the patronage extended tot
The more genuine and legitimate forms OF gambling
tho police are still yearning TO SUPPRESS Al mead
quarters they were longing TO be Informed OF the
OF gaming house just for the pleasure OF
shutting it up AID just show faro table,, was the
heart. desire Of every individual officer Yet they had
not seek for IN one instance about twenty yafds
from where a policeman was standing was an oPen
door through which the public were passing with
out any opposition question, ana whioh
led nowhere except into room where
from twenty 10 thirty were standing round laro
table ana half dozen more playing rouge dn0". Ana
I'm other there scarcely any greater snow
Of con cea ment There has been some talk during tue
iast week OF organizing Citizens Association among
the keepers the island to take the matter out Vi
tho hands OF tho police aid suppress gambling
in real earnest. Bat the movement
appears to have fallen through and action ls likely
70 ps taken until the fall "we. 1t IL busy just now.
ana none Of u.s. said one hoetkeoPer mo 20 nc,aiion
reporter could spare the Time Ia make tno ass"eat.
effective. BeSldes. to let 1t 70 on Tor 3 seSsOh
WA do US no harm IN tue Tone so" aI i the Island,
but for while It only Increases our eus,o1, ,Or
we mean to form really sold organization NOT ohy
against the gambling bat agantt tn0se low hoses III
tbs ceutre uf the island which call themselves
hotels but when do more to ruin the place
tnan any amount OF gambling ~ Az ppa asse ne
rni,ed 10 $3.50, and II majority OF 10 MOTEL
keepers wished 10 have 1t raised to The limit 90 hot
fancy Excise Commissioners would oHer any o.ycos
ZION For my part. Iwould gladly pay $ioo 10 Dc ilu Vi
some OF those dlsreputable little houses co..,,.
The reporter then found one OF the EXCISE Iomh'9-
sone.s, who said that no far AS he personally, was
concerned tnero would ctrainly be no objection oneieu
bnI ms could not Tor MS colehHues "A
gentleman who has been IL resilient on tue islaha or
iorly-sx years spoke TO the reporter III tne
terms of fine connltIvn affairs ln these HOUSES
would so through that part OF the island San nc
ponting INLAND, Eat IL o'clock M hlSnt
iInnrmod ior all the dollars you could give
me IL might be safe; but would not FISK H. Yes,
haye heard this association To DC formed III the iai
and am heartily gad OF II. All Respectable people VIII
give IL their support and sympathies ANA sincerely
trust 10 will succeed IN roofing out both BdDg anu
the other evil. They both need roofing out sadly.