Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-18


Do you notice that woman there,
sitting NJ the same tabbls with that
fellow whose eye il ~
mourning Yes; well, she II the lawful
wiIe OF bookkcepef with NJ ----- F..
* 70, she has two children. beautiful
ONES, Too. She had them once with
hcr, one night last winter, and even
made The little ones drink whisky
after she WAS completely befuddled
herself. Then she didn't show up
again NJ my place for three months.
supposed her husband raised the deuce
with her and frightened her 40 she
didn't dare indulge in her wbims."
The speaker was the keeper Of one
81 those West Side dogO shops That
Captain Bpnncld tells the mayor ana
the press have been squelched by him
and his men. but which really flourish
with oid.tlme IMMUNITY on various
street corners between Madison and
Lake, Desplaines and Morgan streets;
"a score OF them, ~ least. The place
where the reporter found himself y
none Of the worst Of III class; y
Is kept scrupulously neat and
clean, the liquors served there
are Of good quality, ami the carosls-
ing men and y omen, while there, must
moi make any great noise or 90 any
thing else to attract the attention oi
the respectable neighbors whom,
by-the.6y County Physician Biutllhfdt
belongs. still, this high-ioned dram
atop " pn ulcer that needs excelsior,
aud would have been cat out long ago
III the police 81 the west side did tbs,f
duty, which they emInently 90 not
The saloon serves, like the rest Of them
/. a. "A. "a II
the Illicit "atiinlties y ~ a taYOrito re-
sort for the ''rcfinadf deDii'monde Tor
the male protectors, for that class ~
exonorniie creatures knDwn ~ pifnpsr
aud for inafffcd women ufifnindiul 81
,hulr hynepial vows. During any
hour oftIic night one may find carrl'
nDes IN waiting outside, which some
tiuaes stay there iii dawn of day. ~
short tho place IL one almost e8clus
eiyely used for the yIlest purposes.
At the small table to which the pro-
prletor had called the attention
~ the newspaper manf whom
he, III course. did not SUSPECT
NJ such there was seated group
whom ii might be well 10 portray as
showing faithfully the ruin and shame
that II wrought ~ aud by these dago
shops. There wasa handsome woman,
perhaps twenty-cight or thirty years
Old, OF WI IonI tile daRo bad spoken.
She wns Dressed IN navy blue dress
Of n soft wooden material that flowed
gracefully down her limbs and showed
oIfa majestic bust to perfection. Her
blonde hair was done up In knot,
aud her uairous eyes, 10
which strong drink had Inn
parted additional splendor, shone with
lust and pleasure. To her right n
young fellow was seated, whose arm
encIrcled her waist, and who had Just
lot of a ribuld jest that conyuiaed the
pale girl st his other side. The young
fellow had recently been In "a smuggling
match, nn various traces on his face
nttested. But the handsome woman
seemed 10 like him all the better FOR
that.
Wouldn't your old man stare II Inc
saw you here, Lou?''
II suppose he would said Tia,
bnokkeepers wife, with u toss Of hol
yoluptlons shoulders. I'm slck and
tired Of him anyway, and II IL wasn't
for the children ia have left him long
ago. But that reminds me. I'll have
10 start for home now. It's pnst mid.
night, and my old man thinks I'm
nursing sick iricDd.p
"Lets tnkr one more drink Eaid
the sluRger, "ana then we'll see you
10 the ears, ine and &e,l,n
"Ali right, one more said tbs
guilty woman, whose craving tO
spirits over-balanccd hcr anxiety as I
mother. And they began to driDl
again. Two hours later they wcr.
still seated ~ the samc fable, aud then
the handsome woman WIS lead uu
by her companions and they wer,
seen TO take the way 10 Neil's room
from which the woman emerged som,
time later with flushed checks aud 8
trembling gait.
The other guests present Ia the dagt
shop were OF the regulation pattern
fallen women, and several specimens
~ TINT detestable order OF beings who
ara men But IN name. Have you Of
ten customers Of the kind like the NO.
men In here% the dago shop keeper
WIS asked.
Frequently. You'd lie astonishod
if YOU could scr sometimes what Indies
come here. Wives 81 Bonrd Of Trade
men; fashionable ladies rom the South
Side, who are out on n lark; decent
women who have forgotten them
selves iust Tor once with man who
knew how 20 take advantage Of their
weakness. There are regular CUSTOM
ers among tbift clnes ot ladies. One,
fnr instance, she II "a young widow. liV.
Ing Ina splendid style on Oak street, on
the north side, rofles here every little
while IN her own carriage. She often
has the concbmnn called In, If she
comes alone, aud then It's treat Ia
watch the two. The coaehinan. n
burly, npple-fced iriBhnan, at iits,
tries 10 maintain f0rnaliiy and a
respectful style Of addressing hip
lady. But as they keep ON
drinking together, after the
lapse of half al hour or 80 they grow
quite familiar Riid confidential. And
when iie at last helps hef into the car
Rage ho often tdycs her tender
squeeze, aud ei,c seems 20 Hike lt.
Ard HAT " a lady, mind you, who has
wealthy aud aristocratic enitorH by the
score, and who y q 'sscnsher of high
toned Episcopal congregation. The
oonchrnau once told me her little store
when she had another man with her
and lac Was aipIdng his glass of
whisky III fke lar-r0oIn with
me. When a glrl, Lpcy~.thatis her
first nanin--~had II all her own way.
Her mother dytng yainR aud her
fnfher not having nhy control VI her
SHE inst bossed the Mhole house. Al
eighteen allo WINS niariaod 50 a young
partner Of her fathers, who died two
years later In The south of consulnp-
lion. Since then .iac's been carry.
ing on lux Hike yoanx lAan would on
coming Of age wilma large sdoparly to
epapd she's q good wonisaa nj heart
aud ii She'd only man whom alle could
reepect r think she'd hc M