Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-16

an upper shelf. On either side OF one OF
the little lamps was pillow, and as the
writer Law on one side the cook reclined
Oh the other.
THE MoDUs oPERANDI.
The shell of opium and the lamp hav
ing been placed between the two, the
"cook" took up long thin wire, not I'M
like a twisted knitting-needle, prodded
the opium with it until mass of the
substance about the size ola pea adhered,
and then held it over the flame of the
lamp. As it sizzled he prodded the sub
stance into the perforatIon of the bowl
of pipe with long stem. Then he put
the other end of the stem to his lips and
inhaled long draught of the smoke.
Passing it to the writer, the two then
took alternate whitfs.
do many girls come here?" asked the
scribe, after twenty-five cent shell" of
opium had been consumed.
scores of them"
"What class"
"MosT OF THEM ARE YOUNG GIRLS
"who merely cone here at first out OF
curiosity. They gradually become in
fatuated with the place, and then try a
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other, and the result is that they can't
keep away. They finally come at all
hours of the day and night. This is but
the first step downward" said the young
man, sadly.
"Your sympathies appear to be array
ed against the place." said the reporter.
"Why do you come here YOURSELF"
81 can't help it. l would die without
opium. / am too shaky to apply for an
other position, and even if / obtained it
l couldn't retain it. lam too far gone to
do without the drug"
"Why don't you caution those young
girls?"
IL must make nv living somehow.
Every person l cook for gives me dol
lar or so and it is my living. Beside, no
real wrong is ever permitted here. Il
appointments for future meetings are en-
tered into here, its none of my business,
but you never see wrong action here.
Listenw
Three young girls were asking a new
conner to be permitted to cook for him.
"When the girls have spent all their
money that's the way they get more
They don't cook for the purpose of max
ing money, but only to obtain more OPT
UNI. They alternate at the pipe with
those they cook for"
AT LEAST TWENTY NEW CoMERs
had entered the room during the course
of the ABOVE conversation. Most ofthem
were Young, and their manners, CONVEX
sation and style of dress proclaimed that
they were, as yet, unsophistica.ed in the
ways of the world, and they were just
taking their first step that must newt
ably lead to eternal ruin.
isn't it queer that the police don't
make descent on the placer asked the
writer. as a second pipe was finished.
They know all about it."
TT COSTS TEN DOLLARS DAY TO RUN THIS
JOINT"
said the young man suggestively.
Around in the Bowery the writer hap
pened across a policeman.
'Do you know where there is an opium
joint in this neighborhood?" was asked
of him.
"Naw."
Dent you know that there is one at
the head of Marion street, and that, at
the present time there are a number of
innocent young girls in the placer"
"'Snone of my bizness faint my
beat p answered the guardian angel as
he moved away.
If the police are anxious to break up
one of the worst dens in the city all they
have to do is to dress in the latest style,
borrow few diamonds and otherwise
disguise themselves as wealthy report
ers, walk to the head of Marion street,
into the lower hallway, knock on the
rear door to the right, men ion the name
Charley from Brooklyn" walk into the
front parlor and save at least a score of
young men and girls from physical and
mental destruction. Another good way
would be to act upon their present knowl-
edge and to break the door down.