The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30
THE HASHEESH SMOKES.
rWO PLACES IN THE CITY FOR N
EASTERN DISSIPA IIOM

rWO PLACES IN THE CITT FOR N
EASTERN DISSIPATION
s.,etsscs that 10 Noe 90 Harmful - OvsN
Although che s"rr"undtnss are A<sus
a. D~sasraissias-Ths Eject OF sase.
"There Is not much hasheesh impcted
regularly. not moro than 5000 worth ear.
but ten times the quantity is consume.
Custom House broker asserted. Wheroloes
Il 20 to? can't say OF my own knowledg'but
there IL always large demand for It. l ave
passed Il through the customs for doors.
actors society men. and evon ladies. In pint
OF nationality think the Eastern races We u
the more largely. That is. they formerldid.
Nowadays It Is pretty even oil around"
i've been selling hasheesh for more thaiter
years now" Dowery druggist said. Whnl
began I sold about two pots month; low
sell q hundred. have all sorts OF custoDrs.
Cinnamon. Mslays. French Italians. and Ahsr-
leans. Germans seldom call for It. One ofmy
best customers Is a woll.known actress The
usually buys two pots q month. What doa u
look like Here's some common stun. dispay-
ing small china jar which contained hevy
blackish- brown paste. This 10 worth dollar
q pot. This Is first GLASS;" showing potoi
GREEN'S h- brown resin. with slight haf.plee-
amt % worsS pot and IS i've t
as strong AZ tho other"
How Ia hueheesh used z
cat It in small pills, while others dissolve tin
strong wine and, and drink y Ike punch; To
orientais prefer smoking it. while The '%es!an
users q The drug take I solid: Has hss I.
almost always very small percentage OF c,n.
nabin. the alkaloid OF the plant. don't be-
sss 81 hss SIM but
meyer hss. i Hssd xoSG assl by some III:
The chief ingredient Is canhabis. and the pur.
srmed hashsesh eater. whats called in the
Nv, hsse6aasshin. She is lady living in the
Are there any hasheesh houses here p
ksp &c scot
ssie irsm the poles. Which the opium iolnts
entering both places referred TO BY the drug;
waiter answered tile bell and ushersd the caller
into small ,n PVT pea, reception room; The
VAST the manager Of an opium den some years
ago. He. led the way to the second story. whore
the wndows were teoroSghy closed and The
smSSs .ess aiisa the wv rooms; The CARPETS;
PIE but pretty q ohro%o. lew article: q pic:
b"OEuC. anu u uurt VI tWo 80NO tu0 iot
s saS AND
easily accommodating tho twenty haschas:
| chins present. OF these. six were women; all
we'll and 81 social a1
were beginning to come under the influence.
while the rest were beginning the destination.
to, recommended the !nargile.
Of the Turkish article. 4 handsome glass vase
filled with water. long light tube with A. am am
Of the size and share q an egs-were furnished.
In the interior Of the brazier were two brass
crates. and from the bottom run tube down
| into the water OF the vase. piece OF husheesh
Ersts; ard On 1t %as Sid small n;ss Of floE;;
TSs ss hs The a upp seS
. co ss the mouth and un S
cool. aromatic smoke that In flavor seemed hall
sn tx TSe ons
sssnsntioI produced was about The sane -
Tss. WIS En- If the
Revs dsscTSsd nS '4a. second ere pipe prodncsd
hsadaShe. and 18th, the scribe professed himself
II like tho business, " the proprietor said. a.
"anI 1 like 6ashses6. used to run Ia joint.
I struck hasheesh by accident. liked It. and
soon found to my surprise. that II. began to
give me- q distaste for opium. To-day I'd ra-
Their have one pipe OF the former than three OF
the latter. You see. it's cheaper. . little goes
further. and there's less trouble and no risk.
Nearly all my old customers were formerly
fends:' now they never hit the pipe.' My
new customers have been brought here by the
old ones. and they're lust rs inveterate How
many have II About 7O-lawyers, politicians
ers vary; some ar. actresses and singers. some
nre. susnect. a little fast and some arc out
of-town folks, who run in now and then for 9
little excitement. Does hasheesh hurt q man
Isuppose 1t does II you use too much OF It..
use five pipes y day. and have been doing 1t for
years. and don't think It tnJures me. The
man you saw in the back room is different Its
killing him. He takes ten and twelve pipes q
day. II depends on the man altogether"
The Pel street place Ia q vivid contrast To
the luxurious establishment In. Lexington ave-
nue.. The room is In the third story Of n tum.
bleI down tenement. Low ceiling. dirty door and
walls windows covered and plastersd l. over with
warning paper and rags: greasy hunks and
all the other indications OF Chinese vice and
sgualor were there. The room. not larger thar
20x25. contained thirty-one inmates. 6even
were MonxOs. eight women who had lost all
womHnhood years before. and the rest a varie.
gated assortment OF loafers tranlps, and drunk.
ards. As the reporter entered u haSchaschil
was receiving from the proprietor his ration oil
the drug. It was the cheap kind shown by the
druggist and was as large as hickory nut
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wn. L. Scott's Next Move.
ERIE. March 2s.-William L. SCOTS political