Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-16
SEA SHORE BY NIGHT.
oUE,R STGBrs AND SOUNDS THA7
TTE WIN WAVES SEE AND HEAR.
what Happens at the West End After
New York Mercury.

l. sadly Neglected..
New York Mercury.
The west end of Coney Island has beer
fairly launched for the season on the bound
ing pillows OF the widest and wickedes
kind OF amusement and pleasure Fol
noise the place is perfect pandemoninm
with concert halls and dance houses. For
the crOwding together OF shanties and
booths of all descriptions, it has its pro.
totgpe in the old West Washington market
and for reasons only to plainly to be seen
it is a modernized edition OF the
OLD FIVE POINTS.
Starting from the entrance to the old iron
pier and running down west toward the
point, acres upon acres Of sand are boarded
over and covered by frame structures so
closely Joined together as to appear one
huge bizarre structure inspired and di-
rected by the genius of uproar and aban-
doned revelry. A respectable stranger
getting into this section OF the island
would fancy he was among the notorious
concert saloons that in former days made
Catham street and the lower Broadway a
haring and bowling highway.
4 Mercury reporter spent Thursday
night in the locality, and the scenes he
witnessed left an indeble impression that
truc missionary labor is more needed here
than in the far.of lands Of the HCttentot
hnatheu chinese or the South Seas canni-
bal. The average Coney Island habitue of
some parts of the West End at night i,
about the biggest pagan and sinner to be
found anywhere on the round globe, for he
respects nothing that is decent.
THERE Is ONE DANCE PAVILION.
the proprietor Of which has long kept
dance house in basement in this city, and
whatever restraint he experienced here has
been thrown off at Coney Island The pa
whom consists of an open-al!-rOund liquor
place, aud the dance hall is on the floor
above. Beuefting by his knowledge of a
certain class OF human nature, the pro-
prietor has female instead of male bar
tenders, hashy.looking blondes with
meagexpess of light clothing around the
neck and shoulders. As in almost all the
other establishments around, the band is a
one-horse concern, and .he style OF dane
ing is built on the can-can as a solid basis.
with fartastical sdornments and lofty
gymnastcal embellish hmen,s super-added.
THE CLASS OF WOMEN
who were seen in the place we're apparently
of the lowest order, intellectually and NOR
ally. Many OF them we're dressed in con-
cert saloon style, and mad come from New
York on racket" But there were some
who appeared to be the daughters OF poor
parents, working girls. In age they seemed
to range from fifteen to seventeen and
eighteen wears. The male portion Of the
patrons Of this place we're decidedly OF
the hoodlum type, young fellows who don't
work but always manage to dress well in
their own peculiar style and to have money
however they may get it. A man who
keeps a respectable business on the island
said: you know that the girls Of that age
and class are ,ond of excitement
TRIP TO CosEY ISLAND
is more 10 them than a trip to Europe. IL
the,r age ness to come down they will ac
crpt an invitati ~ from anybody that offers
These young loaiers bring them down tc
this portion Of the island, and, as the ad
IN ssions are free, drinks must be bOugh
aud indu ged in as recompense for thu
free admission Thus the girls are in
duced to drink beer and sometimes harder
stuff. The noise is kept up, the banC
rattles away at its so-called music, thu
dancing proceeds more wild, loose ant
furious than ever. In the excitement The
girls take no note of the time, and whei
they begin to think OF returning home
they lind it is | or IL o'clock and thu
last boat has lett and perhaps the las
train. Suppose the boat has lett, but tina
there is vet a train, the male escort vii
plead that he has spent all his money, anC
having bought return tickets on the boa
and she having lett, he can not buy rail
road tickets, and SO they are forced t.
remain