Telegram-herald., 1888-02-12

moassnt, dear ar yoa. ASnsieaFs sho
talnx Fs1 ~ii xst wear cocktail
before yoa rsaa Read SAsbs's deseriptlca
of ths mskisg Of enc 6Fst Perhaps Yoa
Ill sans TO. tasn-bas TIA Z Il 10 faalt q
ains. o. o. q acis Dawes" In tas course
81 his srEumsn1 Locks ssss aosa the qaota-
hon lrom Pope thai Vice : usoDsssE" a.
iie Yea remsneef sas lines.
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esf sees 80 oit isli.laF = a 6 f4ce.
~ as sa tue tlea pltK. t1tR enpfaee" !"
Then saita Nas5y.
PoDe sacrificed ssnss % sound. Vice
never puts itself up IA fFightfal form
>, the baginainE. o. The contrary. vice Is
Al~ays clothed in hght. snd is always
pleasant and A. silar:nz a. ths Ingenuity Of
tie dsEl can 2sks Il. Vice IN an mills
has gorgeous mirrors. cut glass oTnamsuss.
bT ght. CHEEKY iurnitars and the most gor-
zsoasly oeaatifuH pictures that human ge-
nils can devise. Artists OF the highest
ability are emplosed 10 make these places
beautiful. and their at Is prostitutsd into
dseoy. Is there snytains frizhtful in the
gorgeous osroom OF the Hoffman House.
nymphs warm from the ssnsaOus brush OF
BoakuersauG Is there anything .frightful
"a the wonderful pictures which spsak 20
the senses from al the walls Not 81 all.
Thousands throng that wondroas placs to
see those Jewels 50 appropriately sat. Whst
are they Ihers for2 The proprietor knows
no more OF art than the pig does OF Sunday,
but other people do. and he paid bis money
for the best in art. What forl Ia the in
.srest OF srsG All, 40. The pictures are
50 many decoys. The young man whose
puls- Quickens as be stand before this work
Cf forbidden beauty must patronize the
bar, and be drinks. paving two prices for
what he consumes He takes this art bait
kindly. and comes again. or goes straight
way to other bars of the same kind, whose
propFistors give him quite ss tempting ex-
cnses. The propristors are simply rum
sellers, and these fittings and accessories
are their advertisements.
Vice does not stop with beauty on its
walls. Vice has the liquors il kills with. of
The warmest and most seductive colors-
Its wines sparkle, it puts pure cold vestal
ice into glasses. through which prismatic
rays dart and glitter 20 the enticemsnt of
the eye; il adds TO that sugar of the whitcst
and purcst lemon of the richest and cool
sst colors; and liquors that look rs heautt-
ial as painters dream, and it mixes the
delicious compound in way that would
has diamonds blazing from bis Immaculate
shirt front. his hair is combed and brushed
in most careful particularly. his apron Is
of the ~hitest. and his boots are polished
to the last degree. And then this CON-
pound. which is seduction to the eve as
well as the stomach, is not showed at the
victim cosrsely or csrslessly. The very
mixing of Z i. artistic. In the most tantslI
ixiug way the right hand of the low priest
Of vice pours the glitteriug mixture in a
glass TO another. permitting it to dance
through the sir, giving you IS many tints
as there are in = kaleidoscope, and filing
space with delicious perfume. The drink
is q WORK of art. There is seduction in
the clink Of the ice against the sides of the
glass. there IS 4 treacheross kindliness in
the "glUg. glug. cloop, glug. glug" of the
liquor as It leaps out in an amber stream
over the Ice. and lights up with brilliant
color its crystal whiteness. and when the
compound IS completed it is permitted to
stana a moment while the rim Of another
glass. As thia as paper and as beautiful a.
a fsiry's dream is dipped into pure, refined
sugar. making an inexpressible delicate
frosting. the vision Is poured into this, the
whole then crowned with cool green leaves
Of mint, with slices Of lemon ariisticslly
disposed. and with ripe luscious strawber-
ries nesting lovingly among them; well,
talk OF vice putting on a frightfal misn.
Why. there is nothing more beautiful ia
the world. No houSewifs so decorates th,
dishes she places before her guests; no.
where can anything 30 absolutely aesthetic
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