The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-04
THE BOWERY WAKES UP.
OPENING A NEW SEASON IN TIE
FAMOUS TEOROUGHFARE

The Gathering Of Dime Museum
Freaks = Bigh Grade Professional
Ly1ng-The Lady Orchestras Are
Commissioning Gallery Devices
and Advertising Dodges.
(Copuight 1919
New YORK, Oct. 3.-Of course the
Bowery never actually goes to sleep. night
or day, summer or winter. But there are
periods when it is relatively drowsy. In
June it is tame, in July it visibly mods, and
in August it is positively torpid.
In this decline sad change comes over
the essentially regulHtive features of this
thoroughfares. The Thalia and the other
theaters close internationally il not alto
gether. and the ftful sparring shows or
what not at break out during the warm
weather are out of condition as compared
with the more healthy vigor of the shows in
| season. The dime museums one by one,
become feeble and doze off, leaving the
| doors covered with a thick and gorgeous
| sealing of posters, stupidity closed in the
public's face. A few of tae museums remain
open for the whole summer, and the spas
motto gasps of the hand organ, which is
supposed to be band. fitfully appeal to the
waning patronage. Inside these gay and
festive halls of dazzling light there is a soli-
tary freak, who may be the India rubber
| man, but is more likely to be the tatoosd
girl, and who lonesomely ignores the con-
| temptation and keen disappointment of the
occasional victim. Then the dives, which
| the police are supposed to have swept out OF
New York, but which are dotted here and
there throughout the whole length Of the
| Bowcry. are less UNANIMOUSLY prosperous in
/ hrkE
stale, fiyblown and more or less surly mac
tivity.
The Bowery is most completely dull just
| before the awakening Of the new season {;
| for sometimes museum or a shooting gal-
lery that will hold out almost until the first
of September will go all to pieces at the
last moment In August Bowery patrons
and promenaders are likely to be found at
the west end Of Coney Island. where they
dance, and vituperate and drink beer in
| much the Same way M inN which
they do these rthsngs uiosiu Ell win
terra quarters, though perhaps with al
added freedom from restraint suggested by
the presence of the tumultu0us sea and the
absence OF the Bowery policeman.
But just now the Bowery is waking up.
| The wheezy barrel organs of the museums
is sounding recklessly animated note. The
| freaks are Increasing in number aud
bracing to the winter siege. The ossified
girl, VINO will probably multiply Ike the
| females who have been tatooed has in one
instance made way for the human butter
| fies," who perform kind of revised version
of the gaiety skirt dance in parti-colored
gowns, cut like the skirts in Mrs. Eva
Mann's theatrical contract, just below the
knee. The fire eater exhibits fantastic
buoyancy of spirits in the face OF fall in
the thermometer, and the fat lady is posi-
lively clipper. Tho three-eggsd man who
naturally eau stand more than his coHtem-
poraries, did not lose heart in the dizziness
| Of August and early September. but there
! is nevertheless distinct contrast in his
manner at this opening Of q. e,rnew
season. As ..ra,S matter 90 OF ~ fact
a man Of little feasibility might haze felt
the ignominy ofahsiging assuffed pzas-no.
a stuffed sst-of nee trousers knnk bafoEe
the eyes Of vulgar Worid az the ernnce
10 the mnseum,,. There y tssS D, nneAger
allowance off, glass ~ Aters 40 fsnake
| oharmers aud osBnibals, this seassn. and
thsre Is a distlncr,hropsin the human hsh
| department. Thsmsrkssis u. strooeh Her
culesss, espsciauyfdp chs bill boafsis " hon
/ you 20 outside volt md thai Mr.. f3ohath
! has gone Out 70 SOP man. For ought !