The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-20


ga nhaws sixteen years old; Minnie
HaynpDus eighteen years old; Lizzie
Moorhouse and I,ottie o. Nell, also young
girls, and others were arrested, and all
told damning stories about Darby. On
the complaint Of Lottie O'Neii Charles
q. raymond was arrested. She charged
him with neF ruin.
Az EXODUS.
" nlie these developments were taking
place In the Police Court there was sud.
den exodus OF we'll known men, The
papers devoted columns t0tne heart rend-
ing stories of the mothers. and the au-
tnorltles were bound to punish some one.
Darby was selected for the victim The
others escaped How many escaped will.
never be knewn to any but the police,
and there is not the slightest fear that
they will tell The girls that were ar
rested only represented very, very small
number Of the fallen children in Newark.
So great was and is this mum Der that
Newark became and is notorious To
designate these children Newark. always
alive 70 criminal distinction, created
name expressly for them. The name will
i've forever and thus add lastre to wicked
Newark. Is IS sEhippyu Far and near
the Newark ch5pptean have a reputa-
ton on q par with that of the city that
maintains them.
JUST As BAD TODAY
at the present day, as then. the faTorite
haunts OF the .ehippiesn are Broad and
Market streets. the TWO principal
thoroughfares in Newark, the picnic
parks and the Passaic River While
tracing the records of NeWark's girls I
walked slowly down Market street. |
mad gone but a short distance when TWO
schippies" about thirteen years old over
took me. One said to the other intend
ing that | should hear herr
Lou, he's nice fellow; sea me mash
did not give her the chance for
turned around and said
Which fellow do you meansu
The girl yet IN short dresses, in an mn
abashed manner and with pleasant
laugh, replied:
"Oh, you, of course
hardly telt fiattered at this, but en-
tered into conversation With both girls.
After few moments the s'chIppy" who
first spoke to me, said
Charlie, will yon take me for a
What will your companion do if you
go2" asked
oh she's going for mash for herself, !"
was the quick re oinder.
Where car we get boatsn I asked
Down BY the Centre street bridge;
come with me and I'll show you the
way. and the child took hold Of fay arm.
Ipreteaded to hesitate. aud she added
significantly Oh do give me row. =
A few words more. uttered by the
child showed the lamenfaOle depth OF
depravity she had reached / made an
excuse to get away from her, and | left
her, wondering If she had a mother
whose heart was aching for the misdoings
Of her "chippy" daughter.
THE PICNIC PARKS
Determined to pursue my Investigations
went to CaledoHian Park This is the
mecca OF the sChiDpiesi' and their older
sisters in sin. 1t IS delightful park.
containing, perhaps, eight or ten acres
II faces on Springfield avenue. After
large fountain first is observed
Around it are imported water plants,
and in it leisureiy sport Number Of
gold fish, Beyond is the largest dancing
pavilion In the State The ground floor is
only used IN case OF unusual rush. Il is
provided with two bars and a dancing
platform. besides restaurant The sec
oDd floor is the main one. II has a de-
iightfui dancing platform. fully capable
of accommodating two hundred couples
at once. besides raised chairs in an audi
forum that will furnish seats for one
thousand persons. Two band stands are
placed at the disposal OF musicians. and
three enormous bars designate where ali
the beer, rum, gin and whisky that is
The pavilion is well lighted by electric
lights. A small gallery runs along the
west side of the pavilion. The grounds
seem to have been lighted to suit the
schippies," for only q few kerosene oil
lamps furnish light, and it goes without
saying that schiDpies" are more at ease in
the dark or shade.
IT PAYS WELL.
When l thought OF the enormous ex-
pense attached to this place and the heavy
rent the proprietors must paw for so
much land in the centre OF a rich city,
concluded that Newark indeed must be a
wicked city TO support it, There is not q
picnic ground between the Harlem River
and the Battery in New York city that is
so large. and TO meet the expense 1t must
be filed almost nightly with people. Just
adjoining Caledonian Park is Seifert's
Park. and nearly opposite is HIPS Union
Park. and but a short walk from there is
the Phoenix Park. All these places are
in Captain Glori's police precinct. There
are many others in the city.
a large proportion of the inhabitant Is OF
Newark are laboring people who work IN
the many mills and factories. There are
thousands OF young girls. there who work
all day and have only their evenings for
amusement. Their homes are in crowded
tenements, and there is no fun indoors.
They are practically driven upon the
streets. where they meet young and old
men whom they accompany to Summer
gardens and dance halls. These are
numerous. and they are about the only
resorts within the reach OF their means.
There are picnics every night In these
places, and the girls dance and have good
times.
Newark girls begin their dance hall
careers yOung. AS soon as they begin to
lengthen their dresses they may be seen
lowering around these places, eager to
make the acquaintance of men who will
buy tickets and take them inside where
the lights and the music and the dancing
are to be found The big gardens and
many of the dance halls are lawful aud
proper institutions. The greater number
of the picuics are unobjecttonable. The
owners OF the places rent them to social
aud other clubs for entertainments and
the dancers are commonly respectable
workingmen and their wives and sweet
hearts. The law cannot close these
resorts, but Police Superintendent Brown
believes he can put an end to the *chippy
evil, . as the police term it, which is one
of the accidental features. In street
slang, 1t should be explained. girls OF
sixteen and under who run around the
streets at night and make the acquaint-
ance Of men whom they chance to meet
are called "chippies-" The same slang
designates the men who do this sort Of
thing land there are hundreds of them IN
Newark} as '.chippy chasers. The num-
Der of these latter vampires ia Newark is
almost Incredible
MOTHERS WALL
The ''ehiDpy evil prevails to such an
extent IN Newark that the city has the
unenviahle reputation of being one of the