The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
NEW FORK IN 4 MOR4L ASPECT

MONSIEUR. Sn9 Is q WODueT. " stHl'!es
bust is magnificent. Not even in Paris could
one secure finer or more truly artistic work.
NEW FORK IN A MOR4L ASPECT
Disappe arance of tho Old.time Dance and
Concert Dives.
All the old dives are gone. New York city Is
moro than ever surprise to m en- from Boston.
Philadelphia. Chicago. New Orleans. and other
cities which have heard that New York WAS
reek ing with open wickedness and filled with
all-nlght resorts. They come on business or
pleasure only to meet with great disappoint-
ment when they get detective or cabman to
show them around tho town at night. There
are no wicke public sights at night to speak OF.
Eight or ten years ago there wero number
OF dance houses and dives OF various kinds
along tho Bowery. Blceckcr street. around
Chatham square. and up on Sixth avenue. All
OF them are now closed There are few new
ones. which are mildly existing. like the dance
hall down In the basement on the north side
OF Bond street and the dance hall back from
the street at IA Second avenue but these are
harmless and innocent. with as little oren in
decency or wckedness at Il Patriarchs
ball. There are plenty OF things to DO seen
around New York at night. just as there are
plenty OF interesting sights in the day time.
and there is about as much visible wickedress
at one timc as at another
A long list these old time dives make. There
was Billy McGlory's Armory Hall down on the
south side Of Hester street. off the Bowery. In
the old days. which was SO firmly established
and doing such a recognized business that
the people Of the neighborhood looked on 1t as
they would ut n factory or u big saloon. They
were all surprised whom McGlory was sent to
the Island and his place was closed. He had
rules for the management CT his place. one OF
which was that no one should he robbed with
in the premises What took place outs side in
the street ho was not responsible for but in
side the door man was Safe anu II he was
robbcd Mctilory would coMpel estitution:
., Bowerv dives ahounded in those days.
room aud small orchestra. 1t was lively
place at two or three in tho morning. AMI
lis ysy is
place as Armory Hall There were man, curios.
tiles there which uptown visitors went toS.e.
The next house was connected Will the Slide.
and the orgies took place there; A few blocks
known as the stable. from tts location over
stable. few steps from Grace Church was
4 odsp S on ss ou or OF
the Bowery. was the most infamous dance
house in New York. place 50 vile that no
Like viruIent disease which has grown mild
through suggestive inoeuiationS: these ol'l
dance hall remains: The successor to the old
be- bnrra il he sts there over ten
With tho exception of selling beer alter
O'Clock and OF giving what is called concert
Off and on during the night without concert
license. there is no law breaking Of any Kind.
Even OF these places only a few remain. Tho
uptown cabman knows about. is down, in the
basement Of one Of the r 2id; time Fashionable m,
houses on Bond street The front 81 ths b@s e.
find the right door. 10 get in you go down the
| hascncn, steps into the area. and throush 2
the hallway into Il large square room. This
room has a dancing floor with chairs around
on the piano. and the young men and young
women dance while the musician plays. Be-
tween the dances you4G man vina stsn rs. ty tine
| on her grave and like songs. which occasion
! ally move to tears young woman who has
| fascination or temptation SO far as the injury
such place does exeer: to the general health
| does not amount to anything.
It is not so long since dance house was run
| in the sub-co!lar Of building block from the
| dives within block OF Police HeadGuartcrs.
Now there ~ no open wickedness down town
drinking t beer after O'clock are wickeiness. .
tywn the old ilaymarke ct has been turned ,
psy sow hs od npG
| Tie old buckingham is gone. Even Kelly's
back room is without it's mouth organ orches-
!
| rant where women who have got cold walking
iiho street sit from II o'clock to 3 and eat and
drink what is given to them. 1t is more like II
freezing and starving on the streets than a
! place OF wckedness.
This is the up town remnant OF the old dives.
! and except at these hours it is u respectable
restaurant. and it is respectable enough then
| in that there arc no Disturbances or unseemly
conduct. and no dancing or singing even: it is
| those women go after midnight. and where SO
! long as they behave themselves 1t is hard to
500 how they could be kept, out; uni Gas the pro-
| prietor OF tho restaurant should require GER
tlcntes of moral character and standing from
every ono OF hi women customers.
There arc vice and wick edness In New York.
and wickedness ina city OF two million people.
but tho oId-time dives arc gone.
The concert saloons that arc Licensed are
evs mingle with the audience or to have Gi-i
walters. Any, infringement OF nj. rule would ~
result in the denial OF removed license, The
nicensed places are closed. Even tx the
J police and license authorities did not prevent
place opening without license. the men
WHO own the concert licenses are too Jealous
prop ind it to their interest to DO repu.
t4hH has driven out the dives Gte ee e.
such combinations OF teer and music. In
town. the men who used TO 60 TO the Buck ing
ham, Emnirs and haynnrket when 1T, tine hung
perial Music Hall. or Roster a Bale. or some
equally harmless place. where drinks are
served and there is music or some other sort
II any man wants to have it impressed on
him how free from dives Now York Is. he
should take the oldest and wlckedest cabman
| he knows and spend night trying to find q
Philadelphia Can't Endure tho Rapid
Transit Idea.