Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

nearly every corner in this quarter of the
town, anPthere would be four, only that the
law makes three the limit.
FIVE cents is the usual price for drink on the
Bowery, whetheri Il be a stovepipe of beer, mill
| punch, cocktail or what not Acomrnon sign is
I'VE give the largest schooner OF beer and the
biggest glass OF whisky for cents in the CITY,
Ii turntables are cheap, comestibles are equally
so. here IL a copy OF n sign in front Of an
eating house near Chatham square:
Plgs tails and cabbage. .......5 cents
/ DeSiStC"n pic. cents
Two fried or boiled eggs. cents
| Spare rib and cabbage 3 cents
] All roast meats: ...-..................Sc cents
hearty meal, too, is furnished with each of
these orders. But it is at night that the Bow
cry Is in it's glory. Then its sidewalks are
nIohgeo win people Who seeking recreation
AFTER the day toll. pour ont from the tenement
houses and squalid back streets All the shops
arc open the pawn shops exhibiting gil Lterinc
displays OF unclaimed and tawdry icwelrv. tho
statesmen OF the cheap clothing stores soliciting
custom from the pavement and street hawkers
crying thelr wares. Now and then from open
| doors or concert halls come sounds of music
the passer by being invited to enter bv sign.
Announcing that the entertainments are free To
all. Ears OF hot corn and raw orstcrs are sold
/ at cent apiece on the corners beneath ilaring
/ kerosene lights.
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| museum, IN front of which are disDlayed huge
colored pictures, representing all sorts OF as
tonishlnS human and other curiosities. Before
the entrance of each one Of these palace, de-
voted to science and art shabby man with
surprising lung power capers about aad de-
MYERS highly demonstratiye lecture on the
farveis to be seen within. He is known bro
fessionally and descrip,yelv as barker. y
While doing a legitimate business in the exLi-
/ bItlon line. these Establishments are at the
same time traps for the unwary In each of
them several skin games" as they are tecllni-
caily known; are conducted. For example, the
| stranger, having witnessed the dubious
/ stage performance aId satiated his appetite
| for wonders by viewing the fat laly the
| skeleton gentleman ald all the other objects
| OF oiSotry and virtue. is taken aside bv an al
/ fable person, who asks him TO draw envelopes
! from "a box. The envelopes contain numbers
and the experiment of betting that he can
draw No. / usually costs the visitor at least 50.
linen another courteous individual offers IL
make chronological examination of his head,
which be naturally supposes to be included IN
the price o: admission. and he il ch ,rcei from
sZ TO 20 for 1t. II he refuses to pay threats
are used. but he is fortunate if he gets away
without further losses through DINER forms Of
| cheatery.
| DANCE HOUSE AND OTHER DIVES
On Hester stree. and other avenues. around
corners from the Bowery, are dance houses and
other dives, which are frequeated BY the
tough element. the young women being OF tha,
class whose lnpropriety Is only cxcusable on
the ground that 1t is professional. The vo-s,
or these was formerly kept by Mr.. Billy Nc
| Glory. who fell v!ctim 20 the puritanica
/ spirit OF the times and is now residing tempo.
/ rLr1ly at an institution for the encouragemen,
OF penitence known as the island" lie is a
| very remarkable man. and it is II matter OF
some Wonderland that he was no. sent - Con.
I grcss from his district. His misfortune is gen
orally attributed to neglect on his part Is 70
! the diol ,lDuion OF g sufficient percentage Of
| the profits OF his es.ab!ishrlent among the DO.
| l1ce On one occasion a few Years ago he ne
quilted himself in a very heroic manner W here 4
young girl and Il runaway horse were concerned
He owned several very fast horse. and was nc.
custoined to drive them with kill One day
while he was proceeding AZ Il leisuiely pace be-
/ hind one of his trottcrs on a road near town 9
| horse passed him on The dead run going in The
same direction. with little cart and 4 Young lad,
in 1t at its heels. McGlory gave chase, over.
took the runaway. and while bo.h vehicles were
at fall speed. leapcd from the sJil!lv into tn,
! cart, which he soon brought to q hllt
| The German. are always sensible in thei,
amusemen:s. Give them good music and beer
and they are happy. The; mainly constitute
! the patronage OF a great music hall on Ia,
I Bowery, viii, h is AN institution OF u so.ne-hat
! foreign pattern, where comic Fingers of fdi:
/ Hlctit aiu o>ntE h'tcu PERFORMERS appear Oh q
pla;formlke stage, responding 10 cncores b.
ascending a snort tiSE: OF steps from the rear
But the most remarkable point about ths sab.
/ II hmcIt il tina: :Ae lausicians are women And
very admirable performers th-y are Ihay
/ compose brass and string band which is one OF
| the very best i'll New York. II Uncle Sam
/ should take "a notion to discharge the llarine
| Band. for motives of economy. President Earri-
son or Cleveland mig g- do well TO hire hi.
| female musical organization to play a. Whise
House entertainments. Nothing could be
| less pre;entious than this music hall
| OF the Bowcry. where the men sit and
smoke and drink beer around circular tables on
the floor, while ladies with their escorts find
| accommodation in a sort Of gallery. There i
no charge for admission, and the cents which
pays FOR glass OF beer purchases at the same
| time very considerable amount OF pleasure
fo- any one who knows how to appreciate COED
music. The walters who the drinks and
prctzels are somewhat after the ''say 10 Inn o,
| III black your eye pattern: but il must be re-
| membered that they have many difficult GUS
| toners to handle, notwithstanding The fact thai
the resort Is OF very reputable character.
! soGE GOOD ACTING SOMETIMES.
Some admirable acting Is sometimes to be
seen in Bowery thea:crs, to which talented
memberoof the profession with an appetite 70,
| drink are apt to gravitG:e. There their genius
bnds employment after thev have been cast oIl-
OF the higher ranks and thus il happens ;hat
one sometimes sees an excellent comedian on
even waking gentleman on the boards OF these
humber temples of Thespis. The plays pre-
sented here. of course, are always OF the blood
and-thunder order. To satisfy the god, of thu
gallery there must be plenty of firing of pis
tolls and the villainy must invariably be of the
deepest possible dye. Nevertheless virtue
never failed to come out ahead and noble
and heroic sentiments expressed on the
stage arouse no such enthusiastic AID.
p,ause anywhere they do when uttered
behind the foothghts OF the Bowery PLAYHOUSE
1t is particularly noticeable that the audience:
always applaud wildly when there ia pathetic
passage. They do it to hide their emotions
From the point Of view CT the gamins.of the
gutter the theater at which they may purchase
an evenings entertainment for Is cents repre-
sents the utmost attainable Joy, and they are
not bud critics Of the quality Of the acting.
Your correspondent witnessed pathetic
scene on the Bowery last evening. An elderly
man, small of stature and evidently befuddiet
with drink, who might have been Russian, >
like Ralph RdckstrdU in "Pinafore" wal
trying to make his way up the steps of q saloon
He was impeded in the effort. however, by n
boy who hung desperately to his coat-tails and
| pulled him back every Tins he advanced .
pace. Evidently, thought the observer, THU
| was his son, who was attempting to persuade
the old gentleman not TO take any more rum
Doubtless home and suffering family awaited
him elsewhere. At length the boy succeeded il
dragging the inebriate OF OF the steps, where
upon the latter stood in the middle Of the side