The morning call., 1892-04-04

doors open till they close, is one protracted
robbery. interspersed with petty larcenies
performance is dissustingly obscene; the
| language of the performers foul and un.
clean beyond the comprehension of those
| only moderately wicked.
The performance Is stretched out OF all
semblRnce, so as to keep the victims there
till their last coin is gone.
Don't you want drink ?"
Wont you buy scmething?"
LET ME have a beer with you?"
This Is the grand chorus of the brazen
huSsies pleading into your ears 30 tunes in
five minutes.
The performance is so very vile and In
decent that the sober ones would all prob
ably leave after the first half of IL were it
not for the deep deception of the programme
wait and see the terrible Turk buying and
selling girls" it says. Then again: "Wait
and see the Turkish slave market scene"
Further down there is catch-line ealcu-
lated to stay the most dissatisfied: ave
are getting mighty close TO the Pasha's
paradise"
But 1t is all the meanest kind OF delusion
and snare. The uninitiated expects TO see
nude women, or something of that sort, and
waits on Through the tires omely vile per-
Torrance for the grand finale.
And his only reward for the waiting and
endurance is Il plethorlc redundancy of the
vilest language Imaginable to the most de-
PRAYED men and women. The actions are
only suggestive, and vilely and indecently
SO at that. When the spectator leaves the
CremoTne lie feels that he has been robbed.
He is much poorer in pure, and has lost
whatever remnant of self-respect he NAV
have had when he entered the dive.
Hallnan's Crime Hatchery runs seven
nights In the week, and the orgies IF the
seventh night are, If anything. wilder and
viier than those of the other six.
Boys frequent the Cremorne. Not your
boys. pray heaven! But somebody's boys.
You find them mostly in the filthy little
private boxes, almost sometimes quite
hidden from view OF the main audience by
double folds OF foul, almost Shiny lace cur
talns, which are so very ragged and so very
unclean as to leave bad odor In the air and
soil clean hands that touch them.
Boys who frequent this place 60 down
very rapidly. The criminal records prove
Ii abundantly.
Only boys Of well-to-do parents are en-
couraged in patr0nizing the Cremorne.
Those whe can afford TO buy bad wine at
So bottle are welcomed most heartily.
And dirty. greasy negro waiter stands
around waiting to sneak away the bottle
after the first glass or two have been
emptied. Not TO save the vile stuff, for it
Is worthless. oh, no: the half filled and
from the boxes because the "wine"--so
called only by cOuTtesy-is valuable, but
rather that another bottle may be ordered
at once.
A police official whe investigated HALL
mans Crime Hatchery recently very thor
oughly, tells how the Actresses" dressed
most lndecently and immodestly, proceed to
rob their victims.
In the box In which he sat-disguised as a
''sport'-a f1ashy young man with mere
money and less brains, was shown in by the
colored waiter. moment later one of the
actresses" with low-necked, short-sleeved
bodice and very scant skirts, came tripping
in and at once set about to work" the
sucker"
I'm awful dry" she began at once. after
the Initial How are you to-nightP" had
been passed between them. Then without
further ado She punched the button. I'M
mediately the door slid back aud the waiter
appeared.
harpie. What shall it it be ?" to the
sucker. Il don't like beer; let's have
wine, eh?"
Wine" feebly responded the victim.
lie was little surprised TO find be had to
pay So for a bottle of cheap clsret that had
not even the virtue Of being corked nor la
beled. but by this time the unblushing siren
who bad edged very near him had her arm
about him. He paid it ungrumblingly.
Two small glasses were filed from the
bottle and the bottle sat in corner on the
floor.
Presently the "a tress" became thirsty
again. They looked for tbs bottle and
found ii gone.
why, we must have drunk it al" she
said, and another bottle was ordered aud
paid for. This was repeated till the victim
had spent $50, which was all lie had. He
was pretty iull by this time, and being
broke" the woman at once deserted him.
he went TO sleep on the floor. In the morn
ing ne awoke TO find his watch aud ring in
the possession of Mailman and a wine bill
Tor $40 against him al the bar. Before he
could recover his iewelry he had to satisfy
this bill.
Twenty OF these cases happen nightly.
and seven nights week