Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-05
GERMANS AND JEWS IN GROUPS
Concert Halls and Fading
FavoriteS.
Some Curious Characters--Fun But No
Preaching wanted--A Midnight supper
Down in "New Jerusalem''--"I3ab" EN-
tends New Years Greeting to Her In
Vulnerable Readers.


sorbed by my friends who live on the
other side. The preparations for
Maggie's wedding, the delight of Billy's
presence, the knowledge that Charles
leg is going to be cured, and the con-
seriousness that my library is course of
unending pleasure to that loyal friend,
the little Jew boy, are absolute facts.
Facts are not always hard things; they
are sometimes very pleasant. The other
day Billy came up to lunch with me,
and to tell me about the new place he
was making for himself in the Southern
lands. The little jew boy was reluc-
family dragged from "rhe Three Guards
men" to eat, and we three sat thinking
what good thing it was that tea was
and conditions of things.
Bah IN SEARCH OF PLEASURE.
Said | : "Billy, how does the other
side play 2" Billy looked at me, so did
lsidore, and there was quiet. Then the
boy spoke. "They don't play, Miss, they
think its play, but it isn't because there's
no love OF kindness in it." You see, he
is bit romantic. Then Billy had his
say. swell, Miss, the kid is mighty
near right. They call it play; they call
it pleasure, but you'se can understand
as it faint the sort o. play that pays;
too often it ends in broken heads, and
just as frequently in broken hearts;
sometimes it means trip to the island,
sometimes to the morgue, but it is only
when one of God Almighty's women
like Maggie and Mrs. Flaherty, and
peace be to her soul, my poor Katie,
has it in charge that it is worth while.
You see, Miss, when you've been trained
to work and work, you forget how to
play, and you take whatever comes
along. Then, too, if you have got
dark hole to sleep in, you just want to
go where it is bright and then you
drifts along"
"Billy," Hasked suppose you take
me tonight to see how the other side
plays?" Billy protested in vain. Isidore
| grieved over me. But 8 o'clock found
us trotting down the Bowery. We
went to one of the big beer gardens; on
the floor right among the other people,
| sat down to table and ordered some
beer, and then l looked around. A
lady orchestra, attired in emerald
green satin, was supposed to fascinate
the crowd by its beauty and lull them
to sweet thoughts by its melody. I'm
fortunately it did neither. The women
were coarse and vulgar to look at, and
the music was poor. However the place
was crowded, and you could have cut
the tobacco smoke even with woman s
penknite. Was ii all vice? Certainly
not. The family element was repre-
sented by the Germans and Jews, who
came in groups, sat about the tables,
talked to each other and went home
about 1890 or IL O'clock, having had a
pleasant evening in meeting the friends,
whom it would be impossible to enter
tain i'll the small rooms of the tenement
house. l could not object to this The
worst element in the beer garden is the
New York tough and his girl, but even
he was repressed by the tone of socia-
bility as evidenced by the Germans and
the Jews. He dragged his girl by the
arm, and said, "Come along, Liz, derc
amt no fun here; ii is too mighty re-
spectacle"
THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
We followed in the wake of the gen.
tleman who found responsibility dam.
nable, and we landed at a small concert
hall, where the stage came far out tc
the so-called reserved seats, and the
young ladies who kindly did "turns
were not only very civil from the stage
to the audience, but even an invitation
by the eyes would induce them to come
down and be sociable. One of them
was pretty, and she had about her thai
tangible something, called womanliness
which always attracts men. She SAM
ridiculous little song about her sweet.
heart, and then she came down and ga
at the next table to us. Billy looked a
her with pity, and said, "Poor wretch
she amt been here long enough to &C
like the rest of them" She would laugt
ut the compliments paid her; merry
laugh, that made the other women start
as if it We're an unknown sound in sucl
a place. The gentleman who haC
brought Liz there rudely left her ate
telling her that she was old enough /,
look after herself, and paid his respects
to the pretty girl, said respects being il
the shape OF u bottle OF stuff cale(
champagne; but the liquid never saw
the fair land of France, nor was i
mixed outside of the hall in which
was sold. 1t looked like combination
of bad whisky, fusel oil and soda, will
the oil and soda predominating.
would have made you or me sick; but thi
girl drank il and laughed, and seemed t.
think it was very fine. The gentleman
! said to her: "You'se is the best-loolSin,
! girl l have seen since McGiuty wen
! down." Which compliment the beaut,
l, acknowledged by saying: "Did he Civ
you his best suit of clothes?" Thi
provoked wild laughter, and the youn
> woman felt that she was very smart
! Another gentleman told her She has
two as handsome black eyes as he ha,
ever seen; and she made the statement
probably truthfully: "Say, il | wer
with You much, | would have two NOR
black eyes"
I INTRopuCrIoNs ARE IN ORDER.
A lady, who was decidedly passe, bu
: who had been bowling from the stag
Y something about her being too young t
/ go out without her mother, recognize
/ Billy, and called out to him she wa
c coming down TO be introduced to hi
: friends. You can imagine Billy's face
| said: LET her come" After the son
was over She did come, and was intro
duced TO me as "AIiss Cora Dorsay;
she was probably "a, but she looked a
f elderly 80; cheap makeup, and the lac
2 Of appreciation of soap and water la
h given her skin dried-up look; Will
1 late hours, bad food and dissipation la
not fattened her. Billy muttered
SAY, Cora, / was always u straigh
chap with you. l knOwed you befor
you became professional, so wan
c you to be polite to this lady because sh
e is my frien'." Cora w6s exceedingl
$ polite. She asked me if would like t
k be introduced to the proprietor, and sll
also asked me if l would like to met
1f hn L.