Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-08

they should stay away. 1t viii be much
money In my pocket
''But these same women--,vhat do they
dot Hal / will tell youl They put on
dresses cut. low-ah, very low. They 20
TO balls aud dance with men. And their
dresses are so low Do my girls dress
like that? No; they are in modest at
tire. Neither do they have the arms OF
wine-hushed men about their waists. mol
They dance on a stage by themselves.
They dance the dance of their country.
If IL shocks anybody let them stay away.
II will not close my theater My
girls will dance, and woe to the man who
lays his finger on them! Why do they
not close the other dancing theatersi
They are all worse than mine. We will
see tomorrow. YesV
SO far as the general public knows, the
dancing In the Persian theater Is as Mr..
Debbas says, less vulgar, less indecent
than In either the Street of Cairo or In
the Algerian theater. Last night all
these dens were In full operation
When the fair was first opened these
three theaters were given patronage by
really respectable people. Decent women
were luied into the places In the belief
that the exposition company would not
recognize any entertainment unfit for
modest women to witness. II did not
take long for the character OF the audi
ences to change. IT was not long be-
level. Where once decent women could
De seen, sitting shamefaced la the half
MED benches, there are now the deprayed
Of both sexes. In the early days Of the
fair the spectators sat quiet and dis
| glsset.7 now the men and women facing
the, stage assist In the entertainment
win vulgar shouts and indecent com
| ment. The women In the Persian the
| alter wear dresses that cover their bodies
IN the Algerian and Cairo houses they
/ do not.
1t was typical 'levee" concert hall
crowd that filed the Algerian theater
last night. Drunken men and women
| occupied seats close to the stage. Every
Indecent motion Of the creatures on the
stage was the subject for obscene cries
crimson with drink climbed on a seat
and attempted an imitation Of the mo-
| tons OF the women on the stage, This
act met with the approval Of the crowd
behind her. More than one fight has
taken place In this house since the dane
ers have. been there.
1t Is the same In the Cairo theater.
The depraved 20 from one place TO an
other If they start in at the Algerian
theater. they are inilamed to greater ex-
cesses in the next place. If they shouted
in one place they are ready to scream in
the next The Cairo theater has its
quota of this class last night. The
| women on the stage We're at their best
Their vulgarlty was emphasized and in
creased by the shouts Of the males and
females who made mp the audience. The
managers of the three places made no
attempt to lessen the tunult.
There was great excitement In Cairo
aud Algeria when the word was passed
along the line that Director-G General
Davis had begun his crusade against the
dancers. The manager of neither place
could be found.
The order TO close dlsreputable places
on Midway was issued yesterday by the
council Of administration The Persian
theater was not singled out In the order
Director DAVIS simply being ordered tc
, close every disreputable or immoral place
ON the street. At the same time II was
understood that the Persnn theatel
would be the first place attacked
We have just heard. some shocking
stories about that place." said Il member
of the council of administration. III
was reported to us that at IL o'clock
, after the street was supposed to DC
closed. private performances OF very
lewd character were given. We ar,
told that the dancing girls appeared en-,
tirely nude and sometimes kept theil
orgies up until morning. OF course the
g only thing we could do was to close the
I place and issue an order excluding those
i girls from the park"
Did Anthony Comstock have anything
I TO do with this campaign against the
dancing girlsr'
= Not thing. We received our report,
: from another scource. Mr.. Comstocli ha.
I been here several times. but he merel,
0 made his complaint to President Higin
1 bOtham."