Evening journal., 1893-08-05
TIRED OF THE MIDWAY
Girls Who Dance in the Streets
of Cairo Denounced.
OoMsTooK GOES OUT AND STOPS IT.

Enough for Them and Now Director
General Davis Has Orders to Weed
Out" the way-ExhIbItIons OF To-
day.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Mrs. Palmer and
delegation of lady managers made for
NAL protest to Director General Davis
yesterday against the indecent Oriental
dances at the theatres Of the Midway
Plaisance. Animated by high sense of
duty Mrs. Barker, Mrs. FELTON, and Mrs.
Cantrell visited all the theatres and
dance halls last night in the interests of
the Board of Lady Managers The
women had heard that the dances were
dreadful Anthony Comstock had told
them 50, but they wanted to know the
exact situation officially. Therefore the
three women were appointed a committee
of investigation. 1t was terrible
ordeal, but the ladies, from a high sense
of duty, stood 1t all Incidentally they
were TO report If all the Midway women
could be invited to the Woman's Build
ing. The report is by Mrs. Barker, and
was handed to Director. General Davis
this morning. II runs this WISE
Much against our personal wishes
visited Midway Plaisance last night, and
l must say that what saw has filled my
heart with sadness ! do believe that
some of the institutions on Midway
Plaisance claiming to represent foreign
customs are worthy Of patronage, but
there are others in which the utmost
depravitY and RIGHTEOUSNESS were
openly practiced. They were filed with
the vilest of women, the equals Of those
to be found in the lowest parts Of
Chicago, whose only mission is to de-
grade and debauch. We are urging our
boys and girls TO come and see this beau
tiful and grand exhibition at the risk OF
contaminating their souls
Every paper in the city has been call
ing attention to the iniquities of Mi -
way Plaisauce, and can you endure the
scenes that are presented there each
mighty They are debauching our young
men and women and will continue to do
so as long as they are permitted to re.
main. IL is the duty of the lady man.
ayers TO enter their most vigorous pro
test without delay and demand that
these vile places be closed.
Il object to the vile, licentious, for
eign dances. l would sooner lay nv two
boys in their graves than that they should
look upon the sights l saw yesterday
Unless we can qualify our invitation so
as to not include these women, with
whom association will be contaminating.
/ object to the board putting itself on
record as the entertainers Of the women
Of Midway Plaisanee Appoint me, If
you will, as ole Of the committee and |
will be ready and willing any time TO
60 among and labor with those degraded
women, but do not bring them here
where no good can result"
Mrs. Shepard raised an objection at
the time the report was submitted. She
argued that "the Plaisance was very
fascinating
Director General Davis Is sinvestigating
the Midway under this order OF the
Council of Administration
Ordered, That the Director-General,
be- and he is hereby directed and author
lied 10 cause the matter to be imme-
diately investigated and If upon such in
YES igation these reports shall prove
, well founded he is further authorized
and empowered at his discretion to pro
vide for the immediate termination OF
) any such exhibition as shall be found to
be against decency and good morals"
, THAT order said Mr. Sebwab. ISIS
certainly sweeping one, and | don
4 think it could be more emphatic Il
these complaints be true we want tn,
9 nui ance stopped at once. The public
doesn't want any such practices con
tinued and doesn' I propose It shall be
. Foreign manners and foreign forms o
! amusement are all right, and we don
want to interfere with any concession
!, aires rights but immoral practices will
not be tolerated"
They have got to stop IT, II the,
don't I'll have the Worlds Fair Com
missioners indicted for keeping a dis
= orderly house, shouted Anthony Com
J stock yesterday.
He was talking about three shows 4
, the Midway Plaisance at the World
Fair, which he described as being th
most outrageous assault upon the sacre
dignity Of womanhood ever endured
this country. He was distinctly il
d dignant about it.
& Miners, Forty-niners' Great Meet.
CHICAGO, Aug 5-The pioneers WI
crossed the mountains in search Of go
in 1s49, were entertained at the Califo
y mia state building to day. The ''Pionee
exercises were arranged under the dire
n tion Of the western association Of Ca
y a fornia pioneers.
Many veterans were in attendanc
The Iowa State Band furnished the m
sic The address of welcome was ma
q by Dr. ]. n Bird, general manager
n the California Commission, and Adds
IT Ballard, president of the Pioneer Ass
be citation responded.
sh Refreshments were served by the W
J. men. A grand illumination of t
wooded island together with choral a
instrumental concert will be given
In night in their honor
~ ACTRESS DAUVRAY'S TROUBLES
ny She VIII Appear I'm Court to Tell w
lal She Didn't Pay judgment.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Next MOndI
Helen Dauvray, the actress, wife of 10
W. NJ. Ward, the baseball player, will app,
NJ NJ before Justice OBrien and tell why II