New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-16

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Hc was thoroughly aroused.
"Will you describe for the Recorder,
the Midway Plaisance-where it is, of
whatit consists, and what they do there?''
asked the reporter.
''No, no." and an involuntary shudder
shook the rotund form of the vice-scour-
ger. "No, won't give it advertising.
won't let people know where it is. or
what they do there. can't talk yet. In
fact believe that the fair commissioners
have visited the place and abolished the
Objectionable features even before this.
Why it was awful-awful."
AS he said lawful! awful" he seized
his head with both hands and closed his
eyes as if to shut out a distracting Wis
ion.
"Never did see such sights in all my
twenty -one years career as public
man." he exclaimed. 'sIt is the most out
rageous insult to womanhood, the most
shameless exhibition of depravity the
worst violation of all decency, and virtue
and responsibility and innocence that 1
ever heard Of"
A Disgrace to the Nation.
''Shame, shame!" and Anthony Com
stock lifted both hands above his head.
as If to appeal to powers more potent
than human. "It is a disgrace to our
nation, disgrace to Chicago, an irrepar-
able blemish upon that magnificent fair,
for it is magnificent and 1 was greatly
impressed with its marvellous beauties
and educational capabilities. After see
ing What J. saw no man with conscience,
no one with any love Tor the young and
the innocent, no one who desires that our
children shall grow up pure and unde-
filed-our children who are to make the
bone and sincw of the coming generation
and its ciyiliZatlOn-no one who desires
to protect our mothers and wives from
contamination can rest while that vile
sink of sensuality is in existence
''To think of it-those young girls
who were supposed to represent the es-
sence of what is entertaining to some of
those other Southern countries-it is
shocking! shocking ~
He shut his eyes and pushed the vision
back with both hands outstretched.
"What satire upon civilization! There
were those grls going through maneuvers
which would have put the savages from
the Fiji islands to shame. Oh, it was a
crime against our womanhood, against
pure womanhood the world overr'
"Do the managers of the fair counte-
nance it?" asked the reporter.
"No; and here is where want to ex.
plain myself. They cannot keep an eve
upon everything, the field is so large.
Thew sign contracts with these people,
and do not know what is going on with
in these side shows. Whenever anv one
with an official :adgc enters these places
the vile parts are stricken out of the
performances. am confident that all
OF this horrible bestiality has been al
lowed to go on solely because the direc
tors were ignorant Of its existence. When
told President Higinbotham of 1t he
was thunderstruck. MI. Massey, one of
the directors, was overcome with indig-
nation. He said that he would sooner
see his family and children in hell than
allow them to enter one of those places.
That is why believe that the vile fea-
lures have not been suppressed before
this
"How many of these side shows are
there III the Midway Plaisance?"
"Oh, there are multitude per-
haps."
"Did you visit them all?"
eyes, but I found only three which
were absolutely bad. Others, heard.
had begun something like these three,
but had been modified. They give a
forty minute performance every hour.
Great crowds are attracted to each per-
formance, but the three vile dens-I
won't say which they were; let's see
whether the outrages are abolished first
are jammed with people, great part
of whom are loafers am. the filthy mind
ed. In these three places, like many Of
the others, the performance is coarse and
without any apparent excuse for its toler-
alton, save the claim Of its managers
that it is typical Of the country it repre-
sents. Il don't believe that the perform
ances are typical of anything except a
depraved nature. am sure that in two
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