The evening world., 1894-07-17
POOL-ROOM
FOR women.
D'onrmD,d rom mrs Ric,.N

the bottom. Upon these windows il 'he
OF the place An ,ns""ru"r In ,Wldl"
enamel letters on the one near"s; South
tifth avenue reads Patents applied fu"
aud obtained" N thu other Is tie
| nee" No pr5p"ielo" name ltp"ars,
hhGGywsver, ..ana beyond few. nc'itioHs
nothing in kerptre with sun an u'm,r,
! If there were the illusion could ne
| quickly disp,lcd by the presence, on me
lowel stoop, # bury fellow win chort-
! cropped hair and stuhby, black mus
tache. who guards the entrance and
flashes his wi eye upon each face not
entirely familiar to him which passes
/ towards the old carved portal. This fel-
| low is evidently on The best OF terms
! with the policemen on post, and always
exchanges "a word Or two with them as
| they pass.
apcned door of what was formerly Il
front parlor stands another sentry or
guide rather, to direct male visitors
| into the back room and those of tn"
other sex up the dark stairway to the
second floor, where the women are per
mittcd to lose their money to the man
whose brutality to women dozen years
! ago made him as famous as oil his de-
nance of law and order.
Where the Women Gamble.
while the back parlor, in which the
| men gamble, liz almost entirely devoid
OF furniture, the rooms on the floor
above are rendered comfortable with as
| little outlay as possible.
| The women who visit this place are
attired IN all sorts Of costumes. some
fashionable, Others unreasonable and
Shabby. Many are old faces, long famil
thereahout, aud most Of them are we'll
known 10 Proprietor Allen.
This IL not the first venture In the
same direction. for he kept woman 5
| %
south Firth avenue and Blocker street
until his murderous assault upon the
Italian whose name was used az cloak
dive.
Nothing like luxury. or. for that mat
Ter even comfort, exists in the pres
a Few chairs in the otherwise hare
rooms, and the only man allowed in the
apartments Is "Dannie." the handsome
black mustached fellow who takes the
womens bets and attends to the infre-
Quent transaction of cashiug their win
ming tickets at the window In the room
below "Dannie' is not avcrse to giving
which horse is likely to win. When his
tout" loses, though, the anathemas he
has hurled at him would make any
one else shuddcr
The Main POoI-RoOm.
The front room of the first floor CON
tains "A long table, around which are
half a dozen chairs and upon which are
scattered n few daily and weekly news
papers. Between the front windows
before which. in u willow chair, was
seated Proprietor Allen. oukinS "a self
confident. smooth and jaunty as in the
old days of the "Mabillc." Allen IL the
same well-dressed slim and trim little
fellow with the dark complexion. SILKY
little mustache and foXq. restless eyes
that seem TO see everywhere at once,
and has the same reckless air OF
| uklln % ga
caused his colossal impudence TO be mis-
taken for quality of Infinitely more
force and distinction. 49,,
IL any trace remained of the DUH .
attempted. u would be instantly dispellei
by glance at the ward man, who stood
In the front corner. near the door com
conception could he be useful TO real
, estate" office. either as an assistant OF
ornamental He was there. for just ont
purpose, namely. to watch FOR suspicious
, actions on the part OF VISITORS.
, Entries and Odds Are Posted.
The rear room is the pool-room proper
and here were grouped the bettors. hard
=, ly one of whom looked anything but q
| " crook" 4 percrntax. card huns
over the mantel ma another was tackled
. to the partition between the room anC
, the side hall lp,n these We're recorded
the jockeys with the straight, place ano
i-2-3 betting, In The order commonly
: used upon hackboards THese hsures
|
about flfty years old. who WAS called
! Jnnn" and whose customary station
was in a far corner. iiaBonaly opposite
that occupied BY the man in ;he front
, room. where he. too. could command q
: view Of bo:h rooms, as we'll as OF Inc
= hallway.
In the extension the real apparatus l:
located, and in such a manner AS 10 bt
entirely cut OFF from access. The win
dows grlning from the back plrlor nave
oldfashioned, solid inside shutters. Th'
uI.H.a, nj hos. 81
ing a sort OF partition SIX feet high, the
window sashes are drawn down to q
level with their upper edges In smut
, ter Of each window is cut mere SIT
twelve inches wide and but an inch IL
height running crossNise. small shell
runs through each
. Business Onice in the Extension
In this annexed apartment are a
Z sheetWriter, "a cashier ana telegraph
operator. The "sounder" Is muiiled
and cannot be heard. except by sharp
ear placed closed to the slight opening
In the window From behind the blinds
at the iefp window voice reads on the
changes and announces the odds on
Come on, now. If you want to get on
this race! Come come. now, nearly
Just before the race is CLOSED" this
individual gets very important and
shrieks loudly: Are sou all through
with this race?
How Patrons Are swindIcd.
Il might he well TO remark, jas; here,
tina; the clerk is SOW ANA that races are
= not closed VITA the horses AT the post
This j. certain from the fact that the
receiver has bcca known to take losing
bots aud refuse bets on the winner after
the race mas actually been ran. It's
is EuyWH 10 some Of the gamblers. hut
har rs would they dare kick even
~ they wer" themselves the Sufferers
nv The sNindlv. 4 ri X" IN The
Aliens means rough handing ana "A CIi,
, ilsiJn with the sidewalk outside,
Ia Aliens yesterday was a motley
. group. the average with the haTEdog
ensemble % fthe tout who couldn't raisc