The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04

seQpftpr. Theae denounced the crusade against
tRhee con9itioD' y the streets. and declared that
The Promenade was n9t nt the music halls but
and gave the Embire. defenders their hardest
ing to take their wives and sisters there.
In its official position with reference TO The
is prohibited absolutely. BY custom y Is rccop-
nized universally; There is not In all the city 4
on The Continent and Nv the favor Of tie polico
In american cities: The yolice of london are
S STe result SG iisPfRRp at tho aY sirf R,nsr arc ana q S SrSK 40 dis is.
grace, From st. James,s Hall In Piccadilly
sidewalk is nightly thronged With u painted
faced and braZen horde OF strnmpcts, who liter
ESQ she caught him and kissed him and with
an impudcnt face sCid unto him"
They not only III" liz In Wait at EYER cSrnerio
streets, and thousands OF them do not wait for
,rsdt u rh lend wn II mantle ma Strand of df r. ,Ts m to their
llday long wherever one goes he meets them
n hockS and droves: He cannot avoid It, They
these rouged, pencilled, powdered. and be
diaencd creatures ieer at him with their CHASTITY
Westminster Abbey Is not free from them. and
The museums and public galleries have their
regular patrons. They throng the railroad
the suburban stations in order to ride back and
ply their vocation On the trains.
- ~ -NllSb WI llnt wv llulfN ~ h' li'NN1b.
Their cruscdc ia not against. vice In q form so
repQlsivc. BY attacking the Empire they enter
quality except perhaps truth and virtue arc
their equals. and In many OF the attributes
ors. A modest prostitute is II paradox any
where except in L9ndon. There she exists In
women who pay four or Ave shlllinrs n night TO
enter n music hall promenade are not only
modest. but they are women of intelligence aud
education. with n refinement which is not n
veneer. and an intellectual activity aud ability
recognize as their mnst dangerous quality. They
: are fairly the competitors with the %Nirtuois
Eugiishuen., And it is not surprising !l,ut in
many cases they win. because they nrc aided in
the 'I nbiiit dFs'S and p charms l"E Ss't Of E Mr'sR S]]'irlIrSas
young wotnanhood: At the Empire. At the Al
R Aa.eicse a. At seG m nnl"G Sihe Sef %S.is TN SaTIi ro% y maS
could meet women who in every attractive
quality could match their porc ]NirIuous %sistcrI;
read. well informed on current affairs; who
could talk well in tTn or thrgs iGn-
cuss intelligently and interestingly the thiugs
they had seen and observed: women who were
land could wish to be. and knew how to
and would conduct themselves with perfect
possessed and confident women Of the world
who. II their morals were easy. did moi Indicate
II by their msnners or their bearing. No wonder
that an "unfallen woman" should protest that
with such competitors tbs, men found such as
recognize this condition and are beginning to
accept the tight. this letter, one OF many similar
protests, brought out by Mrs. Chants crusade.
Is an evidence:
Permit me. "a n young English lady who has
good reason To know something about ii, todraw
your attention to another view of the matter. |
think very many women have great cause to re-
Where men may 90 openiyNin an easy. unnoticci
w~ay-without disgracing themselves, but with II
town, beginning with a visit to the Empire. our
mankind come home to us less worthy thar they
Nynpipn arp mt Yrpntlk in favor of vice made
easy. | am not n New Woman by any means,
nor a Puritan either; but | must confess TO be-
tests against the action Of the Licensing Com
mittee in trying to put down what is ut best very
The men who were accustomed to seek the
society of these women. were quick to see that
that Of the Palace. would probably be followed
by that OF the Alhambra and other halls. They
gradually crowd the promenade ,habitues, fur
Their and further down the scale toward the
ing Cross and Piccadilly circus, and they rushed
hot foot 20 the defence. That they ovsrdid it's
the perhaps natural result OF their zeal
II the closing OF the Empire promenade is to
be followed by a successful crusade against sim
liar places. there can be no doubt that the last
Now the vice that is 20 successfully cloaked at
the better class OF music halls. sports itself after
shs v wsii, Sa %sarGe'p fashion sn al the /" SfSshiessbles
supper rooms OF the Hotel Continental in Wa
places one will find no more "accosting" than
ssa tse E of Fsspe ta HSifiRi3S OF T't the s"G music %SlS'n Ia!Iss
are the restaurants patronized by the
c ro1mneSusl down to the Globe and
the Monico. and on down through the string OF
4. NJ Wien all these places are Shut up the
night jewellers go 10 the dancing clubs, which.
Council, are not subject to irksome control.
There =" amusement makes, no pretence OF de-
ceEcy. vice Is uncloaked, nddebauchery reigns.
The crusade of the DruugS against the fulUlre
has won. So surely as 1t is followed by a Sini.
The same class and their attendant supper rooms
will these all-night. unrestralned clubs flourish
ana 9ac, i ,hat called y a wat ,b 9Ie letter. r9teS from a a Nest End
N"Within a radius of 100 yards Of the Empire
Theatre at the present moment there exist at
least a dozen Of these night hells, where some Of
the members say good evening with an oath and
good morning with "a champagne bottle. Here
YOU can, unfettered by County. Council med
ding. become n member OF the club by payment
the best and the finest of the demi-monde TO the
strains Of a more or less efficient orchestra. with
prices. Willie The master Of the ceremonies viii
come up % you with suggestions not TO be re-
you can have a music-hall song-nEd dance turn
supplied Ia. you between the waltzes'
from here you can be taken home to some
of the soutenstr robbing dens OF Soho II yon are
for you II you are not in the company Of one
who knows 1t Is from a place OF this descrip-
| tlDn tnht you Cun Dt uTe "ietu Sbu u rOon
lind that all your money can be stolen from
YOU in "A few hours.
at was In a resort of this description that a
Government engineer whom ] knew found him
self in the hands ola gang OF blackmailers, with
the result that he had to use "A water jug rs "A
weapon OF sclf-defence, which insured his APP
pearance at q police court. The men who had
him arrested, and who should have prosecuted
him, fled the country, a. one of their gang had
just received a grant from the state OF twenty
one years penal servitude, and the poor en-
gineer. goaded to death by the publicity of the
affair, blew his brains out.
ut was at one of these places, kept by a man
who has done time twice, that | saw "A poor
fast woman felled To the ground with "A blow
from the fist of "A pugilist. II was at one OF
these places that 1. with my own eyes, saw an
other poor creature well soaked in drink per-
sundeA To diyest herself of every Vestige Of her
clothing and dane" IA IAN applauding crowd of
shameless card shRrpeTs and well-dressed
rngurs and vagabnnds. Ii Is az these dens that
the licensing laws are openly dcred. that the
lowest form of human scum is allowed 10 gather
under the legaliZing egis of a club and the