The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-21
TAMMAgYS TOPICAL TALKS.
Midwinter Fair Dancing Girls
and the Vice Society.
News Matters of General Interest in
San Francisco.
Tho Unemployed at Work on the Roads.
The Feeling of the People at
Honolu1u-News
Notes.
Special correspondence to the HERALD.

upon the arrival here OF those pretty but
naughty Turkish dancing girls, deter
mined that they would not permit them
to demoralize the morality Of the aver
age San franciscan by giving public ex-
hibitions. At recent meeting of the
society it was moved that IN the interest
of fair play committee of three should
attend the dances in question and decide
whether they were really immoral or
not. But as each member of the society
expressed desire to be member of
the committee in question it was decided
In the interest OF harmony to attend as
committee of the whole. The girls
gave the exhibition at their rooms, and
in justice to the society it is but proper
to state that every member did his duty
by being present. At the conclusion of
the performance it was the unanimous
opinion of the gentlemen that it was
hardly possible to agree upon verdict
as to the moral status of the dances
without witnessing another trial. and in
accordance with this sentiment second
performance was equally we'll attended.
Upon this occasion one old gentleman
juet blushing into second childhood in
terrupted the proceedings by vehemantly
asserting that the young ladies were
withholding the more sensational fea-
lures of their dances and 1t was essen
tial to his final decision to know what
they were. At the conclusion of this
second trial the committee found it i'm
possible to agree which part of the pro-
gramme should be eliminated. Az q re-
suit OF this divided opinion these puri-
fiers of public morals are among the
most attentive of the audiences at the
| performances of the Turkish dancing
girls, that they may so thoroughly under
stand it as to be able to eventually de-
eide.
A number of Hawaiian girls arrived on
she last steamer from the islands intend
| ing to become members of the Hawaiian
village at the midwinter fair. The go
ciety also has them on their list and
will shortly decide whether or not they
will permit them to show to fair visitors
the famed Hula Hula dalce.
The problem of relieving the unem-
! ployed has been partially solved by the
employment OF several thousand men in
repairing and making roads in and about
t3oiden Gate park at salary OF 81 per
day, the money used in the payment OF
the laborers coming from a large fund
raised for that purpose by the business
men OF this city.
The relief thus afforded is but tenn
| porary one, while ON the contrary the
sad spectacle of thousands of able
bodied men fighting ami struggling each
morning in the neighborhood OF the
offices OF the relief committee for ticket
emitting them to 10 days of labor at the
park at 81 per day is bringing about an
irreparable injury to the laboring classes.
Wages though small are being reduced
as a result OF this state of affairs, en-
ployers concluding that if men are so
they are justified in taking advantage OF
that TACT.
War news from Hawaii was anxiously
awaited by the public and curiosity was
heightened by the mysterious silence of
the Corwin officers. The first informa-
ton as to the state of affairs existing on
the islands was brought by the City of
Peking, which had called there on her
return trip from China and Japan, al
though she had been expected to arrive
on the 10th inst, she was not sighted
until the morning of the 18th. The
government tug HarSly met the Picking
near the heads, where she was boarded
by a number of reporters who had &C.
companied the customs officials; the
! former were the first to get on board the
big ship, and they lost no time inter
viewing passengers and getting copies of
! Hawaiian papers. In speaking to one
of the ships officers in reference to the
| all-absorbing topic, he informed your
correspondent That every thing was quiet
| on the islands, but that the people were
determined that the queen should not
be restored to the throne. 1t also is
generally conceded that should such a
turn OF affairs take place the queen
would cali upon England for protection.
San Francisco, which few years
since was the Mecca to which the prize
| fighters throughout the world migrated,
mas, since the passage OF the snti-prize-
| fighting law, passed durlng the session
of the last legislature, become place
that they now shun as they would a
pestilence for they know that they can
| never earn dollar here at their chosen
| profession during the present state of
affairs. There are comparatively few OF
them here now, and they for the most
part are making but precarious living.
| Among those now here who have
achieved fame at any time, the most
prominent is Paddy Ryan, who lost the
championship to John L. Sullivan.
He is now the owner of little saloon
along the water front; adjoining his
place of business is similarly sorry
looking place kept by Joe Acton, who
was once the equal of any wrestler in
the world.
Sailor Brown, who proved victorious
| in many q hard fought battle, was COM
PEELED by adverse circumstances to again
earn his living at his first calling, and
a few DAYS since left port bound for the
Arctic as one OF the crew of whaler.
| Undoubtedly the most successful is
young Mitchell, who is doing thriving
business as the owner of an uptown
| saloon.
The 9th of this month has been de-
cided upon as the grand opening day OF
the mldwinter fair and has also been
legally declared holiday that the pop
uIace might Join in what is promised to
be- one of the greatest parades and DEM
oustrations ever witnessed here But
notwithstanding all this, ii visitors in :
tend to see the fair itself, they would do
we'll to wait as it will be impossible to
see it at its best for some weeks.
VIM. T. Boycs. who represented the