The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-17

FOR WOMEN.


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Bleecker street, nearly opposite the once
| famous. or rather Infamous. Slide"
The third house from the corner of
South Firth avenue is used by Allen for
his establishment. 1t Is one OF those
three-story and attic houses which still
remain to mark the time when Blocker
street was "A fashionable dwelling place
and the Bleeckers hobnobbed with the
Nandetbilts and other families long
since removed to more elegant quarters.
FIimsy Attempt 10 Disguise.
The basement is occupied as q deli
catessen shop. on the parlor fGor the
windows have been cut down to "A level
with he floor and n slightly abutting set
OF sashes has replaced the old frames.
which had small. old-fashioned panes OF
glass. Blue shades are drawn Ip from
the bottom. Upon these windows Is the
sole attempt at Disgusting the chara ter
OF the place. An insc!lti"r IN ,whii.'
enamel letters on the one nearest South
Fifth avenue reads Patents applied for
and 9btainei IN the Other Is the
legend: real estr,C .:nI insurance Of
flee" No proprietor name aLpcsrs,
however and beyond few fictitious
bills OF hon. = 10 .";, &C. ihere -
nothing in keep,rk. with SUI an onl,";
quickly dispolicd by the presence. on the
lower stoop. of a burly fellow with short
cropped hair and stubby. black mus.
tache, who guards the entrance and
entirely familiar TO him which passes
towards the old carved portal. This fell
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.
Inside the hail Is dnrkened, and at the
opened door OF what was formerly a
IroIt pari1r stands another sentry Tx, o., or
into the back room and those of the
other sex up the dark stairway to the
second floor, where the women are per-
mitted TO lose their money to the man
whose brutality to women a dozen years
ago made him as famous as did his de-
nance OF law and order.
Where the Women Gamble.
While the back parlor, in which the
men gamble, is almost entirely devoid
of furniture, the rooms on the floor
above are rendered comfortable with as
! The o %amsn as who oSs ys this place
attired IN all sorts OF costumes, some
fashionable. others unreasonable and
shabby. Many are old faces, long famil-
lar In the dives that formerly thrived
thereabout, and most. Of them are we'll
known to Proprietor Allen.
This Ia not the first venture In the
same direction for he kept woman s
pool,room as an annex to his saloon at
South Fifth avenue and R!eecker street
until his murderous assault upon the
Italian whose name was used as Il cloak
in running the place put an end to the
Nothing like luxury, or, for that mat
ter. even comfort. exists in the pres
ent ladies " room. There are simply
rooms, and the only man allowed in the
apartments IL "Dannie" the handsome,
black mus tached fellow who takes the
women's bets and attends to the infre-
quent transaction of cashing their win
ming tickets at the window In the room
below. ''Dannie' is not ayerse to giving
little advice, now and then. as to
which horse is likely to win. When his
tout" loses. though. the anathemas he
has hurled at him would make any
one else shudder.
The Main POol-RoOm.
The front room OF the first floor con-
tains II long table. around which are
half dozen chairs and upon which are
scattered few daily and weekly news
papers. Between the front windows
stands a desk OF the household pattern,
before which, in willow chair yesterday,
was seated Proprietor Allen, looking as
sgi-confdent, smooth and jaunty rs in the
old days of the "Mabilie" Allen Is the
same well-dressei, slim and trim little
fellow with the dark complexion, silky
little mustache and foxy, restless eyes
that seem to see everywhere at once,
and has the same reckless air Of
bravado, yet calm deliberation, that
caused his colossal impudence to be mis-
taken for a quality of infinitely more
force ana distinction. -
II any trace remained OF the blur
attempted, It would be Instantly dispelled
by glance at the ward man, who stood
In the front corner, near the door, com
handing a view OF both rooms. BY no
conception could he be useful to real
ornament. He was there for Just one
purpose, namely. to watch for suspicious
actions on the part OF visitors.
Entries and Odds Arc Posted.
The rear room IL the pool-room proper,
and here were grouped lne bettors. hard
y one Of whom looked anything but
" crook" 4 percentage card hung
over the mantel AMI another was tackled
to the partition between the room and
the side hall. l9on these were recorded
the jockeys, with the straight, place and and
l--2-3 betting, In the order commonly
used upon bisckboards; These figures
about nfty years old. who was called
was in a far corner. dtasonnily opposite
that occupied by the man In the front
room. where he. too. could command a
view Of both rooms. as we'll as OF the
hallway.
In the extension the real apparatus is
located, and In such u manner as to be
entirely cut OFT from access. The win
dows opening from the back parlor have
old fashioned. solid inside shutters. The
bottom halves of. these are closed. max
Ing a sort of partition feet high. and the
window sashes are drawn down to Il
level with their upper edges. In "A shut
ter Of each window In cut a mere slit,
twelve inches wide and but an inch in
height, running crosswiSe. a small shelf
runs through each.
Business ONCE In the Extension.
In this annexed apartment are a
sheetwriter a cashier and a telegraph
operator The "sounder" Is mutfled
and cannot be heard. except by "A sharp
ear placed closed to the slight opening
In the window. From behind the blinds
Mt the left window a voice reads off the
changes and announces the odds on
each entry closing with:
Come on. now II you want to get on
this race! Come, come. now. nearly
closed!'
Just before the race is CLOSED" this
individual gets very impatient, and
shrieks loudly: Are you all through
with this racer
low Patrons Are SwindIed.
1t might be well to remark. just here,
that the clerk is SOW and that races are
not closed with the horses at the post
receiver has been known to take losing
bets and refuse bets on the winner after
the race has actually been run. This
Is known to some OF the gamblers, but
hardly would they dare kick" even
II they were themselves the sufferers
by the swindie. A kick" in The"
Aliens means rough handling and a col
lislon with the sidewalk outside
In Aliens Yesterday was "A motley