The sun., 1894-05-06
PASSING OFTHE TENDERLOIN
SOME RESULTS or THE SCATTERING
OF ITS TICTOUs DENIzENs.

Disordsriy womsp Have GOus-SuTer-
tags OF Som OF Ths--The Moaey ThsS
spent In the Days Before the R.is-.
The scattering OF the criminal and immoral
elements from their familiar haunts in that
portion OF the city known as the Tenderloln
district has had some surprising results as
! unwelcome NJ they we're unexpected. During
the Inst year three classes OF law breakers have
been compelled either to abandon their oecu-
patton move to new localities or change the
manner in which their occupations arc car
ried on.
| The gamblers have in various ways resorted
TO all three Of these expedienta That is. some
| have gone out OF business. some have moved
| to other parts OF tho city. and some have
altered the outward and visible signs Of their
trade but remained In their accustomed
neighborhoods. The big gambling houses
| those in which faro was the principal game
and roulette an incident to the entertainment
| offered, have practically all closed their doors
Some Of their patrons now crafty their gam
| bling instincts in the numerous poker games.
| which the closing OF the big faro establish
| ments brought into existence In greater num-
| ber than ever before. and some patronize the
| second degrade gam mbling houses where faro.
roulette. and even hazard are played.
These second-Rrad houses have nearly all
deserted the Tenderloin district and reopened
bers. and north OF II. that To- north OF Forty
second street. In greater numbers. following,
| in that direction. the enforced movements OF
| the disorderly women. The cheapest gam bling
| places. the kind which were numerous year
ago back OF Tenderloin district cigar stands
and In the rear rooms Of Sixth avenue saloons.
are scattered about the fringe OF their old
neighborhoods. moving from place to place.
sometimes closed. sometimes opened. and
al~ IN nt
notice. These are the places where patrons
may make 1ve-cent bets, and where hazard
and roulette are tho chief Rames. A favorite
resort for these establishment is in houses
which have long been for rent When such
houses are taken for this purpose the To
Let " sign is allowed to remain in place. and
the games go on until the police learn OF the
character Of the modest occupants. and then
another jump is made. Upstairs rooms are
also favorite places these days for the flve-cent
games. the patrons being steered thither
by information given at the cigar stands and
| saloons where the games formerly were
The pool room men have quit. II one Is de-
termined to place bet on the Southern or
Western races. he can still find hand " book
maker who will accommodate hin at the tick
er's odds. but there are no regular pool rooms.
where boosies post odds running In the city.
In q number OF saloons far down town there
are hand okmakers in plenty. but their trade
is small and precarious The result OF the
pool room closing has affected the Tenderloin
variously.
A very weil-informed man who talked with
| SuN reporter about this did not discuss tho
matter from q moral-view point. but what he
had to say was interesting from the novel
presentation OF the results achieved. He is q
bookmaker. He said:
"Bookmaking was q profitable business to
the hundred or more men having proprietary
interest in the books. and paid good wages to
several hundred mployees. Many thousand
patrons played the game and some. OF course.
won. 1t kept hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
in lively. and. in one way careless circulation
In the Tenderloin. and that made trade lively.
/ suppose you think mean trade In saloons
cigar stores. and restaurants. do mean
that but more You Just take a cruise
along broadway. from Twenty third to
Thirty.third THRIFT d streets, % aud ask the shop;
nseEties. Yes Yes candy and "Gos roses. % how much %
trade they have lost by the closing OF the pool
rsors to Visited the SUc ldom
They all had llt'ls extra money they were
New YorS p eIpsGsnes sses won they spsnt n
money freely: Oh course lot o. It went for
cry. What mean is that the business kept |
money circulating freely that is now tied up In
old stockings at home. or In country trunks"
talked. He probably never studied anybodys |
Ot SeGs0%i HS Mosas he va wss
Just talking about things he had observed In |
the means justified the end He had noticed |
that the Broadway shopkeepers had suffered |
Guestio oned told what he knew.
Mesdames Anonyma have been as widely
blers, but a smaller proportion have aban-
donsd their occupation. very few have. com
country homes, II Is a fact that the charities
whose special mission 1t is to do good among
called upon for aid. heen asked TO furnish |
railroad tickets to take the applicants to coun-
b1 Il Is aH ae itc' that san1
disorderly houses recruited their inmates In
fSs ssv1 THss S .
inmates were. 70 do the best you can They
It's opportSHtiss @ ior thsir as6aDpy s9 lives "a and
: But Of tn. whole army Of disorderly women
have remained in the city but instead OF en-
ddeayorlnG to maintain residence in the Ten
Although they are greatly scattered, they are
already TO some extent forming two concen-
the nelshboShood Of sixth and seventh ave-
nues, between F9rty.second and fittieth
torious sixth avenue Tendsrioin restaurants
has removed much further up that avenue for
125th street on the east side. That Harlem
the old characteristics OF the Tenderloin.
nThe women scattered from Tenderloin
houses have Invaded the fats OF respectable
aeighborhoods They travel In pairs rent
flats together. and remain in one place until
their disordsrlY conduct makes another move
necessary. but then they do not leave their
new neghborhood.
Another class. the acruAl demi.monds. the
women whose lives are well known to the po-
lice but whose manner OF living makes It
nearly i'm possible TO procure evidence against
them. have not been much disturbed. and are
making their usual preparations TO move to
the seaside for the summer. They are pos |
SCISSORS Of reasonably assured incomes in most
instances, and have suffered only in their oD-
ortunites for tumultUous rackets" by the |
passing OF the Tenderloin-
but there is ret another class whose present
circumstances are pitiAble enough TO COM
mAnd the sympathy OF the most obduTats
hearted. A Tenderloln detective spoke frAnk-
ly about this class TO u Sun man. And II is pos
sibls that some good might be done II the pro-
prietes permitted his remarks q be quoted
without the modlfyin parAphrAss