The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
noWEnr FAKE ON BROADWAY.
A Z-Ray Exhibition Atrnost ne Cheap and
Gross ne n " World" Supplement.

Gross ne n " worid" Supplement.
Petty swindlos in tho dime museum line were
once confined to the Bowery, but now they have
invaded Broadway. The latest is III operation
In the nclghborhood Of Thirty-ninth street.
Rents being higher on Broadway than on the
Bowery, twenty-five cents admission Is charged
instead OF the customary dime. The exhibition
processes TO be Of n now light-An Improvement
on the X ray. There Is a lank professor. the
counterpart exactly OF the Bowcry lecturer.
Tho room is lined with black muslin. When
time comes for the show this man announces
that he is about to show n ~ ray" which Is an
Improvement on the Y ray In that the X ray
can be seen by one person at a time
only and the Y ray cat be seen by
as many Rs gather. With the y ray.
also. it is necessary to set the object
same side. Again, the X ray simply shows the
shadow Of an object, while the Z ray shows tho
After this exhibition of ignorance as to the Y
ment. lie saws. is divided into two parts. a purely
scientific, part and a more popular part. Then
vase ON + n table md a board in front OF II. There
is bu2zing sound like that Of q telephone bell.
when tho sound is deadcncd by covering with
the hand. and a vase appears on the outside OF
the board. After this, bricks nrc put in front OF
the vase and u is again seem, Then other bricks
are put on. Next a lemon is. put under a tin
pail and the DiZling is started, and n lemon IL
seen. This concludes tho ".cientihc" part OF
the show,
Tho professor announces that the next part OF
the show is necessary because TO get patronage
II is necessary to appeal To tho popular taste.
The thing to be shown, he says, Is "a young wo-
man in the act OF getting ready for bed. She
will be seen through a door one and three-Quar-
ter inches In thickness and walls four inches
thick. The curtain parts again and q barn door
Is shown.
Professor" calls the professor who is doing
the talking, show the people that the door Is
genuine"
A cigarette smoking dude pounds the door
with n hammer. The professor who talks rings
n bell and this buzzing begins again. There, In
side the door. IL seen Il woman. She takes oil a
skirt ard AN underskirt. She sits IN q chair and
pulls of her stockings. She stands up again
and taEes of her waist.
There is nothing immoral about this show"
says the professor. "she has on her stage cos
tune, as you see
She is about TO take of a pink skirt when the
huZZing stops and she disappears. Next there
are some living pictures as i%nartistic and as
harmless as the professor himself. In the course
OF these the professor takes occasion 10 advertise
both apostles OF the new journalism. 1t is in keep
ing with the whole show, which lasts about ten
minutes. and suggests as q whole a Sunday sup
plement OF either one of the sam pies OF new
journalism that aflicts New York, but toned
down for fear Of the police.
The whole thing Ia as pure n "fako" as was
ever shown in u Bowery dime museum. The
police couldn't pull 1t on the ground that
there was anything immoral in it. but they
might get at IL for obtaining money under false
preienccs. or some other similar charge. They
always ind sufficient excuse for picking up
bunco steerers found on tho sidewalks.