The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02

e'erna'ly seeking dark shadows and ro,.a7
Ialnpow scenes of peace. hannInoes CON.
t.h'meht and virtue, linked topotbc, h,,
.ne brush Of the master artist of the mi.
worse
Ihere Is half-world unknown 10 IN MIR
cent OF the jewellers in cities. where nev.s.
paper reporters, detective officers o,d 49,,
about town with n pencbont ro- .,s,,
ming are the only visitors who disturh
tle festivities OF the denizens who inhabit
IT,
Houston is n city. a large and growing
city. and vet there are thousands Of clti,
2ens of the metropolis who are unaw,rc
! that in the half-world here tbera 40
| places where hordes of human bcinpe cor-
| gregate after nghtfall pick ont soft snots
! on the bare floor and dose off to slecr
| There is not another city i'm Texas WHARF
'all-niEht" houses are crowded with thasa
| Weary Williams" Of the rond. There ora
| five or six resorts where thcv assemble
after the regular patrons have retired u,
| the rear rooms thov find warmth and
| sleep on the floor. All ages. all nationnlf-
ties and all calllngs nlngle together ana
| lie down together
| 4 Post reporter. a chief Of police from
another State and n nrornineut notice ord
Ger OF Houston made the rounds Of tho
"all-nieht houses" nj M, carly non, voc.
| terday morning. In the srst. thirtv.tbreo
roustabouts were found around n s.o,,a tn
the rear of the saloon. Two or three were
boozy--thc others os ouiet ae tra 1,yel,o,,
In country churchyard 'rhe visitnrs
eased upon the dreary picture and then
escaped TO the outer world. where the air
was pure and the stars in the beavens in.
yitisg
Another resort on tho Same street nre-
scented n comnanion nicture "a the arst
was favorine a few admirers with a
mournC,l dittv HIS voice was cranked
and his rvrations ngonizInr hui no fur
nisbad nruscp,ert FOR tbn ,notIev ya,bor-
inp and was ,rlycn a round ~ onn,eusn ne
the ''slummers" filed in. The nolice off
who was standing watch behind the bar,
That worthy gave nod Of recognition.
The visitors pushed on and entered
swinging door. which admitted them to
large room. dimly lighted and heavily
laden with tobacco smoke, decomposed air
and other noxous smells. This room was
20Xi0. and al many as fifty men were
curled upon the floor Several had mat
trosses made of newspapers, Two sheets to
n mattress, but the great majority banked
on the bare boards. These star hoarders
did not differ one whit from the dwellers
In the FIRST 'all-night house. SeVeralN
We're awakened by the entrance OF the MS
tiuguishcd visitors and the newspaper
representative. They stared at the in
trudcrs. grunted their displeasnre ana
then sank back on their downy couches
"Havc you anything like this in Biz
minghum ?" Queried the Houston police Of
fetal
NO ana we "ouiu ho' tp' ili,. es.' "
ply. I'VE hive n rock pile for protessloh-
nj huns and hoboes. II an honest man,
fa,I1 al
assist him along, but NO snow the pro-
fessional bum ahd lh 1 wt'S irsa,', tha3
scenes such as / have witnessed tonight
could be found in a Texas city me rock
pile is the remedy-ihe only remedy
,,,, ,o,,ds ,,ore n,adc arain and third
IN. ne oS ,ho noif-wnrld Was visited. The
,',.o,,,ie,or ana manager of the place was
i,' h,, chair close to a stove nodding
~ " III, ,,,d dr1,rp n a difficult Job TO
l,can one eve omen. Five or six young
r,ar surrounded the stove. one, sitting
,,,.r;,ht In chair. was fast asleep.
1--WE want TO take n glance at the boys
L. ,ho otber room" remarked the
ni,,,,e,.o,o ~ the marty.
scs, in" said the maGnate of the place,
..,,-t,,e, his hand and directing the party
y, tt,, ,enr.of tho saloon proper. The door /
80, ,,ushad omen and the visitors entered
trbts roou was 20x40 ground floor ana low
~ a,aa d,,rIy lighted and was
Ve'n inns. LARGO coal stove IN the center
AZ ne mace The house had been well
"a % rnn,1ed evidently. as thirty nine guests
pa pa siao,,,nc on the bare aoor and eight
We o,hnrs bupved close to the iron
y, .e''
,.C,ss this ,s tough" remarked the
-, ' n blue-ooat, worse than the
p I'm tGtnt For Gods sake where are these
otts , - No found in the daytime? Surely |
tneS SecN i''''
not
ave., MANY NJ them beg on the street
,,,I,e,.. i,v day" remarked the guide, !
,.ond others scatter out IN the snhurns
ol t''e o'' ftar aarll they return to the |
my - r,,,ses and spend their pennies |
a., a., ~, There are laborers, railroad /
lor 49, nv ma followers OF other cali /
~, -, ,he crowd They come TO the city. |