The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
AFTER pARKHURST RAIDS.
Il MIsSIoNARY's ACCOUNT OF HARM
DOVE ON THE EAST SIDE,

me new. Or. Faust says That the Disreputa-
BE women Have Invaded the Teneuaents
and Are CorruptinE women ana Children
The Evil Fast Growing Worse. He Declares.
The Rey. Herman Paul Faust OF the Hebrew
Christian alliance. connected with tho Allen
Street Memorial Church, did not go before
the Police Commissioners during the dis
oussion which preceded x-Commissioncr
Grants resignation, but no came very
mar IL. While the press OF affairs In the
mission kept him In Forsyth street. the
plan of dealing with certain social questions
that ho would have proposed to the Police Com
u,,sloners is az we'll settled In his mind as ever.
He says that It 10 the result of his active expe-
rienco among tho Hebrews Of that district. Dr.
Faust was born n Jew. Five years ago he. with his
wife and children, was baptized. He camo to the
United States from Germany eight years ago and
had charge OF n congregation In PouRhkeepsio
beforo he was converted to Christianity. Pre-
vious to that he had been q rabbi in Prussia.
vhithsr his family had emigratcd from Russia.
Al soon 90 he became q Christian DIR. Faust
went to the Allen Street Memorial, which is at
100 Forsyth street, in spite Of Its name. oppo-
alto tho church building is q row Of typical tone
nept houses, and near these are some Of the
rnall residences that wero once the homes Of
well. TODD people. although they are occupied to-
dny. with the rest of the buildings In the neigh
borhood, by Polish Hebrews.
DR.. Faust developed his plan of dealing with
the social evil In that section about . year ago.
Then the effect Of the Parkhurst raids began to
be felt. The disorderly houses were all closed.
Those that had nourished 30 conspicuously for
years in Delancey and Rivington streets in
large numbers were suppressed. Tho women
did not leave the neighborhood, although they
had to forsako the houses. They went into the
tnnements.
Tho effeot Of the closing Of those disorderly
houses on the lives Of tho people Of this district,'
said DR.. Faust to o SUN reporter, was 30 utter
iy domoralizing that 1t will take rigid legisla-
ton to prevent the continuance Of tho harm
that has already been done. l am hoping to SEQ
the day whom this question. at least In this Soc
ton OF Now York city, is regulated by lew, and
the isolation Of these women In certain neigh
borhoods Is legally accomplished. No other
measure will he equal to dealing with the situa-
ton. The opponents Of such a scheme have no
idea Of tho conditions that exist hero. Through
tho influence Of these women, who were allowed
to spread themselves throughout the tenements.
the whole life of the people has been democrat.
ICED. This 10 the most corrupt neighborhood in
the city. Persons who talk of tho evil uptown,
OF the generalization Of the Tenderloin, have
no idea OF the true state Of affairs hero. 1t they
had, they would agree with me, who am q
Christian clergyman, that the only possible so
luton of the situation 10 to gather these women
into certain streets, over near the river. and
compel them to live there, not allowing them to
get into tho and demoralize respecta'
bic women
DR.. Faust said that scarcely q day passed but
somebody came to the mission with q complaint
that an Objectionable woman had moved into q
tenement house occupied by respectable people
"As many as 500 disoG.rderly women have been
region follow that mode OF life. The closing Of
fectS aSout two years ago. The women had ali
taken refuge In the tenements and we could yerJ
soon see tho effect o OF this on the children 81 Sa,
although. II tho people did complain, our wori
cases out OF ten q disorderly woman who movel
into . tenement house is protected by tho Other
the house, and when she succeeds in getting
rooms, nobody suspects that her lie is not per 9,
isa MI pf sose e e 'G 1ssi S Sasfs g WI Th %S o,h E T:
'Once in tho house, the women contrive to In.
gratiate themselves with the tenants easily
enough. They pay tho housekeeper something
when she finds out what the real character OF
ssIld ssesns sn I'd The They s Ssn ts siSs pr %isR shs to o,s sss
women. When they see a detective or n police.
man approaching tho house the children run
and give warning, because they know that they
will be rewarded Tor IL. That is one thing that
makes II SO difficult for thu detectives 10 % any
live in these houses have repeatedly been known
TO give men the opportunity Of escaping through
their tl,sId icons MIS-, Th ,S., the ot police w aITiyed and Th icy are nIi
they can to protect them from the police.
ITO say that respectable women associate with
that perfectly honest women do not hesitate to
DO on intimate terms with those of the class re.
ferred To-. They know what these women are,
their children know what they are, and no more
i%nsidious, influence ever tended to demoralize
sSome OF these women work at the same time,
and in one OF those houses on the other side OF
the street a woman sat at the window working
who passed by. Most of them take up this way OF
life after they come to this country and have
work which their lives entail. Some of them
are DEGRADED when hth they come eme, here S.n N frGlyy
are some Poles. Their rooms in the tenements
are made the scenes Of their evil doing. and the
result Of such a state of affairs on the morals OF
strongly described. There are very few OF
them who go 70 the other parts Of town
the main residents Of this same quarter. When
the police make an arrest there IS always, some
man willing TO go into court and swear that he
Is the woman's husband, and there are neigh
bors-respectable.. honest people, compared. to
her--who will go into court and testify to her
sothing If they are punished BY the Mssistrates
When they are fined they come back to theil
rooms in the tenement, and II they are sent tc
the workhouse, back they are in their old guar
tors after q few days. In some cases we have
proceeded against tho landlords, but that is toe
hificult. and there are not enough OF US to make
1t worth while to begin such a struggle.
The existence OF these women in such mum
bers here has naturally led to the growth of
class OF men whose influence Is as pernicious
They lounge all day in the coffee houses and hv,
the young is accomplished in a different way
They haunt the dancing schools. whore younl
girls are found. Only a short time ago tn
was married to one OF these fellows. The oppo
Rition o. her family did no good. He had me
Per at one OF the dancing schools, made love tc
her. and betrayed her under promis.
riaRe he turned her into the streets
We had him arrested. and he ESCAPED
to. Chicago. taking the woman with him
After a while she was taken i'll there and he
father and mother sent for her to come home
she did so. and after q little while it hecam
evident that the harm had been done. Her III
had been fixed In the direction OF evil, and sh
ran away from her family. to return to the ma
in Chicago and took up her old way OF Twin
With him; This is only one instance anon
In the tenements know OF the existence of thes