The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-28
SIIAN'S INVISIBLE WORLD.
epfToR STEAD TAKES 4 1pRa Ar
new YORK.
n Describes the ConA1tton ~ fhe
uetrOpolis UnAeF the R9le u
ArehAend Of the Political WOKia--
The origin Of the Pantata.

LONDON, Nov. E.-,'SataR's Invfsi5is
RMfd Dismzyed. or Despairtng Depaoc-
sAcv~ II the sensational title OF q sensa-
4ionai book dealing with the Greater New
Yofk. which w. T. Stead. the editor Of the
Review OF Reviews, will give TO the public
= England and America next month ~
4he fruits Of his recent trip "across the
water" This book is to be companion
rloce to "If Christ Came to Chicago"
.But for Chicago read New York and
for the other read the devil" said Mr.
Ntaad, speaking to q representative Of The
Asrociated Press OF his newest creation.
s4etin's Invisible World was according
q n. Stead. revealed by the IIexow COM
nfttee, and "Despairing Democracy" ID
- neral which he draws from the char
1wef Greater New York, which he holds
q ~ . legislative declaration by the citi-
- Of their abandonment Of faith in the
ability OF governing Z great city by
1aopiaS suffrage. These revelations he
{ Neiews at great length. having succeeded
r obtaining one Of the i've extant copies
e he evidence.
1uch Is the analytical power Of the edit
~ 1en that from the thousands Of pages
81 pfinted testimony before that comnait-
tee he ueaves coherent and logical de-
ocxiption of police protection" black
mali and government BY pull" which il
nads % interesting az q novel, while
phases Of II will prove surprising even to
thoae WHO read tho newspaper reports Of
the investigation. incidentally the reviews
the history OF Tamman1 hall and the
methods Of it, leaders
The unique title Of the book is borrowed
from Hopkins treatise on witch Find
Ing a. being the most appropriate de-
scYiption Of the state OF abyssmal abomi-
ASTON into which the government of New
York had sun. before the great revolt of
~.
Here In the history Of New York we
have the whole internal phantasmagoria
once again. with heciers for witches. po-
Ecemen AZ wizards and secret sessions in
IAmmany hall as Witches Eabbat OF the
new era. And behind them ali, always
present, but dimly seen. the omnipresent
central force. whose name ID muttered
with awe and whose mandate Is obeyed
with speed. ID the same somber figure
whom his devotees regard with passion
ate worship and whom his enemies dread
even ~ they curse his name. And this
modern 6athanasL-this man who to every
good Republican Is the most authentic In
csrnation Of the principle OF evil, the YER
table archfiend OF the political worlds
the boss Of TAmmany hail."
The book bristles with striking headlines
and descriptions In Mr.. Stead's terse style.
"Amorg it, other achievements the Lex
ow COMMITTEES enriched the vocabulary of
our language BY the word 'pantata.." he
saya. TT Il mysterious word OF Boz
hernian origin. meaning father-in-law. The
New York police captain was In a very
special sense the father-in-law to a very
numerous progeny OF disreputable people.
Instead Of being terror to evil doors. he
became the pantata, who looked after
them with semi-parental care, who re-
Earded Il indeed as his chief function to
relax the law in their behalf--for consid-
eFati0ns received
Striking Sentences.
Under the heading. The Farmer Gen.
NMUf the Wages OF Sin," he continues:
ine strange woman, the pathetic and
uaxic ngure In the streets OF all great
cities. whose house from old was said to
De the way to he'll. going down into the
chambers Ct death, excited in the police
captain only the sentiment Of rapacity.
~ MS eyes she was merely an asset in
DIS farm. and one OF the most valuable.
For In New York the prostitute was the
po.iceman's mich cow. The police were
MOI merely sollkeepers on the way to hell.
put by any chance the strange woman
Misned TO forsake her chamber of death
tney thrust her back into II. What was II
70 them that she might wish to save her
soui awe out or the pit? Her duty was to
st,y there and earn dollars for the police
IN this connection he reviews attempts
wu,sh nave been made to suppress street
walking and concludes:
americans and foreigners are often
saocked at the state OF London streets
M1. sroker expressed himself az being
macn Mortified at the state Of PiccadiIIy
- midnight. But better thousand times
nave the scandal OF our streets than nlace
.ae 'nerty OF all women at the mercy of
tne police: giving men, more or less i'm
'noIai themselves. absolute liberty Ia ar
.e,t any woman whom they please to saw
e = "nses'ng Tor purposes OF Prostitution
chicago Times Herald.