The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
IT'S THE SAME OLD B0WERY.
NAN FROM THE VEST AND a HAIR
LEMITE SEE THE FIFE CENT Snow.
There Was 1.-THE Temple of n Thousand
Pleasures" tho Moorish Palace" and
"Cave of M~ystery"-The Lively Drum
ming They Took to Get Patrons
md the Mickehnesa They Contained.

"Cave of Mystery"-The Lively Drum
ming They Took to Get Patrons
and the wickrdness They Contained.
-he Temple OF a Thousand Pleasures"
"Moorish Palace" and Gave Of Mystery"
Five cents TO get in. but many nickelS to get
out. Some of the fakes.
Ell yer lookin' fer er good time. dis's de
place { see it. n all fer de modes sum err f.
cents. er half er dime SAY. dis's der celebrated
Temple NV or TOusand Pleasures. It's or
double-Jointcd rip-snurtin'. Oriental loo-loo.
m de only genuine. lOng-cut Turkish en-
porium NV female loveliness In de burg. Ev'ry
performances ace-hiRh. Tee-wenty be ootiful
loidies. some NV EN- in silk tights some NV 'em
rugged up In deere teeth i n compilations. Come
In n see 'cm do er raZzle dazzle. Midway
dance thatll make de old grow young agin.
cause yer eyeballs t pop n lop yer hair of
shorter'n er ten-cent BOwcry scalp. Hi, Tom,
start de orchestra n give desc here sporty
Ecnts er knockdown to de nature NV de show"
With this burst of eloqucncc the speaker
paused and fell to pounding the doorstep Of
the fashy little Bowery amusement hall,
whose delights he exploited. with IA stout cane.
fntusinE into the exercise an energy which
compelled the notice OF the most unwilling.
while the Invisible Tom applied himself in "A
frenzy OF industry to II raucous old barrel
organ secreted within the establishment, and
poured upon the air. in spasmodic gasps and
convolutions. wild strains OF Oochie-C oochie"
music. He was a queer looking little chap.
was the orator. as unkempt as the traditional
Bowery loafer. but as jaunty and debonnair as
u Beau Brummel in the heyday OF his vogue.
He was clad in a long ulster many sizes too
large for him. ard green with age and usage.
and sported a battered silk hat which. poised
ut a rakish angle over one narrow slit Of
an eye. accumulated the cunning. sinister leer
with which he favored his grinning auditors.
The two windows OF The Temple of a
Thousand Pleasures were radiant with the
light Of electric lamps and replete with photo
graphs and Autographs OF alleged actresses.
remarkable for their superabundance OF flesh
and the candor with which they exposed their
charms to the public gaze. Thin partitions of
rough boards and flaming red calico concealed
the show part OF the Temple " (which was
really nothing more than a storeroom waiting
a permanent tenant from curious. non paving
spectators in the street. and formed n vesti-
bule. in the centre OF which was a small
glass cage containing a Manufactured woman.
Immense blotchcs OF vermilion ornamented
her cheeks and, rising from a sea OF white
paint. gave the woman's face the appearance of
some unusual kind OF map. She was the
ticket seller. and divided her attention between
handing out bits Of dirty pasteboard to the
infre1uent purchasers and admonishing the
Jaunty little sidewalk solicitor to put more
ginger INTO MS efforts to allure.
No"' theh' gents continued the Jaunty
one as 'he 'ochle-.oochie music ended in
no"ioi asohS' anu fastening MS unshad-
owed optic upon the stranger from the West
anu ms lrlehu from Harlem who had paused
10 conserve. de music gives yer de proper tip,
etep up 10 de loldy IN de box n contract fer dc
bes' show on der Bowery."
If the music is the alum bration NJ fhn mar
etficious TACT began the stranger from the
west. Win one hand in his pocket and an in
curing eye upon MS Harlem friend.
us the adumbration OF the innoXious fake"
Iepied 'he harlemlte out OF his wisdom and
Bowerv experience. But go ahead it won't
hurt you, and he followed the Western man
ih,o the Temple OF a Thousand Pleasures
Beauties from tho Alhambra" was the i'm
posing legend inscribed In rude and sprawling
letters upon one wall OF the Temples" in
terror. which was Illuminated by two dispirited
gas gets and hlied with the all-conyinclng
doors OF 1ried onions and incinerated pigs
'ro'ters' Out. alasl the beauties were no.
where 10 De seen. Instead. there appeared ct
tho upper end Of the room a score Of frowzy.
ll-clad young fellows. typical denizens of the
bowery and adjacent regions Of the east side.
m prousn o, 'f tho ' StIn s ISmple" by the allure,
disnlauoa ~ .u."alA orator ana the
" s"O 1 Wplltu III
tights. Shivering with the chill and damn Of
the nlane. they h,dIIod to,o,ho. 4, . ,;,.,a
- "' "ou'oa 'ose'het III d niue
crowd. depressed by the dismal gloom and
fearful Of impending hoax. In one obscure
eornsr laanino ,,ainot ~ no,I.Loa 80"
~, NH,H 80 nv p"i'i''ou y ooarus
ana calico. was a tall. lathy. gray-haired man
with a glass eye, which, acting wholly indie
pspdent n, tbe ganu,ra onti, ,uhaa !.
poEuen' :. u kehu'ne op.ic' whose mate IL
purported to be. assumed all manner OF eccen-
trie positions designed to startle and increase
ths danression ., ,ha ronaoa -" m'
' u'p.ee''on VI 'he raskeu patrons OF the
snow Astherew was much calculation in the
good eye. as it narrowly scanned the crowd.
man d s'ne proprietor or
manager OF the still embryonic entertainment
A tiny boy with curly hair guarded n nadIocled
door at the lower and NJ tb. room ord Iistonod
~. onu vi Nv 'ooll anu Ilsteheu
with silent indifference to the growls and com
plants of the young men who were anxious for
Oh. narformanoo 70 nonin uoo,mLI-.
mtnAn " oekun' Meanwhlle the IN
visible ION ana MS sequestered barrel organ
fed their impatience with selected passages
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