The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-09

Ths consunmate flower Of vice here ana
eisevhere Il found In the so-called "wine
room" None other Of all the adjuncts
Of evil II - extensive. 10 corruptins. 30
deadly. II h tho connecting link BE-
tween responsibility and the regions OF
the lost. II IL the pander through whose
agsucy the ranks Of the fallen are re-
cruited constantly from the foid Of inno-
csnce end virtue. II n the iodEe-room Of
the criminsl glasses; where they may 1t
once crafty the worst passions Of de-
based nature. concert plans for new de-
nancss Of law snd new assaults on de.
cency. and exchange warnings and In
formation. It 10 without excuse for be-
ing before GOO or man: and II belongs
only with = civilization such as those
whose enormities have swept them and
chs people whom they lowered to the
level Of the brute from the face OF the
petisnt earth.
For the sake OF public enlightenment
and warning. the ost-Intelligencer places
the facts esnesrning this Institution in
Seattle Sefsss its readers this morning.
II n not pleasant duty. n 10 ore that
need fall to the lot OF no man and no
oswspsper n the proper authorities were
mot In league with evil. But We fancy
that only . portion even Of our bsst-in.
formed citizens are aware OF the extent
20 which this fostering ulcer. this human
curse. has spread Itself abroad In THE
community. Not only in the allotted re-
sorts OF infan,y. but all over the city the
wine room. the saloon with the side en-
trance, 10 to be found. II appeals to ell
ciasses and te all tastes. As the views
which accompany the article in our local
columns will show. there are the bare
dens Of iniquity whose soualid surround
the gaudy and pretent.ous portals that
advertise the chief nature OF the business
carried ON within. and the Quiet and de-
mnre entrance which suggests thar silence
and conceaiment wal, upon an expedition
into the realms OF the forbidden tempt.
ing powerfully tho curiosity, the daring
and the ric,ous Instincts OF che young.
Put into briefes, terms. the reason Tor
existence and the purpose OF the wine
room IL to furnish a resor, where women
In company with men may obtain intoxi.
eating drinks. and where all tho infamies
90 which this leads may nnd security %
accomplishment To the mature In crime
Il gives mn opportunity 10 crafty the
hasest passions and TO lead the immature
into the DEVILS net TO those others All.
TO those others. what does {, rneanr ms
presence of constant lure whose awful
doom l. never fully understood until IL Is
too late. In the uR~aTraniel license Of
action that too ettsn characteriHes mod.
ern ice, Ia The tree association Of fAs
sexes. relying upon the prevailing stan.
davd OF masculine hsser and femtulus
pcrityt there are esastant opportunities
20 invite the ankaewing into enc Of these
resorts for glass OF harmless refresh.
uenS No father or mother needs that
We should add another word. Thence the
sroad and certain pathway leads down to
the nevy lake Of broken hearts ana RUNE
bodies and lives from which the divine
nghs has gene cat Forever. to the place
where ,he torment % lost soals asceud-
IKE smoke from The VIZ Of their endless
dsnlement,
Would 10 God tina, every man aud We
man In this city might know personally
some ore Of the poor victims OF shess
missionaries Of ,ophe, mishi hear fren
the Mps e some one OF the many who
every month SO through the doors Of the
wine room into the darkness tina, knows
no moTnins. the story OF her pl,lful tate
Wrossss in thu abstract are cold thing.
and doa net stir the blood But wher
some Eiend makes havoc OF young life.
beauty by personal assault. there ar,
usually scores Of ready hands TO tax,