The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-20

Some Things Seen That 1t Were Bet
ter to Forget.

The carnival did not close in a burst of
glory at midnight, but rather dwindled to
its end. The crowd on the midway was
not so great last night it had been,
though the open spaces were well filled
with people. Yesterday being the festal
time when most factories and other in
dustries pay their employees for the week 5
work, the throng last night COM
posed mostly Of young men with money
in their pockets and girls eager to be at
hand when those receptacleS were emptied
of the coin. The showmen made a final
desperate effort to- get all the money in
sight and their strenuous methods were
markedly successful.
The fame of the ladies that had been
doing the dams du ventre-euphoniouslya and
significantly known as the hoochee-coochee
had spread abroad and the press at the
Turkish show on the west side of the
Statehouse was heavy. The ladies that
gracefully entertained in this manner-after
having removed their bath robes to ex-
hibit their charms-were flushed with their
healthful exercise, and though the night
was cool some of their warmth seemed to
be reflected on the spectators. especially
the male portion. The women that saw
the Wriggling were some of them struck
ana
some peculiarly embarrassed, according to
the degree of their s0phistication.
In this matter of the dams du ventre a
considerable number of young men were
seriously disappointed. 1t cost 20 cents to
see the dance given by three girls in the
Streets of Cairo, while at the Mexican
Theater, further north the dance might be
seen for 10 cents. To be sure, at the latter
place only one girl danced, but young
men that have to help support a widowed
mother or large family cannot have every
In
20 cents to see three girls dance, il were
best TO pay 10 cents rather than miss alto
gether this valuable educational agency.
So, large crowd gathered at the en-
trance to the Mexican Theater TO await
the next performances. The capable-l looking
manager of the show took down his paint
ed canvaSeS, but counteracted the sadden-
ing influence of this act by shouting
There will be one more performance" He
wore a bright red shirt with fine Chicago
diamond glistening on its bosom. Asked
Where do you go next?" he replied alb
systematically, "T' N'Orluns" The crowd
became suspicious when one of the ladies,
either the singing or the dancing one, was
seen in street dress. but hope still remained
in the young mems breasts that the dane
ing lady might undress and don the at
tractive hoochee-cOuchee costume At last
two members of the crowd entered the tent
and saw desOlatiOn. The plano was draped
with q brown cover. The manager and his
sylphs had gone, leaving at least $50 stand
ing in front OF the tent. For this omission
no credible explanation could be offered
except that the show already had made so
much money that the manager could carry
no more away.
All the shows did well, the German VIII
lage especially. The men and women there
sat at the tables, drank beer and sometimes
listened TO the yawning singers. Two or
three members of the German House said
the village was not an exact reproduction
OF the towns in Germany where they were
born. Until midnight as many persons as
could find places around the Enclosure
watched Bosco eat 'em alive. All that saw
the man who had been driven to the ex-
tremity of biting snakes heads off said
they felt better for having attended the
elevating exhibition. Some expectorated
freely as they declared that show was, as
the barker in front said, a marvelously az
fecting sight.
The crowd left the midway slowly and
even In the last few minutes there remained
many young women whose acquaintance
might be made without the cold formalitv
of an Introduction. These were inspired bv
the hale and good carnival spirit and if a
few of them said Hello. boys where We
goin ,? instead of using a more elegant
address, they were forgiven because of
their apparent sincerity. When inquiries
were put to them they said unresei vedlv
that the carnival had been a great success
and they wished it would come again next
year.