The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-12
BIIEf CLASS IN CHINATOWN.
.,ryIOR SOCIAL EXPLORERS SEE
FREAKS AND HORRORS.

10 hard lines until 10 bIoHea Hlto hhllh
Hotel No. /, In Bleeokor street, last night.
The ponies had been running shamefully
tor BIZ and he was stone broke, cleaned
out In the hotel Office were forty-seven
busly Young men with their hands crammed
into tho side pockets Of their coats listening
toa lively talk from thin man. who smoked
. abort pipe and whose eyeglasses cleaned
With excitement.
Mr.. Scott recognized his old friend Bill
Baiey Of Yale and his spirits rose, With
Ihs coming Of Prof. Bailey and the class In
Imsrican social conditions Juniors the
dne Mr.. SCOTS finances invariably i'm
moved. He was very busy for the next
afteen minutes buttonholing members
Of the hock. Then he made the following
statement 10 the press:
you see, boss, It's this way. Hsro'a
4 hne bunch Of young fellers that 90 up
Realnst a lot Of dead ones when they hit
The town with their teacher, so ! make q
little bargain to steer EN- up against the
real thing, show EN- a little real life, take
en- where de lids OF good and proper.
sssi amt no SLOUGH At this sociology
gag meseli only amt wasting my time
over q bunch Of stifs or up In the fool
lab house on de lSland.
Prof Bill Bailey may or may not have
noticed Mr. SCOTS professional aotivi-
dee a. the head Of the Scott Summing
SYNDICATE a. he called It, but he didn't
interfere. and Mr.. Scott trailed along when
tho class In American social conditions
allied forth, Bill Bailey Striding along
at the head
Blocker street threw a few spasms
Whep the bunch passed through, going
vest with long, swinging stride, leaving
q beautiful streamer Of cigarette, pipe
and cigar smoke IN tie wake.
who's dem guysi' somebody yelled,
and the answer came back straight and
painfully: Denis dc Hoivuds; ders teach
ert tadn' EN- out fer a walk
Nothing less than the yell Of Old Eli
would do to wipe away the humiliation Of
that mistake, and the yell was given with q
volume that brought no less than six ex-
cited cops from other beats. Bill Bailey
turned down Mulberry street. past Police
Headquarters and finally into Baxter, dodg-
ing an incredible number OF surprised
babies and fruit stands. He explained
a. be walked such social conditions as APP
peSred TO be interesting, and the forty
Ssven young men with the knowledge
hunger hung upon his every word.
The first stop was made at the Chinese
Tbeater in Doyers street. Prof. Bailey
dlckered with a fat ChinamAn and then
waved for the class TO enter.
Don't dirt with the actresses said
Bill, shaking a playful forefnger.
The grimy, stufy little house, with It's
nerve wrecking din Of queer Chinese har-
monies. was pretty we'll filled with China
men, all absorbed In the tragedy Of The
Three Kings Of Two Countries That's
"A close as you can get to il in English.)
Not a Chink in the lot more than turned
his head. Little Man Sooey, the Chinese
actress from San Francisco, was much
more interesting than the foreign Yale
ne1s, and besides they we're used to being
annoyed by such things. One or two
even nodded amiably at Bin Bailey, at
which Bills flock uudged each other and
whispered.
Il was somewhere about Act 49,, scene OIL,
In the tragedy, and Yale entered during a
strong moment. Man Sooey was wailinR
over her baby. and . fat Mandarin was
leering owlishly at her. The orchestra
was going at q fearful rate, pipes squealing,
cymbas beating with the noise OF clashing
dishpans, a tomtom beating for all the
world like the heavy exhaust OF steam
pipe. The bunch In American social con-
ditiong stood i as long as possible and then
looked Appealingly at BIZ. He shook his
head. They hadn't soaked in enough
yet.
An important booking detective person
sEAggered down the aisle and oondesoended
% speak q few words 10 the professor.
That started quite a oommo ton.
They're going TO pinch the HOUSE and
Tie detective is tipping old Bill on said
Prof. Bailey explained patiently that no
arrest was contemplated; the young men
looked disappointed and relapsed into
strained quiet Finally even Prof Bailey
had enough OF the internal racket and
Mr.. Scott got busy there. he volun-
TERED 70 lead the social investigators into
the Eclipse lodging house In Chatham
square. The forty-seven filed UP the
narrow stairway, Bill Bailey waving them
on.
4 shall stay below said he, while you
Young men make observations
In front Of the place q bleareyed pan
handler engaged Mr.. Bailey In CONVERSE
Down here TO see how the poor live,
ain I youse?" said he.
Something Of the sort said the pro-
Wei, hope youse guys1l learn one
thing" remarked the panhandler, with
great feeling; its hell TO be busted and
on your uppers,'
=, Prof. Bailey remarked that be was poor
himself and refused 10 stand for q touch,
Upstairs in the large. low cellinged rooms
where the ridraf Of the BoWery were
sleeping on cots the forty-seven explorers
ventured, shifting at the bad air. Their
VISIT lasted one minute and a. they passed
ogt the dodgers sent few real cuss words
dter them.
Say, Mike said one gentleman reoln-
ING on cot, dis amt iEht. There amt
hothln right bout II. 'Spose We Wuz 10
Oltt into one Of them college sleepln' places, |
Pkin' about TO see how them young fellers
I'VE, Wy we get trun out by de cops 80 quick
Ned lose our breath, No more they amt
got no biz buttin' In here. It's gettin so
nowadays that man can't have no privacy
Bill Bailey crossed the Bowery with the
lock and led them into the Salvation Army
building. An excited youngster on the
corner yelled out:
Say, youse fellers will have 10 take a
hath, do youse know itps
AL little man, we do that every day"
remarked Bill Bailey
Up the Bowey after that the bunch
vent 70 the Atlantic Garden. Mile. ZoaT
va balancing on slack wire beoomingly
sutlred In an American flag. Long beers
nnere travelling at express speed al over
the room.
Here's whore we're at home. Bin said