Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-14
NEW YORK
| NEWS LETTER

Now York. Oct. 7.-Consternation
has seized the keepers OF dives and
houses of IN roputo In the Tender
oin a now Car OF the Tenderloin
has taken the relns OF government IN
that famous distrlc: and bis name n
D0olcy. Mr.. DO0ley, like HIS famous
namosakes OF the Rowery music seems
TO be n man ct action He invited n
number of the worst offenders to his
office the other day aud. In a perfectly
pleasant, but positive manner, inform.
ed thom that they would have to quit
business within fOrty-eight hours. or
stand the consequences. The meeting
was quite friendly and the guests left
smiling aud joking. They had heard
such commands many times before.
and treated them always In the same
manner ne n Joke Il was really too
funny, 10 tell them, who we're such
staanch lends and supporters %
Tnmmany Hall, aud paid their dues
20 the police. with such regularity.
that they would have 90 move or quit
business!
The fortyelght hours passed. and
the dive owners, regardless OF the
warning they had received, continued
/ business nc the old stand when the
great surprise came. One of the places
was raided and the owner arrested;
another quickly followed and the
news spread through the Tenderloin
With lightning rapidity. DID Dooloy.
after all, mean what he said2 u
seemed very much like Il. The other
dive owners and landladies were
seized with CONSERVATION and sent ou'
hurry calls for moving vans to vacate
their promises before the mlnions Of
the law arrived. The effect OF these
raids was highly beneficial and when
Sunday came II proved the dryest the
/ Tenderloln had known for many years
\ The next question h.. how long tnis
liatdahle energy OF Captain Dooley u
gong 10 last or how long viii Il be
before some leading chief 81 Tam
many Hall forces the police 10 deaist
I from their efforts 10 reform the vivid
~ huod district.
what has become uf the chivalry
~ the American men toward women7"
Is asked so often by elderly men and
women. when they see every seat Ia
the crowded cars of the New York
elevated and surface cars occupied by
men, while the women frantlcally hang
20 the straps. IN q really true. that
the men OF today are less chiyalroms
than those of thirty or forty years
ago7 There seems little doubt that
such u the case. The causes Of that
fact have bcon the subject OF much
speculation. and q great deal has beon
written about a.. In newspapers. mag
azines and even books. Philosophical
observers and careful students OF ex-
iating economical conditions are In
ciined 90 believe that the woman OF
the present period are themselves re-.
sponslhle for the wano ~ chlvalry
among men For thousands ~ years
women have occupied the position
which nature and the prevailing degree
OF civilization has assigned 10 them.
They we're held in respect and treat.
cd No least by the educated men. with
Difference and chlValry When the
women, however, chose 10 leave their
sphere. when they ceased 20 he wom-
anly and openly competed with men
IN the pursuits which for several
thousand years has been the recoR-
nizod sphere Of mans activity, they
placed themselves upon the same level
upon which the men stand. The wom
d en- descended from their pedestal and
} became mere units Ia the army Of
workers. iust like any man. one can.
not expect the average man TO look up
20 women who run saloons. smoke
! cigarettes drink cocktails and other
strong drinks. play base ball and foot
ball. affect mannlsh dress and DO
+ other things which 20 mere man
seem unwOmanly.
Nothing illustrates the present
status better thar the result OF an
advertising scheme which one OF tho
local papers has recently started A
certain woman was sent out by that
paper 10 ride on the crowded elevated
and surface cars. Al the same time
Il was widely advertised In the paper
, that the woman would give $40 20 the
man who would voluntarily give up
his seat 10 her Il Is quite remark.
able that the woman with the $40 bills
rode on tho crowded cars for many
hours and not "A a single Instance did
she have an opportunity TO give away
, single $40 bill