The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-23
SIN AT tide AS
GYPSY MARCHES
PARADE THROUGH THE CHICAGO
LEVEE PROVES BIG ADVER-
TIsEMENT FOR RESORTS.

Chicago, Oct. %. eft was a big
night"
That liz the way the denizens OF the
Twenty second street leyee sum up
the effect Of the parade led by Gypsy
Smith. the evangelist, and taken part
in by $4,000 men and women, who
marched through the red light district
in the name OF christianity.
The parade started at the Seventh
Regiment armory. where the thousands
OF religionists formed into line, and
terminated at the Alhanlbra theatre at
midnight. 1t was perhaps one of the
strangest spectacles ever seen in the
city.
Resorts Crowded With Men.
The streets of vice were darkened by
orders OF the police, buC never before
in the history Of Chicago has any
event contributed to make so many
men and women acquainted with this
sordid district. Saloons near the off,
cial vice district were crowded with
boisterous men.
Red fire. q salvation army band,
street accidents accustomed by the
crowd. and lastly. "Gipsy" himself,
walking on foot behind 8 platoon Of
policemen fred the excitement which
was designed to work for good. Five
overflow revival meetings lasting well
into the morning were necessary to
4 accommodate the great throngs who
wanted to hear the Romany preacher.
Sixty preachers Joined in the parade.
Attracts Boys and Women.
| A motley following of people of all
races and conditions to be found in
Chicago crowded the streets lined by
brothels and menaced the safety Of
women, thousands Of whom never had
been in the vice district before.
/ Little boys. officially barred from the
parade by orders Of 'Gipsy" and his
supporters in the parade, squirmed
about in the pushing masses of men
and women, struggling for chance
to see the demonstration
Through the press, street cars and
automobiles with blinding lamps forced
their way with changing bells and tcot-
ing horns, while above the din sounded
the voices of a chorus of 1000 singing
Where He Leads Me Will Follow
and white as Snow" to the beat Of
the SaLVaLlOn army DdnQ.
The saloons on the border line of the
district were damned with men becom-
ing intoxicated. In some of them Il
seemed as though the roofs were about
to pop off.
Remarkable remarkable. One o.
the most notable expressions Of thu
cause of Jesus ever held in the Unitet
States. This will do vast good, for /
will cause these people to think" salt
Gypsy Smith. in front of the Alhambr;
, theatre after the parade.
"Ths Lids on Again"
J, And at the very time he was saying
this the resorts of the district wer'
beginning to open again. Men jostlet
| each other In a swirling mass to sc
|, into many of them Blinds few III
; as If by magic, when the last marche
, had passed along. Red lights, which
} had been utterly eclipsed, shone her
? and there again. Pianos began agaii
to jangle. Dancing commenced ant
women came to the windows. Within
? thirty minutes after the procession hat
become history the district was again
! in full blast.
/ "The lids off again" was the cry.
D And old habitues of the levee assert
{ ed that never in it's annals had ''busi
ness been better" These experts o
, vice declared that never before haJ
/ so many strangers been drawn int
/ the district, and many of these strang
J ers, It was declared, remained to Sc
what might be seen.
t Biggest Night Ever known.
This is the biggest crowd I've eve
seen down here by three times sal
Phil Gaffney, proprietor OF a saloon o
Twenty second street. i've done NOR
business tonight than ever did in on
night before"
d Many of the resorts were so crowde
= that they had to close their doors an
{. refuse admittance to crowds of me
v and boys who stood on the steps an
banged on the doors. In Freiberg