Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-15

ime of the employees is SO taken up with
Hing orders 1t there Is not much
'ttention paid 10 the law, which states.
Hsitively that no one under twentH-one
! all be served with intoxicating liquor.
A Star reporter who visited half a
oxen resorts Of this kind saw in one OF
nem scene which. if written about
som some of the cities of the world
tould be called typical.
For instance, four young girls came
own the Avenue and entered the ladies
ntrance unaccompanied 1t was not long
efore about half / dozen youngsters
.nder the law to buy drinks, had sur
ounded them in a corner. The waiter
Gas sent out for trayful of drinks.
Big Drinks for Small Girls.
IL was not q harmless little drink
Hat these girls ordered, either, but n
rood strong, mouth-iIling drink that
good many drink-expePienced men
would hate to wrestle with throughout
whole evening. They had another
lrink, and then another.
Then the ever-present ragtime artist
nd the piano player started in with a song
whose words, having double meaning,
we're twisted by means of expressions
md gestures into as vile thing as a
woman could hear
The girls shrieked with laughter
Owayed from tnelf chairs 10 the
shoulders of some of the youngsters
Who were no pleased with the whole
business that they bought more drinks.
This sort OF thing kept up for an hour
At the end Of that time the girls were,
be plain spoken. pretty drunk. One
VI them brought trayful of drinks
md paid for 1t herself.
Visiting Not Barred.
One of them staggered to the end of
he room. where lone man at a table
topped her:
Say, kid. sit down and have
rink.
They had conversation for few sec
,nds. the girl sat down, had drink.
When she left the table the man said:
When can 1 see you again."
oh. most any night
Tomorrow
Sure. Meet me at 18th and the Avenue
II s o'clock"
There is no law to prevent that sort of
hing. But X the law which Is written in
slack and white on the statute books
could be enforced. and it was made i'm
possible for young girl to be made
intoxicated. then the chance for making
iates'' of that kind would be lessened.
perhaps
mp from her seat ut the small round
fable, while the ragtime artist was
bawlfng out . suggestive song, and
went through the steps Of q rather
crude and immodest Nautch dance.
''Oh, you Salome," yelled a man near
ser.
That's me-" shouted the girl, with an
mmodest gesture.
Evidence Hard to Get.
II there II any evidence lacking In
the records In cases Of this kind II In
because some one II blind. The thing
exists and exists openly In several
well known resorts.
The police are powerless to prevent the
matter unless there Is help from the out
aide. 1t is hard for q policeman to get
evidence Of this kind. -.
In the first place. he il known to
De policeman. and his appearance In a
resort acts In the nature of a soft pedal.
When arrests are made. the witnesses
and every one elese are mighty anxious
20 avoid publicity. and therefore keep
quiet
Major Sylvester had the hardest kind
Of a fight in closing up one place on @
street several months ago, after the
aoings there had become almost an open
scandal. Every police captain knows
what IL going on in general. and yet there
g a terrific struggle In pickle for the
policeman VINO attempts to push the case
through to q finish.