The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-22

ILLINOIS COMMISSION INNADES
TENDERLOIN AT MIDNIGHT.
The Restaurant Business Is Now Vau-
deVille Show, and Vice ReignS
Supreme in CHICAGO.


deville Show, and Vice Reigns
Supreme in Chicago.
CHICAGO.-Agents of the Illinois
vice commission late last night and
early today brought CONSERVATION to
the fashionable guests of two down
town restaurants-Re ctor's and the
States against whose regulations
there rested no question except the
nature OF their cabaret entertain
ments.
From these cafes only the mana
gers and members of the cabaret
shows were subpoenaed. They were
questioned by the vice commission as
to smut songs which are alleged
features of cabarets.
From the tenderloin men and wo-
men sightseers out stunning" we're
gathered in and brought before the
commission. One woman, in hysteri-
cal fear Of disgrace, tried to jump
from a window when the invaders
with their subpoenaes reached a res
taurant in the vice district Another
fell on her knees and wept. A man
damned a roll of bills into the hands
OF an officer.
Take this, for Gods sake, he
cried, and let my party go. You
don't know what this means"
Officers kept the rushing mob
some weeping, some laughing hyster-
ically from the doors, and finally re-
stored order Then they we're hun
died into automobiles and taken
down own,
Suggestive Songs Admitted.
The inquiry lasted until , O'Clock
this morning From some of them
le senators drew reluctant admis-
ions that few of the songs and
ances might be- suggestive and
perhaps had a bad effect on the
liners" A girl singer, crying as she
testified, asserted she would never
sing In My Harem, song Iieuten-
MT Governor O'Hara was particularlz
uisitiye about, gain.
The manager eli a well known res
taufant said the restaurant business
had degeneraJe5 into vaudeejira
business, and he did not know when
would stoE.
tier Investigators and members
the Summing" party said the,
ad heard an improper song in
place in Twenty-frst street the com
ission voted to recommend to May
or Harrison that the. cafes license be
revoked. The commission will call
the attention of the states attorney
/! to tile testimony of the manager, who
said nothing indecent went on.
Young Girls Served Drinks.
Senator Beall said he saw girls Lot
more than fifteen or sixteen years old
imbibiug mixed drinks in the cafe,
and some Of them were more or less
intoxicated
. Mrs. Maude Joseph saw the singing
and dances at a downtown restau-
rant. She said in one dance the sing
ct might as wen have had on no.
skirts at all" She stated that a girl
did an Oriental dance wearing pink
tights and a sort Of skirt of black
chiffon She thought the dance was
suggestive. She said couple did
fancy dance combination between the
Tango" and the Apache. -
Was it art or suggestion" asked
the lieutenant governor.
There was no art in it. "
The performers led a free-tor-all
dance in the space made by clearing
away the tables. The professionals.
who led the dance, said they had
tried to eliminate anything which
might appear sensual in their act.
but admitted they might not have
/ been entirely successful.
/ Was Ii Art or Vice?
Don't you think that where you
see art others might see vice2' asked
Mr., O'HaFa
r guess il appeals differently, but