The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-03
WHERE CRIME BREEDS
AND LUST FATTENs

The dance hall referred to by Judge
whitney is in Kukui lane, Kaumaka-
pill, in what is known as Motley Hall,
once the headquarters of the Home
Rule party. 1t was in full blast last
night when a reporter Of The Adverti-
ser visited it. 1t answered the descrip-
ton given of it in the reports that
have been made to the authorities. 1t is
a place which should be suppressed.
All races brushed one another in that
hall. There is no distinction of nation
atty. of race of creed, of color. Words
banter in alien tongues, the sense of
which would shock moral man. Coarse
laughter rocks the place with drunken
rioaldry. Crime turks in the superheat-
ed air.
In the rear, marked "No Admit
tance," is smoking room. 1t is not
for men. 1t is for the girls of Homo.
lulu. Each dance drags to that room
for renewed energy its quota of woman
kind. The talk is scurv, the drages of
inhibiting smoke deep, the head whirls
and maidenly deeency is thing in the
background, forgotten, lost, sometimes,
as Fate has it, irretrievably.
81 came here to learn how to
dance, said Helen Norcona, French
Hawaiian seventeen. year.oid, who talk.
ed freely to The Advertiser man. 81
have been coming every evening for
two weeks, Will | come now that L
know how to dance' Oh yes. ! like it.
And there is no where else to 90. Only
Some of the girls are bad
"That is Annie. Who is shef No, I
don't know her to speak to, but they
tell me she used to be in Iwilei. Not
now. She has reformed and she lives in
Vineyard street.
'See those two girlsi They are very
bad. Scott, we call them. That tall
dark one is Annie Scott. They live
near here, and the other night they
hid three chauifeurs who were running
from the police.
How was that' Oh man was
here. He was a stranger in town.
1t g almost two weeks ago now, and
have nearly forgotten it. 1t was two
weeks gone Friday. Yes, il was Fri.
day, May l6. The hall closes at
eleven. Three chauffeurs waited for
this malihini. When he came out they
drew him into the lot next door. There
were other chauffeurs to help them.
But these three did the stabbinp. One
cut him over the eye with knife.
Another was about to stab him apain
when he grabbed the weapon by the
blade Right there it got him, deep in
the palm.
"The three chauffeurs ran. They
ran to these Scott girls house and
they hid them from the police. | do
not know the mems names. But they
are bad, They are worse than the
girls. They make the girls what some
of them are.
Most of us girls 20 home together
but some of them go riding in automo
blles and cabs, out the beach, even tc
Diamond Head. These chauffeurs, they
beat them sometimes. And sometime,
the girls have to walk all the wa,
back. Oh, the men are bad.
Yes, they sell things to drink here
But they do not allow us to 90 out fo
walk or drink or smoke. w,
cannot leave the hall during the dance
see the'"sAaser there He is watch
ing to see that no girls leaee. 'IIi
"oniV - "ohh ddlhu. lie is preSideu
and secretary. That's him. the shor
and fat man with curly hair He is
Hawaiian. The treasurer is Pho
Aguirre. don't know what he is.
But | do not smoke. Only some O
the girls do that, the girls who rid
IN automobiles. See that tall man, tn
white man? lie is sergeant in tn
army. He comes every night and co
leets the tickets. That is why he ism
wearing his uniform No, don 4 kna,
his nane. e1But ltknow this one. III
is sohlter also, though not in uni
form, 'lfaip sch, 4 came here to dear
how to dence and ! do not know man,
as ! have been attending only tw
weeks.
"sehoolsl There are no schools. her
to teach you dancing. At least. | don
know of any. None of the girls see,
to know of such places. No they d
not work, but | do. In Dole's canner-
But it is slow now and am not wori
ing. How do | liyei Oh, | have
boy friend. Yes, he is very good.
"My father and mother, they al