The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-05

Christine plans to close her sa-
lon at LOG E. Second St. and re-
move to Minneapolis as soon as
John Barleycorn is dead and
buried in Duluth, July l.
Christine owns her own salon
and holds the belt as the cham
pion beer buyer on Second st.
Last summer, the police limited
her to eight cases a week. How
or why they were able to do
that, affiant knoweth not. She
got in two cases last Wednesday.
Christine has conducted her
garden Of delight ever since Me-
Cuen was mayor. 1t has been a
discrete, very quiet and restful
place. If not entitled to the title
Of blind pig and assignation
house, with a perfect pull with
the authorities, then the Rip-saw
knows not what name to call it.
Property around that corner
has been greatly deprecated by
Christine's capers. Sales even
have fallen through because of
her residence there and her pc
culiar way Of making a living.
It is diagonally across the street
from the Central high school.
Neighbors who had to stay be-
cause they could not sell, have
been kept awake by automobiles
grinding and honking there at
night. The greatest activity
often has been after midnight,
about the time that graveyards
yawn and night wolves prowl.
Christine has been active, eff
cient but never noisy. The police
always have. declined to modest
her because she was not bolster
Gus. But her salon has not had
a good moral influence on many
husbands. Sad-eyed wives, with
tears on their cheeks, have vainly
begged for information as to the
comings and goings of their
tricky helpmeets at Christine's s
place. A record Of the men who
have gone out and in there the
past few years would be worth
it's weight in gold.
There are many similar places
in Duluth at present if commits
sioner Silberstein and chief Nc
Kercher wish to know it. Madam
Wallace, distant relative by
marriage of tie great Scot who
fought and bled for old Gale
donia, rents the upper decks Of
the old hotel Brunswick from
widow Hoppman for $3.50 a
month. Madam Wallace once
was a noted redlight lady on the
iron ranges. She brought her
present outfit from Jeanette
Palmer, a famous redlight lady
of Duluth, now browsing in other
fields. Madam Julia stands Il
pinch by the police now and then
but never appears for trial.
Avoidance of a conviction rem
ders it difficult to- enforce the
abatement act against the prem
ises.
Those who should know where
Of they speak, declare that gen.
tie sister Julia's joint is no place
for Sunday school superinten-
dent. One great objection to
the place is the large number of
drunken women shot out the
back way into the alley.
If you are athirst after closing
hours, the boys assure you that
May Wilson at No. b, Il. Super
ior St., can supply you all the
beer you want at fifty cents a
bottle. She once was popular
redlight lady in both Duluth and
Superior. The clink Of her stems
almost can be heard at police
headquarters.
Some time ago, Madam Ander-
son was assessed 500 by the po-
lice. She now has six rooms, q
piano and a big ice box over
Blooms old furniture store at
the corner Of First street and
First avenue W., where she is
known as Anna Cock. Her tele-
phone is Melrose 1921 and she
has a long telephone list of at
tractive lady friends. One Of the