The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-28
GAMBLING ~FLOuRISHES; LIQUOR
IS SOLD FREELY IN Old TOWM
WITH LITTLE FEAR OF LAW
Reporter Describes Conditions Existing Today;
All Forget 1t, There Amt No Such Thing
Here, Says One of Resort Keepers When
Questioned About Law.

Wine, women and song, accompn-
MED by the weird strain OF music
from nm electric piano, the click OF
the ivory ball on the roulette wheel.
as well as tho noise OF the poker chips.
dice and other gambling games, to
the sphynX-like faces worn 10y tho
players i~ndulging in the great game
with cards that made Kitty famous,
are some Of the outstanding features
most noticeable IN the hight life Of
old town, as seen by a Herald report
or who spent several hours going the
rOundR of the ancient suburb.
Tho bright lights OF Old Town stand
out prominently m- ouc ncaia that
place about midnight, when tho world
on ali sides looks dead Or at loast at
rest. Arriving among the white lights
one finds soft drink bara. cafes.
"hOtela'' and pool halls which ARE
said never to close. The real show,
however,. IL cnactod behind the
scenes and the fronts are merely a
blind.
we first visited nm" brownies
place. which was formerly the Central
bar. Entering the yard under a large
sign Garage" and after making a
hair circle around we came to what
should rightly be "Blll'a' back porch,
a head popped out II window and
'ANNA - RAARN WV wv WIZ hANfANNt
With Hello boys-push tho button"
We did and entered. 4 short hallway
led to the "parlor" where the electric
piano was located. Some onc put "A
dime IN Il slot. which was marked
drop from one to twenty dimes and
the dance was on. the machine DOING
equally as much for the one dime AS
though there had been twenty.
Dollar a Glass for Coke"
Name lHNN "a ANtaH - 1aaaAIu
forth as soon as the dance ended. II
was Kewpie speaking. We ordered
ms drinks and Xix glasses OF "Canad-
ian Club" bottled In bond were
brought IN. There was scarcely a ga
spoonful In e0ch glass, and we dis
covered a moment later that but three
glasses contained 'iicker," the girls
drinking only Cocoa Cola. However,
the bill was 50 for this round or 81 a
drink with no rebate for soft drinks.
some one ASKED nlli why ne dld not
use a little larger 'cyc dropper" to
fill me glasses with, but Bin cX-
planned that stuff's getting higher
and higher all the time. ~ I got TO
do IT, hut II quarts nre the same
size they were In iOrmer days, Bill Is
no doubt getting mt lcnst 500 per for
whnt he sells. However. this "glrl'
that a,lls the order gets IS cents com
mission fOr her suicSnNnAltp.
There was a little disturbance of
tome sort outside and the reporter
suggested that II might be the law
Again II was hrwpio who spoke up
with:
"Ah, forget II. there amt no such
thing here. They might raid ovcry
other place but this would be the last
one. There amt nobody going to
bother us
''Iilrn Place" Immediately west OF
Prownic's Is mo fair" according 70
May, n big blonde at Brownies, for
they cut prices there and don't hold
uD u the scale" II was suggested
that perhaps they we're non-union and
that Brownies was union, TO which
May answered that 1--WE get u rogu-
lar rates here IND don't cut none for
nobody"
Visit Cottage Hotel.
Lowing Brownies we drove west Ia
the nest hole In the board fence, and
also to another garage sign. We
found instead OF q garage the ''CottnRe
HOTEL There was no mistaking the
place. as there In n big sign over the
door with the name painted on II. We
were greeted by Mabel who proved
To be the ''landlndy" and escorted "a
the parlor. which was somewhat stint.
lar 10 "Bil's' pnrlor. Mabel had