. Theatrical and circus life;. JAMES ONEILL. life. His venture proved so successful that imitatorssprang up all along the Bowery. The tenements of II1 VARIETY DIVES AND CONCERT SALOONS, the East Side were explored, and every female whocould torture the neighbors with ai) accordeon, scrapethe catgut or bang the piano was enlisted in the grandscheme of catering to the musical tastes of Gothamsbeer drinkers. Over the Rhine, in Cincinnati, is a great place forcheap and vicious amusements. A correspondent writ-ing from there says: The places of amusement. AN IDEAL MASHER Over the Rhine line Vine St
. Theatrical and circus life;. JAMES ONEILL. life. His venture proved so successful that imitatorssprang up all along the Bowery. The tenements of II1 VARIETY DIVES AND CONCERT SALOONS, the East Side were explored, and every female whocould torture the neighbors with ai) accordeon, scrapethe catgut or bang the piano was enlisted in the grandscheme of catering to the musical tastes of Gothamsbeer drinkers. Over the Rhine, in Cincinnati, is a great place forcheap and vicious amusements. A correspondent writ-ing from there says: The places of amusement. AN IDEAL MASHER Over the Rhine line Vine Street for half a dozenblocks. They are of the democratic and, with oneexception, rude order, more familiar to the backwoodsthan to the civilization east of the Mississippi. Someare large establishments with all the fittings of an EastSide variety theatre. Others are mere halls with alimited stage at one end. To some an admission ischarged, ranging from ten cents up to twenty-five VARIETY DIVES AND CONCERT SALOONS. 415 cents, but most of them are free. The performers in-clude many familiar stars of the variety stage, for thesalaries paid are of the best. The performances,though vulgar, are clean enough. The drinks pay allexpenses, of course. Beer is served throughout thehouse and smoking is perpetually in order. In mostplaces there is a gallery of boxes where the youngwomen from the stage mingle with such of theaudience as, by their generosity, deserve such are stuffers, or as they call them here chairwarmers/ One of them has conque
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