the New York College Settlement:

"_Second annual reception and ball, given by Jibo and Jack, at New
Starlight Hall, 143 Suffolk Street, December 25. Music by our
favorite. Gents ticket 25 cents, Ladies 15 cents._"

"_Don't miss the ball given by Joe the Greaser, and Sam Rosenstock,
at Odd Fellows' Hall, January 29th._"

"_See the Devil Dance at the Reception and Ball given by Max Pascal
and Little Whity, at Tutonia Hall, Tuesday evening, November
20th."_

_ "Reception and Ball given by two well known friends, Max Turk and
Sam Lande, better known as Mechuch, at Appollo Hall, Chrystmas
night. Floor manager, Young Louis. Ticket admit one 25 cents._"

In addition to these private affairs which are arranged purely for the
profit of "Jibo and Jack" and their kind, men who make a living in this
and in yet more unspeakable ways, there are hundreds of saloon dance
halls, not only in New York, but in other cities. These are simply
annexes to drinking places, and people are not welcome there unless they
drink. No admission is charged.

There are also numberless dancing academies. Dancing lessons are given
four nights in the week, as a rule, and the dancing public buys
admission the other three nights and on Sunday afternoons. Some dancing
academies, even in tenement house quarters, are reputable institutions,
but to most of them the lowest of the low, both men and women, resort.
There, as in the dance halls, the "White Slaver" plies his trade, and