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Social Evil in N.Y. City 54: He is an expert dancer and is very popular because of this fact. In many halls he is the type of ‘bum’ who has led girls astray. [Ibid.] 57: A spieler connected with one of the dance halls said that in order to be a successful manager, a man must be a ‘bum,’ or in other words, one who can get acquainted with women, play cards and is accustomed to vice. Social Evil in N.Y. City 18: A‘call house’ is the term used where immoral women living in apartments supply their patrons by telephoning to certain other places for girls to come in. Social Evil in N.Y. City 49: Magistrates [...] often hesitate to hold the prisoner because of a suspicion that the police have ‘framed’ the case, in order to use it in compelling proprietors of disorderly places to pay graft. Social Evil in N.Y. City 62: They take their places in the ranks, first as the protector of one woman, [...] and as accomplices in ‘knock-out’ cases, robberies, and other forms of vice. Social Evil in N.Y. City 31: One familiar with conditions in the city says that practically every massage parlor sign in glaring letters is a ‘Red Light.’. Social Evil in N.Y. City 26: The ‘madam’ at the door told the men that her house had been closed but would reopen in a few days. Social Evil in N.Y. City 49: The policemen in uniform went just ahead of the detectives and ‘tipped off’ the proprietors of these places as to the time when the women could safely emerge. Social Evil in N.Y. City 30: There is, however, very little encouragement in the decrease in the number of ‘parlor houses’ [...] Former inmates of these houses [...] carry on their business in [...] rear rooms of saloons, tenement houses, private furnished room houses and in so-called massage parlors. Social Evil in N.Y. City 55: Beside the inside dance hall with its bar, there are a number of casinos with small parks adjacent which are used by special clubs, private parties and other organizations for ‘rackets’ and ‘picnics.’. Social Evil in N.Y. City 54: One of the favorite dances in halls of this type is the spiel, which requires much twirling and twisting, and is an objectionable dance. Social Evil in N.Y. City 54: In all of these places the spieler is present. He is an expert dancer and is very popular because of this fact. He usually belongs to a gang or immoral class of young men, and his influence for the most part is bad. [...] The female spielers are nearly all immoral, and their influence upon the young men and girls is also bad. Social Evil in N.Y. City 128: Some of the boys gradually drift into stealing or acting as ‘steerers’ for men who are looking for houses of prostitution.