Show SLAVES S TO THE DOPE Opium ODium Secretly Smoked by Whites in Luxurious f. f Quarters in Nearly Every American City f f Opium plum pium smoking Is rapidly becoming one of oC the vices les of oC the United States to Government statistics i According nearly worth of oC opium pro J pared pareci parce for tor smoking Is Imported Into this country annually The figures nr tire 1 Twenty years year ago aso less than thai alf IC a million milon dollars w was ws s brought Into this mis country yearly elI and ane this Included not only opium for tor smoking but also als every ery other known form of or the drug drug- crude liquid medicinal etc The customhouse customhouse cus cus- tom-house tom statistics prove beyond j cus-j a doubt that opium smoking Is IncreasIng Ing ins at a most tremendous rate ate In the thc United States and that the deadly drug dru obtained from Crom the beautiful poppy flower fower has of oC late years gained thousands thousands thou thou- sands upon thousands of or new devotees I In America I One shipment alone llone of oC opium prepare prepared pre pre- pare pared for Cor smoking that arrived here II from China this year was valued at nt This shipment came cume from Macao Macao Ma Mn- I cao China China on the steam steamship Doric Done arriving ar ar- ar- ar riving in San Francisco Franeisco Frncisco on Jul July arid and consisted of ot cases or 01 pounds The dut duty Impo Imposed d was 1 fl Several individuals and concerns Import smoking opium from China The opium prepared for smoking comes In tin boxes about four tour Inches high two and tn one half Inches wide vid andone and andone andone one and three fourths Inches thick These hele can which are about half full rul of or opium sell el at retail for or about 6 It ItIs I Is SR in this form that the opium buys It It I la h. I of or course ourse sold sOi secretly I Us Its sale without without with with- for tor there 13 Is a It law against Is wih- wih out a physicians physician's prescription but the law aw seems to be Ineffectual for tor almost anyone can buy bu It with little trouble by Pimply Imp asking for or It in an any Chinese e tore Many Ian Chinese laundrymen also It subrosa Every Even I large city in the United States Slates has hns its opium Joints nowadays where Is smokers smoker gather to Indulge in the Chinese nepenthe There are e Chinese Joints and there are arc Joints d dA to a n white clientele voted exclusively Of the former It Is 15 estimated there arc probably 1000 10 scattered throughout the United States There are a lesser num nurn- number number ber of oC the latter later The Chinese opium dens lens are generally dark ark 1111 On h eu-h hunk bunk hUllt two eyed almond devotees of or the drug may almond be seen hitting the pipe n as I opium smoking Is vulgarly called Cled The Joints for Cor white persons are arc on the contrary usually very luxurious They are clean chan and are generally beautifully nr furnished Oriental couches draperies lanterns divans m etc being prominent The smokers men and women le lie partially par par- disrobed on the couches as the they taly Inhale the fumes from Crom the opium pipe The smoking of ot opium Is so very ery different different dif dif- dif ferent from tobacco smoking although comparatively few persons know It that It ma may be he well wel to describe the pipe and other I apparatus used and the manner manner man man- ner in which opium Is smoked The Tho opium layout as ns it is called caled consists of or the pipe or yen en the bowl of ot the pipe or yen en ow ow the lamp bwl 01 or yen dong clong the round horn box for holding opium or hop to toy toy the needles used for tor cooking the opium hok and the over the lamp or yen cn knives es for Cor cleaning out the pipe bowl or yen gow The opium pipe Is about two feet fet Ion long and of or bamboo and is invariably made about an nn in Inch thick third One third On-third Its Us there Is fastened into the pipe V bowl made o of ot clay or stone ston The bowl bowlIs IL 1 Is covered save a vc for tor a n very Yen small smal hole of oC the he thickness 5 of oC a pin In the center the top Opium Is always smoked in a reclining The smoker lights the in ing ng position l tamp lamp polton and on the point of at one of ot the needles nn 1 they much resemble crochet t needles tapering at one ODO en end and flattened flattened flat flat- out at the other takes from the hop to toy a n little opium the size of or a aea above the flame flamo o of pea jea ea He holds this fame In cooks the lamp nn it slowly looking the opium bubbles and sizzles slightly as burning sealing wax docs lees The me cooking takes all al the moisture from the thC th opium which before It Is cooked In consistency and mc color must resemble treacle cle smoker is cooling his pill pm every once In a while he chles chies it that It-that that Is to say ay he rolls rols It I over the bowl of or the pipe again and o er again with wih a twirling motion moton of ot the fingers holding th the needle until finally the pill pm a assumes t Ov shape of a little cone Then the pipe bowl slightly heated heated heat hent- ed at the orifice and the point of oC the nee nele needle lle Is thrust Into It I up to the pellet of oC opium It I sticks to the bowl nn and th the needle neelie is withdrawn Now ow the pipe Is ready rend t to o be smoked This also Is a curious operation The smoker stilt still reclining places the end of oC the pipe to his lips and holding the other othel end with the bowl over O the flame fame draws a deep breath The pill pi of ot opium sizzles vcr over the flame fiame Hare and Is drawn Into the pipe in smoke from the pipe to t the smokers smoker's mouth or lungs When hen one pill pm Is finished as man many more may be cooked and consumed as the smoker desires The average erge a opium smoker consumes about eight of oC these pills Vms at one se session slon There arc are two kinds of ot opium smokers smokers ers known as long drawn long and short drawn smokers The former merely take the smoke into their mouths in short puffs and blow It I out again without without without with with- out the smoke going any further The latter take take a very cry long inhalation of or tho the smoke drawing it I deep Into the lungs lung and then exhaling it I through the nos nos- The latter latel method Is I is of at course coure the most harmful In the opium lamp which greatly greaty re- re a b bedroom crom night lamp peanut oil 01 is 18 used but It Is la said to be a n ner er very Inferior substitute for it i ID 19 not tasteless as the peanut oil 01 is This pe peanut oil 01 Is cheap too being sold at the Chinese shops hops for about 0 O cents a n quart The opium Joints for white persons person In the larger cities cites of or the United States have a n regular l' l tariff of oC charge for Cor their patrons Here Is 13 the tariff tarl that Is 19 charged ed at at a n known welt known wel-known New cw York opium den Small Smal private room rom SO one pipe tray tay lamp hok yen and yen gay nhe en Y ih with one card of or dope 1 0 bottle of or beer ber 50 51 5 cents other drinks in proportion proportion pro pro- portion porton attendant to cook ck for tor you OU If t too laz lazy or Inexpert 1 1 per card extra extra ex cx tra private room rom on the floor nor above the general parlor 55 5 5 In n this room you mn may lay awn away for Cor t twenty four hours houn If I you OU wish with wih the privilege e of or ordering breakfast there If Ir wanted A card of ot dope or hop signifies an ordinary pla playing card on which some opium has been smeared It I is i used In many opium Joints in place of or the hop to toy Women omen arc are easy victims to the fascination fas las called so t lo called so-called of opium smokers smokers They The become beme devotees far more marc easily than men teen and man many women privately Indulge in hop smoking in the tho seclusion seclusion sion sian of ot their own apartments It Is es estimated es- es that In New ew York city alone several eral hundred women are arc habitual smokers of oC the drug In the privacy o otheir or of their homes There are many absurd Ideas prevalent preva pre lent about abut the smoking of or opium One 1 Is 11 that exquisite dreams delightful visions I ons etc follow the tho use of or the drug Nothing of or the sort ort does follow Colo The he smoking of or opium brings a n sense I of ot calmness of ot rest of ot tranquillity and content That is al nil all Another fala falla falla- claus clous notion noton Is that It brings about un un- un- un consciousness It I never ne coes does docs Still another another another an an- other erroneous idea Mea Is 18 that the th smoking amok amok- smokIng ing leg of ot the pill pi by a novice no Je brings 8 about abou ft n stupor or coma It I docs does nothing of or the sort Fort Frt The first smoke of oC a novice no usual usually results In nausea Generally General half hal a den t at at least m mt t b b f to bring any anY effect on the smoker Opium smoking Is at best a loathsome loathsome loath loath- some practice and one from which not th the slightest Iota lota of or good can resul result That opium smoking Is 19 gaining ground round That In the tho United States as it is If Is can cnn be looked upon with wih f feelings of ot the greatest great great- reat- reat est eat alarm If H the United States Is becoming becoming be be- coming a Nation Naton of or opium smokers and statistics point to It It what future may maye Nation Nation Detroit Detroit e we 0 expect for Cor tho the Naton Free Press I |