Toronto by Gaslight

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Author

Toronto News

Title

Toronto by Gaslight: The Night Hawks of a Great City As Seen by the Reporters of "The Toronto News"

Credits

Produced by ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

F1001: North America local history: Canada

Subject

Toronto (Ont.) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

57700

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57700

Release Date

August 15, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.READ THE TABLE OF CONTENTS — TORONTO BY GASLIGHT: THE NIGHT HAWKS OF A GREAT CITY.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — THE MASHER — THE STREET-LOUNGERS,
4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE TOILERS OF THE NIGHT. — RESTRICT THE HOURS OF TOIL — LABORIOUS AND MONOTONOUS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. AN ALL-NIGHT EATING HOUSE. — SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME — PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF A SHIRT. — BLOOD AND TREASURE.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE CABMAN’S CHATTER.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. BILLIARDISTIC BOYS.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE GAMBLERS. — ENTICED INTO THESE DENS?
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. PLUCKING THE SUCKERS. — IN A FRAUDULENT GAME
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE WORK OF THE “CAPPERS.” — THE SCENE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON — DISGRACED AMONG HIS “FRIENDS.”
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. NIGGER LOO. — SIGNS OF DISSIPATION — THE FASCINATION THAT LED THEM — EGYPTIAN DARKNESS
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT POLICEMAN. — A QUEER SIGHT. — THE DARK FIGURE OF A MAN — SUCH A SCENE — I THOUGHT I HEARD BREATHING. — A CUTE GIRL. — THE FINDERS.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE SERVANT GIRL’S “FELLER” — THE RATTLING OF THE DICE — THE ADVANTAGES OF HONEST LABOR. — ONCE A GUILELESS CHILD.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. ALL NIGHT IN THE CELLS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE POLICE COURT. — THE REGULAR HABITUES — ALL OF THEM ARE UNSAVORY. — EIGHT SECONDS TO TEN. — A TOKEN OF LIBERTY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. PROMENADING THE STREETS. — TEXTURE OF THE HOSE WORN — HERE TO MAKE ‘STRIKES,’ — ALLAY HER RUFFLED FEELINGS. — THE FRESH BLOOD or GIRLHOOD. — MORE DID NOT GO TO PERDITION.” — BETTER THAN THEIR FATHER.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. AN ALL-NIGHT MEETING OF THE ARMY. — YOUNG AND PRETTY, — SMUG-FACED YOUTHS — DO CREDIT TO A TALMAGE
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE “SCHOOL.” — PICKING UP A CAVALIER — THE GENERAL MORAL TONE
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE GENUS TRAMP. — RUM-BLOSSOMED BEINGS, — LOCAL VAGABONDISTI,
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. A VAG BY CHOICE. — NOTHING BUT A TRAMP, — THE CAPTAIN WAS A TYRANT, — WHISKY MAKES YOU RICH.”
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE SLUM-DWELLER. — INTERVIEWS WITH CLERGYMEN. — A CITY MISSIONARY’S EXPERIENCES. — DRINK REIGNS UNCONTROLLED. — AGGIE WOULD SING — IDLENESS AND DRINK. — RELEASED CONVICTS. — THE INCORRIGIBLES — GRACE MARKS, THE GIRL MURDERESS. — FROM THE EAST END. — KEPT AWAY FROM CHURCH — THE NUMEROUS BABY FARMS,
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. IN THE WARD. — AN OLD BOX FOR HIS BED-CLOTHES! — TO RETURN THE COFFIN — A ROUGH-LOOKING CROWD — NO CLOTHES, NO SHOES, THAT WINTER DAY. — A CHARLTON BILL CASE. — A LIFE WHICH SHE ABHORRED. — A BABY FARM.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. A PEST HOUSE WIPED OUT. — THEIR PAINTED FACES — THE MOST DREADFUL FEATURES — SCORE OF WOMEN — PROVOKE THEM INTO A FIGHT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. DOWN AT THE UNION STATION. — HIDE THEMSELVES — COULD NOT BE HER FATHER, — A DAMSEL WHO PLAYS ON THE PIANO
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. MORE ABOUT THE UNION STATION. — FRENCH CANADIAN LUMBERMEN — COMMERCIAL TRAVELER — THE BIG BAGGAGE-CART,
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE NIGHT EXPRESS. — “THAT’S A COFFIN — LAID HIS HAND ON THE SHOULDER — A SUPERIOR BEING. — THE PARTY GROWS QUIETER. — GOING HOME TO DIE. — COULD KEEP THE $100 BILL
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE EMIGRANT TRAIN. — THEIR ARMS ENTWINED, — A QUICK SHUDDER OF FEAR,
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. THE WRECKING TRAIN. — CONDUCTORS’ EXPERIENCES. — I FIRED HIM OUT
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. MILLIE’S FIVE CENT PIECE. — BEAUTIFUL, BUT ERRING MOTHER. — THE TEARS THAT HAD ESCAPED — RECOGNIZED THE CHILD.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE JAIL. — THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BEAUTY — DRANK HARDER THAN EVER — ONE NIGHT I GOT “PULLED IN” — THE FROUSY BESOTTED WRETCHES — CORDIALITY AND FAMILIARITY — LISTEN WITH STRAINING EAR — A POUND OF DRY BREAD — MY HEART GAVE A GREAT THROB,
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STREET ARABS. — THE WAY THEY LIVE, — IN A MISERABLE HOVEL — TIM AND SAM. — WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM. — SAM WAS WELL NIGH SMOTHERED — ENDED IN HIS DEATH
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOSPITAL. — COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE MANAGEMENT — AN OLD MAN LIES. — DISTURBED BY WHAT SHE SEES.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. PIECES OF MEN. — THIN AND HAGGARD, — FURTIVE LOOK OF THE TRAMP, — CONTEMPT FOR CIVILIANS, — MORE LESSONS TO BE DERIVED
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. INFANT WAIFS. — THE WARM ROSE HUE OF SLEEP, — TO NURSE A MOTHERLESS ONE — CHILDLESS COUPLES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. THE PRETTY BOY. — TOO PRETTY TO BE SPOILED — ONLY PURE PLACE HE ENTERS — HE TAKES IN EVERYTHING.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT’S IN A NAME? — SET THE NEWS FLYING — THE REPORTER’S EYE — THESE FELLOWS WILL LAUGH
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SCARLET WOMAN. — FLASHY FEMALES — DUMB, TEARLESS AGONY, — STOLE A HANDSOME BONNET — REPRESSIVE MEASURES — SAVE MANY A GIRL
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. BEHOLD, THERE MET HIM A WOMAN. — EAT INTO SOCIETY — FAMILIARIZE THE MINDS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. KILLJOY HOUSE. — THEIR WITHERING LIVES — LIE BY PREFERENCE. — KNOW NOTHING BUT TO WORK — HER STORY. — TURNING POINT OF MY LIFE. — WATCH WHERE SHE LIVED. — ODORIFEROUS BREATHINGS.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. LEADING DOWN TO DEATH. — THE AWFUL PUNISHMENTS — LESSENING THE EVILS OF PROSTITUTION — CAN NEVER CLIMB BACK — FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. ANOTHER CLASS OF PROMENADERS. — A FIT OF COUGHING,

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