The sound of pianos and phonographs rose above the clamor of the mob.

Pandemonium broke loose as the crowds flung themselves into the saloons and other resorts.

The police had to beat people back from the doors with their clubs.

A riot, an orgy, impossible to describe, impossible to forget, ensued.

Many of those who took part in it had never been in such a district before.
This horrible scene somehow typified to my mind the whole blind, chaotic, senseless attitude which society has preserved toward the most baffling of all its problems.