A fashionable hobby imported from the United States quickly became a symbol of vice. Note the glances exchanged between the couple in the advertisement. The roller rink on the Champ de Mars represents the ultimate moral decline of the imperial officials who allowed such a thing on a field dedicated to military victories. Besides the rink itself, the rink contained restaurants with private rooms, where people came not only to discuss “little issues” (corruption-related matters) but also to pimp and engage in debauchery. Murders were even committed there.
But fashions are fleeting, and soon roller rinks, no longer profitable, were forced to repurpose themselves and host various bizarre events, like circus booths.
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A fashionable hobby imported from the United States quickly became a symbol of vice. Note the glances exchanged between the couple in the advertisement. The roller rink on the Champ de Mars represents the ultimate moral decline of the imperial officials who allowed such a thing on a field dedicated to military victories. Besides the rink itself, the rink contained restaurants with private rooms, where people came not only to discuss “little issues” (corruption-related matters) but also to pimp and engage in debauchery. Murders were even committed there.
But fashions are fleeting, and soon roller rinks, no longer profitable, were forced to repurpose themselves and host various bizarre events, like circus booths.