Preachers in New York regularly denounced his shows .
In Manhattan in the 1890s Sam T. Jack 's Tenderloin Company presented living statues of young women dressed only in flesh - colored tights , and others doing daring performances of the cancan .
Preachers in New York regularly denounced Sam T. Jack 's shows .
In Manhattan in the 1890s Sam T. Jack 's Tenderloin Company presented living statues of young women dressed only in flesh - colored tights , and others doing daring performances of the cancan .