, 1869-04-04
HOMBURG IN WINTER,
Gambling Saloons and anmhtc,

es-Hou9g Il winter. There, IN this season, the
and solvc1r looking vtzllor
po,e,s @ IS and H ra9 osc1y tner 1ey sest apartments
st quarter ottas price be would n1ye to pay IL
summer and Autumn. The administration ~ OF
tue gTr4t gambling p5l1ce which commands the
whole town, Wkt;. On application At TIC Pol!1ei
Bureau, " furnish biz, with blue ca1u Inscribed
Nth ~ % 1s az ZEE 5sasnoGs %
other words to thczooms IN which the games OF
frr',tr srtas'ants and rDukts are ca!Ecd On from
e!eTsn a, = r u nn.n esS
relieved win All mh1urs and enriched WIN ltalan
during The G 1inse4 @ Thts = called The ssion Japo
mails; AZ tho end Of II y the trense-tt.f4arante
table, and on The other the roslrtte. 4erulng
noon, and night these fascinating "boards or
green cloth " are surrounded, .hree deep, BY
cruNd Of peopte-wlde,y different from the sum
msf gutsss-wnoec counterpart can be found. I
brilliant toslettes4 no pretty women, as there st
Aosseo At this season. These people have Ill
soGe he5e re e ss%b's, ., 2 prss gpoa the gam.
lasion On MI the!r fncea 5oun9 and old. masculine
sd feminine especially ne latter, which Is At
% aRa Ss h9.S T. sT
resented about ~ creditably as II usually Is In
those continental nooks and corners whe1e adycn-
tcrers most do eongrcgate. The Irish widow Indy
antecedents; the neat little Engltsansn with the
fair beard and tthey ray, hut know nothing shout
old lady and her hagpard daughter, who niay
nearly from the opening III the Close OF the roous
ne slateniy, dovay hg.ishwomen, who lnfall.-
had tust come from Aotne long Journey IN their
tumbled travelling clothes, and were going on
as,,n a'.eetly in he 'ane s1slEe ea. who appeaE
day for six months: tho British merchant who
1nds It convenient to hc out Of Br.ta,n the stah-
patson to a1e care Of their souls ami wno some
tImea "pun, mildly tn dorlns: these make up
The co1onie AnE ny, and are all nou.tsh.ns Ii
Polish counts with uneomuonly dizzy hands aud
very eager eyes; terrible old frenchwuueu saw
agelJ ken at their play gtmy. communicating,
p1sed nor1n piece, and appropriate the winnings OF
unonser1ant players with astonishing persstencr;
sEsesaslsda Pretessors es Of gaIing b. syssems
and who viii be delighted TO play FOR Jon on their
own Infalltnie plans there they Ill are at Homburg
m aer Sas sad IT, IhS xn1s5 tns} have
as GnrT eylnG their prey the chefs dc partle
and tnsPectcur des 1eax; 1nd sometimes you see
the English style Of dress but looks Ike SerJ Ger
man Jew indeed, cnnferTing with these authorities
Of ~ administration, and, doubt not watching
ana pa5 nin hs cisps them into p prson viii Vii,
an alacf1ty and \ summarizes OF procedure
which suggests most accommodating readiness
among the civil Authorities He had ypnnX
English Lord a very ny-blovn specimen Of a1istoc-
r1cJ, It must be confessed but still rcal Lord
for III inat tn that cheerful retlear not long ago
Perhaps he IS shere nov. Besides the gambling
saloons now In winter there sEe In the Kursaal
reading rooms llherall. provided with French, Ger
man and English newspaper and periodicals; \
twice every day really flst-r1te performances by
orchestra OF forty musicians luIur1ously appoint
Cd cafe With billiard tables; Atestaar4nt keps By
mind the smote Of eIecraole Gcs1uan cigars wht1e
you are eating, yon may have a. good a dinner ns
4 The Tros fFeles IN Parts; saperoly decorated
- q
feet long, decorated with snruhe, altlncla1ly
warmed. md lined With eeats Ill nnder one roof,
seeszanie 70 ssev one '1 provided 9,sn IL
sTeen card oefore referred 70. or
courEe tho ples1ure grounds, mineral springs,
isuatton, and by them kept In order, sse equally
free to MI comels, even without cart The cur
rent e1pensea Of thu administration an tn win
ter about EiO, and tn SKINNER Eloo day, not in-
Guiding the aala1tea Of sorne Of the more Fesponsi
bic employees Of the gambling bank, who Rre very
eT1T Of = conrsny. and Il ns,s = DIVIDEND * NJ
xafda Of 20 per cent bezldea ita neary annual ta1
for the "concession," nod variety Of coutrbu-
md tnslitntions q public ntiIty- whence The
company derives thess enormous profits need not
nsre be pointed CIT: Man md women. smitsen
hiring their money to the Golfers of the adniuis11a-
Ton. The more they lose, tho more tney play, un-
become possessed With the greed for more, end 20
on Until thsy lose too. When all their money has
gone under Tho rTuspir's nike, and tne coin into
that may Be Deposited there has followed where The
rest vent the pennNeas gamblers ara fain 10 seek
a. ~ ,Ss ne x,,s .9 se
.elesa6y disisni iowa q % Eulops taey a ne1e no2
peTmlfseti and protected By Tie Pusstan Govern
rnens, and has kaso Of Lie for four years or
longer.
The Great Clothes Question.
simultaneously With the tcruelleasion Of csr-
lles "s..tor Resaztns" win its wonderful
poEt3nt observations in IN English newspaper. We
eommenl them to Nj. Carlyle and his friend
It Is with the ordinary evening" costume that
"Young England" am Interested No Que can
think that The conventional drese OF a gentleman
qnirrnenis of the day nor does il II ali Keep pace
sex. While theJ are decked out In ve.reta, silks,
Livery and hote. w.,terE OF late years
the blue coat with FIT buttons and yelyet collar
has been introduced; but even that With the
loose black trousers md ordinary w7lstcoat cannot
he thought very elegant evening suit What u
ia nana ~ nspsn, sp n "a
ler who announces him. velyes coat. OF cloth
coata faced sud Tined WITH coored six valstcoata
Whist Hcrr formerly termed Opera hats; ouckies,
too, In shoes, e!tnG Of steel tet or dLamons have
oefo suggested At Alnt1c81 = balls, IN tho Old
dtJA gentlemen wore +ahort hreechca made or
blaek. Ihite, Or ooG:eolored cloth, or = weobed
material; coats faced and Lined with s11k velvet
eoll1ss; and walstcnAts md under-wa1st-
with Military rAt cooked hat, with gold star and
taeseL After q t,Mc tho t'shorts" gave WY 70
long tight pa1talo0nS Of black or bGncolnr, but
the rcst Of the d1ess Was retained After = while
eoIns Of the ex4u16hes Who could not show rpod
legs, introduced large, haRXJ Coasack trnusctz,
eign towns .'Tpo-louG'' snd @Too-ioose-' These
were reduced IN stze and the present tH'8cr took
their place No one dre1seA better that the Tt1uce
OF Wales and 1t i hoped that upon his rpJal high
nehss Trturn from taa east ho VII nt1udnce some
drtsa which laAy b WpFu bY iii EnRifsh arntlp-