, 1872-11-10
THE PUBLIC GAMING TABLES.

brute.ized. GATH.
THE PUBLIC GAMING TABLES.
Their Last Days.
From the Pail Nail Gaz.n>.
Disorder reigns rampant at the gaming tables,
and gross dishonesty lays itaelf out for . living
here. In the old days it was rarely, indeed, that
you saw two players claiming the same stake,
wten the stake was of any Importance. Chepa-
hers dindusr1e knew the chief croupier was there
to protect the customers as we'll as the bank,
and that q false claim would probably be-
punished by exposure or expulsion. 1t the
director found himself puzzled 10 pronounce e,
or believed both claims to be made ii
good faith, he generally paid both claimants.
and over sums SO large that it is difficult to at-
tribute the false claim to omisapprehension. That
Is the reason, perhaps, why the bank has aban-
doned the old system Of Cancellation, as too
costly, and has taken to the cheaper plan Of
leaving the rivals to fight it out. But the result
Is that the rooms have come to resemble beer
! gardens while no gentleman can seat himself
to play except at the hazard Of an altercation
With some brazen-tonged escroc or brazeu-faced
to5ette reason the more, surely, for ladies, and
especially English ladies, staying away. least.
one would fancy 80; for the tradition still fingers
with uH Of the times when the typical English
I woman was regardedsas the incarnation of q
purity approaching to austerity,, and ladies. OF
|
| their bettere. The Mesdames Cruchecassee
| might aneer at the shy ferocity Of the English-
Woman's virtue, and the chilly prudery Of her
| demeanor; the men might admire md sneer and
eau her oegueule., But, on the whole, when the
EngAshman could carry his head high, and de-
clare himself ciuis Ronaanus, he never felt
more proud OF his country than when he con-
trasted the behavior Of his countrywomen With
that OF their foreign sisters Nov all that is
| changed. An Englishman in difficulties must
d.. n ivi1 ef,u
acter, and say as little as may be about bis
Roman citizenship. II any one is entitled to
boast OF to bully on the strength Of his citizen
chip, it is a subject of that new holy Roman
s' Thosse prophet ] A&' IS Bismarck. nSEno' 1Se Wa
know better than foreigners that, il Eng
ishrnen abroad have for time lost some
thing Of their self-respect, it is owing to the
1usions Of a Government, and not to any decay
OF the national spirit. But morala are known to
deteriorate when nations suffer in their eelf-re-
spect, and the greater laxity Of manners among
coincidence, to say the least Of it. Time was
when, It you saw one OF them regularly seated at
the tables, you could pronounce oH-hand on her
character, with little danger OF doing her injus-
tice. Anonyna rlsked her rou1eauI when out
for her summer tour, or some fallen Becky
Sharp came down in faded fnery from her gar
rot to try and double the form or two she had
obtained from doubtful charity. Now every one
seems ,. 70 make thelr game, the women as freely
hna G1laa ns h1e meh ahey fae nay not a1aKe so
s1an Frlnces MagJar boyards, or Mediterranean
mongrels, and pour cause; put they play out to
the limits Of their tether, and often their tether
appears TO be pretty long one. 1t Is not case
Of borrowing horin or two from husband,
father, or brother, throwing them endwayB on to
the cloth, blushing to the roots OF the hair, as.
seeing Them roll about, they explain to the
croupiers where they desire to place them, and
finally showing white teeth and dimples when
me s'ekes M we're swept up by the remorseless
1aAe. MOL 81 az. Sowaaays the Engiish maid
or matron draws 10 her chalr IN most bnslness-
nRe 1ashlon smlllnsly receiving the cards to cut
IRON gentleman with the brand OF the galleys
on MS 1eatufes, and possibly the mark OF the
cna!n On nls ankle' on the other SIDE ahe rubs
shoulders Win lady much better known than
respected IN the parlslan danclng-saloons, and
about whose vocation indeed, there could be
no manner OF doubt, even II she - did not
e1eae;, % It q costnme m excessyely deconefee and
taHafy o'aze OK Paials hoya1 Jewoiry: Not
lnat IN her gorgeous snow she has greatly the