The New York herald., 1872-11-24

fall with thedcstruction Of the game-iostng their
special popularity with the wealthy class who an
nualy rush to the Continent Tor their holiday. 1t
has been limited that as the
FRENCH ARE IN WANT or MONEY
NJ Theirs would not object TO the establishment
OF gaming tables in Paris in which case Paris would
regain its reputation the ambitious terra OF fash
ion and pleasure 1t may be doubted however,
whether the President would give his sanction to
an "unclean thing" which the Germans had cast
out. Gamblers are in hopes that should all other
negotiations fail, M Dupressoir WILL has already
been rumored, transfer himself ana his bank and
his croupiers to Monaco, near Nice, where the
authorities not troubled with many scruples OF
conscience ana where there rs now a similar estab-
llshment doing an excellent business 1t Is highly
probable that tins will be the end OF the Affair." The
German gambling towns have had
RICH HARVEST THIS SEASON,
far more so than they mad in their history.
been crowded with visitors, who have not only
swelled the exchequers OF the hotels and lodging
houses put M have lett many 'louis' on the green
clOth. In al the watering places the English Ian
which one heard talked. You could have tioked on
in almost every other person who passed ;
ana the Yankees, who, from their looks Alone
must be great people at home, were met at every
turn. There were scores OF merry young ladies Of
both natiOnalities; the foreigners OF the like age
and sex were chiefly representatives OF the "half
.WOIiu" Vi f6rls, VIENNA anu H8nDurg, ana STUCK
to the rooms and the tables where many OF them
gambled their thaers and even ''napsr all day,
from the opening OF business until halfpast ten
when play ceased and the lights were extinguished
II is to be noticed, however, that many OF those
who toss down thaler or two at Q time on the
black or red, even or odd, "pdsse" or
"manQue," and 50 on, at the roulette tables
and are gradually drawn into the vortex
ofspecuatton end by finding places at the trente ct
QIdTante tables, where they sit morning, noon and
night, prcking their cards black red wins, In
order that they may calculate the chance or either
winning next time and eyeng wistfully the mo-
tons OF the chief csONpter as he turns the cards.
The tables usually draw around them q goOdly
array OF ladies OF the ''haf world one OF whom Is
always selected to ''cutn the cards; but other
female gamblers are nearly always ladies Of
wealth and positi0n-most frequently Rus
shu sians-was care for nothing in life but
the turn OF the cards. Here and
there Is to be seen an English or
American lady-n0t uncOmmonly young and bloom
ing-but these do not, imagine, degenerate into
gamblers and are content to leave when they think
tney nave lost as much as they can spare. Though
the hes have their fatal tney lack those
theatrical displays with which they are credited in
the pages OF novels. ! saw nobody blow out his
brains and not soul would even Oblige me by
crushing from the rooms, despair and horror
written on his cOuntenance." That Ia buncombe
Still, cannot doubt that Germany will gain in
morality, II not in wealth. by the closing OF the
watering-plac gambling