The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
TIE GAMBLERS PARADISE.


bling at Baden Baden, Wiesbaden and
Homburg has proved big card for the
little principality of Monaco, in Italy.
The Cincinnati Times prints an article
descriptive of the new gambling para
disc, which we summarize Monaco
thrusts it's groves of oranges and lemons
out into the Mediterranean. If a new
Garden of Eden were to be established
upon earth, Monaco would undoubtedly
be the place that special committee of
angels would favor in their report. A
motionlessI blue sea nearly surround
ing it, and ever blue sky lying above;
perpetual sunshine splintered into
lances of light by anever-failing breeze;
the constant perfume of orange and
lemon, of cactus, aloes, and hedges of
geranium the ceaseless murmur of the
waving palm trees, and the verdure and
bloom of fairy-ike gardens and terraces,
are features in one of the loveliest land
scapes that Nature ever set her hand
to. Art, too, has lent her ablest effort
to further the exquisite beauty of the
scene. Monsieur Blanc, fitting thither
an exile from his beautiful Baden, has
even eclipsed the glories of the Kursaal
by the Poos. Unrivaled orchestras,
opera twice week, the best of hotels,
Casino with gardens and terraces that
rival those of 'tGul" in their bloom,
and the most dazzling fetes and balls
that the administration can secure
with lavish outlay, are some of the bats
thrown out to heighten the excitement
which finally leads the votary of pleas
ure into the mysteries of roulette and
tJente- et-quarante.
And hither, to the five gambling
tables, kept necessarily going from
11:3O in the morning to II 40 at night,
have focked, in the past summer, all
the gamblers, gentle and simple, that
used to frequent the various Kursaals
of Germany. You note the famous
Princess Sowarrow, the beautiful Pole
that has gambled away her millions,
that has enslaved more hearts than the
Queen of Love herself, and on whose
conscience, if she have one, rests the
burden of hundred lost regulations,
and score of desperate suicides. La
Comtesse de Galve, La Princesse Corso-
koff, Lea LilIy's famous sister (NIlle
DelvaD, and a score of other gambling
celebrities, add to the glitter of the
scene. The crowd at the tables is said
to be immense. People who cannot
obtain front place throw their glitter
ing contribution over others heads,
trusting to the watchful care of the
croetpierS for its handling. It reminds
one of the Western hummer who was
unable to get into faro room because
of the crowd, and slipped his pocket
book under the door, remarking sadly,
&c You better take the darned thing
you'd have had it any way" And Mon
sieur Blanc gamers his golden harvest.
Sometimes the run against a particular
bank is very heavy, but it is more than
balanced by the gains of the others.
They credit him with very good bon
mot dn this subject. A gambler had
lamented at the treaate-et-qu0r0rate
table that he had backed rouge against
a big run on 1aoir, and wishing that he
had bet the other way. 1t makes
little difference, Messieurs," said the
suave Prince of Gamblers, whether you
bet on rouge or noir-Blanc always
wins
But the bank is generous Suicides
are to their detriment; and, if you have
played boldly and lost all you had, a
polite crou2oier conducts you to an
apartment on the lower floor of the
Casino, and gives you ssViattque," as
they call it-that is, from three to five
hundred francs to get away with. He
takes your acknowledgment, and never
must you show your face again at Monte
Carlo until the loan is repaid. And,
strange to say, there are very few in
stances where the bank is not repaid.
The pigeons gather new provender and
return to be plucked once more. And
so the ball of chance runs on at
Monaco.
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