, 1874-08-16

| memo mon= tao Ladies,
fToA: Hrs. EurnAanss Afu York Let.e, Il. ~,
| Republican. ~ 11s.ss
4 lady in much distreas OF mind ,s,o, ~.
She could raise certain sum Of monev se. 81 noa
already tried to pawn some d1amopda: ana saaa
that brokers were only advancing. eva, ~ Aouaa
OF security, Insignificant suns rsnc;ra ~ - Soe
teens. Wonldn't'I be good enough tn ~ ~ ut
pccuniary liability OF my own over hstas. 'o1aa
! husband? Then she could get a lafsa an,, : nst
him after|ard, ostonsibly to loan me. h,s ~
very nice scheme for Tie, and asked rhsts. sa
OF difficulty sic was in that she couldnt ,nsn sa
full confession to the gentleman vho h,s '4a1s
tracted according to the Prayer Book to s,s ~ ~
bills. Well, she had got in debt to W. uee
aud must pay her. Then, knowing H.
wan !;,[ netner milmer nor dTessmakeS, bn. al.5,
fashionable hotel-l aaled il il w.a6as "a
money. oAoHed
mo. Lostt Lost at lottey,r
alrs. - has Tine parlor III an up-to7.r ...-
It seems. md the other ladies', to tba nnr, ao,e
fifteen or twenty get ether in her ron1 s1 o1
times being as big as $50. This crnT ~. ;rts' sos-
ing, 80 with MrB. IS permission ueut ts'est- ss
play sslo!tery.~ "eA' 10
/ Eight ladies' sat around marble centro .,.,-
while ninth had gentienan'y soft ~:
lap, in which were ninety nunbers IN = fs; nes
wooden buttons. Each lady had mt ~ uas 70
cents to the pot. and had three cards beiore hss ~
with numbers III squares. Al Mrs., -sn.ns, ~.
&c, a. 10, SO, each ltto woman huncri}r erssad
card, either moving up her glass chip trinm.sF tsusF
antly or dejectedly groaning Is Ala fiPa. fais9a
find tile number called on her row NJ 49, amslo %
Lottery" The precious dears vere nf,4s.
the simple samo Of keno, and getting as sI:ta; e,
and eager over their IS pot ~ thourh i tsa stas!
$1,000, 90 ~ "sss
Mrs. - kindly desired to teach me thu e,n.
but thought Ia bring it up to pesfectionhafo h,
went iu 80 showed em how when snrstt stv'o
got her row complete, she should say .Fann,
(Which was correct), instead OF Full" Al, ,hs-
hitherto had done. Thcn I told them thsy te!
1n4ala ve1i' b. the 1 dealers hs
the table. Before that sho had aIways dnmna1
from one hat to another. Then fixed it H.
the winner takes the pot, and ell the rest s;on;a
como up again, and 60 on until tho buttons esrs
all cut, instead of beginning nex eaae at ths
end of ono call, as they Lad always to d. Ibns
all the good could. &'t'
and al WANTED to help ny little friend vao i'm.
ID btheaylsy ut the bank, 1 "cal'ed OF nor An
hour 1t was certainly SURPRISING how MANY h,o
pots she Won, especially as instituted the bnyos
ing of cards ct 81 cents apiece, and some creedv
la&lies got five to watch at tlme. and
couldn't see half their numbers. As tha1
Ill had their hands full with their own business
I could take row on my friends card and caII
'em straight of. to poor EMS astonishmen. who
would excitedly shrek " Keno" to my extreme
terror, lest tue Captain OF the precinct heard her
and instantly demanued percentage On tns
game, or pulled US on the spot
Thanks to my magnificent way Of drawing ou.
Of the old hat, Ems nearly out Of deot, and
A1r1 --'a room ia in fu]j h}aat iii - ond 7 -
night (no limit), and it looks to me Ike pros-
porous enterprise. Having looked up the gam.
bling law, 1 find it refers entirely to men.
Women are not amenable. Twenty-Five cents Is
nov deducted from each pot for the dea.er
(Which proves remu1eratlve)r and l don't kaoR
Of any better place to lose few dollars tim
playing .'Loto" at the strict churrh.gong