The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-07
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Mn YORK, April, lst, !

TIE LAIR or TIE TIGER.
Last week J gave some ideaof tLe
cost Of q grand hotel and The method
Of running it. This week / propose
TO devote my space 20 another kind Of
a resort FOR wayl&rcrs-one that costs
Won more money 10 tarry IN, but
which viii give you, possibly, more
excitement. than even the best b tel
10 the great city.
On Broadway, near Union Square,
is a plain. unpreteBding house, just
such a one as yoa would suppose a
rooG. solid, retired merchant would
live in. were il farther removed from
business. I good, solid retired mer-
chant does not live ia IL however,
nor Is IL a residence at al. Il is a
faro bank, or ia otherwoTds q gam
bling bell; a place ia which young men.
and Old. strangers and residents, 20
either for gain or excitement, and
where they meet ruin just as surely
as they stay long enough and are
sufficiently industrious and p~ersever-
ing
The interior of the house bellies
the ezscrior-tbat Is 10 say, the IN
side is as gorgeous as the outside Is
pain. The halls are all beautifully
wide. the rooms are al high and spa
cious. and the furnishing is IS mag
niGecnt as money can purchase. The
reading-ro0m is wonderfully fine. A
velvet carpet Of Persian design COW
ers the floor. six and lace shade the
windows. The most costly upbol-
stery is scattered around. 4 stand
upon which are placed al the lead
ing daily journals of the c0uatry oc-
cupies the center Of the aoor. At
the right Of this is the wine room,
where YOU see no liquors, but 4 gor-
ceous Ethiopian, deliberately dressed,
IS in waiting, and all YOU have to DO
is 70 intimate your desire and what
ever that is you get it without money
OF Erice. Everything is free.
:. Back c. the wine-roomi IS the gGmb-
ling hail, whiek is more ~gorgeously
furnished than any Of the others.
Lace curtains, costly carpets costly
, pictures, exquisite statuary-evere
thing that is tasteful and beautiful is
here.
In the centre Of the room the Ia
bles are ranged. That's a faro Ia
be at the right. There is an eleva,
tiou IN the centre, longer than 1t is
r wide, upon which are painted some
e cards OF each suit. This IS done
, that You can designate your ~favorite
card without speaking. At every
table at which cards are played all is
fixed, that the game 1ay move on in
e silence. Faro site american gamb.
Z ling game, Just a. monte il Mexican
b The next is for English hazards
You stake your money on the throw
OF The dice. Then there IS roulette
trcnte-et-quaralo and any other
, game that the dew! ever invented to
p cap.sre souls With.
4. You shall see il these roo:as me-
Of all ages and conditions. Atthc fare
tables. side 10y side. XIII be seen gray
D haired men and bearGless boys.
The g~ray-hairej man has played faro
: since be was a b-caCdless bow, and
has wasted on tie game all the Tor,
tune lie inherited, all the profits Of
his business, aad al be has begged,
borrowed or Soien since. lie be,
lieyes that he las iesrced q system
F by which lie can break any bank,
and be has been trying to do ittkir:y
wears. lie plays very low now, for
ive dollar notes are not easy to get,
but his faith Is mistaken. He win
die some niSkt and wilfbe caTted oLt
TO Pot,ers fcld. But as long as be
can raise tea dollars and eaa keep q
clean shirt collar, he IS welcome.
Tie heardlcss boy has Just CON
mencej, but be will 60 tue same
road He VIII play ard play til be
robs bis father or employer, then be
viii either become a professional aud
plumber others, or lie viii degenerate
into a perpetual pigeon, aud 10 time,
become q miserable old man, PLAYING
constantly in the hope Of retrieving
his fortunes.
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