The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
GAMBLING MADE EASY

n cannot be- said that New Orleans was
ever really provided With proper gambling
facilities until now Tn ~ sure, "" knve had
tina fare hnnIis and tho roulette tables, to SAY
nothing Of chuck n-uck and sweat cloth and
horse head whilst kono We have with US al-
ways Similarly we hava Ind the leyeeFpake-
show and tho faclebuuko, There are, also, the
poker paflara. and the club rard-roums where
equity OH gentlemen. sitting heavily w their
claIra, 10 court the Rcntle goddess 81 c"hteh-
nial sct-aeil and ewoar deeply beneath their
breath whom Tho gentleman u their right
makes the trump. whore infiammnble young
mon embark In loo rtnDt-ct ut boston.
pIqunt. and other dulcot enterprises, and
build "thn widow high for drinks and
smoke Thrn there arc tho strictly private
rooms ut clubs md restaurants where mon
of all ngns and conditions mont IN tho clash 81
poker and whore tho Krnnt process ~ paying
tho national debit by drawing to four 81 u
kind keeps up It's majestic and triumphant
march And finally, wo have tho future
OlIices. whore you pay twenty-five cent y bale
to polite agents for showing you how to
gamble yourself out of house and homo md
heggar Your wIfn and children If, indeed. you
escap" Illghted prospect and = sullted namn.
All these facilities W" hive enjoyed In over
flowing ahundan % and fascinating gulsc, I'M
I'll VA would have supposed that Now Orleans
needed no further eonvenience5 for squander-
Ink money aud wasting life Nothing was
easier undoy the old system than to part with
Il month 4 Of we months Income Mt Il Satur
day night restaurant dinner or Sunday
morning breakfast In some secluded lake
end apartment. Nothing WAS easier than to
forestal two years honest industry and.
pcrchauca blot ont II decade OF reputation by
ordering four or five hundred or q thousand
hnnI from the future ngnnt. All reasonable
ambitions III tha gambling line soamni to DO
satisfied and There was material upon which
We could glut tho widest appetite for ruin.
NIX aI this was not enough, konn fnro
bunko, sweat cloth, horse-head, roulette
poker, even futures" tls we have known
thcml dwndlO into greater or less Insight
ticancc before thu towering AMI IImaIayan
figure Of tho Bucket Shop" ono can still
lose his money and buck away his character
AMI involve hR friends ut any Of these plcaE
inE relaxationl one cnn still use any Of
them as IL foamng steod wheroupon to gallop
madly ta tho Popr-Houso or the pcnltcntlary.
Hnt whnt nro amy or these. OF MI of them
combined to thu dead shot, rapid dispatch,
lightning express OF tho Bueket-Shop2
Where Il riau spills q few dollars over the
Toulette table, where Tx loses Il SO at FO5If-
,t-uob, Whrr" ne garnishecs his noxt months
salary nj poker, or mortgages his property
and jNupardiz,s hi8 standing III futures" he
can 10 nIl these things ana moro Iii lc4s than
ten shakes of Sleeps tail at the Bucket
Shop The style III which Hermann tlInRa q
hottlo nf champagne Into tho Invisible air, ~
makes Il coin disappear between his nimbIe
palms. IS absolutely awkward and numbering
compared to the precision aud promptnPss
with which money disappears Id the Bucket
Shop. Its very name Is suggestive, for,
whereas other forms Of gambling extract
y@nr money hy the drop or the spoonful or
thu Iadle, this particular form dips into Your
pocket with the bucket and scoops you, as 1t
were, by wholesale.
And now Now Orleans I'll in line with aIl tho
advancement and thu most enlightened
methods OF the age. II there be any among
VI whose money drags too harshly In their
pockets AMI Who scorn tho slow and anxious
formulas OF cards Or cotton futures. let them
60 to the Bucket-Shop and be made happy
and impaeunious at q single turn. The in
spirrd saw declares that the fool and hts
money are soon parted, but we do not believe
that any forecast, however informed by grace
or prophecy. ever Included the Bucket-Sh0p
IN its philosophy.