Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-07-07

bic to the fascinations OF acquiring sud-
den wealth by chance; and, with such
examples As Jay Gould. Vanderbilt, and
others constantly before our young
men, il is little wonder that
they rush into the whirlpool and
are swept away. Prone as our
people are. however. to the allurements
| of card-gambling and business-gam-
bling. pools, lotteries, betting. and all
| illegitimate ways Of making money, il
| is quest enable whether all our forms
of gambling combined have had the
terrible fascinations and destructive
Influences of the Casino of Monte Carlo
in Monaco, notorious the world over
for the broken hearts. broken homes,
broken fortunes and suicides it has &C.
casioned- II is community which
preys upon the people OF all nations.
Ii is the only business which has no
fluctuations or reverses. When every
thing else suffers Monte Carlo drives
more furnishing business, for wretched
men and women rush there to retrieve
their losses and get another start in the
world. IL invites all nations there by
the gorgeousness of its attractions, and
has but recently constructed the hand
soonest theater in the world, built ont
of the wrecked fortunes of its victims.
Access to it is made easy and attractive
Everything that can appeal to the
sense is made beautiful and alluring.
The spot itself has always been
the very acme of natural and
artificial beauty. and Vet fresh
objects of luxury and all that
taste can suggest and money provide
are continually added to lure people
there. Besides these outside attrac-
tons for tourists, the great gambling
houses themselves exhibit glowing
DIES riptions of the games. publish
fictitious accounts of wonderful fortunes
made by players, and ingenious systems
BY which the banks NAV be broken. and
yet no car of Juggernaut was ever surer
of its victims. Last year more than
800. 900 railway tickets were delivered
at the Monte Carlo station. and, as
nothing is done at Monte Carlo but
gambling, it is sufficiently evident what
attraction lured these thousands of
people there. Once in the clutches of
this m ster, the victim rarely escapes
Always hoping 10 recover his losses. he
plays on and on. sinking deeper and
deeper, until every thing is gone
money, honor, and often life The
crack of the revolver is no uncommon
accompaniment 10 the climbing of
money on the gaming tables of Monte
Carlo. Ruin is constant. Where the
winers are no one knows. Where the
losers are is evident enough bv the
pale and haggard faces that swarm
about the table, and by the CHASTITY
records of self destruction.
More than one effort has been made
to suppress this horrible institution.
The authorities OF Nice, Mentona, and
all along the Riviera, have taken great
pains TO diluse Information as to the
character of the place. and distribute
circulars OF warning broadcast, SO that
no one shall approach it in ignorance of
its real purposes and practices. The
same authorities have more than once
appeaied TO the French Government. as
well as to the Italian. but though il is
surrounded by French territory and
cannot be entered except from French
soil, France viii take no steps because
the Principality of Monaco is not hers,
nor viii Italy take any Steps. because it
is under French influences. At last an
international Association has been
formed which is appealing to the Euro
pean Governments and 10 public opin-
ion To assist 1t in the suppression of
these tables. As no one seems to have
any special control over this Princioali-
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world. there seems 10 be no good rea-
son WHY the world should not treat it
as common enemy and suppress it rs
1t would rowing gang of bandit,i. or
as II would wipe out a plague-spot. =
Giicdgo Tribune.