The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-12-13

gambler. may in So. momons q
luck win, say two hundred thousand
or three hundred thousand francs. but
no sum viii repay him for sleepless
nights and, for hours Of anxiety, tor
nights made into days. No occupations,
| legal political, or mercantile, will pay
| for the extravagances he must indulge
in. While he is in the ,full tide of pleas
ure the cloitds are near, and the gam |
| bier finds his hell on earth. For every
hour of pleasure he spends dayso n1isary.
The.pleasures became only recoaleceioes
while, misery, despair. and oftensuicide.
stare him in the face, a., ! .scissI J
| IA man with the passion rplay will
| do anything to procure money in order
to recover. his losses. ~ He. will borrow.
five thousand francs from his bank,
one thousand francs from friend, five
hundred francs from an acquaintance,
one hundred francs from comparative
stranger, fifty. franes from q club
waiter, twenty francs from the cook,
ten francs from a cabby who may have
driven. him three or, four times, and
then five francs from anybody to ,getea
dinner or breakfast with. All taste for
honest industry leaves you, honor even
takes wings and finally you are slighted
by,your, friends and -vilitied Eby thosa
you have seFved.a9 Ii Toll dJld
sYou have won and lost larg.
amounts during the past two years,
have you not. Mr.. Deutschp'
i Eyes; my differences in two yeara
have been fully four million francs
4 that is, l have won quite two million
and lost over two million. III fp
IN ls'How much of thisawent, for percent
aces to the clubsp''r' sl'1i ler4Y'f s''4
.Well, 1 should think that at least
four hundred thousand or i've hundred
thousand went into the clubs IS percent
ages 1t is only a question Of time
when the entire capital of q player
!, must be consumed by the proprietors OF
clubs. and the various fees, ETC., nee
= essary. Play at Paris clubs means GER
tain ruin il a man Keeps 1t 1t long
enough. They must In time ruin every
man who plays at them, and they viii
J. finally consume all the capital or drive
I away the capitalists Y I'LL III,
What do you mean by running all
i, the playersP" s uAA .s'aa'
II mean simply this: Take ten play
ers each with ten thousand francs, OF
!, five hundred louis. They take alter.
nately banks each of an average of fifty
louis, which costs two louis to the canette
for each bank. Now they can deal nifty
banks day, which makes one hundred
3 louis to, the canette, and thus In GER
tain number of days easily calculated
= the entire party must have lost the en-
Z tire sum they went in with. Outside o.
2 this, the taxes are terrible. In th'
first place there are the dues o
y the club; second, the man wht
Il deals bank at baccarat of ten loui
must give one louis TO the house, or tel
!, per cent. of the original investment
70 II he loses, the players against him vii
. but nine louis. II he wins but on
y louis in his bank, the players hav
% lost two louis, and the banker wins moth
= hing. Then if man has occasion +
q task credit at the .caisse he has to pa,
= one louis per day toreyery fifty louis b
= = has lost. $50 \ aaefsl1
- - s'Fhes charges ct ecarte at the club
% tare even worse. Five francs have top
!, Paid for each pass 70 that it IS easll
- pbssiblefof two players tOplay and bet
:, lose. have played with gentlema
~ forty-six games at one louis game
10 My opponent won twenty-five and I
>, won twenty-four times. At the finish
~ theref0fe. 1 had won tive louis froT
~ my friend, but we had paid five franc
~ for each pass-l paying six louis alts
X, gether and my friend five and a ha
~ louis, SO that the net loss was min
and half louis. Llpst four louis N
y my friend seYen apAa hah.f n |.
% s.There is no chance for any one III
llS less he.ahas a remarkable run of luc