Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-18
WHOLE NO. 279
cARD-sHARPERs IN PARIS.
Fondness OF Parisians For Gambling-The
Devices or Unscrupnious Dealers
lion lon Saturday Revlew.l

Fondness OF Parisians For Gambling-ThS
Devices or Unscrupn'ous Dealers
lion lon Saturday Revlewl
II we may Id Re by ths pa res of NJ. des
Perrlerss, the Par s ans ar, restless and
harden ID gamblers an 1 ready to,piay any
thing anywhere with anybody There
are three places where tney may ,l,y
chieh yin the real clubs. in the club,
which are open to almost any one and
which, in fact. exist oaly that gambling
may bs carried OF, aud in the legal gams
bliag houses. or real clubs there ars no.
many in Paris, ani access ia not easy;
hut there Is no eni of gamb ing clubs d 2.
nfied By some glitteri1y Id LOUD 1uai-
ing title.
Strangely euo1gh thsre is q greater
danger of being ch satsd in the former
than in thu latter, for in the gambltny
clubs there are always lot of ch ats
watching e1cl osh'r anl WILL watclsl
by the proprietor, who is uo to their
little games; while IN the real clubs, al.
though it would b. diffi cult fpr an ali
ven:urer to gain adm ttaacs, there is n,
susp O n. and once Ia rascal mi tht
cheat with i'm ounity it he w r. cautious
and not over -grlsping At ecarte or
p qu't, whers hs has but one opoon mi
to deceive, tne Greek Oh shs t. bs abs
to win what hs likes; bu5 at btcclrat;
where he plays against thu whole table,
The 81 nple devices OF tete-a etc d .cSn
must be abandoned. II. das ,rrierss re-
veals the secrets OF the players who cheat
the dealer and OF the dealer who c. eats
the players BY collu sion with a card.
ron atten liant, the dealer NAV DIS.
trlpIte cards carefu ly arrauxel IN
what the conjuror woIli call
chapiet. With a chaplet the
dealer reduces the chances against him
20 those eS PRESSED in the o!d for nu n.
Heads WIN, tails you lo5A" A thor
ough sh 'ths is sara curs for the chaD-
let; ant, OF course, cu,tin has no eff ,cs.
lhere ara various c1a Dlsts kuown to the
initiate ei. NJ. des Perr erss tells us of
player who was losiiS st.aiIy to the
dealer, and who sud ienly rec1gniz,l thu
quence of the car Is az thay fell on the
table. "Why, that's tn NJ trseiil,s ch ap.
let" he crle /; she nexs card will he the
Ring OF hearts" AL the dealer turneI il
uo and it was the king OF heirs, and
then the player proceeded to dec. are
every card befors it was turned, TO tha
great amu;emens of The pllyers. who
ceas ting at once The feeling, of
the de der ara not describsl; probably
Language coull not do then ilstics.
Another devics which an ulscuru,ou,
dealer may employ /, a survival from tn !,
last century; at least it IS clossly akin to
Trick OF that time IN which snuff .b,x
took the pl ace of a cigarette casa 1t is of
great simplicity. Ths dealer tr,v.des
himself befor Iand-to use the pleasant
phras biology of the d-fas lioael hand.
looks of conj1ring-with a highly no, i.
lshed silver cigarette CasA THIS heD!ac es
on the tabls lesore him aud immedi ltelv
under his let hand as he distributes the
caros. III he has mo slight manual dex-
ter1ty, quick eve and ulfaiiing self.
possession, 'he ref c;ils surface of the
silver VIII keep him fully informsl as to
the value of every card .efor- it leaves h q
hands, an he may act accord ngiy Self.
possessi n. and, indesd, ssif -contd snce
are ne essary requisites of q success, MI
gambler. even when he is not given 10
aiding chance. Foclune avors the brava,
and gambling is like swimm n IN thot tbe
hrst touch of fear is fatll Esp &C nj. v
must tho dealer at bac carat abo,n n
courage; let b m bat begin to show the
whi'e feather and his banking fund. wi 4
speedily k, wings ald dy awty e.
feather the nest of some player of M ira
stomach.