Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-08

gle feature in summer life at Long Branch
An organization Of cottagcrs and minority
of the village officials have now combined
to abolish the evil but without any outlook
for success.
Women are not permitted to gamble in the
club houses. Whether they would if they
could is an open question. They go of a
morning to inspect the gaming establish
ments, when no play is going on, and some
of them frequent the restaurants. The lat
ter belong to the fast sets and may easily be
credited with /: longing 10 buck the tiger;
but thus far the managers have deemed it
eNpedlcnt to keep women away from the
tables while they are in operation. 1t is not
so in Europe, where women are among the
most constant and heavy gamesters. But
in those places the gambling is legaliZed,
while at Long Branch it is forbidden by law,
and the sight of women INDUCING in it might
cause public condemnation sufficient to shut
the houses. 1t is at the Monmouth Park
race-course that the gcntler sex INDUCES
dclightedly in the pastime Of betting.
On Il day OF uncommonly import
ant racing 1 scrutinizcd the grand stand
carefully, and came to the conclusion that
no more than five per cent. of the women
present refrained from wagering. small
army of uniformed boys went to and fro be-
tween them and the pool department. There
was one dashing young woman to whom
that process was irksomeiy slow, and so
she went to the inclosure in person, dealt
directly with the bookmakcrs and pool
sellers between races, and then, when the
bell rang for a start, she would take her
stand on a chair beside the quarter stretch
fence in the midst OF a mauling, scrambling.
excited mob of men, and from that unlady-
like position watched the race on which
she had wagered her cash. In no other re-
spect than this display of eagerness as Il
practical turfwoman was her conduct in
Nnit he 1rpSG her Gnpnph
was loud. and Learned that she was in moro
vital respects beyond reproach.
No girl in the hotel under the roof o.
which am now writing is better worth de-
scribing than the public amanuensis. This
recent addition to the working staff of most
large city hotels is duplicated here at the
seashore in several of the houses. She is an
aid at ready command for lawyers who wish
TO dictate document, or a politician who
desires to read proposed speech before
its delivery, or a business man whose cor
respondence isiheavier than he cares to do
in this place of laziness. In this particular
instance her years are not more than SIN
teen, and they are full of the traditional
sweetness of that age. She is an adept at
shorthand. she plays a typewriter with all
the deXterity of young Holman at the
piano. and l judge that she has keen eye
! to business, however diSconcerting heI
loveliness may be to some of the susceptible
chaps who undertake to dictate to her.
How much do you make by your work
here?" a lady of benevolent inclinations
! asked.
Il can't exactly tell" she calmly replied
but if get the offer of marriage that seems
| likely, the season will be worth about /
| quarter of million to me-"
| However, she is not so closely devoted tC
this main chance as to neglect those diver
sions which the hotel affords: but it may b'
! that in paying attention to them she is in
/ creasing the probability Of rich husband
But it looks funny to see on her desk a care
inscribed: Gone to the beach-will return
In an hour" or Can be found playing tennis
on the back lawn" or "Will return after tn,
nsxt waltz in the parlor." KAaERA,