National Republican., 1888-03-19
TIE wiLEs or MONTE CARLO.
Gaming-Hous Keepers who Act in
ColIusion With the Railroads.

Taking occasional "njpsn from stcamIng
glass of hot scotch in an uptown drinking
palace the other evening, q rich New Yorker,
who had recently returned from an extended
tour Of Europe, told party of friends
about gambling at Monte Carlo and his own
experiences there.
The most surprising part of his story was
that the gamng-house keepers Of that IA
nous resort pay railroad companies, with
whom they are often in collusion, not to ran
trains for the accommodation Of the public
and travellers with penchant for gambling
whenever there Is big money to he made out
Of "snckcrsn ar zoe TO get II,
"1herc IL no str,,, Nontc Carlo \
special providence seems, Itch over the
delightful, romantic, wick enchanting
little spot which writer's describe as the
plague spot OF Europe Monte Carlo cs-
capped damage from earthquakes, She seems
TO bear charmed life, and nothing affects
her prosperity or beauty. You wonder how
IL Is possible that such spot contains so
many melancholy looking people, unless
YOU also remember that the ball rolls from
morning till night, and that the great bulk of
visitors there come TO gamble, and, ns n nat
ural consequence, to lose their money.
"Thc bank negiects no single chance to
make sure uf It's victims. Let me quote my
own case ! left Nice about noon one day,
intending to return early the same evening.
or course, ! went to the tables. | was
lucky. After playing an hour had won 800
| francs. ] then decided to 90 back to Nice.
| | went down 10 the railroad station and
| waited for a train that was scheduled to
come along at certain hour. The hour
| passed but the train did not come. ! asked
| The station master If the train was late, and
he said: oh, no, monsieur; II Is optional
to-day II would he three hours before
| another train would come. ! could not
walk around all that time, so ! naturally re.
turned to the gaming table. ] lost nearly
all my winnings. My experience Is the cX-
pcricnce Of thousands.
"Thc railway companies receive an onor
nous sum annually from the propietors of
| gCming places not to run trains, or at least
regularly, from Monte Carlo And, more
than tlis, money Is spent like water to en-
courage the visitors to stay. In the grounds
| there is q big hotel where at 6:3O In the even
| ing there is q table dhotc. The charge Is
| five francs, and for this charge you get the
| finest dinner II Is possible to sit down to-.
The dinner is paid for by gaming house
| proprietor. lie also pays the hotel keeper
| Il subsidy Of $4,000 for the season, in
order to make the table dhotc the finest
| To Ire had.
"a curious case was related to me by II
| friend. lie said he met u young man who
| was counting over some money, supposed
| 10 nave been won ~ u Monte carlo ganlluG
| table: but he cot II by deceit and fraud. He
| pretended that he had lost heavily and did
not have money enough To get away with.
So he drew revolver that would not 20 of,
and eSclaiming, ~ am ruined,' placed the
weapon at his head. A gaming house
keeper saw IL all, and, rushing forward
knocked the revolver from the young mans
hand and begged him to be calm. Then f3C
was handed to him. This settled any fur
thcr trouble with the dcceitful would-bc
suicide. such things are not infrequent IN
Monte Carlo gaming houses. The gambler:
do not want any such person to Kill himself
lest news Of the suicide should get into tho
newspapers and result in breaking up the
games. So they give back enough money tC
men who have suffered heavy losses and wht
threaten suicide toappease their melancholy
Take my advice and stay away from the
gambling houses and look out for trains
when you want To leave