The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-06-21
SCENES AT MONTE CARLO.
A Picture OF the Casino aud yotaries oi
the Roulette Table.

inc hohicttc iabic.
Charming for weeks or fort
nights visit. Monte Carlo Is insupport-
able beyond that time. II you are tir-
ed OF the concerts and one can not be
listening te the music every evening
II you do not gamble, ii you know by
heart tho sales dc jeu and the people
who throng them, II you have read the
newspapers in the reading-roon what
can you do with yourself for the rest OF
the evening? Your only resource is TO
smoke n cigar In the 0tviHm, which Ia
somewhat akin 10 "bohind tho sccncs'
OF thcater You see In tho 0triium
"omething Of every thing. and types
which YOU had not noticed In the gam
bling rooms. Hero are the women not
respectable enough, in tho opinion OF
the administration, TO be favored with
carte dcRtrce You ask yourself what
these unfortunate outsiders can possibly
have done, whom you see the people
who are admitted To the rooms and
who promenade them like qucensl Bo-
sides these, you sec In tho dtriim the
persons who are waiting for tho gam
blers OF both sexes who h we promised
20 bring them their winnings In order
not 10 risk losing them again. The people
who are owed money and who
are waiting 10 be paid also form
numerous contingent This gentle
man walking so fast, without n hat, has
come 10 smoke "A cigar, To SEQ II that
will change tho luck. The money
lenders OF both sexes swarm in the
atriUm tonight. for they have learned
that young Marquis, concerning
whose means they are perfectly well in
formed, has lost, In less than half nm
hour forty-hve thousand francs. and all
before dinner, too, Poor Marquis! ho
il Obliged to ask ono OF the crow-a
horrible rulian-to dine with him at
the Hotel dc Paris, and at the public
tablet Tho affair will loo talked about
during dessert Not over proud. tho
Marquis Upon this diyan, near tho
door leading out OF The sale de jcu, sits
tho mamma who Is looiing out for nm
establishment for hor daughter. IL II
IA good position, this No ono can go
out without being seen. Sometimes,
also, you are IA witness OF terrible
scenes You hear fragments OF angry
dialogue between husband and wife;
"You have completely ruined me, mis-
crabie" Il will ask thom not 20 lot
you enter tho hall agaiu' you have
taken my earrings, You thicN This
handsome young man, with IA dccora-
ton in his coat, threatens an elderly
woman because she will not give him
her bracelet To pawn for another turn at
the tablesl o.
Another revolving sight Is the num-
Der OF children whom their parents
leave in tho Gtrium, while they go TO
gamble. One shudders at tho thought
OF what these poor children arc OK
posed 10, at the idea Of what they may
see am hear. Two diyHns seem 10 be
rescrv, for them; and oyory now and
then their parents come 90 sec what
they arc doing. Tho little boys are
dressed in English fashion, and tho
little girls in the Kate Grccnaway style
with large bonncts such rs were worn
under the Dircctoirc. They make
friends OF one another, and talk about
their parents Mamma lost six thou
sand francs says ono my papa lost
ten thousand" said another. Eve
haven't enough money 30 take us back
20 Paris-or 90 London" added Il third;
papa has tolcgraphed 10 grandpapa 90
send us some money! But they have
something to do besides gossip. Some
times you sec them, book in hand.
learning their lessons. At other timos,
toward ton o'clock nj night overcome
by fatigue, you will find them stretched
on the divan fast asleep. | asked an
English boy of twelve who was spin
ming a top in his hand why he and his
sister did not 90 20 bod Thoy were
living at a hotel, had no servant, and
(said the child) their parents did not
Ike % leave them alone! So every
night these poor children waited In tho
atrium until the gambling was over or
their parents "cIcancd out" There
are children who occasionally have 90
do seryants work. have seen some
little Russians going 20 buy something
for breakfast Tho parents did not
dare 70 90 20 the eharcutter's thom-
selves and were ashamed 20 lot thoir