The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05

A Picture of the Casino and yotaries q
the Roulette Table.


the Roulette Table.
Charming for q weeks or fort
nights visit. Monte Carlo is insupporf-
able beyo I'd that time 1t you are tir-
ed of the concerts-and one can not be
listen ne TO the music every evening
If You do not gamble, ii you know by
heart the sales de 5em and the people
who throng them. if you have read the
newspapers in the reading-room-whaf
can you do with yourself for the rest OF
the evening? Your only resource Is TO
smoke cigar in the dfrfWnl. which Is
somewhat akin TO behind the scenes
of a theater. You see in the dfrluR7
something of every thing, and types
which YOU had not noticed in the gam
bling rooms Here are the women not
respectable enough, In the opinion OF
the administration, TO be favored with
carte desafrec. You ask yourself what
these unfortunate outsiders can possibly
have done, when you see the people
who are admitted 10 the rooms and
who promenade them like queens. Be
sides these. you see in the Gtrisgga the
persons who are waiting for the gam
blers of both sexes who d We promised
to bring them their winnings in order
not to risk losing them again. The people
who are owed money and whss
are waiting to be paid also form
a numerous contingent This gentle
man walking SO fast. without a hat, has
come TO smoke cigar, to See if that
will change the luck The money
lenders of both sexes swarm in the
atriasm tonight, for they have learned
that a young Marquis. concerning
whose means they are perfectly well in
formed, has lost. in less than half an
hour. forty-five thousand francs, and all
before dinner, tool Poor Marquis. he
is obliged to ask one of the crew.
horrible ruffian-to dine with him at
the Hotel de Paris. and at the public
table. The affair will be talked about
during dessert Not over proud. the
Marquis, Upon this diyan, near the
door leading out of the sale de iea, sits
the mamma who is looking out for an
establishment for her daughter. 1t is
a good position. this No one can go
out without being seen Sometimes.
also, you are a witness Of terrible
scenes You hear fragments of angry
dialogue between husband and wife:
You have completely ruined me, mis-
1Jof 81 -ly 70 Lot
you enter the hall again. You have
taken my earrings. you thief. This
handsome young man. with a decora-
ton in his coat, threatens ALI elderly
woman because she will not give him
her bracelet to pawn for another turn at
the tables!
Another revolving sight is the num-
Der of children whom their parents
leave in the atriunl, while they go to
gamble. One shndders at the thought
of what these poor children are ex-
posed to, at the idea of what they may
see and hear. Two divans seem to be
reserved for them; and every now and
then their parents come TO see what
they are doing. The little boys are
dressed in English fashion, and the
little girls in the Kate Greenaway style,
with large bonnets such as were worn
under the Directoire. They make
friends of one another, and talk about
their parents Mamma lost six thou
sand francs says one. MY papa lost
ten thousandr' said another. I'VE
haven't enough money to take us back
to Paris-or to London added third;
papa has telegraphed to grandpapa to
send US some money! But they have
something to do besides gossip. Some
times you see them, book in hand.
learning their lessons AT other times,
toward ten o'clock at night. overcome
by fatigue, you will find them stretched
on the divan fast asleep / asked an
English boy of twelve who was spin
ming tip in his hand why he and his
sister did not go to bed. They were
living at a hotel, had no servant. and
(said the chilly their parents did not
like TO leave them alonei So every
AASSAl bAOoO PoOr C1IiOrtu dli5u III blc
Gtrluna until the gambling was over or
their parents cleaned out There
are children who occasionally have TO
do servants work. have seen some
little Russians going TO buy something
for breakfast The parents did not
dare TO go to the char WtIers them
selves and were ashamed to let their
servants go--Cor. San Francisco Ar
gonaut