Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-12-28

try his luck again ON the following
pay day, and, as before. leave his weeks
salary to help keep Hankus and his horde
IN luxury. while the mans poor family sut-
fer for the actual necessities Of life. Des-
perate at his losses and the suffering they
have caused, such "a man will go on from
week to week trying to win back portion
OF his losings but always getting more and
more involved, Debts accumulate on every
hand Sacrifices of all kinds are made for
money with which 90 gamble until the sight
of his ragged, starving family drives
the man to the commission OF somc crime
that lands him in Jail.
People whose cosy little homes have
been broken up by the mere existence of
this gambling he'll are so numerous that
they cease to attract special attention, The
poverty and crime which take root there
is not an occasional matter like ;he sor-
rows OF Monaco but it is thing Of daily
| occurrence.
What makes the "Hankins gamo" par
| ticularly vicious Is the fact that the pro-
prIetors cater to a class OF people who can
not afford TO lose; Young men who are Just
starting out in life, working for a salary,
are iis patrons, and these go in and out of
the place in such steady streams that they
have been dubbed the Dinner pail Brig
! ade."
Few people except these who have been
in this place have any idea of the amount
of gambling that is done in the establish
ment, Two floors are devoted to gaming,
and when the house is in ull blast upward
OF l5O men are trying in vain to beat tho
various games. During the twenty-lour
hours the games run each day. the players
are constantly shifting, so that tho actual
number of men who try their luck here
each day runs up into many hundreds.
Faro is the most popular of the games at
this house although the hazard, roulette,
and stud poker tables are well patronized.
The faro game is what is known as
square, but the players who try TO beat
1t find a largo percentage in favor OF the
house The limit" is small and, as a
consequence the splits" which constitute
the percentage against the players, are fre-
quent and large. Men inclined to bet high
on ease cards." whore the chances are
even, are not wanted at this estah-
lishmcnt, unless they bot freely on
the double cards" so the house can get the
advantage of splits" Men who under
stand faro. and by their methods OF play
endeavor TO reduce the percentage aRains
themselves. are coolly received. and Otter
; given to understand that their game is no
wanted. The desirable player for the pro
prietors is the workngman whose knowl
edge Of bricks and mortar may lie good
but whose knowledge Of percentages i.
bad.
3 As "a mere matter Of form, and rs a sor
of convenience as we'll there Is a door
keeper at this establishment. His chic
duty is popularity supposed to be to loci
out for the police But with the hundred
Of people who pass in and out every day
, dozens Of policemen or detectives coub
gain admittance without the least bit O
trouble No ono is asked his name or hi
> business. All that is necessary is TO wal
through the saloon and up the back stair
way TO the door leading into the lowe
, noor OF the gambling apartments. If tn
door is not omen it will swing on it's hinge
z in answer to the bell. It's i'm every sens
Of the word widc-opon "gumc.