Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
MONTE CARLO.
ENORMOUS PROFITS TEB CASINO GIVES IFS
PR9PRIET0RS.
Su-v Of Nsw York Naa C2usai n the Tigers
C.aws-A GENIAL Italian Poker Sharp
Winnings Of Lucky Jersey
uar.

I-t re l3y b5iOIe yCuE Fe-le-s q e-ll = -S
lttls Calculation ira. vii show than
what gambling at Monte Christie means.
The management aemits that iis annual
p-oa.s are S5.5O00C0-in fcs, it IL ever
5000 COO. Nor. inasnuch az the chances
Of the table ere ID SO in favor Of the
bank. u gain annually S3,5JO,000, which
It PROCESSES to dc, $12OOO0OJ0 mus. have
bsen s.aksd on i.s tables must have baea
Won sad Loaf. TIE banks s., 600
prof. are its goYslty--at the rae OF IN
36-on this enormous auOunt OF money,
which must therefore have bssn played,
los, and voa. II is this fact Of
the gambler dealing with large
ma Of money that Psr,ly accounts for
TIE fascination exercised by gambling. A
careful player who b gins with, say $1,000
capital, may have f9esged, accJrdicg to
tie do,ir'ue Of clancss, $36, coo beiose Re
Loses his capital Il he plays long eUough
the bank royalty Of 1 in SO is su-e 70 swat
low up his capital, sad then be- hss hsd ail
The emotion al hayins bsen FL csra.ely sue
D
Monte Carlo the bank royalty must ilsv-
itab.y ruin.all who play long enough to
have r.skcd Their capital 80 times.
The annual profits Of the tables exceed
the annual sggr gate i-come II oil the Van
4 derbilts. Daring the lifetime o. ". Blanc
10 ,Ess easy erongh 20 ges statement Of the
amount. Blame delighted in letting II bs
known vas. q wonderfully prcs porous fel- /
low Be wcs II daughters, who Married /.
p-i-ces. are no, pycuG OF the source of their /
vel 10. ard since ;hsir fl'hsr's ce.th nave
sought % divert attention from themselves
and their affairs ss much IS possible. NJ /.
Wage h4 Is now the general msneger Of
the Ca-inO. ard be has ia-ely given It out
that tie net p-Od,s Of the tables lsst year
were ouly s. 30 600, or enc fOulth OF what
they used to BE-.
Wagatha il merely the steward in charge
fer tie Prince BO1apaIt3 and Ra5z1vlle, /.
The owners Of Inc Casino, and 81 that there
topsrtsirs, sni hissiG-ements Gs u irclme T.
etc are TO bs taken BY ths gen ,al public
with q large gain Of allowance Hs'an- |
rO-nc-d 40 TIE beginning Of the present I
season that business at Monte Csr,O must I.
be stimulated he has called in the counsel /
OF railway managers here has held inter /
views with architects and builders, and I.
now announces that hsgssfter visitors by
train viii be brCu ID. directly 70 the doors
OF the Cas'nl; tia. the'e they viii be sble
20 step into an elevstor which VIII
dsp,sit them ut the door o. the gambling
roos-. a. HE advertisements imply
that unlucky players will be treated
with every consideration In the way
of transportation fscilities that they could
desire. Manager Wagatha knows how 70
advertise and how to make his s6vsrtSe'
uert3 reach the eyes Of old or new patrons.
You will 70. ind his announcements scat
tered broadcast over dead walls ard fences
like theatre posters Much more subtle
and efective are his methods. 10 is nOtO-
rious that the press Of France and Italy IL
subsid sd by the Casino management, and
Wacsths's advertisements aye conveyed
through the delicate writing Of some OF the
hest men in the French and Italian news
pspsrs. raid for az so much line. They
make wonderfully attractive, and have no
little influence in sending victims within
reach of the pitiless claws of the Monte
Carlo tiger.
The gambling population of Monaco has
N Ia recruited every winter for the reason
that one visit is all that the average sight.
seer can afford. The fascination Of play is
ant 10 overcome even the most prudent and
demure. aad only very small number Of
TIE Thousands WHO take in the Casino on
their tour of the continent ever make their
visit expensive to the management. Not
a single writer who has ever taken Monte
Carlo for their theme has failed 10 eXpstiate
At length upoa the beauties Of the place. Il
is certainly marvellOuly pretty, but gam
blsrs cafe nothing for landscape gardening
or architecture. / undertake to say that
not a single habitus Of the roulette table
could describe 10 you the decorations Of the
room. All his faculties Of observation SIRE
absorbed by the little ivory ball
wbose Ultimate destination means
en- much 10 him, and IS for
tho land and sea and sky outdoors, eyes
5ui;ef by losses 40 the tables or dezzled
by a fabulous winning psy little heed to
them.
Here is a story-a true Ole-Of New
Yorker who csme 20 the Riviera with his
family last January, and who is here yet
The man IS well known 10 New York, and
if were to tell you his name many OF
voor readers would open their eyss
in astonishment. I will call him
Smiley because he is such
co0d-natured fellow. Smiley has
two boys, one 10, the other II. Both are
delicate and have IN their systems the seeds
of consumption. Their mother end sister
euccumbed 20 the disease less than two
wears ago. sud the father was told by his
physician that If he wanted to keep his
sons among the living be must take them
either 20 Algiers or to ths Geroese Riviera.
Tne- all elected 70 come here. The
hahn Of Southern bre5zss did much for the
invshds, b1t the tatter, who IS robust,
found time hanging heavy on his hands.
re lad heard much Of the Casino, and one
dav while bis sons were boating rsn up to
Monte Carlo. He had nevec gamoled 10
sll his life. was rich, even for q New York
or. He gamblsd at the Casino az frs. ss a
means OF killing time, then, as Che PASSION
grew. for what there was In sight, and ls
here vet. greatly impoverished, ard q SAD
exariple of what the Casino does with its
victims His boys be bee put in 8 cheap
boarding school here, and he himself lives
AZ one Of the most modest boarding houses
in NIentoue. He hates play Because is nas
almost brough. him 10 ruin, but he ket ps
atit in the hope recOUpiDg all his Losses.
The demon of gambling has got hold Of
him.
Here is a picture Of the other type. An
Tfal:sp. who calls himself Count Luciano,
hiss bee regular visitor for de- years
and more. He is rs tall IS Anak and az
handsome as AntinOus. He knows every
one who comes to the Casino, though b
himself does rot play. He comes to th'
roors between 10 snd II o'clock every
nieht-about an hour before the close Of the
NAV. He ssys q-i.e candidly thssIouge e
NOR and the ivory ball have no attraction
for him, but, for sll tbst, he keeps a SHARP
eve for the winners. These are slwsys IL
reckless good humor and ready for any
thing The Itslian count has no trouble tc
ingrsiiate himself, and then a suggestion
that a smsll party for round game
Al bis rooms be made mp is SURF