Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-07-13
SCENES AT MONTE CARLO.


the Roulette Table.
Charming for n weeks or fort
nights visit. Monte Carlo is insupport-
able beyoid that time. II you are tir-
ed Of the concerts and one can not be
listening TO the music every evening
II you do not gamble. II you know by
heart the SALES ds iea and the people
who throng them. n you have read the
newspapers in the reading-room-what
can you do with yourself for the rest OF |
the evening" Your only resource Is 10 |
smoke a cigar in the otrium. which Is |
somewhat akin to behind the scenes
OF u theater. You see In the dtriam |
something of every thing. and types
which you had not noticed In the gam
bling rooms Here are tho women not
respectable enough, In the opinion OF
the administration. TO be favored with a
carte featrcc. You ask yourself what
these unfortunate outsiders can possibly
have done. when you see the people
who are admitted TO the rooms and
who promenade them like queens. Be
sides these. you see In the afrinm the
/ blers OF both sexes who h ye promised
10 bring them their winnings in order
l not 10 risk losing them again. The people
Who a-e owed money and who
are waiting TO be paid also form
II numerous contingent This gentle
man xalklng 80 fast. witheu. hat. has
come To smoke a cigar. 10 see II that
will change the LUCK. The money
lenders OF both sexes swarm In the
airiHn Tonight. for they have learned
that young Marquis. concerning
whose means they are perfectly well in
formed. has lost. In less than half an
hour JUsty-five thousand francs, and all
before dinner. too. Poor Marquis. he
Is Obliged To ask one OF the crew--a
horrible rufflan 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 dIvan. near the
door leading out Of the salie de .jem. sits
The mamma who Is loo ding out for an
e-ta ahlishment Tor her daughter. II is
good position. this. No one can go
out without being seen. Sometimes.
also. you are witness of terrible
scenes You hear fragments Of angry
dialogue between husband and wife:
You have completely ruined me. mas.
cyaJ'c' y will ask them not TO let
YOU enter the hall agaln,n You have
taken my ear-rings, you thief! This
handsome young man. with dccora.
tion in his coat threatens AN elderly
woman because she will not give him
her bracelet to pawn for another turn nj
the tables.
Another revolving sight is the mum
bcr OF children whom their parents
leave in the dtriUB. while they go "a
gamble. One shudders at the thought
Of what these poor children ARE ex'
posed 10. at the idea OF what they ma,
see and hear. Two dIyans seem to be
reserved for them; and every now ani
then their parents come To see whal
they are doing. The little boys arr
dress d in English fashion. and tn,
,, little girls in the Kate Greenaway style
with large bonnets such as were worr
, under the Directolre. They max,
friends OF one another, and talk abou
| their parents Mamma lost six thou
, sand francs. says one My papa los
ten tn nlsandr' said another. ..w,
haven't enough money to take us baci
TO Paris-or TO l.ondon!" added third
papa has telegraphed TO grandpapa Il
! send us some money! But they hay'
something TO do besides gossip Some
times you see them. boox in hand
learning their lessons. At other times
: toward ten o'clock at night. overcom
! by fatigue. you will find them stretches
: on the divan fast asleep. asked a
Eng .ish boy of twelve who was spin
ming a p in his hand why he and hi
sister did not go 10 bed. They wer
living at hotel. had no servant. an
J (said the child) their parents did no
like TO leave them alonei So ever
night these poor children waited In tn
dfrimm until the gambling was over o
) their parents cleaned out Their
, are children who occasionally have I
. do servant work. have seen som
, little Russians going TO buy somethin
! for breakfast The parents did NO
dare ~ go 10 the char alters them
Q selves aud were ashamed TO let thei
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