The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-18
~ PARIS.

lo~kuut epr Americas Meires~es.
They have got gambling down tn a fine
point i'm Paris. and the Continent vcner~
ally: hut they have got cheating AT caris
down tn "a still finer point. Therc Is
something so neat and finished IN the
style the Parisien ''Rrsc" does up his We
tim. that the cheated one almost hates Z"
"-queal." and. az a matter at fact. very
seldom does.
In America. the man who gives You "a
s'coid deck deal from the hsttosn ana
us. marked card are. as :, rule. confined
to the class IF "skin" who cfs-
rate. among the, great 'slOc string" brt-
yasle. while. ot the other had. ou the Con-
sincnt of Europs. there - scars,ely ~ water
ing place casino ar 'ccrclc." as the clubs
are known i'm the city. that IL frr
from the>.. pests of society. Here
they are no low-i"wn men with
fash diamonds ar "a West.
ern or down east twaug that you would
cut with "A knife. hut neither Solomon i'm
all ms glory nor the lilies al the heid wei,.
ever arraycsl like one of these 'Rrscs.
No fear of these men going to any second
class tailor ar i"w..lrr for their ;idorn-
ment-.
As in every weil-govcrnsI country
nowadays" says the Philadelphia 1i.ses,
gambling il illegal i'm France hut il IL IL
not openly tolerated ina Paris Ivy the att
thoritie~. IL is at least winkesl at with a
siai i," IN the ncishbori"~si OF the grand
boulevarsis. clubs or ccIs.ics. where the
eligibility of members consists mostly of
their wearing IL go~ni coat and having suf-
ficient money tn pay their entrance. fees.
Trric, the ccrrlc has - hig sounding title
AMI a neatly printed and bound hook of
rules and regulations, tn read which, one
would imagine that even u C;I'sar'~ wife
or her male equivalent, would hnd II ditii-
cult Ia gain asifuission.'
bristle with counts and ..mariuiscs.''
merely the gilt ON the gingerbread and
the halt used tai attract the. poor fly int"
the spiders web; They are "SteiisibIy
tolerated. gamhling houses "s much .s
ever Crorkforsi's in England was IN the
ars totally different. too. from the Amcri-
can club that used tai be so familiar to
tho man about town in the big cities of
luck" Faro" and .'ro,ilcttc" are the ruiz
ing games. and which existed by the
the pr,cinct. Al the clubs ON your side
the tcrtpcrus at the door who peeps
through the little eyelet hole; and VIII"
generally was of the ''Wan and ~ brother
color. never asks IL you arr. "a member or
not. nor tlo.s he look at the shape Of your
10 oSiai" .nsr:.rca ,hcrr. and, I" their
credit he il said the games played at these
places are generally sH,iarc: ~
this side YOU must he a. regularly consti-
tited mcsnhcr before yotl can enter, ar at
TN. forms of ~ first-class social club are
observed. Once inside the. magic portals.
however. and you are on ti's, same fnotiilg
as the gambler in the clubs l have men,
toned, and the game IL not, 10y amy
means. as square. Ito not mean by this
that the proprietor Of the l,ouss, or clll.
cheats; far from IL; their interest lies all
the other WAY. and their object IL tn keep
things as clean as possible; hut the play
ere. or very many az them. certainly do
when they can. hut that il not always am
easy matter as .'whcn gree meets gree"
When another gree. however, tuunblcs to
another grr's game. lie says nothing. but
stands in Mi,l, his .,"nf r. as long as IL,
hawks Gen. holds good.
IL * at these Gibbs that the Partisan
.'chevalier d'intlustrie' il i'm his element.
Faultlcssly DRESSED and with the manners
and apisarancc of a, gentleman he moves
uhs,ut u perfect specimen at the walking
white st.lulrlTr..' like his friend, tls.
devil. locking FOR some one to dcv"ur.
lie il for the time being known as Count
this or that, and us titles may 10 bought
for q few dollars in some of the .ontincn-
tai countries. u" one Is exactly able toti.s-
pute his right. A. u rule. however. ths
bogus count never takes the trouble tn
snakc even the small investment necss.
-ary tn lcg,lizc his title. and dui's himself
.1,ount'' or ''Barou" az il suits hIs own
sweet will. Ii il astonishing how. even i'm
this city. where. people must know how
easy il is tn I've the lsbs~s.sSor of "a tOgais
title. il imposes cven ~, the. natives.
Day after day we read i'm the papers how
i.i,n a..I 70 ,i %'T COUNT ""'%" FSar-fS%r-a.is.n%s .' %
The Baron Dr"r-a-nickcl i'm the Slot. and
Vet tho game gus'S ulcrrtH on. ~ u RUE
il j. not for the benefit of thu. native that
the bogus title il assumed. III "a native
sucker drops into the counts net well and
good. he il scnt empty away ANA tie
count" IL thankful For small nrrcis.s
hut ne il really hunting for "A big game
aud that il tn h. found among Engli-l
and American visitors to the continent
The average. Engiishunan worships II titl'
a. the l~catlicu docs his fetch. and young
America comes in "a gNsl second. Is.
young America ] U.siu the horde of 'sou'
.f their fathers" who make Europe thci
stamping ground.
Youngsters who have. five parts a
money and one part Of brains. and Who's
yrca aim in iifc seems tn bs' tb deny ttlci
country aud ape the Inaniiers al tln. I'm
viish snob i'm a word our ''detr old pal
the modern dude. A ~wcll-known ''greC,
other day that for choice Il. prcfcrrr,
this style of '.sucksr' first. last and al
the time. He took the bait 50 easily. am
makes Sp little trouble over the pluckin
process. that il was quite n pleasure Z
handle him. And IN the dude is easil
handled What must lc said OF the dudins
the female specimen Of the genius. VIII
bankers after the delights of "a title:
one only knew the number OF Instance
where these bogus "cotIuts" and 'isirsbil~
had succeeded in marrying money" AN
which are never heard of. hut htisicd al
tir. list would I'LL am average ncwslGlls'
\ leading Paris detective said To inc once
Hardly "a month passes without tls. So
vices of the. police heing called in Col