The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1891-06-12
GAMBLING IN ENGLAND.
II Ia INDUCED in Largely Among
Fashionable Circles.
A Vice Into which the Gentier Sex Is be-
coming Initiated Tho Card Table
Fast BeoominR popu-
lar Resort,

Despite all that has been done by the
legislature and the police for putting
down gaming in those forms in which
they ca n take cognizanco of IL. II is now
prGcticed, under conditions which pre-
clude the interposition of the law and
it's emissarics, to an extent and in
manner which would have astonished
even the veteran frequonters of Crock
ford's and the Cocoa Tree in their palmy
days. N Is true, says the London
World. that cards have supplnnted dice
as the leading instruments Of specula-
ton, and that baccarat instead of haz-
ard is the pastime principally in vogue.
But for all practical purposes the first
are not less effective than the second in
running fortunes and regulations. and
lend themselves quite as readily To the
transferenec of large sums Of money.
In many respects, indeed, the gamb-
ling of the present is far more open TO
objection than the gambling of the past.
In the old time, when gaming-houses,
whether in the shape Of clubs or ordin-
airy houses, were tolerated, high play
was for the most part restricted 10 men.
No doubt few notorious women of
Idlh anu NNiN WV INVAh Va
PLAYING high at one another's own
houses But nearly all the gambling
was practioed at gaming-cluhs, and TO
them women were not admitted In adj
dition 10 this, no man either belonged 20
a gaming club or entered except with
the full intention of joining in the diver
sion there provided for him, md,
whatever his luck might be. he I'M
CURED the risks TO which he was
exposed deliberately and of malice
prepense. At gaming-cluOs public
ity generally, II not invariably, in
sured fair play, and. save in the way of
loans from the proprietary. there was
then no credit. Between the gamesters
themselves every transaction was
ready-money one. and thus, while win.
ncrs received their gains az once. losers
were checked in any reckless attempt
that they might be disposed to make in
order TO recover themselves In private
gambling all this is changed, aud, with
every disadvantage, not single adj
vantage incidental TO public gambling
is present In certain well-known
London drawing-rooms, aud ut host
Of country houses. women are not less
| cuger than men 20 h"rsy - 49, -.~.'i-
table. and neither in playing nor in
paving can many Of them, II is TO be
appreheuded. be held up as examples of
rectitudc and precision TO the other sex.
Whether people will or will not join in
the game. moro especially in the seclu-
sion of n rustic retreat, does not de-
pend upon themselves. They are eN-
..aa..l 4. 4 nc ,,tl,eys do and IN cert a In
circles an invitation may be equivalent
10 a command
Moreover, IL does not seem 90 be by
any means clear that even in the Sc
leotest assemblies tho mistakes and
wrongs OF fortune are alwaYG permitted
TO pass unCorrected or unrepaired And,
further. when everything Is fair aud
above board, it is impossible among
friends and acquaintances TO refuse
credit, and so 20 prevent plunging and
the importation of what may prove to
be impossible sums for the benefit OF
those who may have suffered from a
run OF adverse luck on the whole. In
| truth. as the late Lord Lamington, the
last survivor of the gaming committee
| of the house of commons. whose report
suppressed CroclSford's and the London
| hells generally, stated in Blackwood's
| Magazine shortly before his death, had
| they been aware of the dimensions
| which private gambling was destined
TO assume, they would never have re
| commended the abolition of public
| gambling, which of the two is by fal
the less injurious and liable TO abuse.