The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-21

5franc piece is the lowest stake 49,.
put down. svu .
.'You DO the playing" saysthe hn.x.-
s'this is for your amusementn ~ -.
ing 10 try one, on number en- No. ~
for the sake of trying once" saws ~ wv
She puts down her 5-franc piece rh ,e VIE
for number say the year of her - = .ss
date of the month, and the money I. = - ne
away as matter of course. fbss
plays at the foot of the columns 4 soe
the chances are good deal better 20" g
triples her stake at once, and. ls.,;sss
down, 1t triples again. The little hanSs9
of pieces they have gained caused anti.
furry of excitement IN the couple &c.
luckl' says the husband, now % a, u go
make your fortune" and he walls -. sno
to look at the other tables.
But she dribbles away the pair.
various ventures, and apparently -
them, too, ruefully enough, the IA, -
of the ''ten dollars more she h.5 No.
she wanted to lose. The husband 49, -
back. You shouldn't have wisheS y
luck" she says, lit is well knowr y.
brings bad luck"
Where have you learned that aIrAaa.,.
he asks, smiling in a superior wav 4.
prepares to play on his own account ~.
been studying out the game" he ~
-
tenn"
He watches till some of thu .;,-.s
chances, as red or black, has not -.
up for three or four times. ssNowSt
says, "the probabilities are excellent a.
il Will come up" He PLAYS on 4 ~
loses. Next time the probabilities
even better yet, and he PLAYS and -
again. Again a third time. only 49,.
care to increase his stake each t;ms y
that final lucky stroke will show rrss.
with all previous losses included M
Willingly he had invented the sPrne,s.
sion," which Is one of the staple ss,s.
TENS" in use by the gamblers. But RAJ
black, for instance, will often "a ~
dozen times without changing. our No..
becomes frightened after.a third ar fns,,,aa
unsuccessful turn and draws out. pockss.
ing a smart loss. The very next time -,
haps, he has the knocking Satisfaction y
seeing the chance that would have won y.
him turn up. The pair walk away - ~ ~.
trente-et-qudTdnte tables, The lo~s.s
stake here is louis, 81, and the chase
are said to be more favorable to PLAYER
By way of testing all the possibiIif;.s
there are in the place our traveller thrnv
down q louis and loses it; another. snS
loses it; and then he stops satisfied.
This is most typical case of everydsv
AHC paAA AdtiuH p1iQ fhHlV
initiation fee to the famous spot. thev har.
given themselves good deaf to talk ahons
to each other, and something to tell abouf
when they get home. They might easil-
have lost the entire fund devoted 10 nv,
travels, and have had 10 appeal to 4 IN.
sui 10 find some way of getting them hari
TO their own country. | dread mora q.
those who go away with small winnin~
There is no such thing as lucky gambia.
for as the unlucky gambler always return,
to it to be lucky, the lucky gambler s.
turns to be more lucky. Play, no man
than drink, does not ruin everybody. III
only the weak minority that it oonss
utterly / hear a poor defense Of Aopb
Carlo attempted sometimes, on ths evuM
that, as play is rooted propendyd In.
man nature, it is better to let peoph play
in public than to drive them a1sy ID
secret holes and corners. This forgetnihsk
not one person in twenty would ever II
foot in such a. place were il not made
very easy and melting for them. In the
case in question no great harm was donA
but have known some tragedies, though
they did not go to the extent Of suicide
For the unstraight-laced majority, Monts
Carlo is jolly, carnvalesque, and spicily
amusing; but there is not the least doubt
also that Monte Carlo is insidious, poison,
ing, damnable. WILLIAM HENRY BIsHo1.