Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-17

dinner orator, have seen play here
more than once, but he only makes
small bets-iiyc franc pieces usually.
lie would make an excellent gambler,
orlike Vanderbilt, he i; an imperiurbahle
loser II Is a saying here n, Monte
Carlo. Never play I'LL YOU are sure you
can lose calmly" The Prince ol
Wales is quite a irequentcr of Monte
Carlo and one Of lis uckiest PLAYERS In
a moderate way, for my bold prince is
none Of your plungcrs. Ills winnings AT
Monte Carlo and other gaming tables
have assisted him in no small degree
toward keeping the amily pot boiling.
Some two or three years ago he made
coup which enabled him to satisfy the
demands Of some of his most important
creditors. lie poss sscs the gamblers
disposition fly cr(chfHec, being neither
too timld nor too bold too trusting nor
too lntfeduous, too pcssimistic nor too
optimistic. lie has none of the common
gamblers superstition, and does not be-
lieve IN any signs omens, or mascots.
The latter IS something that all the
regular habitues OF Monte Carlo re-
liglously pin their faith to. And It Is
amusing 10 see the character Of the mas.
cots on which they rely, Some of them
suggest very strongly the uncanny
things which the w'icnes in Macbeth"
drop into their cauldron. Any portion
OF corpse is highly esteemed as mas.
cot, such, for instance, as little finger
bone, or a small piece Of toe Joint.
one Portuguese playc: recently aroused
much envy by carrying about with him
the skeleton hand Of one of his
countrymen who had been murdered in
quarrel NJ the card table. II the mas.
cot comes from one who has committed
suicide It's mascotsm is supposed 10 be
doubly powerful. The last time Sarah
Bernhardt was here she had for her
mascot the head Of one OF her favofite
poll parrots, who had strangled himself
| by getting that same head between the
bars OF his cage, though whether &C.
cidentally or with suicidal intent no
coroners jury ever determined.
And what Is to be the end OF all this2
When the concession expires In 1910
will it be revoked and all this gaudy
magniticencc, ieverish excitement. ruin
and suicide be bo,tcd out from Monte
| Carlo forever ID Is a contamination
devoutly to bewished. Prince Charles
heir is his son Florestan, who Is married
TO Lady Mary Douglas. sister of the
Duke OF Hamilton and daughter OF the
Princess Mary Of Baden, Duchess OF
Hamilton, and granddaughter OF the
well known Prince Eugene Beauharnais
This young couple have not always
dwelt together IN harmony. Lady Mary
once took French cave Of her husband
and went back to her mother, Then She
wrote TO her brother George, the Duke
Of Hamilton, who possesses to the fullest
extent the fiery temper for which the
Douglas family have always been noted.
He fastened to Monaco and sent Flores
tan after Lady Mary in hot haste.
Floreslan was humble and submissive
to his wife and mother-in.law, and the
former finally consented to make II up
and live with him again. Lady Mary Is
a sweet, good girl, and think she Is
heartily ashamed OF the source whence
she and her husband derive their living,
so think II quite probable that through
her influence there may be no renewal
Of the gambling concession a, It's ex.
piration.
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