Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-29

The various Types as Seen in Monte
Carlos Casino.

The various Types as Seen in Monte
Carlos Casino.
The Casino is the heart and centre OF
Monte Carlo, around which its life-olooo
ehbs and flows, says the London World.
He who cares TO watch its humors and
curiouslv consider its frequenters IRON
the early morning rush for seats, wnel
the doors are opened at noon to the lasI
act of sealing up the cash In lron-oounu
chests. will fnd much food Tor serious
thought.
THE first visitors are mostly habitues,
the infatuated semi-protessionals VINO
makes gambling the the serious bust
ness of their lives or that brief portion
which alternateS between feverlsh anu
erce and utter collapse. 1t Is a curious
crowd which gathers round the still
closed doors-of both sexes, OF all creeds
and countries, as various In dress anu
outward appearance as in inner charac-
teristic. Look at that gaunt, hollow
eyed widow, in her rusty robes and
trailing grape, that stout old woman al
most in rags, who carries her own rake
and a plethOrie courier bag, evidently
crammed full of notes and coin; those
oueerlv dressed men, in suits that might
have been cut by carpenter out OF
hard wood, who utilize the moments OF
waiting in running over abstruse calcu-
lations, long entries of the previous
DAYS fluctuations at roulette. we rec
ognized this tall, burly man, with the
very omen shirt collar and the brawny
throat. He is Signor Tomaso, the fam
ous baritone, who comes regularly to
Monte Carlo, but not TO sing. Nor is
there any mistaking Captain Dasher, a
recent recruit to the game, who looks
so spick-and-Spa in his neat dlttoeS,
white silk tie and snowy spats, and
thinks he has found the philosopher
stone.
When the race is over There is quite
a Derby rush through the rooms, the
women gathering up their skirts ana
running for their lives) and all are com
fortablv seated, each table seems llt'
tie family party, players and croupierS
know each other, interchange greetings
and pleasant badinage as the ball rat
ties round and coup succeeds coup WIFE
pleasant rapidty in these early hours
when business is not too brisk. This Is
the time when decorous English folk
(who would not gamble for worlds) are
tempted lust to walk through the rooms
a first weakness. See the throng as il
surges and thickens around the tables III
the early afternoon and after dinner
when the rooms are most crowded. and
note at this, the height OF the season
how many familiar faces, how many
more or less notable people, are eagerly
pursuing the sport.
All women are gamblers at heart, and
Monte Carlo soon shows what Is In then'
Now the rumor has spread that there is
a run at the second trerte CO qtdrdnte
table and half London seems TO be
grounded around. There is her Grace
of y, who seems to have the gift Of
perennial youth, picking up the
"plaQueS' and rose-colored btttetS IL
banque in dozens; opposite is the beauti
full Lady de Street, who has chaperoned
a couple of young friends, and the three
are having the most phenomenal good
fortune: another London beauty has
wandered up to this table and would
gladly play, but she wanderS off again
is it that she fears to come into compe'
tition with the more brilliant freshness
of young rival? Down there, on the
right of the coupler, steadily backing
the red, is Mrs. Dandy WiSke, who, We
trust. finds trentC CT qtGTdnte in public as
much more profitable as it is undoubt-
edly less compromising than bacarrat in
private Ii fe.
A few nights ago a lady who wore dia'
monds ana a smart frock so far forgot
herself as to slap her negbbOr in the
face as the best settlement OF a warm
dispute. For this both were hauled at
once from the Casino, handed over to the
gendarmS and locked up for the night in
the cellars alongside the treasure.
There are the usual stories floating
about this most gossipy OF English
haunted paradises. A lady OF quality
why conceal that it was her Grace OF
Montrouge?-complained to one OF the
Casino officials that she was being treat
ed with scant courtesy, adding, with
dignity, 81 am the Duchess Of Mont
rouge" Madame" was the reply, "al
the ladies who visit here are duchesses.
The money-snatchers and the table
squabblers, women in every case have
seen, appear to flourish with impunity
Possession is considerably more than
nine points in your favor here, ana the
French woman whom | saw, by dexter
Gus main force, literally claw his win
nings out of quiet young English gen
tleman's hand after he had taken them
up from the table, was actually allowed
to keep them rather than create brawl
This is the second time you have at
tempted to take my stake" said another
harrdan to a shrinking young girl who
looked as if she had never gambled be-
fore and who seemed half frightened al
having won; then followed noisy assev'
erationS and Sulky remonstrances from
the officials, ending in the triumph oil
brazen-faced, loud-mouthed Wrong.