The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-03
GAMBLING IN PARIS.
MyHrsps or CLUBS IN THE GAY
CAPITAL or FRANCE.
nnccarat the Favorite Gane--A Per-
ccntnEe SIKH ia Nccessnry %
Comply with the Law--n-fiae-
Incnss Of Modern Robbery.

Paris November 49, some 200 years
| ago when Paris WAS already city I'M
too gay, its Inhabitants began calling tus
gaining houses by tbs name which clngs
10 them In avery country. Modern Paris
has found two now titles equally exrfes,
eiye. They are ftipois--ra acllly .cheauns
nesses''-and elaqaesdsnts. or places g
make your teeth chatter. Many d
Partisan and many foreigner. trying q
see life IN Parts, nave gradunted. ia
Boulevard slang, as "claque-aent'
Open gambling houses are Of course
pF6hihitskk FOR the French law IS yirtn-
Gus. But no one can be forbidden a
quiet gRfue ct his club and the number
limited Il Is peculiar that the praiae
center OF the circle Should be usnniy a
table covered with green cloth.
At different times. whom tic authorities
have already tried 20 suppress All public
gaming houses horrible dena have At
once came into existence, In back streets,
behind closed shutters. with ioaiously
guarded doors, Whiea only soma secret
sign or password could open
IN THE DAYS OF OLD
Those were tie days. described IN the old
rouIancea, when the stranger WAS thought
lucky e escape with his ilae after being
lured into ono OF these dens OF nignity,
or nerhaps. after being allowed % win TO
h'e fIeares desire. he waa urnsged and
then, during HIS heavy slunahef, tbs great
canopy above the bed settled down noiss-
Gilt OF him. Then he was stripped and
cast ont into q dark street or thrown iDio
the river. 70 be gathered up hy the police
a. one OF The unknown DEAD Of the wleAsa
al this Is Of days gone By. like The bed
ranopies and the dark streets, Eothin$ y
easier than 10 rafnbIe Ia the Parts OF to-
day, ard the bodily danger e % greater s,r
thaf ii. an American farpbaak. 'Ehe risk
10 the pocket may be greater. but thai e
because o. the odds asainEt inc player -
THINGS are done IN FRfiA.
The month Of October Of this year mas
hnen hilea with legal tlI9iEs1oth IN tstatee
and Germany, when have prvuent ont as-
tails that wouli be lnconeeiyaple i me
world had not a long ekpArience o. lhf
for s-gsniisa tfFef 30 y y atte
Il certain version Of n Bible text when
has \ That ms hunter Of fools II ~
hnllc.''
EVOLUTION OF CLUB DIRECTORS.
In paris We have had the proseeptipn q
tie HerlrandA one Of whom was me W
rectdr 81 the Betting rifsa IWfnty xeAEs
$50 tese snfee hfelnefs wsrs ~, ss
III Banas They drlfted Up to2 rs eng,
al fate Us zen years SINCE, uae POS ~np y
Ig ngiorpgs %.s ~ 9psnsa a sto 9 u
sasnf I.azntr. Then they got 7nrs2ytasht
IL their Did tfade IN Tie rhrin8 ptHntfH u
5na of Inc Rpthneiiild baukefai 5s..,.,
css tfisv used well their nppqH anitifn III
stndyilig the betting Kind u mai iAfy
ittle by little made their Eay ~ tns nesa
s,sse nave hefn brought bef24e fhts pnbisc
~ die baidnesa az one of them VINO De-
lay from q, zinkse 1sgsar s2 ,s.,
,osed fo haiut borrowed money for inc
xorifiuE 81 Iffncf Of false amber Z Yfifen |
8 tsle weii ie pt " police RS. 1t m , ,aes
5asss 0nainad been day aiEsess hefots !. /
,1irf fd1 a.astfs1u francs, Tut u1efH HaH /
IesuslIg fen gsid snso ills ael.es s e -