Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-30
WOMEN AS GAMBLERS.
ALARMING INCREASE OF THE rhs-
SION AMONG GIRLS.
English Women Who Are Piunccrs on the
Turf aud Stock Exchanges cs-High
flay at Fashionable
Country Houses.

OF the 5000 and more suicides which
have taken place az Monte carlo and in
| lls vicinity during he last deCnie-the en-
tlre population Of the prineipaiity Of Mon
ind an extraordinarily large percentage OF
Women, each successive year showing an
| increase III the number OF these feminine
victims OF rouge.et-noir, says a writer In
the New York Tribune Every nationality
is represented In the lists so carefully com
piled by the influential society organizei
Tor The suppression OF the so-called Casino,
especially SO the fair sex OF RUSSIA, Grc@t
Britain and OF tho United states; ard II
this at first sight seems incredible. 1t must
be borne In mind that the mana gsment Of
the establishment adopts The most elaborate
precautions TO prevent these 60 frequctt
tragedies from becoming known to the
general public through the press. Yet II
IS only natural that there should he a
large number or women among these
Monte Carlo suicides FOR there is no more
reckless nor passionate gambler than the
daughter of Eve. She rarely knows when
TO stop playing. or TO distinguish the point
| beyond which 1t is dangerous 10 tempt
fortune. Even when luck is .persistenty
against her she stiil holds out. convinced
that II Is bound to turn IN her favor ,at
last; besides which she has. generally
speaking as little knowledge OF the value
| Of money as she has Of ngures All this
| contributes TO render her an easy and
profitable prey to those who trade. upon
this particular phase OF vice. and hence 1t
Is not so astonishing. after all. that, when
| brought face TO face with inevitahle ruin,
ana forced to choose between ulEuohof ana
! death. so many should select the latter
| alternative.
/, is a mistake to attribute The resron-
sihility for the prevalence Of this mania
| scapcgoat Of the present era, who is obliged
/ TO shoulder the burden of SO many sins
/ ana Nulgaritles. The passion for gambling
4 jig as old as the history of the world, since
! no one can deny that Eve took specu!a-
/ mye risk attended by gnfortunate, results
/ i any development in the vice, 1t is to he
! found in the fact 1t is no longer restricted
/ 10 women Of n certain age. as In days past
when the old Countess of Bucklnghamshire,
/ after having been given up by the doctors
| ard having made her peace with the
[ until she expired, the stakes being her
| funeral expenses 1t Is rapidly spreading
among yopng married Women, and even
longer restrict their ventures to the card
tables. but take flyers, IN stocks and on
Wilmington hall, the daughter of Lena.
Lady Scott. and the elder sister of the
Countess OF Russell. was shown by the
AGAINST Mr.. Arthur SebriGht of the Stock
exchange, to have squandered nearly S50,-
day that. IN the suit brought by Bond
street ieweler against the Hon. Mrs. Reg
inald Fit2wlliam, testimony was produced
to show that prior to her marriage this
popular woman, who, as Miss Edith Lane
Fox was one OF the celebrated beauties OF
the turf alone TO the extent Of about s6o-
NH. Miss Lane-Fox was for n time en-
gagged 10 be married to young Robert Peel.
the eldest son and heir OF the baronet of
that ilk, who was in this country a short
Time ago endeaNorlng TO secure the hand
Of the granddaughter Of eN-President San
ford, Of the Adams Express Company. II
was the discovery that one was a IS heavily
indebted as the other that presumably led
Lena. Lady scott, while on the witness
stand giving testimony in favor of her
was forced to admit under cross-eNamina-
tion that her bankruptcy had been princj-
pally due to her losses on the Stock ex-
change though he's son-in-law, with whom
she is at dagEers drawn, figured among
her creditors with a claim for $500 against
her in connection with a system of electric
bells and lights which he fitted up in her
house, he being by trade an electrician,
and earning handsome income such
The celebrated baccarat trial that re-
suited in the social disaster OF Sir Will
lam Gordon-C Cumming, shed a curious
light on the extent to which the gambling
mani la prevails in country-house life, at
least, four of the players, seated around
having been unmarried girls; and at the
thousand miles from sandringham a
the card table there during her four days
stay II caused good deal Of talk
afford the loss, and partly, too. because an
impression had prevailed until then that |
cards We're strictly forbidden in the house |
80 NJ lti-
and his. expulsion from the various clubs |
20 when ne beIonGed IN conSequence or !
n.S haFlng ,heeh caIEht, cheating at play |
at tne CercIe de Ia Mediterranee, at Nice. |
whence n" was elected after having un- |
iLphe CONSIDERABLE iIl-nsage at the hands |
OF the enInged members,
+, Iotlul!atSly' lheTe are some great |
IoIstS IN EnEland; notably that of the |
Duke OF Rlchmond and Gordon whore |
games OR hazard are absolutely prohib-
!tcI, ana II IL even on record that on one
..raSIol a stormy scene took place be-
quests, who, during the Goodwood race
Week, had taken adNantage Of the dukes
fsuLlhE 10 ped 70 start his favorite game
or parcafat, Tho duke Is a great char
hcter m ms way. exceedingly independ-
.Ht auu enjoys me Reputation Of being
tH' ol9 man IN !ht united klngdOm who
Yen lures 10 SPEAK out bluntly his mind
10 me Queen ana 70 oHtr advice, even
~ h'u u j. Itstdstetul to MS imperouS
SolrieIsn' VINO receives 1t with gra-
1IuuSn'Ss thht sne Would manifest to no |
dlke makes a point of going TO bed every
hltht ht TO- o'clock no matter who IL
staying AZ ms house, ana whenever he
r. 'nlerlhHlhg any royal guest he inYa-
ilabIE pegs leave TO withdraw at his
,u-tpmarN bedtime. Unfortunately on
litl7 particular night, after reaching
~ ned room he found that he had
IniEotleh book or paper I'm his library
anu on coming down stairs again dlscov-
aItl, 10 ms horror, that the whole party
mtTt ehsaEed IN game of baccarat, in
mat they dld not at first notice his pres
-nee until finally the DrinClpal rovaI nar-