Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-24
COURT REALITIES WHO LIKE TO
"RUCN THE TIGER"
Royal Scandals over the Game OF
FarN- Marie AutainHtte'S Passion
for Gambling Ladies' Rob TO Get
Money for Gambling,


Faro- Marie AutainHue's Passion
4 for Gambling Ladies Rob to Get
Money for Gambling.
Gambling by women ri the nvrSe
races, IL which Nellie bly, referred the
other day. is the more modern form IN
which the gambling instinct OF the sex
finds expression. Every now aud then
little Whit of scandal NJ gaming and
OF play for high stakes in high life is
blown ~ MS across the ocean, In these
cases the women are aS much ron-
cerned as the men. Indeed, the love
OF play is MS strong in women as In
men. 1t was only the other day that
4 woman. who had lost heavily At the
races, tried to commit suicide by
jumping into the river
In Monte Carlo the feminine clients
frequent the casino with an aNidtty
quite equal to that Of the men, and lin,
ger ut this spot of fascination till they
lose sums that aStouiSh even THE NH,
liouaire from the west, Here may be
seen In most democratic relation arts,
tocratc old dowagcrs from England,
answering to the description of Thack-
ery's Lady Kew: German countesSrS,
French marQutSes. Russian prinreSScs,
Italian ladies OF quality and gayly,
dressed women that one ScC>S on the
boulevardS Of Paris each eagerly stalk,
Ing gold on the red or black anNi0usly
watching the cruupicr, and sometimes
appNpriating in their vorActouS en-
titcmcnt, another players chips.
Besides the women gamblers III this
, country and In England, there are
professional women bookmakcrs and
pool room Keepers. 'rhcir customers,
and there arr scores 0f women who
play. are exclusively women. IN society
poker for money, and many other
| women who would Hike to play, but
. lack the courage, Another favorite
form Of gambling by women Is stock
speculation.
The most noted woman gambler
among the royal set is cX-Qucen lsa-
bella, of Spain, who has often lost
t and won large sums History proves
that she is not the only notable per
sonagc who has taken pleasure in this
5 pursuit
5 An ancrent English allegory por'
| traying the imaginary origin of gamh-
!. ling. depicts the character rs a woman,
the daughter of the goddess Of fortune,
and the god OF war. She WAS repre-
/ scented AS miSfeatured and wayward
! though not without destinations. for
. she was sought and courted by all gay
, and extravagant men and women
From childhood she could only find
: pleasure In cards, dice, counters ana
games of chance and lotteries ller
= mother, Fortune endowed her with
residences near the palaces OF kings
: where every pleasure minstercd to tht
i, delighted senses. The visitors de
, parted, some happy with precious
spoils. others miserable, dlsappointcC
. and dospairing and escorted by the
demon Suicide
In Greece cards were not known. hu
the fashionable Athenian ladies' go
: rid of their husbands money hettins
on cock and quail fighting and backing
their favorlteS ut the Olympian ant
A other games. Above all there was the
| dice box. which had an irresistible fas
$ clnation for Greek men and women
+ In Rome also dice were in great IN
vor. and so much evil was wrought by
! the y means that prohilAtory laws were
enacted by the very ccpcrors wht
= were the grca test gamblcrs. Some o'
p the emperors established lotteries nn'
, Curried favor with The women by CIV
j., ing them tickets that entitled them K
, prizes.
, Among the flourlshirg Italian repus
lies the vice lasted through the middle
ages, and the Florcntire ard MilaneS'
7 ladies gave their licge lords no end o.
trouble. In 1910 a chornicler writes
t "rhe ladies are shan,cfully decolletdes
] In robes Of silk and gold Their hal1
's frizzled like bau'barians; they wea'
: golden belts like Amazons; walk thu
street with their shoes turned mp n
the point, and spend all their time n
e games f dice"
J. Evelyn mentions the game OF baSSet
q which was invented in Venice and be
i came so popular in England that ever,
j lady OF pretcntion had bassct tabl'
. in her boudoir or dressing ro"m. II
= England and France II was not unit
q the sixteenth century that the ga1nb
$ ling mania attacked the women viii
: any severity Henry ~ would pla,
Z with anyone he happened to meet with
: and, as the king and his cotirtier
1 played, every day, ladies, whom h
could never bear out N his sight, tool
part in these games likewise, and tn
. queen herself, during her various III
nesses, used to invite the Marshal a.
. Bassompierre into her apartments Il
play at hazard for money to pass ava,
the tedious hours Of eonvaleScence.
. Marie de Medici was an encourages
] OF gaming, and during her regency
: after the death OF Henry ~, the rage
for gaming became more violent, and
I ladies OF high rank were not ashamed
I to open gambling houses, and even Il
!. cheat when they could not win other
. wise. One French countess was dis
covered by friend cheating hel