Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-24

three months later she lost auN,ON
riStolcS tSStN,0o0, and then luckily
won them back again,
Louis was cooling in his affections
for her about this time and abolished
haSSet the tavorite game Of the fam
Gus MnuteSpau, but she found other
ways nt depicting his purse, and her
high play continued until l6S2, when
she lost sums amounting to more than
4 million dollars ut "hoca,"
Louis Nv. iudulged his favNriteS, rs
his predecessors had done, On June
~. 11G5, the Due de Richelieu under
took to teach the famous aud intam-
Gus Nine, pu Barry hnSQuonct In her
houdoir, and IN few minutes the fair
one had caScd the dukes pocket OF
$4,000 louis dor (Sl9S,pO0l. much to the
kings amusement and delight, Tor he
WIS watching the game and was
pleased at his fayoritc'S SucV>tNSS, The
beautiful Mime. de romW,iour. another
tavoritt, also won and lost enormous
suns,
In the next reign female gamblers,
though perhaps not more eNtlavagant
than before, yet caused more scandal,
The coach Of state was going down
hill to the revolution, and seemed 10
increase In velocity rs tt nraNd the
bottom of the decline The princes Of
the blood and cN0uruers who Justified
into the Queen Marie Antotnctte the
uureminiuc and unroyal passion Tor
horses and horse racing induced her
also to engage In high play aud plNN
hthttNl games 0f chance,
Faro was played in the queens
apartments ut very high stakes, both
she and the Comic dArmun lost
enormous sums, and many Of the
,N>urticrs were entirely rutneA Public
runor exaggerated these LOSSES and
they excited the greater Indignation,
rs the losers did not pay their lawful
debts The scandal was the grNlter as
faro was strictly forbidden, even TO
princes and princCSses OF the blood.
1t was, nevertheless, played AZ the
/ houses OF Nine, de Gucmcncc, the
Princess de Lamballc and In the
queens MONS.
At last no one would play at court
for fear OF being ruined, and 10 find
partners and opponents the queen was
soon led TO admit the worst society.
+ Her card PARTIES consequently became
tumultuous and scandalous Marie An
j toinettr's salon was open 10 all black.
guards who were introduced, and one
was arrested who gave one of the
,,T china InSINn1 al
louis. Some OF the queens gambling
companions picked Count Dillon'S
pocket and rot louis dor (S2,5oo
In England things had been nearly
as bad Elizabeth was no gambler
but when the Stuarts assembled the
throne play ran high, Henrietta Marie
the wife OF Charles the FIRST, Inherited
the gambling tastes Of her father, the
amorous and plcasureloving ilcnr
W. ana when BassompIcrrc, also a,
embassy In 1920, he and abe queer
arrant sport" was In England on M
and buckingham sat IT window II
Chcapslde playing pr.mcro for stakes
while waiting for n procession to pass
Wheh Charles the Second was II
stored the plcnsui "s and manners 81
his court were practically Identical
with the French court, and his heautl
full favorites, the duchess of MaZarin
the duchess OF Cleveland the duchcS,
of Portsmouth, Nell Gwynnc, and hei
associates carried gambling to lengths
} before unknown In England. The
duchess OF Maznrin. u niece Of til,
cardinal, lost more than million louii
dor tS5,0O0,0O0, and ended her life II
bcggary. Nell Gwynnc lost fb,OOt
(S25, OOO) TO her rival, the duchess %
Cleveland. at one sitting, and the i'm
mcnse fortune OF the latter wa,
: squandered at the basset table.
In 1706 Chief Justice Kenyon deliv
. cred n charge In which he dwelt oi
this scandal and threatened to sent
: even the first ladies OF the land to tan
: pilory " they were convicted Of pla.
ut faro before him. GIlray, the fam
GUS cnricnturst, made an lmaglnar,
picture of the most conspicuous Of
tenders standing In the pillory, callini
them "Pharaoh's, or Faros Daugh
tors"
. In 1907 Lady Bucknghamshlre, I
, very notorious gambler, got into trou
bic with the city authorities, being con
victed with Lady Luttcrell and Mrs
Sturt mt the police court and fine'
| $50 $3.50 for playing at faro. Herr!
MaFtindale was also fined 1000 Isl 900
for keeping the faro table at Lad.
! Buckinghamshirc's, and the same lad.
. slept with q blunderbuss and n pal
, OF pistols Mt her side every night Il
, order to protect her faro bank. Enough
has been said to show that when
, woman once acquires n fondness 70
, gaming 1t soon amounts TO n mania
and while few will follow the cxampi,
N the lady in Goldsmith's story
: wlfo, being given up by her physician
called I'm her chosen undertaken ant
, played cards with him for the ex
penses Of her funeral, nearly ever!
female adept will have sympathy with
, the lady, who went to her priest u
confess her fondness TO play. Thu
worthy father lamented the waste d
: time in such pursuit. Eyes" sh.
a.