Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-23

ere not needed. and on every hand Is
blossom.
me season is MI but here. so fash
unable life In well on It's way to Monte
S s and the tesh pots are IN evidence.
s9ucn iioeks, such Jewels. such confec-
IONS OF tho fniilncrs art as make tho
v.ulhhry gown OF travel seem fitting
nh,Yest only for the bag OF the rag
p'eNeri once you obtain card Of ad-
MISSION 10 the Casino in exchange for
your own visiting card, enter tha lofty
rooms and draw near to the humanity
Wieathed, coin-covcred table. with It's
WhlIflng ball and monOtonuus informing
a. ,ne ctonpier,you are sure to be caught
III me Tolls of gaming. Your own face
presently takes on the tense look OF
those about you and the gain OF the
novice Is quickly followed by loss OF
twice the amount, and you suddenly
uNake 10 ma yourself sandwiched be-
tween horse Jockey prohably) and
Sothe cunning looking foreigner or pol
lsneu man OF the world. they as uncon-
SSglous oil you as you have been of them.
CONSCIOUS only OF the FIVE or eight or
sixteen or thirty-two times return Of
thelr hve-franc silver or golden twenty
franc piece At the rouge ct noir table,
Where nothing but the golden coin
slNaks' the reigning Queen of the hour
- La Otero. the famous Spanish
uaheer' who at present Is the most
talked OF woman at Monte Carlo. since
teooss reputed that she takes from
0vVvt 70 oOOOOf. from the table nightly.
Tonight She is in black satin skirt
anu white satin waist, with golden
uNpplnBs and a collnrette OF snpphires
ana diamonds worth a kings ransome.
Last night she was I'm liznrd-grcen
crepoh and glittering blue spaugles
anu the night before her costume was
VIII pro1dcloth, with white satin
Maisicost, gold-belted and jewel-but-
] t9hed' Her picture hat tonight IL wide
Diack and much beplumed. her mid
hlsht hair softly frames her hlgh-bred
lNory-unied piquant face. as. dangerous
/ eyed calin-hrowed. impcrturable. She
slts' mistress Of the situation, gather
ing INTO her jeweled purse a giistenlng
moss OF golden coins at each turn OF
w wheel, Black ana red are upon
equally friendly terms with her.
AT the next table this perfectly
| Broomed, quit-mannered. hcavy-featur-
eu' monocled man tnlking French moth
/ lhsa 10 a red-gOwned daring brunette
~ Sir Arthur sullivan He does not
play, but looks ON, In search of a new
mouf, maybe. a tall, pretty girl in
Dlack and pale blue, with an unmis-
tAkapie accent, attended by perfect
una devoted specimen OF the blond
| EnEll5hmun. Is Lady Wolvertun. whose
brilliant marriage has lust beon Inc
ialk OF London. She plays excitedly,
but timidly, and-loses. of course.
Another young woman, refined of
feature and well bred Of manner.
superbIy sowned In coriso velvet and
yet Is certain Nellie who so lately
Drought the hume Of well-known
millionaire into the month of the pub-
Q "a ~ aaNs L..
the already gllueriug atmosphere.
La Pougy, fresh from Paris. in n gown
OF ivory satin, the bodice hung with
strings OF diamonds, her rcd, gold hair
crowned with a hat OF spangled tulle.
she leaves the field early in "a suparb
COAX OF ivory plush and ermine. The
Otefo Follows, in a blue velvet clonk.
embroidered in jeweled butterflies, its
SABLE collar caught by rosettes OF old
lace and violets. The lesser iirIi
string in her walk. for II O'Clock has
struck, and tile game Is over
rms IL sunday, Of what stands rar
sunday in other parts OF the world
such a day does not belong to this
daring principally Some bells rama
somewhere cnrly this morning, but tho
shonReepers unlocked their doors and
displayed their most desirable wares In
the same manner as upon any othrf
day. The day began at II o'clocl
with the opening of the Eame. FOR N,
one is ever so unfashionable as 10 b,
seen before that hour, the same as upor
every other day and the matinces anf
Palace des BeauN Arts poured thet
crowds into the Casino for an eyenlpt
promenade concert, and that, In turn
emptled is crowd into the gaminl
rooms, which at the vlrtuous hour of i
o'clock dlsgorge themselves OF the re-
sponsibiliiy Of making or mnrrlne tn,
fortunes OF men, of giving them IN,
hope TO take up life. or the courage T.
face death. W