The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-04-24

Highly neutrality-suspicious. and the
"welIington Boot system"-A Talk with
Mr.. Spectator, n Man Who Knows.
But who should this be slipping some
iced vermouth at the marble table but
an old friend whom l will call Mr..
Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo, he
has passed score of seasons here, he
has plenty of money, he goes to the
Casino every day and every evening and
he never plays a cent 1t is his occupa-
tion in life to be an observer Of things
and to mark the ways of man and wom-
an kind. In the summer he viii mark
them at Aix-les-B -Bains, at Lausanne or
at Trouville. He knows everything
about what is going ON just now at
Monty" what Russian princess
pawned her diamonds last week and
what Cuban sugar planter did not die Of
apoplexy at the Hotel Carmbole, but
poisoned himself with prussic acid
He was a fool, sir" quOth Mr.. Spec
tator. why didn't he go to the admin.
istration? Why didn't he make his dec
laration? They Anew well enough that
he had lost 200, 900 francs in the course
of ten days They would have paid his
travelling and hotel expenses back to
Paris, or back to Brazil, for the matter
Of that. He was fool, sir -
Mr.. Spectator went on to explain that
when a cleaned out player made a can
did admission Of his impecmiosity the
administration gave him a sum Of mon
ey sufficient to defray his journey by
railway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses en- route.
He mentioned one case in which a whole
family of five persons were allowed 3
louis apiece to take them from Monte
Carlo to London, the sole condition at
tached to the largess being that the
recipient should not re-enter the Casino
unless he or she recouped the admins
tratiOn for their outlay. In the case
which he cited, one Of the party, lady,
who had not gone farther than Nice,
received some weeks after yard a hand
some remittance from England. She
went back blithely to Mont repaid
the 10 louis, re-entered the asinO, and
backing the douze dernier, : -Orgetting
Zero won $500. "You are not to be-
lieve, " added Mr.. Spectator tithe Of
the sensational stories printed about
ruined gamesters hanging themselves 10
| trees in the gardens. or blowing out
their brains IN the reading room - The
majority of these canards art set on foot
by obscure French newspapers which
have not been subvcnti0nei or 0libcd by
the administration To puff Monte Carlo.
One of the pleaSantest characteristics
Of my friend Mr.. Spectator Is that every
time you meet him he has fresh story
to tell you about an infallible system for
winning atroulette, and this time he re-
galed me with a succiuct narrative If
what l may call the Wellington b. {
system. Captain Backuln had played
for many years a large number of Sys-
TENS and by the time he was five and
forty had played away a handsome for
tune. A happy thought occurred To him
He always Wore Wellington boots. Ills
capital was just > luuiS. This he
changed into franc pieces, and he new
er staked more than one piece ut Il time,
and if he won he Withdrew his stakes aft
er the third coup His winnings he care
fully placed in a side pocket, and when
ever he had won four pieces he changed
them into a louis and slipped the coin
into one of his boots. He played foI
seven consecutive hours before his stock
capital was exhausted. Then he returned
to Nice, somewhat heavy of footstep,
and drawing off his boots, found that hC
had won 100 louis.
This was two years ago, " continued
Mr.. Spectator, land only last week ]
found Backum at third class hotel al
Nice. He was in dressing gown and
slippers and looking by no means cheer
ful How about the Wellington boot
system:' l asked. Utter collapse, hC
replied. COMPOUNDED run of bad luck.
And the boots:' went ON. The bootss
he replied. / pawned them yesterday
afternoon.
So this is Monty" in full swing
Monty" with its ups and downs, it,
ceaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa
ton. There is no rest at Monte Carlo
When you are tired Of play, there are
dramatic performances, there are con
certs, there is pigeon shooting, and il
the spring and summer there is plenty
of yachting But all these are only sid,
issues. The Grand Trunk line Of Mont,
Carlo leads TO the temple Of mammon
1t is crowded night and day by peopl,
lusting for money which they have no
earned, and il is the road TO ruin =
London Telegraph.
The BARRIERS Little Joke.
sfT see vo1 wear a Grand a ry,v- l,yt