Evening star., 1898-12-10

there. The whiTiing wheel. the chinking
gold. the rustling notes. nv shining light
on the green cloth, the heat the perfume
ana the hidden fever # the crowd did not
excite ner- She knew hat she could net
lose. She only had to wait. She waited
half am hour. And WheU she started in
again she won. =ercnely. Umexci edly. as if
she Wtrr collecting rents. Her pay was of
the simplest. Snt would always bet a hun
dred francs. and always on the even chance
Of red or black odd or even PaSSe or
mauque. She lid NOT disturb her mind
with marches O: pr0gressions. She put her
hundred franc mole down and left the rest
tc-RaCuI.
But how can he help you?'' | persisted
w0Ede ring
oh he can do it, This was her con-
utuaI reply These crcupierS can favor
any one they choose To-. Why. il Is just as
ia restaurant. You give the waiter a big
tip and he will bring You things YOU have
not ordered. anything that he can lay his
hands on Some people say these croupiers
can throw the roulette bal into any COM
partment they please I do not say that 80
~ht went on. modeStIy. but # Is only =, a.
s"nahle, with their years OF practice they
can DO II sometimes. They always turn
thr disc with the same force. They always
throw the ball with the same force. Now
when CERTAIN numbers face them. they can
often say beforehand where the bali will
fan
There Are Others. Too
Her final argument is to fall back upon
the facts
Il always lost before. Now that grattr;
RaOui l nearly always win. And while Won
are looking. just look at that lady there in
front of You Perhaps she is not winning ?
She is the Princess c. of Bucharest. and
gives her croupier 100 francs Il day, That
EnglishwOman. Lady R. does. TOO. Old
Mrs. A, who died last year, used to give
more. Mrs. II of New York pays every
time she plays. And Mime. ". the wife
oi the French senator. and the Comtesse de
l.. j could name you dozen"
II Is the logic Of the gambler first TO come
u Monaco because the game is absolutely
fair. and then TO hope TO profit by lis
crookedness. Men are not allowed To play
in overcoats, and ladies may not wear their
wraps or capes-fOr reason. The detectives
are continually watching those who would
make private marks on this or that roulette
wheel Every wheel has its own little idio-
syncrasy. some trihing imperfection that
cXertS tendency. Should one keep q rec
ord Of lhe winning single numbers throuab
the course OF several days-and many try 10
do lt-there might be probability in favor
OF q winning group. The difficulty il IN find
that roulette wheel the next morning There
are nfteen roulette wheels now in the Ca
SiUo. Every night they change them here
anu theFe- A simpler means of specializing
on the CrOokedneSs of Monte Carlo roulett e
IS 10 bet always on the smallest tableau-
1T Is only natural" the cynics argue To
themselves, that If there is 10000 francs on
IL.
black 10 win
Even more cynical IL the belief not in the
CrUokedness of the establishments but in
jhe CrOOkedness OF Providence. j saw a
wealthy woman, young and happy, act upon
this amiabie conviction with the utmost
see- There was "a POOR fellow who was only
betting lu-lrauC pieces. now and then sin
gle piece. and always in bad luck. His dis
Jress was evident. The lady kept her eye
on him intenJly.
Now. she whispered joyfully. Il think
that he is betting his last money" He put
down his little gold piece the black with
trembling hands. She Immediately planked
100 francs upon the red. Red won. "Of
course. she said in high good humor how
could black help but lose with that poor
DEVILS last 81 on it2''
Just now there are two great waves of
credulity that rule this gambling population.
One is the belief that it is well to let your
is kind Of faith cure that asserts that you
will always win 50 long as you believe that
you viii win
stenOgrapher's Success.
The extraordinary success of a young
English girl who came here as a stenogra-
pher of a noted woman novelist has done
I.ueh 10 spread this latter doctrine.
One day the poor thing needed gloves
She had five francs, but in the shop dis
covered that she needed ten. II went tc
the Casino for that other fve-franc piece .
she says. Just as would have gone down
to the spring to get drink Of water
Another time she needed five francs, but
was utterly afraid to go and get them
On and on she went TO the Casino to draw
she held herself back when she doubted