The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-11-11

for rayiuE Faro The E,n uecsms
Ono ~ Enormous Proportions.
History Is found tl contain many
Instances 90 women queens and slaves
alike. 10 whom the passion Of gam
bhug has suiuod % complete mastery.
says The Philadelphia Telegram These
women seem 90 l0.a 400 restraint over
them oIycs they become transformed
and boo tho end whom 300 their finer
Instincts have deserted them they sink
into che utiormosl degradation. 10 Do
Notorious that English women arc
fond ~ betting with the majority
ot course This % merely harmless
amusement Others have l,ol known
90 loHo everything that they possessed,
and finally to have Eumblci their souls
10 the highest bidder aud then 10 have
urept away aud put m end to their
wrct chcd lives Goldsmlth's story oi
the old woman who. knowing that she
had not long 10 live. played cards with
her undertaken Tor her funeral expcn-
ses Is we'll known Parallels are 10 be
found In everyday Tic. The women
Of France. perhaps ON account uf their
warmer blood. were ut one time tho
most ardent gamblers In the world.
10 Louis NiN.'a relgn 80 many faml-
lies were ruined through the passion
ate love Of the mothers uud daughters
Tor a game known aA "huca" that Il
was forbidden by law on pain Of death
AZ Versailles an exception was made
to tlsN rule aud here the queen herself
frequently lost large sums OF money
The frcuziud gambling Of Madame
do Monteapan has become provorbinl
In France a. 'to Jou de Ia Monte.
span % Al n1aset she would play Tor as
much ns 100000. and would grumblc
heartily. and the king also II no ono
dared 10 cover her stakes. one Christ
ma evening Hho loot nn Immense for
tupc. but recovered with three cards
10000 Three months later she lost
$50. 1000. but won 10 back Immediately.
In lob2 the crash came. AZ "hoca"
alone shc had played away as much aa
$500 600
10 Louis NN'e time matters we're In
much the same state. On June 25.l7c5,
for Instance. the due De Rlchollou un-
doriook 10 teach Nine. de barry lans.
quenot In her boudoir within a fow
minutes. however. he had lost no lcsl
than 100000. This immensely anus.
ed Tie king who We, looking on and
who was delighted with his fnvorltc'a
good luck Nine de Pompadour. 1t
viii be remembered. gamblcd Tor en-
ormoua atakea
In Charles l'a time women played [
freely. That they had few aoruples I
scout 10 doing IN shown from tho fact /
that the kings vito. Henrietta Maria.
bahuomplorro. a we'll known "lrurt."
and buckingham. In 1926. p.uI ~.
stakes In window oyorlookln. gl.r.
side. while they waited for d procty-
sion 10 pass.
In Charles lis time. however. WON
on gambled To an cxtont hitherto un.
known In English history. In those
iisuoluto days the pleasuroa of the
English court we're not Gar different
from those OF the French. The
Duchess do MaEarln. for instance. a
piece Of the famous cardinal. lost more
than a million pounds aud ended her
days In beggary. Nell Gwynne lost
10000 TO her rival. the duchess OF
Cleveland. and this at one sitting. The
latter. In her turn. squandered an i'm.
mense fortune at the basaot table.
So fast wus the evil spreading that
In 1895 Chief Justice Kenyon threat
oned to send any lady to the pillory.
however high Ia rank she might be
who should be convicted before him
OF playing faro. This provoked from
Gilray, the well known oaricaturlst, AN
imaginary picture of the first ladies' OF
the land standing In tho plllory. he
meath was the inscription; Daughters
OF Pharaoh"
During the following year many Ia
dies were heavily punished Tor refus.
Ing 20 comply with the law. Lady
Tor instance. together
with Lady Luttrcll and Mrs sturt,
were nnod $500 for playing faro. la
dies At the present day do not openly
gamble for stakes which amount 10
thousands of pounds Il rests only
with their oonsoionccs 10 say how
much they lose at Monte Carlo aud In
private deals during the course OF the |
year