Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-05
SOCIAL Sins AND SLAMS.
BY LILLE HARRIS.

I cannot afford at it. makes me say !
abhor it. 1t is loathsome to me and de-
grading to them. AS | have said be-
! fore, frankly and honestly, gambling to
| me means losing what one can i'll af-
ford. / say that if man has 10000
year, and he likes to back horse
for a5, play whist for shilling points,
or play solo at 3d., 3d., or Is, rs. and
| 3s.-solo, that most beautiful game.
INVENTED BY THE JEWS.
born gamblers, and this without disre-
spect to them for admire their clever,
cunning business abilities-but still
| they are gamblers; without them
where would the Stock Exchange be?-
! if the man loses he can afford TO do it;
he has money to pay, and not only has
| he the money to pay this debt, but he
can also pay his tradespeople and main
tain his wife and children, and parents
| if required. do rot say that that man
is a gambler, because he is spending
what he can afford. But when it comes
to a man with G150 or 5000 a year,
| he Is gambler, because he knows that
every shilling is of vital Importance
| to him, and if he loses he will have
to go into debt, and any one that be-
7 lieves and trusts to him will have to
suffer, because they will feel that
money has gone from the pockets that
| can Ill afford it. | believe in every
man and woman having a fair days
wage for a fair days work, and 1 be-
lieve that money obtained by honest
| industry and by perseverance is bless
ed in the sight Of the Lord, but I abhor
money that is got at the expense of
others. Then there is that noble insti-
| tuition of ours, the Stock Exchange.
Lately we have seen in the papers ac-
counts of raids on different gambling
clubs. Strange to say, they have been
mostly in the East End, among the
poor. Apparently the police keep their
| eyes shut to
| THE BACCARAT HELLS OF THE
| WEST END.
What is this l hear some one say:
THAT there is one law for the rich
and another for the poor?" Nonsense!
| Well, perhaps there is something in
| what you say, because we seldom hear
of a West End club being raided. How
| about the stock exchange? What is
that but gigantic gambling mart?
| AS many fortunes are lost and won
every day as on any race course. Yes,
and as many people ruined too. Up to-
day and down to-morrow-that is the
maxim of a gambler Diamonds to-
day and starvation to-morrow-that is
the proverb of a gamblers wife. Pow
| erty and dishonored name fer all flu
ture-that is the horrible fate of the
| gamblers children. No, no, this ar
ticle may be thought to be strong, but
! it has not one word too strong. The
J gambler is a meretricious growth that
! is sapping the honesty, the strightfor-
wardness, and the truth Of our young
men away. Oh when l see the ad-
vertisements from touts Offering in eX-
! change for small amounts of money
speedy fortune, l feel as if l would
! like a law to be passed. not only that
these wretches who live on Others
should be punished, but that also the
very papers that insert them, that their
proprietors, often good church and
chanel going men, should be fined; for
they have no business to encourage
! them! In conslusion, I say, and | say
| from my heart, that there is no worse
vice, and there is no evil that is grow
ing more quickly and that is more dis
astrous in it's effects, than the frightful
curse of gambling.