The San Francisco call., 1899-05-14

~ human interest, treated with W.T.
N with wisdom and with certain
n large philosophic calm. is The
Il ~ Gambling World Anecdotai
Memories and Stories of Per
,,,,,.,, 17x-neriences in the Temples of Haz-
ard and SDeculation, with Some Myste-
ries and Iniouities of Stock Exchange
Af.irs" The author hides his blushes
under the pseudonym of Rouge et or
Tho publishers are NIessrs. Dodd' Mead
& Co. o,,e,4
"Ro,,pe eft Noir" gives US an excellent
cbonter upon the doctrines Whlch' "lOlle
L. understood. have brought many an
eager. speculator to ruin. PURE ma 'itiIe. IL
MATES. he reminds us, denies lh@l e.1l'o.
III, o- chance exists. 1t has n theory ol
probabilities, which was invented o9 : % =,
cal who was led to study the queslioH III
4s5s Inv the Chevalier de Mere, an llNel-
,,..t., gambler. Other learned men, hke
I.aibnitz. Montmort and MoiVre' altel
ward elaborated this department Oh Hia'"-
ematical science. ,. ,,.o
NJ. these calculations of chances are
mn doubt ant TO cause the most hNe'S Jos
and satisfaction 10 the gambler: 'hey e alI (
g, claa, and full of promise TO win a game
- ,,,a,,ca without any hazard of losing!
Tut strange to say, they ran 10 pIou'
,rst desirable effect. The theory may pe e
III ~ipht hut theories are delusNe- IL
-. sparrovs sit on a fence ana you
In ,ro with your gun. how many remain =
Theoretically two. but pracul,ca1.t;,yh iG,iT bgf
The chance theory may pe al = "a 9~ay,, - bier,
IL Is practically useless, LOT w +a7stjI1S il
-. bas am opportunity OF teSlIh6 IL
,,r.rricaiN. If the die be thrown tls tne
chance of i've or any olneL Il - nm
lLus, ti,,1@s the may not come at al,
sEr tVeutv is too small number oL 70 ooC Sahr a,
~, average from. But IN lu;UlVJ 4Vv'VeU 49, %
600 Ol0 throws the results NIIlCtL NIIlCi - PtinsI
.,.v, tn disCredit the mat O4SSii
C'lc,iIafi0n. would more and more 5J- 5p
,,,,,o,ch The edualiZation of OF chahces' tue 4,e
mar approach TO such equdllIAt 49, ~ fc,e
lla' Iir rar never reach. for long oeIotS
EaiuotJSt Sc initial is exhausted or the dead
Ell C,,.,T NJ rhe maximum bars his IurIheI
pr~2-sTl'TS5S lT5 of hooks and pamphlets are pub pub
reEs5 an teaching infalible sYsIeIhs'i IS L1S
,,bftanthropN Of their writer's - O1lN O1i, ui,1 80
- raise high our opinion ol lIS Sorr,lirs
of man Instead of gong, anu "a ,IIoag7 t,e9
- tbeir systems and quickly ana pleds-
antlV enriching themselves they' lot tLe @
bpveflt of their fellOW-CreSt NuIC g; - III ~, I
and painfully coucoct books ana are = Sc a u
49, a. tLav sell a COPY! Truly they are as
rbarirahle and disinterested as the pIoh-
srs who know how TO make money IL
ru,-ing and selling stocks oul' 700 nlSn
toned 10 use that KNOW LeusU $50 30 I-olI sim
benefit place ii at your service, ou li S1I1,-
nlv finding the cover and paying the C COM
mission which the broker earns, Whether
!T4I ~ Mii for Example is little book enti-
+lad THE Problem of Roulette ana lfehle
~ Ouaraute." The author, having spent
his life in q study OF the SupJeCC, .i Ot
ciares himself ready TO give adNlce SIatul-
tHIsl,- either by correspondence or per
sonaI interview. He resides at Nlce-tndI
i 10 saw. next door to Monte CARO-.
Therefore. after a study of lifetime, ne
has every facility for beating the r9u-
lette. as he believes 1t can be oeaten' puC
apparently he is too generous 10 90 80
himself, though he is wiling enouS7n 10
eiva advice gratuitously-which proDaoly
means that the first consultation Is nor
charged for-to others how to DO II. but
the simplest way 70 give ms adNCe sIa-
tuitously. and to the world at large too,
would he for him to go and beat the rou-
le.te. Now Rouge ct Noir'' tells US that
he has tried all the eXtant systems, but
they were all found wanting.
Experience With System.
"A good many years ago I was foolish
enough TO believe in a system had tried
sr home and found to answer admirably.
/ did not know then that you always win
as long as you play with counters or
beans. but such is the cussedness of fate.
Well I went to Monte Carlo with cap
ital IF F10O0 and played according TO my
system. but not so much because or real
faith in the system as because its adop-
ton saved me the trouble OF calcuIa UNI 8
my chances and arranging my misses at
every stake. Ny standard stake was one
louis: If lost l doubled my stake. and so
on through the martingale up to the max
imum Of 5000 francs. Now, almost every
dav I was driven up to the maximum,
but then. as the sum l could win, sup
posing l was lucky, was TOO small to jus
tify the risk l had to run, l always got
the banks consent to stake higher sum
than the maximum, and so staked IO0Ot,
S000f. and 9000f. And on every occasion l
was fortunate enough TO win the in
creased maximum, and for six days | re-
tired from the rooms with a clear gain OF
from $50 TO e130. ! Staked on rouge ct
noir only, but varied the position Of
my stake. according TO my prearranged
system. which l now began TO look upon
as having something in II. But trt-
umphed too soon. on the seventh day, it
was a Sunday, when out of the trade
winds OF good fortune l was driven into,
and passed through. perfect hurricane
of i'll luck, for in less than lhree-quarters
of an hour | lost not only the winnings
of the whole week-thOugh still playing
according to my system-but some G400
besides. for twice within the short time
mentioned ! was driven TO stake the max
imum of S000f. and lost ii both times.
then risked l0OOf. and won; I staked an
other note of the same amount and lost"
A lady who sat next to him and had
been watching his play for some days said
to him:
You have stayed too long; you have
wearied your luck. Go away and come
back IN a week; you will then be lucky
He took the first part of her advice. but
not the second. for he did not go back.
A clerical looking gentleman. who. it ap-
pears, had seen him lose, came up to him
as he was lighting q cigar outside, and
told him II was punishment for profan-
ing the Lords day. Rouge ct Noir re-
piled:
"Well, the banker profaned it, too, and
o 0 o o 0 o 0 O o