Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

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waning in New York in particular, and
there are really comparatively few gamb-
ling houses here which support 1t. ROu-
lette has the call, and the reason for this
is o bvious. The gambler who once stalk
ed thousands on the turn of a card or bet
hundred dollar stacks of chips is passing
away and in his place steps the young
nan who has a great deal of money to
win and little to risk in the requirement.
Faro does not appeal to the youngster
who has only a dollar. or perhaps, five at
a time to wager. 1t is too swift a game
for him, whereas he can find scores and
scores of roulette games where he can
buy a stack of twenty chips for 81, and.
playing one at a time, makes his expen-
diture go further than in a faro game
where the smallest sum represented by a
check is only to be % cents.
1T is on these young men that the
gambling houses are beginning to depend
for their support nowadays. There was a
time when their presence was barely toll
Grated. They represented little in the
profits of the house and stood for a con-
siderable part of the houses expenditure
for cigars, liquors, etc. That was the
day. however, when something like tall
gambling was going on. But with the
| passing of the tall gamblers the fortunes
of the gambling houses began to wane.
and several of the s~hrewdest among the
saw lICIS was +! osll " " = lloNC
out of the young men with only a few
dollars at a time in their pockets al
! though the profit was considerably less
(! than that to which they We're accustonl-
ed. SO they began to cater to the young
men. They reduced the price of their
| chips and made features of those games
which seemed to appeal most to the
young mems fancy.
"When a man has little money to risk.
of course he is apt to stake it upon that
game which offers the largest Opportu-
nifty for gain. Dollar for dollar, the
chance offered by faro, does not strike
the fancy of the majority Of the young
fellows, but roulette with a chance 70
make $500 per CEN on a single bet is al
Turing, so roulette has become the popu-
lar game. However, we may have re-
GREETED the games in which tens of thou
sands We're won and lost, this little ga.nb-
ing, as it is technically known, is far
more pernicious and far-reaching in its
disastrous effects upon the morals of the
community, for the majority of t he pat
rons of the modern gambling houses are
young clerks on small salaries, car con-
ductorS, porters, statesmen and men in
other trades. mercantile pursuits or pro-
fesSionS whose pay is small. 1t is very
easy for most Of them to play away a
weeks wages within half an hour, and
when they must meet current expenses.
J desperate HISdi!S l OltcI ieSoIttI ~ dS
a direct result of their patronage of the
roulette Wheel
when a new gambling house is opened
what furniture is required?'
"The usual complement consists of a
couple Of roulette whee,s, n inches in d.
ameter. which cost anywhere from $75 TO
$3.50 each: two on three poker tables, each
on a carved pedestal of mahogany o
other hard and stable wood. worth about
S75 apie ce. and 10 600 ChipS. and racks t.
hold them, worth in all about $50, Tbs
capital required to start the business de
ponds a great deal upon the nerve of the
promoter, Some roulette banks have
opened with 10 more than $3.50 in their til
and tlonrished. AS a rule, | sholld think
bet Ween 81. 900 Il nd 5000 will help Il pro
fessioDal z amber to succe cd. Th:s Is
much less than capital formerly required
to bank a faro game, In the Old days
there were many banks going here TIA,
had a stake Of from So. 600 t. $50, sec b..
hind them. Some had four ana tive times
$50. 600. Perhaps the fact that so irsig-
rifcant a capital IS required 10 back rou-
loate makes that game popular Wiz
' gambling house keepets s.
Mos of our heavy orders for tools
come fam The west ard are given through
, commission houses which are now rec
ognized agents. They are the wall be
!, tween the gambler and the manufacture
Of cabinet furniture, much to the re!i='
, of the latter. These c"m.oiss'on horse
> pay the manufacture his money. ava j
d. is invariably spot cash, and cole tee
!, from the gambler in advance. They neNt
. er lose
: The Circassian beauty is mad at th'
aimlass WONDER
, what for
She says he always a finger in oths