The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29
PLAY LIKE MEN.
Women, in Male Attire. Tackle n.
Tiger
tSt. Paul GIObel

Women, in Male Attire. Tackle The
Tiger
(St. Paul GIobel
Did you ever see a woman gambls7r
asked an old faro dealer. and. v7rbor,
waiting for a reply, he continued. az
don't believe any Of you ever did. fora
woman in a gambling house, excen+ IN
western mining towns. is as rare ass
WI {" blackbiTd. But you can Der mai
ler a woman does get-th gambling
- n her blood she viii hazard her
in0Hcs with as much recklessneSs .8.5
q great deal more impetUOsitv than
any male bank fieud YOU ever turned
for. Some years ago I was working in
a big western gambling house when
two women came in and deu0raliza5
the game. They were dressed in mems
attire. and had Just left the stage Of a
theatre, where they had been doing
leading stunts in an eastern stock. com
pany. During the performance The
two women had a difficulty with the
manager. and he had told them that
they would not be wanted after the
close Of the week. This was Monday
night. and the show was 10 run until
Saturday. The notice Of dismissal 81
CS4LdLCu llLt 81 II llldL Lltt walked
away from the theatre after the show
in their stage clothes They were far
away from home and next to peuni-
less.
Going from the theatre that night
one Of the women remarked that she
wished they had sufficient funds IN
hand to jump the show, so that The
management would lose It's weeks bus
mess. In the play the women who
were known as HObs0n and HOyle two
wealthy young sports. had TO 60 in a
gambling room and lose several mil
lion imaginary dollars
We'll, since we've got these stage
clothes on said HObsOn. we might as
we'll hunt up a gambling house and
risk the few dollars we have. We can't
hurt ourselves by the loss. and We
might be able to win few hundred IN
reality
IF you have the nerve to try IT,
was the reply Of her companion
Craps and Roulette.
I'm a little while the pair entered
the room where I was dealing. There
was a crowd there 81 he time. and no
particular notice was taken Of the par
Of youngsters, who were looking on and
showing no desire to play.
- You boys had better run along
now said the big fellow who kept ST.
pervision over the place. If You don't
want to play it's a bad idea 10 stay II
here
"Hobson replied that she felt Ike
playing a little craps. The girls naa
agreed for a small start at the crap
table. and as soon as the winnings GOT
large, if they did. the money was 70
IL Of TNI1
When HObson got her chips she edged
her way to the table and waited nef
turn at the dice. She got the bones.
put down a dollars worth Of chips ana
rolled. She got a four. The dice wen
rolling over the green table for several
passes, but the four showed. and lAs
player shot again without takins l2
the money. She made seven IAe
thing was repeated. the money Dells "
all the time. and eleven came Nn5l
she did rake down. after winning sc
had a big stack, all from the 81 sla,~
The girl kept on playing with remark,
ably good luck. After her stack ns1
grown fat HOyle took a share and ruO-
bered around the room for aAolA5-
game a..
The roulette table seemed % s-f-Ag
her fancy When she Care-essiy P-aCl-
a blue chip on the Il and Inc = -. -.
she did not know how 70 acJ "h5l- w
dealer put down a hanc-u- d D ~,
but he showed them 10 her size o. ~
table and she played II was JUS u +Ls
The woman knew nothing ABOUT -
game. and simply scattered one eng
at a time on a single NUMBER ~
waited TO see the bail stop. Nu-nDS.
that sounded lucky were p.a4e~
most. and everything that nad ID 4-'--
or seven was backed -,,,s
'@The big man who ran me - -
walked about uneasily as ne Sd" -.
two COMPANIONS winning, n-l INC p
sistency with which they pay gu e
vinced him that luck wouiC tlL-- III - n
vOr IF the house again. AT --5 80
table HobsOn was mahlns - -isE
the ordinary gambler would no- - r.
For instance, she put down g. ~ Sts
81. and soon saw IL TalS=a u ling
did not rake down. but A-+t =. S199
passes until the pot had gl..- - The
The limit Of the house was el.., go, go 70
man behind the table JolI - the
pinch. oh. let him sno,r "a heart
manager, who felt certain .. --- T-7ud
that one mass Of the ace his
e-i,-e him hack the money. ana -
homes went higher when q, .7 -, aid
a zen. He kept throwing. tt- - II
nor come. Neither did seven. -JryV-
must have been on the sls-- vel
that the ten bobbed up s5T5h5's;, Gar any
that gambler wouldn't s.@i-
S256 shot. so HObsOn puiLV. w. hand
"Hobson had the dice III --l- Using
ready for another throw Wa-l- = the
her evee. she saw the manas5- ,c-9rs
show and a couple Of the MAJ a. saw
coming in the room. The man;@5 dash
her at the same time ard ILl1o7
for her. f, nv stage
costunes?' he inquired ansIn' ~ the
then. turning to the mah4sg p. these
house. he said: can { Y-L 80 f YOU
two are girls. in mems clolL-7s, won't
treat them as they deserve have 10
cash a. chip for them, as th5S
right here -.r the house
but the old sport who Ie s.,o n on his
as close as he was, just SOU 5si Won
heels and said that the slr,;s5 nav cash
from him fairly, and ne "og'I 10 aid il.
value for every chip Anu NJ ar $500
From the two games the g- j t1,2nl. They
an amount which staggeIeu ---,irht. lei
sent back the costumes tna a. ---S ears for
the show and occupied I1o5s.ring the
New York the next day
show to do the best it coul'
Didn't Know the Rudimsn''