Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29

StantlnOple custom mouse, where the
dealers Of the whole world come TO get
their stock, were $4,000 Persian, Turk
ish and Indian rugs. With Mr.. Scoring
buyer for Mr.. Sloan, of New York,
went through that entire stock. AS for
this particular rug. had seen it hang
ing in a Cairo bazaar for years, and
always wanted it. The old merchant,
who had held it for twenty-five years
at the price of 200, at last died. The
rug was bought at auction by another
merchant-never mind for how much
He got short of money later on and l
bought it from him at the price he paid
for it, plus one years interest.
Is it for sale?" asked. What do
you hold it at?" e
Most everything has its price," re-
piled the sporting man, not the rug
amateur, and if a rich American
should offer $4,000 for it / suppose he
would get it. But I am not anxious
to part with it, because there are only
so many of these ancient Persian rugs
in existence, and their value goes up
every year. This one is 205 years old,
and | have it's pedigree and history"
Here was sporting man whose hob
by was so much Oriental aesthetics
that it was hard to get him back to
earth. In the same way | recently met
an authority on decorative art whose
chief aim in Paris seemed to be to
witness French dog fight. The mind
or man is complicated. Nevertheless L
ventured.
There is no comparison between
gambling in Europe and in America, :"
said Sheedy, taking a back tack, be
cause over there they are afraid to
give you any limit. A measly 800! +
suppose they couldn't do much better
II they wanted to. because they
haven't got the public; but the thing is
they don't want to. They are an ig-
norant lot, the gamblers Of America.
Every mothers son of them-with one
exeeption-has risen to his position of
a gambler, not fallen to it. Where
there is ignorance there is superstition.
/ and our American tin horns are as
superstitious as they make EN-. At
Monte Carlo and at Ostend you can
get limit of $1,000, with the percent
age less than a quarter what it is in
America. At these resorts they do not
ask people where they got their money
to play with. In America il a rich
man gives a gambler money to play
with for him-if it amuses him to see
it played-they bar the gambler and
that money There's ignorance for
you! It's narrow policy"
Do they have an idea that a gam
bier can beat their game when he is
in funds?"
Gent1emanIy Gamblers.
ITS partly jealousy They hate to
see the gambler with a roll of some one
else's money in his hand. But they
must have some idea of that kind. or
they would not bar me and a dozen
Others. The man who deals the big
gest limit and the most liberal game
| in all America is Richard A. Garfield
who has the club in Saratoga, Newport
and New York. But he is an excep-
/ tional gambler. He has advantages.
| Endowed with splendid education.
a university man. a man of keen bust
ness intelligence. he would be a sue
cess in any walk OF life. AS / have
said. he is the one gambler in America
who has fallen 60 his position. not
risen. and he Is liberal because he is
intelligent"
But on what theory do they bar
professionals from play?"
| Il suppose 1t is on the theory that
they pay the rent and nave the right
to order their own house They don't
want the professional gambler. that's
ALL"
"Bnt how can skill come into bet
ting against faro?'
4 will tell you how" he answered
with animation. for the professional
pride was touched. Il consider thar
your money is not worth ten cents on
Che dollar il you play faro or roulette
long enough with Il. Ny money Or the
money q any professional player vi1l