The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-15

roads. races. etc. $4,000 a year. bringing
the total expenditure on Prince and prin-
oipality up 10 $4,000 Press subventions
alone cost NZ5.000 and the maintenance
OF the Casino proper. including this e1-
pcnse cost In 1887 the round sum OF 1t-
10000 The dividend paid 10 shareholders
amounted 10 s., $1,000. The total expeud q
ture IN that year was 81 10000 How muca
money was lost and won?
Monte Carlo appears 10 be acceptable
and accepted as a generic name for gam
ing resorts conducted on "a broad scale
We have little Monte Carlos in Saratoga
Long Branch. Hot Springs. Ark. ard
few other places and great ones have
been proposed elsewhere. A few years aE1
II was reported that the benign Henri
Flagler intended establishing a Monte car
20 at Palm Beach or on some nearby island
among the Florida keys Later we heari
that company actually had been formed
10 build Casino on a sandhnr In the At
iantic ocean forty miles from this olt}
Il was 20 be on steel stills. high above the
raging pillows ana besides gambl.u.
there were 20 he theateus. operas prize
fights. chicken nghts. horse races. rabbit
coursing Indeed every kind OF indoor ani
outdoor sport and Amusement demanded
by the patrons OF this man-made territor
but us own.
The spirit Of gambling ~ rampant in 'he
world. II Will not down Many an Old
rooster IN our leading social clubs such
as The Union. KnickerbOcker and NeW
York. recollect tho grand times they used
10 have az the Conversationhaus Of Ba-
den Baden. where Monsieur Benaze
who formely farmcd the gambling houses
Of Paris. offered them entertainment 40
rouge-et-noir. roulette and trente 81 quar-
ante. NJ Benazet paid So. 900 n year ,or
the exclusive privilege OF opening Famtns
tables and spent 5000 forms annually
on the walks and buildings The gumes
went on morning afternoon and nightthe
later the hour The higher the play. Tho
Conversatlonhnus was fitted M with much
taste and great splendor and the gam
bling world fockcd there
Then there was HomburE. another Ger
man town whore licensed gaming Went on
Under The fostering care Of the German
government French spectators butt ai
cost OF 10000 a Kurhaus. one Of me
most splendid In Germany. decorated 'r-
terualiy with frescoes by famous artists
from Munich. Tho normal population ~
the town was 3 800 but u was swellei 10
the season" 20 i2.0O by blacklegs nnl
their victims. The annual expense ~
the gambling establishment was about
5000. and the dividends were enormolt
". Blanc. who was interested 81 ta'i
Homhurg and Baden Baden. was ihe
founder 81 Monte Carlo In 1872 the Ger
man government withdrew all license to'
gaming houses.
Man Is born to gamble II he doesn
play the rnces he dabbles In stocks Near
~ every business establishment IN tn''
city has among ne employees some wn'
take chances at one thing or another IN.
dmlnutive street urchins IN rags anu
dirt. risk their pennies NJ craps ".
ncwubovs play crsck-a-loo. Messcngef
boys. more precocious fnr than oiht
youth. club together and bet In the poor
rooms where quarters are taken a. me
youngsters grow older they spend ~.
night in gambling hclls which infest me
city. some old men bet on the election
Mr.. Croker. for example Others thr'N
dice. Others devote hours TO pinochle son,
bet on the flight OF sparrow. some o-
ahe drop OF coin. Some make iheH
daily mncheons on a wager. d.