Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-20
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GAMBLING.
fNea York Slns1


In the Rev l2f Huntington. Of Grace.
Church. there not a trace If tn. sen
sational preach He does not pose Is
draw the apr . OF The galleries ard
ne never pass beyond his legitimate
sphere as iselser If ielision in a
quest Tor secui9f and political renown.
When theref,as DR. Huntington, In a
sermon on sunday declared thar the
form of gambling in New York which
IS now most u lnlcious - no, that DC
|the professional gambling establish
Ilnent, but that Which is carried on III,
at once assumed that to his own knowl
edge the practies has become frequent
enough 10 be 4 notable feature OF the
life 81 the society TO which he refers
Is i trus.. asked DR. Huntingdon,
thas Possesses are found in fashiona5le
life who Will let young men whose hon
esty IS their capital depar, inlpoNerish-
led by losses at cards out If drawing
rooms into which they have been invit-
ledi as guests9 Evidently the rector Of
Grace church has heard the authentic
reports of high play at bridge whist
which are now current in fashionable
society This game has suddenly come
into great vogue in such circles, both
there and in London. and the gains and
losses a, II, easily made possible by lis
character are often large among both
man and women. When therefore, Or.
/ Huntington asked if it We're true that
young women, reputed 10 be of good
| family and honest bringing up, exhibit
/ With pride the jewels bought out of tho
| profits of the gaming table, he spoke
| from inside information. We hear of
I9youngs men who have lost hundreds an,,
even thousands OF dollars a. the game.
as provided by hostesses of social dis
function: and some of them are nut "a
I dire straits to raise the money 10 save
themselves from the social ruin which
would be the penalty of their default.
/ With fashion countenancing and
4 stimulus ting such a state of things in
luxurious dwellings into which no de-
tective ventures to enter DR.. Hunting
/ ton may well ask of what avail is "a
4 crusade against policy shops and poo
rooms whether by five. fifteen or fifty
/ He might have gone farther and sug-
gested that there is something phari-
saical in such an assault, under clerical
i direction, on public gambling wher
really the portentous fact is the presen,
recrudescence of The gambling mania OF
the early part of the last century IN the
4 private society in which conversational
respec. for formal religious observance
is also Fashionable
4 The truth is that relatively the pro-
fessional gambling establishment is q
far less conspicuous feature of the
4 city's life than it was a generation ago
Meantime, too. gambling clubs have d.
i minished notably. But private gambling
under the impetus Of the present vogue
of bridge whist seems to be getting
back to the prevalence of the period
when 1t was most fashionable mania
| Experts in the new game at cards are
in 80 great demand as teachers tina,
some OF them are giving up other bust.
ness to devote themselves wholly to
giving instruction in private houses
The cali for their services does not come
from this city alone. but also from Bos.
ton, Baltimore and other large towns
and there % every indication that a re.
vival OF the gambling passion on wide
scale end as fashionable mania is
proceeding rapidly. and in the very cir.
Gle of society in which move leaders apc
members Of the committees now en-.
gagged in making SO much noise about
the regular gambling houses.
If it is the terrible evil and dangerous
y vice they describe, its appearance and