Evening star., 1901-12-07

indication naturally gets confirmed every
day The other great question, therefore. is
how to get ION to- the run. Putting your
money down after the banker has lost
twice in succession is one way.
Play Flat Bets.
| The playing of such Indicated" coups has
at least this advantage for it, that the ten
dency of It's adopts is to play fiat bets in
stead of increasing their stakes. When the
mind is occupied calculating the march
of the game it is less likely to depend on
the fallacious Progression of it's stakes.
Among the microbes ii seems to be pretty
we'll established that man who does not
increase his stake, but is content to jog
along on the level. is not likely to do him
self great harm. In the long run things
even themselves up. 1t always comes back
to this. Well. If one can help this even
ing-up by the judicious playing of ''indi-
Gated" coups his living is made.
l have called them the microbes" of bac-
carat because they are numerous, because
they make no show or noise, because they
seem to make quiet little living out of the
game and because in the end they do more
harm to bankers than the plungers. They
are content with small winnings-and who
would not be when the winnings are almost
daily? 1t is easy to say this, but it is not
every one who idly thinks that he would
like to try it who possesses the moral quail
ties of the successful microbe. The microbe
is no gambler, The game does not flush
him.
Knew Real Meaning.
Il suppose you belong to all the smart
Paris clubs said supercilious young
Russian to wen-known English sportsman
recently
No was the calm reply. Il never cared
much for baccarat." This is so true that
the Automobile Club the one club in the
capital supposed from its special character
q q a IN In Wi
game, is about to set up the tables at last,
under the preteXt that 1t would not be kind
to disturb the habits of the members of the
Yacht Club when it is merged into one with |
1t. The fusion is to take place almost i'm
mediately. Then the rattle of chips will be
heard In the one club of Paris that could
boast the ability to get on without the
'cagnotte' or "rake-off' of the game. The |
smarter and more exclusive the club the |
more unrestrained is the gambling; and the |
Cercle de la Rue Royale and the Cercle de |
/ Union ArtiStique-twO of the most exclusive |
have long rivaled by their reckless bac- |
carat, the most mixed "tripots' of the bou- |
leVard. A clubman in Paris means a gam |
bier; and 1t is just as rare to find any social |
life outside the "salie de jeu'' in a chic club |
as in the So-called open one where we
have met the prince. Indeed, so deep Is the |
passion in the French soul that when our |
club began to enjoy the reputation of hav- |
ing ia plus forte partie de Paris'-"the |
biggest game in Paris'-men of undoubted |
position and unStained reputation forsook |
their exclusive clubs for it.
Monsieur Lepine IS a strong and upright |
man, but the gambling clubs flourish under |
his rule as they fiourished under the rule of |
his predecessor. The man who would dare |
to lay hand on them must strike not only at |
the surface but at the heart of modern |
French life. During the last fifteen or |
twenty years baccarat has spread to the |
core of French society. 1t is not a pastime, |
not vice, but an institution.
Lucky and Not.
1t cannot be denied that certain men are |
lucky, while others are unlucky-and this |
through months and years Take the ex-
ample of the man who took the bank when |
the young prince changed his winnings for |
big bank notes and stroled off to his after
noon tea, only a trifie late. Two years ago |
this man was clerk in one of the English |
transatlantic steamer agencies of Paris. |
Spending a two weeks vacation at Nichy, |
he strolled into the Casino one night and, |
they say, for the first time in his life be-
gan gambling in a small way on the lit |
tie horses. His luck was so phenomenal |
that it attracted the attention of super |
-stitious English sport well known in every |
summer or winter resort strangers CIub' /
of the continent. He proposed a partner |
ship to try the baccarat. He got the clerk |
a temporary card of admission to the bacca-
rat room, and within three days had him |
dealing big banks on a joint capital that |
had been won at punting.
Within another week at Vichy |
would bet against the 'tunknown's" banks. |
His one-time hacker and now partner per-
suaded him to come back to Paris a few |
days before his vacation was over At the |
Cercle des c. they repeated the experience /
of Vichy. That was two summers ago and |
the man of phenomenal luck is winning |
still. Long ago he threw up his position |
with the steamship company. He has big |
money in bank and carries roll that |
makes the 'cheres petites' of Maxims and |
the Cafe de Paris gasp and tremble when |
he flashes it.
Five Louis to the Cane.
1t is just the opposite with an old noble |
man with well-known name, thanks to
an International marriage. You will see |
him enter in hurry, and if they are thick |
around the table he will play-his game. |
Complaining in something considerably |
above an undertone about how disgusting
it is that cannot get near the table
tonight he will reach over and with his
cane outstretched, pose its god head on
TINS or that tabIeau, saying, low this time,
Five louis to the cane This means that
the cane is marker for the sum named
Suppose the tableau chosen wins AS the
paying croupier gets around to him-throW-
ing the chips here and there with lightning
like rapidlty and accuracy-he will saw
~ es, yes, that's right, louis to the cane"
and pocket them. Then when the croupier
begins again, 'Messieurs fates vos jeux,"
he will pose the canes gold head again
saying this time even lower "Cinq louis uui
tombent-5 louis fall Let the bank win
this time. rs the cane doing nothing this
" es, yes, the old villain will reply snap
pishly, "one louis And thus he will paw
one gold piece instead of the five of them
he owes. 1t is a game he does not trv on
every banker. Well in spite of his crafty
cuteness, he cannot win. He is always hard
up, and before the marriage spoken of he
used to dodge the walters of this very clalb
because he owed them borrowed money.
STERLING HEILIG.
ELECTION OF A PATRIARCH.