The age-herald., 1901-12-26
The Profits of Monte Carlo,

Curtis Brown describes, for the Pitts
 burg Gazette, some of the curious feat
 ures of the way the gambling casino at
 Monaco is run.
 None of the citizens of Monaco-"Bona-
 gasques" they are called-has to pay any
 taxes. says Mir. Brown simply because
 the casino aefrays all the expenses Of the Government by an annual appropriation
 of $2o0,0oO out of which sum lne eounoh of State, the Mayor and municipal coun- ell and the Board of Public Works are paid. From the 'banls" as it is known,
 the Governor of the princlpality and the | Commander-in-C Chief of the Army also draw their salaries as do the members of the army Itself. This force, however, Is not as large as 1t might be supposed but consists of a special stan and guard of honor to the Prince of Monaco, arrayed in uniform of bright blue. resplendent with gold braid. .ogether with SO carbi- neers, who watch over the peace of the little principality.
 Besides making large grants every year to charity and to the schools. the bank supports the clergy. the cathedral and even two or three convents.
 To think of cathedral. to say nothing of the holy retreats" being maintained out of the taklngs of a gambling den seems rather inconsistent. but there was considerable m ethod in the madness of Prince Charles, the father of the present
 prince. who made this one of the condi-
 tions of the company's concession. Ifav- ing bullied the casino's management into
 paying the stipend of the reigning Bishop he promptly asked the venerable bishop for his resignation and kept the office va cant for several years. during which he pocketed the revenue.
 This crafty soverign also insisted that
 the building of the cathedral should be paid for out of the profits of the green | cloth-a given sum to be appropriated every year-and then arranged with the | contractor that the job should be pro- longed as much as possible. with the re- | suit that he made a mighty good profit out of the transaction.
 The bank pays the judges and all the court functionaries of the principality supports the police force. runs the state
 baths and contributes also a special ap- propriation for ''state and municipal ex- penses," which 1t raises by a sepcial duty on luxuries used by visitors to the casino such as wines.
 The profits from the roulette and tren- teen-quarante tables stocked and sup port the fine palace of fine arts near the casino. not to mention the luxurious theatre attached to the gaming place the performances in which-although the most famous artists of the day, such as Bernhardt. Coqueiin and Paderewski are engaged-are free to all partons of the casino.
 Naturally the success of Lord Rossfyn's schemes will mean that the members of the large stafr- of the casino will find themselves out of a job. The casino pays S176.00o every year in the shape of salar- les to its directors and off1cials and not less than s25o.0oO to the croupiers. fire men and-spies. The croupiers. who number about f20. are taught on the
 premises the art of spinning the roulette
 ball and dealing the cards in a "school for croupiers," not the least of the odd institutions which the casino supports