The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-01
WHERE SALT LAKE
 WOMEN GAMBLE Propristory of Resorts Thor Cater ing to Female PlRySrs

Gambling among the women of Salt Lake has reached the stage oi import ancc where the proprietors oi one oi the best known Commercial street houses have concluded to cater spec ially to this class of patrons. For weeks a room has been nightly open ed Co the gentler sex. There, away from the public gaze they woo the feklc goddess of chance with all the ardor and quite the gameness oi the masculine fraternity, says the Salt Lake Herald
 Yes. it is true that women come up Co gamble privately at times. said one of the owners of the resort. 'Oi course l can give no names, but you would be aStoniShed at the class oi patronage we have. Women of all sorts from society people out on a summing tour down Co inmates oi houses of ili fame. like to take a chance at the wheel or a dash at the faro bank.
 "ln an experience of more than twenty years. l can bear testimony that women are. as a rule. better gam blrrs than men. That is they take their losses more philoSophically and they don't grow hySterically happy when they win. Systems2 No. women don't seem Co play any systems. They drop their cheeks down haphazard without regard Co sequence.
 "They play fast, too, when things begin coming their way 10 hasn't been ten days since a woman beat uS out of S6oo playing the wheel She Started in with one stack of five cent chips playing one at a time 'Aat'-that is on single numbers. She won several bets ani then began what is known as pressing By that [ mean she doub led and treblcd her bets on single mum ber, and before long she was using es-ccnt checks.
 When she quit she cashed in S6oo as [ have said No, she didn't seem excited. rather taking her good luck as a matter of course. lt IS true this particular player only stood Co lose Si, lou, have seen them lose hundreds withou, batting an eye. The play among the women of Salt Lake IS not SO extensive as it is ,n other places but it is becoming more popular here 3ll the time.
 "It IS a rare thing to have one come up here without an escort. In other cities oi the western country they ire Qucutly go Co gambling houses unat tended and sometimes they play in thc public rooms. Women here, as else where. prefer roulette Co faro or any other game For one thing it is sim pier.
 "rhcrc are SO many combinations at l iaro and it is so hard for go novice Co keep cases on the cards as they come out of che box that they won't take time Go learn it In roulette, on the other hand. an there is Co it. is betting ihc checks or money on numbers, on the columns. che colors odd or even. che twelycs or any other methods that are apparent from a glance at thc lay. out
 The room m which Salt Lake women may gamble is fitted out in elaboratcly handsome style. There is a private en. trance SO that those who visi, it need not go through the public room. There is an electric buzzcr connected with che button at the door, SO that m case che attendant does not happen Co be iu thc room when the party arrives notice may bc given.
 \ handsome velvet carpet covers thc floor At one end is a beautifully carved ,idcboard with many kinds of liquid refreshments thereon. In front oi the ,ideboard Is a round green coy cred table This Is used as the pro prictor said with a wink for tiddlcdi wink,. casino. euchrc and high five or course it is also available for ;hc festive game of poker.
 Next comes a racehorSe device Thi, is built rather on the order of the old fashioned "hieronynuS" That is thc chances against the player are about the same Pictures of Six horses are painted on a cloth Above them are three spiudlcs The dealer whirl> thc
 spindle Three win and three lose li you happen Co be on the right one VOL get even money unless two Spindles stop over the same horse when two for one is paid Ii three stop at the same ,tccd the lucky player gets three for one
 Opposite the race horse is probably the haudSomest roulette wheel m Salt Laks lt Is painted in the freshest and brightest colors, and is as clean as constant rubbing can make it The checks on the rack at the dealers right are spoteSS also The faro layout |, also attractive. Instead of being coy cred with oilcloth. as most faro tables lrc thi, oe is handsome billiard ,loth stretched over it where the players r~si their arms
 The outftting of this room is said to have cost over S}ooo The lighting Is perfect There are three clectroilers. each containing half a dozen iucauGes- cents Then there are lights without number directly over the tables. and m the radiant brightness the na&,ag of a mistake in placing checks is 1rac tically impossible