The evening world., 1902-08-22
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY

New Yorker upon whom rests the
curse of desire to risk his hard
earned money in games of chance,
Saratoga is a perpetual invitation.
Where. in the Metropolis Of the
United States, 1t is necessary to go
to gamble in the manner OF one going
to steal, here entrance to gambling
houses is as easy as entrance to
public parks. Where, in New York,
policemen watch the entrances OF
many gambling houses and warn
would-be suckers away, here police
men stand guard to see that proprie-
ties fixed by the gambling-house
keepers are observed.
In New York gambling, as the
word is commonly used, is done in
spite of the law. OF course specula-
ton in Wall street is not gambling.
Here gambling is lone with the sane
ton and protection of the law-the
Aame law that applies to New York
City.
Men whose interests are centred in
the business Of gambling are reti-
cent when asked If. in their opinion.
such freedom in regard to gambling
prevailed in New York as prevails in
Saratoga the result would be bene-
fetal to the Metropolis.
Gambling" they say, lis as old
as the world. Men will risk their
money in the hope Of gain as long as
the sun rises and sets. If the law is
against them they will find a way 10
beat the law. Logically there is a
Jul necessity for gambling houses. We
Grs fill the necessity"
moo Other men not so closely interested
ing assert that it would be much better
at tlwere New York City to have gam
Thing houses in the main streets open
BEN eely to the public as are the gam
year.ling houses here. Observers with no
Sortlaterest one way or another vary in
Gosp.nton. In order 10 gain basis for
Standardization of the subject let us
Thfr;c slider the .lnest gambling house
cityin the United States, the Saratoga
N'Club of Saratoga.
SIDE VIEW ON Garfield.
So much has been written of the
proprietor, Richard Garfield, that it
Is about useless to add to the income
of the press clipping agency that
takes care Of his publicity records.
He has been described as a man Of
pleasing countenance, gentle ways.
soft voice, excellent education, IN
failing courtesy and a business head
that would have made him a master
in any line of endeavor. He is all
that his DISORDERS have made him.
He has made a business of running
a gambling house. His play is as
decorous as a church. More money
is wagered there on the average
night in the Saratoga season than
passes through the fingers Of big
gambling houses in a month in other
places. In some way Richard Can
field has managed to disassociate his
place from the gambling-house at
mosphere.
He features his excellent restau-
rant. This is a small place, COM
pared with the gigantic food con-
sumption accommodations provided
at the big Saratoga hotels. But Mr..
Garfield has the only restaurant in
Saratoga where one may get a meal
cooked to order. In consequence he
draws a custom made up OF men and
women of a world apart from gam
bling-even though his restaurant
opens upon the great apartment in
which are the many tables devoted
TO roulette and faro.
EATING IN ROIIETTE NUSIC.
Any man or woman OF good APP
peGrance may eat at the restaurant
In the Saratoga Club TO the music of
the spinning ball on the roulette
wheel. The average man or woman
Of sufficient wealth and good apparel
to allow of dining in Canfield's Is
content to sit in \ great dining-room
and eat hotel food that Is cooked by
the ton and served out with shovels.
They are of the class that the read
ing public knows and they go to the
little restaurant in the Saratoga Club
for two reasons-to eat such food as
they want, cooked as they want it
cooked and to be remote from the
prying eyes OF the inquisltive, as
sertlve vacation class, that brlghtens
Saratoga.
The astute proprietor does not
cater to the poor or the middle
classes. He wants to match his
NOR ey against that OF the very
people who can afford 10 eat at his
restaurant Through the stomachs
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