Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-19


wheel. Are you going to throw your
life away at the altar of chance? Are
you going to unfit yourselves for the
duties of life by the gamblers craze?
assure you that without bravely and
faithfully fulfilling the ordinary daily
tasks you will never succeed in any
thing The evil demon called Fortuna
will beggar you and enslave you. IL
,, you frequent her shrine you will sac
rifice your liberty as surely as did that
free negro upon the Mississippi steam
boat before the war. He first wagered
his money and lost. Then at last he
placed his papers of freedom" upon
the center OF the table and gambled
his black skin back into the Alabama
cotton fields and into the Louisiana
! rice swamps.
Why Playing Cards Are Tabooed.
| charge upon this gambling mania
| direct robbery of the Christian
world in that by besoiling legitimate
recreations with its foul touch it has
made it impossible for decent men to
enjoy certain healthful relaxations. 1t
is gradually stealing from US. the priv
ilege of enjoying outdoor sports and
indoor games by identifying them with
betting and speculation. Whenever
the leprous hand of the gambler Is
| placed upon a game that sport must be
forever eschewed by the good and the
pure.
On account of the gambler the
Christian church has been compelled to
ton upon the deck of cards 1t is com
PEELED to declare that every one of the
kings and queens and jacks of spades
and diamonds and clubs and hearts is
| knave because cards have become
publicly recognized as the gamblers
tools. as the trowel is the mason's tool.
All consecrated Christian people should
look upon pack of cards as did John
Philip Quin, the reformed gambler.
when in public meeting he once said,
And now, after all these years of ex-
perience and acquaintance with all the
professional gamblers in this country,
l can truly say the parlor card table is
the kindergarten of the gamblers hell"
On account of the gamblers baneful
touch the angel of wrath and denun-
citation. who stood with drawn sword
at the Edenic paradise, is standing to-
day at the entrance Of every public
race track saying to all good people,
"Thou shalt not enter here" Talk to
me about the development of the horse
at the race track! Every man of any
intelligence knows that the race track
today is chiefly run for the benefit Of
the gamblers. Without the damning
influence of the bookmakers the race
horse would not attract enough people
today as a money investment to pay
for his oats and his blankets. On ac-
count of the gambling evil even the
bowling alley today, the public billiard
table, the yachtsman's white sail and
college athletics are under condemna
ton. In view of the immense amount
of money which changes hands at ev-
, cry football game, it is a very grave
question whether it would not be better
for the different college faculties to
cast their influence against every sport
which would take students away from
the home campus.
In reference to the evil influence Of
gambling upon outdoor sports and in
door games Isaac Disraeli the father
of the great British premier once
wrote, "Gamester and cheat were sy-
nonymous terms in the time of Shake
speare and Johnson, and they have
hardly lost much of their double sig
nifcance in the present day" AS soon
as the gamblers genius hovers over a
{hn% flan icy inn
itably accursed.
Deadly Foe of True Sport.
Now, my friends. l protest against
this all pervading gambling infamy.
, protest because it is not respectable for
me to go and participate in some OF
these outdoor sports which are essen
tial for mental and physical relaxation.
protest Against this gambling infamy
degrading the football field and the
baseball diamond because there is moth
ing wrong in such games in themselves.
but only as the gamblers evil genius
has made them wrong. | protest. as
Robert E. Spear, the Princeton ath-
lete, protested in his Frank Talk
About Gambling and Betting" 1T is
the contention he wrote. that betting
money is sportsmanlike. The very re-
/ verse is true. 1t is this that introduces
professionalism into college sports
When men stake money they are will
ing to do dishonorable things to shape
the result so that they will win. The
: Introduction of money is fatal. Bet
4 ting is the deadly foe of true sport"
If you have any doubt about the
: truth of this sweeping statement you
can easily verify it by going to some
!, college town after any great athletic
contest. The inebriety you will witness
= on its streets is disgusting.
: But there is another reason why
: denounce defiant gambling. This evi
: mania leads its victims to sQuandel
: other PEOPLES money as well as theil