The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
CARD SHARPS'
SECRETS
Revealed by a Gam
bier Who Knows
gGsTY YEARS OF FLEEClkG
By ar Old Sport of Chicago's West
Side-Says All Gambling
Is Crooked.

-Forty years of fleeing" IS the re-
enr7 0f an old man whose face and
figure are familiar to some OF the
-sry7c rtpst dWeIlerS of the West SIDE
and 20 every gambling house OF any
note in the country. 1t IS not re-
s.Gs.i pf which to be proud, and yet 1t
y with a little self cOngratulatory
rcsl, Of the chin that its pOssesSor con-
fe1Eps to it. He is an old man now.
nearly 60 He has made and lost q
,lryr1 fortunes. Out of the wreck he
has managed to save tidy sum
,2uruxh TO enable him to support IN
ffar sJyle a wife, three beautiful
daughters and two COllege-bred sons.
fIl1 the broker and the banker who
grow tired of the fray, he has re
ir..G." yet in his eager, alert mind
shere still dwells every secret known
n, the card shark, every trick Of the
.'e}vD" game.
From Paris to London. from San
Francisco to New York, from Canada
10 New Orleans, he has picked these
lu. Some he invented himself. Never
uutn z week ago. had he dlVuIged one
N rhrm The unwritten law among
gamblers forbade it. Yet in a moment
If enthusiasm he was persuaded to
rhrnw light on these dark secrets Of
fht. gaming house. From the lips Of
q man who has witnessed many TRACE
,lies, of the green table it is interest
gEg to learn how he accomplished it.
low he has managed to escape the
2aw. how he could look upon card
shaking as a legitimate business.
When you call on this retired gam
uler you hand your card to neat boy
ln brass buttons in the hallway Of one
II the talIeSt, SmaTteSt and most eX
9pnSive apartment houses that front
on thc west side of Central park. You
are Assured into reception room
Whe2e soft lamps glow under pink
shades The apartment is furnished
N perfect taste. Here and there are
a3ld and beautiful things from all over
the WOrld-things bought with other
uaen's money A pair of tapestry pOr-
tjeres from Turkey hang in rich folds
over the doorway leading from recep
zion room to library. In one corner a
cabinet containing perhaps not gen
linp peach blows" but many other
Kinds Of curios, stands high against
AEF wall. ii IL d CulucSp dIIdll III
richest teakwoOd, with dragons cary
al up either side and the head Of a
hjdeDuS god peering over its top.
"a another corner an Oriental di-
van, piled nigh with perfumed satin
pillows, stretches itself under a silk
en tapestry caught with queer old
sca6Dards.
Here when the interviewer called
sat the gambler, a fine-lOOking man
with features like ivory-a nose strong
straight and full Of power: blue eyes
that were keen and full of life. under
gniI- trimmed glasses; the white hair
ana mustache Of a Kentucky colonel
the bearing of a dandy. In his hand
he held a half-burned cigar and his
manner was that of a CotiliOn leader
In an Elegant Home.
As the visitor entered the room a
TAI. beautiful girl in gray swept out
at the other door. She was the gam
blrr's daughter a Smith college grad
uare and a popular belle of smart
West Side set. Nowhere was the at
mosphare OF the card table present
and yet all of this was bought with
money passed over the green cloth. 1t
gave one what could he described as
G0lhing more nor less than a "Jekyl1
ami Hyde" feeling Nothing but a
few nervous lines and a few heavy
seamS down either side Of q straight
uuSe Of the man before you. the ner
vGuS light in his keen old eyes and
perhaps an extra tremOr of the white
shin, nervous hands told of the life
he had led and the lives he had wreck
Cd. Here are the methods by which
Ae accomplished it. given in his owl
a-Drds and in the manner of one ex
planning the science Of star reading OF
ceiling of explorations in central Afri
Ca.
The man who cheats at cards earns
ais money. The professional gamble
must throw all fine sentiments to The
winds when he embarks on his ca
reEr Friendship-why. FRIENDSHIP
ceases. as we say. the minute pla7
Is started. Honor. honesty. mercy
All go. You are out to win-to win
no matter how. You can show n,
quarter. You may be sitting the bes
hand in the deck; you may know wha
TTsa other fellow has-something goo,
71r;zi he will play to the limit. Yo1
KTloW that if he bets his pile he j
ruined. Do you let up on him? Oh
yes. after he has showed over his las
chip and cant get credit for any more
No quarter, You have to do it. Yo
may be willing to buy wine for tn
crowd afterWard to the extent of
hundred spot, but you wouldn't lie
that man keep five dollars in from
0f him.
Why is this? Simply because yo
are gambler. Did you know tina
gamblers divide the human race int
Two divisions? They do and thei
Consultations beats any devised b