Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-29
GAMING KINGDOM
GROWS At MONACO
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
MONTE CARLO. October 29.-Touches
Of autumn are being felt here, and every
where people are busy in preparation for
the coming season. 1t is still, however,
most pleasant to be out Of doors and to
be able to enjoy sitting on the terrace at
Monte Carlo overlooking the sea and lis
tening to the excellent orchestra. under the
baton of M. Vidal. which plays every af-
ernoon and evening. Visitors returning
will find many changes here. Never since
the Casino and the Hotel de Paris were
built has so much development been un-
dertaken between two seasons. First and
foremost, the Casino has been enlarged
The two rooms which since two years
have served as lounges for smoking and
refreshment will this season be added to
the suite of rooms for playing roulette
and trente ct quarante. thus giving at
least four more tables for players. Those
who remember the crowded state Of the
rooms last year will be glad of this
change. The refreshment lounge has
been built out over the terrace that forms
the covered way from the railway to the
Casino. In building this out the architect
has made very handsome new facade to
the side Of the Casino facing the Cafe de
Paris. greatly improving the general ap-
pearance Of the whole building
So
At the demonstrating Enclosure the
pistol-shootng gallery has been demol-
ished. and in it's place a regal home for
the pigeons has been built Where the
old pigeon house Stood at the end Of the
terrace next the post Office. bathing es-
toh 1tch,n iC hofn or cd wi
is to contain the most modern and most
luxurious form of baths of every descrip-
ton. The old bathing establishment by the
side of the port is to be demolished. and the
site will become part of the quay that is
under construction. The road from the
Casino to the port, past the Hotel des
Princes, is being considerably widened, and
will have two lines of trans, with a broad
pavement. which will continue right round
the port to the road leading up to the rock
of Monaco. The two breakwaters, which
have been SO long building, are now nearly
complete. making the port of Monaco one
Of the Suggest on the coast. That this
port Is likely to be appreciat ID and the
immense expenditure justified was already
shown last year. when for two months from
five to eleven Of the finest yachts afioat
in the Mediterranean were always at an
Choir, making scene of animation that had
never before been witnessed. With the new
boulevard and quay making splendid ap-
proach, and the increased facilities for an
chorage which have been made, Monaco Is
sure of being the principal yachting center
of the Riviera. The tunnel piercing the
rock Of Monaco, which will permit OF the
railway having direct communication with
the port, already commenced last season. II
now nearly complete.
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OF the hotels, nothing new will be COM
pleted this year, except that the Hermitage
has added the few touches necessary to
complete the new buildings opened In the
middle of last season, and now no one
need have fear Of dampness either here or
at the new Hotel de Paris, which also was
opened after the commencement Of the sea-
son. The latest hotel development is with
the Hotel de Londres, standing at the top
of the Casino Gardens. The company has
purchased an adjoining plot of land. and
the foundations are now being laid for
building that will make this hotel three
times it's present size.
The great sensation here in this latest de-
velopment of Monte Carlo is the rapid con-
struction of two new casinos on the French
territory at Beausoleil, that land which
lies between the Credit Lyonnais building
and the Riviera Palace Hotel. Each house
is endeavoring to Guido the other. armies
of workmen are employed night and day.
and though the foundations were only
laid toward the end of June last the roof
ing of the buildings has already begun.
Expense is no OBJECT, the interior QeCOra-
lions are to be of the richest and in the
best of taste, the seating in the theaters
Is to be copied from London, comfort and a
clear view of the stage being the first
consideration. The restaurants are to be
the most elegant on the whole coast, while
the culinary arrangements are receiving
special attention, in order that gourmets
may revel in the viands set before them.
What will be the outcome of all this no one
dare foresee. AT present the movement
is proving a splendid stimulus to the little
village of Beausoleil. which only came into
existence two years ago. AT this time last
year the. population was about 5000; today
it is over 10 600. People are gathering here
as fast as houses can be built for them to
live in The horrible. dirty little wooden
shantes that for years have disgraced the
outskirts of the principality are rapidly CIV
ing way to fine stone-built apartment
floor. New roadways are being opened
up, which will connect this place with
Roquebrun and so with Mentone, and all
along these roads specula tors are scram-
bling to purchase land. Already last spring
several Englishmen who were given the tip
made claims on land between Roquebrun
and Beausoleil-especally one Englishman
who already owns of the finest villas
here-and they are not likely to regret it.
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Two extensive robberies have just been
successfully carried out in Italy. In the
first case burglars broke into Prince Stroz-
zis' country seat and stole number of cru
cifixes statuettes, candlesticks and clocks,
forming part of a priceless collection of
ancient religious objects of art The other
robbery was the theft of pocketbook con-
tanning over $1,000. which was taken from
an American tourist In a sleeping car. The
thieves, in this latter case, were elegantly
dressed fellow-travelers of the American
tourist, who belong to Johnson, Ariz
The police at Lecce have arrested a band
of forgers, and have seized counterfeit notes
representing face value of 100000. Two
of the members of the association are
Greeks the others Italians. 1t seems that
the association used to prepare their
Greek notes in Italy and the Italian ones
in Greece
The courts of justice and the schools at
Malta have just been reopened, the latter
by the deputy governor, Maj. Gen. Barron
who in his speech laid stress on the fact
that in all ages Malta was held by world
ruling powers, that its history is an cpl
tome of the history of the world. He add
ed however. that the Maltese arc grown