The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
WHY WOMEN GAMBLE
 AND HOW THEY DO IT

| Nne knows about, for instance. But | That about thosD unfortunases who
 ave only been brought up to be pret- " and attractive and useless? We'll. shey seambsev ,oq9
 l Opportunities for this sort of thing fare not lacking. There is br dge. of icourse, bat l am not referring to that 1because ones gains and losses are Imade too public thereby, and mo st wo- men don't want their husbands tn know.
 Iso But there are two forms of gambling which may be kept a profound SC ret one for the woman with little capi- tai, the other for the one who only has pocket money. I refer to copl CT stocxR and roulette.
 It Is a mistake to suppose that only Bucket shops have female customer , .and that these same female cust 5me .s always get "stung."
 That day has practically gone by. Some of the biggest firms on the str ct have reputable women custome -s who take habitual fI!ers in copper and other curb commodities It Is no unusual thing, either, for a wo nan to be D rtnar with one of the junior members em, ployed by such firm and tn nks to the information which he Is in a po- sition to get, to make more than one neat turn. haven't the iRhtest doubt. however, that in such transac- tions he gets more than h!s ha.f--it Is easier for camel to go through the eye of q need than for a stock broker. etc.-but as long as she koe 8 on winning she will close her eyes to discrepancies, and he on his part will take mighty good care that she kaeps on making money, as 1t Is to his Inter est. Therefore both are satisfied, the woman with the profits she never coulI make by her lonely. the man with the chance he hag of making a little more than he would by a mae customer.
 And so madam adds gradually to her wardrobe and to her amt sementa "a pink coral pendant today. a saddle horse tomorrow. box at the ope-a the next day. And she 6oes not have tn worry her husband about the n. An. it may be more blessed to give than tp receive. but It Is more blessed stllI not to have to ask.
 And the woman who has no capital to work for her? My friends, she plays roulette
 Pray don't he shocked. It Is done SD nicely no one knows about it You pay, so much subscription to belong tU q club-all composed of "pcrfect ladies' mind! Trey arc strong on social po- sition. those clubs. and you meet at different studios of private houses to try your luck.
 know of one wheel in the luxurious studio of a we'll known woman sculptor Twice a week there Is a gather nE there, and quite bit of money changes hands. Some of the women go there because they abso, ,uteiy snee1 the money. One pretty Title blond know has a millionaire husband who only allows her $5 a week spe ding money! Others come for the excitement; st'll others because they have 1t in the blood, inherited from speculat'ng fa- thers and stock jobping grandfathers You can talk all you want. l believe in heredity.
 Anyway, gambling is the vice of the age. and the women have 1t as well as the men.
 Don't tell me you can't read a wo- mans character by what she eats,
 l heard a voice ordering sumptuous lunch of ice cream coffee (whl;ever that may be!) and ladies' fingers, and behold, when I turned around to look the owner had a retreatiog chin!
 As matter of fact, what else could I have expected?
 I hear lot about that mothsrly feel ing which q am quoting from the iiiot who first said it) every good woman has for her husband"
 Ye gods and little fishes! What crimes some people are responsible for, I have known unfortunate. misguided women who logged through fife on that principle. 'mothering" their husbands and devoting themselves to their com fort and the husbands took It ali as a matter of course like the parlor rug and the house cat
 And the women ended by being neg lected and miserable, whereas some lady who neVersewed a button for her husband in her life--well, we know how l that kinA usually Rsts. adorSdi