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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
WOMEN GAMBLERS

herself by her gambling. and would have
thrown her sisters fortune away as well II
some of her friends had not interviewed and
separated them.
Mrs. Give the actress was also much addicted
to gaming, and always showed her anger when
she lost On one occasion she was at
a card party given by four elderly London
women, who were Familiarity known as Mantle,
Spadille Basto and PimptO, names drawn
from a fashionable card game of the time
with which they were deeply infatuated. Her
opponent. white haired old woman, was
everything before her. Mrs. Give was waiting
patiently for a change of luck, until toward
the end of the game when unusually large
dame won them by displaying two black
aces. Two black aces" screamed the &C
treSs in a rage. Here, take your money
though | wish | could give you two black
eyes instead
With gambling going on TO such an extent
as this among the women of the nobility, 1t
may be supposed that the feminine members
of the royal family were not undehled by
the pitch. Indeed. the Princess Amelia was
as much infatuated with cards as anyone
of her noble friends. We are assured that
she often played lanterlOo, or loo She
told Lady Mary Coke in 1903 that on account
of her losses, which had amounted to more
than five hundred pounds that year. she
was determined never to play for higher
stakes than a shilling in the future. But her
good resolution was broken, and within SIX
years she was frequently to be seen playing
for half guinea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Beginning of Faro

II was about this time that faro was first in
PRODUCED. Although II was PLAYED solely for
the stakes, IT rapidly gained a wide popularity
IN social circles. Many of the social leaders
soon learning that II is an advantage IN this
game to hold the bank, began to follow the
example of the Duchess of Cumberland and
establish banks at their homes This new
departure, which carried gambling among
women about as far as it could go, soon brought
down the arm of the law Several of the
women gamblers We're arrested. and Lady
buckingham, Lady Elizabeth Luttrel. LADY,
acknowledgements. and Lady Archer were
convicted of keeping illegal gaming tables and
We're fined fifty pounds each IL was this trial
that gave Artist Gillray the opportunity to
carlcature three of them as "Faro's Daugh-
tiers. The scandal did not stop here. however
Tor Lady Luttrel not long afterward found her
self plunged into new difficulties. She was
accused of being 'dexterous with the. cards -
and was Obliged TO set out at once on a tour
of Europe
The alarming degree to which gambling
among women had descended at this time
may be learned from an extract from The
London Times" of April 20. 1-o5. which
says that, The faro banks are losing money
every night, and the ladies understand tbe
game SO WELL and play So keen. that II re-
qu'res the eye of an argus to discover all
their tricks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

TT has come to be a common charge nowadays
/ that the passion for gambling is rapidly
growing among the women of the highest
social circles. Newspaper stories OF scandals
at bridge and whist have become numerous.
and many clergymen have openly denounced
the evil from the pulpit and in the press. 1t
is only few months since a well known
pastor of Springfield. Massachusetts,, intro
duced a resolution at a religious convention
condemning the prevalence of the vice and
alleging that many citizens had been driven
into bankruptcy by the gambling debts of
their wives.
Whatever truth there may be in the asser-
tiOns, it may we'll be doubted whether the evil
has attained anything like the proportions it
did century or two ago among the women of the
privileged classes of Europe During the reign
of Louis NV. the French women were the
greatest gamblers in the world. Night after
night throughout the year gray haired ma
irons and even young girls sat at the tables IN
the magnificent salons of Paris and played
away enormous fortunes at their favorite game
of "Hoca." So rapidly did the passion spread
that the Government obliged 10 pass a
law forbdding the game, but an exception was
made in favor of Versailles, and there the
Queen and her court continued to play for
large stakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

every night. If this goes on | shall soon be on
the debtors side of Mrs Crewe'S book | am
the more provoked at my i'll fortune, as | was
in hopes this little card purse of mine would
have been particularly useful at this time. 1t
is the abominable whist they make me play
lost twenty guineaS last night and fifteen the
night before
Not all the women, however. We're thus dis
turbed by the social necessity of gambling
Indeed, 1t was unusual sight to see them,
after having lost all their ready money, pledge
their Jewels. their costly hand made lace hand
kerchiefs and caps and even drafts upon the
London bankers. Goldsmith in his Citizen
of the World tells of an old woman who
to relieve the ennui that oppressed her on
her death bed, challenged the curate of the
parish to a game of cards. After having won
all his money she proposed that the stake for
the continuance of the game should be her
funeral expenses. The curate yielded to her
wish, but " unfortunately the lady expired just
as she had taken her deal"
\ more authenticated example of the
lengths To which the passion for gambling
drove the women of that time is that of
Lady Elizabeth Stuart, who, at the age of
eighty-two, one year before her death, lost
four hundred and fifty pounds in one night
at cards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
A Suave Cardinal

THERE is an interesting extract from the
L diary of Lady Mary Coke recorded IN 1873
while she was on a visit TO Vienna, where she
played with a Cardinal and the Princess
LobkOwitZ:
Il was quite angry with the luck of the
Cardinal; he won OF the Princess and me a
hundred and forty fish. | did everything in
the world to change his luck-overturned his
box, placed the pool at different side of the
table-at all of which he did nothing but laugh.
and his luck continued till the last mo-
ment He prayed and ate his supper dur
ing the party. When the clock struck eight he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Montaigne as a Gambler

AfONTAIGNE, the early French essayist.
1VA tells that he quit gambling because when
ever he lost. however Complacent a counte-
nance he might put upon it, he always felt
anger and malice burning in his breast. Like
him great many men can conceal their feelings
when they lose. but it is seldom so with women.
Though they may stubbornly continue to pile
up the stakes, their chagrin and anger at losing
is almost always apparent. Lady Mary Comp
ton an elderly maiden of the eighteenth CEN
fury, often played with the tears streaming
down her checks; mot for the loss itself. 1"
she used to explain, blu for the unkindness
of the cards"
The daughter of the prime minister of that
period, Miss Pelham. was one of the most
notorious gamblers of the age, and always
wept bitterly when she lost. She was described
by the court gossip, Horace Walpole in one of
his letters as, Poor Miss Pelham! Sitting uD
all night at the club without woman. losing
hundreds a night and her temper beating
her head Miss Pelham absolutely ruined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

eighteenth century, and which was COnsid-
softer SEX In one of the numbers of The
Rambler" there appeared letter from a
female correspondent in which she declared
that she had been bored by whist, but that
dear, delightful brag came into fashion,
and has ever since been the JOY of my life
so easy, so cheerful, genteel!" Another
interesting reference TO this game is found
among the letters of Horace Wa1pole who
in 1850, when the London populace was
considerably agitated by the shock of an
what he would think of Lady Catherine
Pelham, Lady Francis Arundel and Lady
Galway, who go this evening to an inn ten
miles out of town, where they are to play
at brag until five in the morning and
then come back, / suppose. to look, for the
bones OF their husbands and friends under
the rubbish"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Caused the Revolution

During the next reign gambling among
- women suffered no dininution and indeed
it may be said 10 have been one of the con-
tributory causes of the French Revolution
Hoca passed out of favor, and lansquenet took
its place. On one occasion when the Due de
RiCheheu teaching the game to Nine. du
Barry, he lost more than one hundred thousand
dollars to her in few moments, to the great
qualification of Louis Nv, who was present at
the time.
From France gambling in polite society
passed into England and in that kingdom
during the eighteenth century the woman who
showed any unwillingnesS to Join in game of
chance ran the risk of being ostracized. Such
was the predicament of Lady Cowper who
after the death of Queen Anne was one of the
women of the bed chamber TO the Princess of
Wales. She was obliged to join in all the
games PLAYED at the court, having received a
hint from the vice chamberlain that one of
ba J,,+iac of bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

said a prayer. and
at nine ate a pleas
ant. When he count
ed his winnings he
said, And / have
not once cheated
youi And in this
way ended my great
party with His Emf
hence.
Modern poker is
descended from the
game OF brag, which
was popular in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14


ton was thus to set
a good example
Then there is the
case of Mrs. Sheridan,
the first wife of the
brilliant Irish orator
and playwright, Rich
ard Brinsley Sheri-
dan, who wrote to
him in 1886 from
Crewe Hall; Oh. nv
SON. You can't think
how they beat me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11

The court declared that tho jury was to decide only questions of evidence and as there has been no evidence of forge ry against MT. Hill me objection was sustained.
 The forgery in the case as charged by tho commonwealth was the uttering and causing to be uttered by Chief Hill. alleged fraudulent certificates or the work on the filtration plant
 The judges ruling Is regarded as a serious blow to the prosecution.
 Judge Audenreid's declaration was caused by District Attorney Bells statement that the vital question was after all one of intent.
 At this point the judge interposed with the announcement that as MT. Bell had made that assertion several times before in the course of the trial. 1t might as we'll be discussed He said that the commonwealth had not im- pugned either former director of pub lie works Costello or Haddock and had not shown complicity with either of those men. In the absence of such evil dence. said the court, and where the directors had the power to place their own construction on the contracts in the case. the defendants action in signing the estimate for payment could not be considered criminal
 Mir. Hill was on the stand most of the afternoon explaining in detail the construction of the conduit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
WON SUIT FOR s145,ooO.
Captain Elliott Informed of Victory in
 Court Proceedings.

O0UfE fEOceeutmBAs
 Gadsden, Jan. l0.-(Special )-The Board of Mayor and Aldermen held an interesting meeting last night, at which considerable business was transacted. One of the principle things done was the raising of the salary of the mayor from $50 to $100 per month. The in crease In the salary dates from the first of this month. The mayor of Gadsden devotes considerable of his time to the city. besides he hears all the cases brought before the mayors court
 The Alabama City. Gadsden & At talla electric car line was granted the right to put down tracks on Fifth and Walnut streets and other streets for . proposed extension.
 A. w Woodliff. chief of the volun- teer fire department, appeared before the council and asked that the city pay all the firemen who attended fires and were in actual service In fighting the flames. $1 for each fire they attended. which will be done. Several additional lights were ordered placed at prominent corners and streets.
 The collections of State and county taxes for the month of December in this county were unusually large and exceeded those of the same month last year. Tax Collector Barnes states that he collected during the month just closed $50.S56, and for October $1.S9i and in November $4,900. making a total for the three months of $57.650. The poll tax collections have reached 736, amounting to $1,i07
 Capt. J. NJ. Elliott, Jr.. has been in formed of the fact that he has won a suit for s145.0Oo In New York When Captain Elliott sold the Southern Car and Foundry Company for $3Oo,OOo, he was paid $150,000 cash, and notes for the remainder and when payment fell due the notes were not met Captain FL Holt commenced suit to enforce pay ment. When the trial came up last week there was no defense and the presiding judge charged the jury to find for Cap tain Elliott, which was done. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $145.0OO and the money has been paid over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
Annual Meetings are Held by the Stock / holders.


 Annual Meetings are Held by the Stock / holders.
 Huntsville, Jan 10.-(Special )-The shareholders of two of Huntsville's banks held their annual meetings and elections yesterday afternoon. The shareholders of the First National elect ed w. H. Echols, A. S. Fletcher. Daniel Coleman, R. E. Spragins. O. B. Pat ton, R., s. Pulley and Holding Fletcher as directors. The directors then re- elected Wm. H. Echols as President, A. s. Fletcher as Vice-President and O. B. Patton Cashier. A semi-annual div idend of S per cent. has been declared. Miss Virginia K. Hall, who has for several years been a member of the First Nationals directory, gave up tho position.
 The new directory elected by the shareholders of the Huntsville Bank and Trust Company is composed ot C. L.. Nolen. Lawrence Cooper, J. D. Hut ton, W. I. Wellman, J. M. Shofner. c. C. Anderson, A. M. Booth, s. J. May hew and J. R. Boyd.
 The directors elected J. J. Mayhew President Lawrence Cooper and J. D. Cashier and A E. Mastin Assistant Cashier A dividend of per cent. was declared and per cent. was placed to the credit of undivided profits.
 Col W F. Garth, Chairman of the Madison County Executive Committee. has isued an address to the voters of this county urging them to pay their poll taxes and not voluntarily disfran- chise themselves The slow rate in which the voters are paying this tax is alarming to the Committee. So far less than 600 persons have paid the tax.
 telegram from St. Louis yesterday announced the death of Miss Lila Pope Mastin, formerly of this city, at the home of her sister, Mrs. OFallon in St. Louis. Miss Mastin was related to many prominent families here
 Subscription to the stock of the Nash vile and Huntsville Railroad is grad ually approaching the sum of $50,000, the amount required by the company and the soliciting committees are now confident of success President J H. Conner of the Nashville and Huntsville has promised that the work of con- struction will begin within few days after the subscription is made up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
HILL SCORES POINT
NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE CHARGES
 OF FORGERY.
Judge Audenreld's Decision Regarded As Serious Blow to the Prose- cutiOn in the Case of Phil
 adelphia Man,

Philadelphia. Jan. 10.-Having an swered the commonwealth on four of it's specific charges or fraud in the construction of the filtration plant former Chief John w. Hill. of he fll- tration bureau. on trial charged with forgery and Justification of records, was called upon today to answer the count which refers 20 the remissions of Contractor D. !. Nc Nicholas fines.
 During his cross examination District Attorney Bell asked the defendant to explain to the jury the meaning of the water-tightness of the filter con- duit Mi. Graham. counsel for Hill, objected to the question. He contend cd that MT. Hill was one of q group of engineers who had prepared the plans of the filter plant and not in q position to testify on the point brought up by the district attorney. Judge Audenried sustained MT Graham's ob- lection. stating that up to the present time the prosecution mad produced no testimony to sustain the charge of forgery.
 The district attorney said that that was a question for the jury to decide,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT.
Reception in Honor of Mrs. John StOn'
 Leeper at CentreviIIe.

Leeper at Centreville.
 -Centreville. Jan. 10.-(Special. )-One of the most brilliant social events ever known in Centreville was the reception by Mrs. Herbert E. Reynolds and Miss Beeper in honor of their sister. Mrs. John Stone Leeper, bride of a week. Fifty ladies were invited and during the afternoon the elegant home of Mrs. Reynolds was thronged by beautiful and handsomely dressed women. Little Miss Sybil Nunnelee and Master Eu- gene Reynolds met the guests at the door and ushered them into the spa cious parlors. which were beautifully decorated with Southern smilax. The dining room, where delicious refresh- ments were served the guests by three beautiful young girls, Misses Mary Schoolar Winnie Logan and Inez Sin not, was decorated with white carna- tions and violets. Mrs. Luman Handley Nunnelee and Mrs. s. R. Davidson as- sisted in receiving the guests. The af fair was greatly enjoyed by all who had tho good fortune to be present.
 w. Fl Wright, prominent attorney of Blocton, met with a painful and what came very near being serious accident yesterday morning. As he was driving from Blocton to Centreville his horse became frightened when with in a few miles of Centreville and ran away. Mir. Wright was thrown from the buggy to the ground. sustaining painful wounds about the face He came to Centreville where his wounds were dressed. He was able to return to Blocton in the afternoon.
 CentrevilIe is now experiencing the coldcst weather of the season.
 The Commissioners Court will be called in special session within few days to canvass the vote on the stock law question In Beat 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
SMITH AND HOWELL
GEORGIA CANDIDATES HAVE DE-
 BATE AT COLUMBUS.
Two Thousand Persons Listen to Accu- satfons of Fa1seheod and Slam dcr--Roth Seem Pleased With
 Outcome of Meeting.

Columbus, Ga, Jan. 1o.--(Special)-- )--- lne Georgfa guberuatoria1 campaign
 was formally opened in Columbus to- uay. when Clark Howell and Hoke
 smith met in joint debate In the pres ence or two thousand persons.
 Mfr Howell opened in a speech of an hour. Mir. Smith followed in an
 address of an hour and half. and MT. Howell closed in a 30-minute talk
 m which he made vigorous denials to
 various assertions of his opponent. The debate was stirring and sensa-
 tional. Both candidates stated that his
 opponent had told untruths about vagi- ous matters. The word lie" was
 never used. but "faleshood' and "slan- der" flew thick and fast. Both speak CTS were given an ovation by their
 admirers and both sides are claiming tonight that their candidate was the victor in the contest.
 As matter of fact. the followers Of both Howell and Smith are exuber-
 ant, their delight being unfeigned; and remarkable to state, both candidates seem also to be in fine humor over
 the result of the meeting
 The feature of the debate was the reading of a letter to MT. Howell from John A. Sibley, close personal friend
 of Hon. Tom Watson, in which Mir. Sibley said that he could have Mir. Watson's support If he would favor hcBIo autskFdnCn1SeHeHt You have the first opportunity to get Watson's support if you want 1t. It is true that both you and Smith
 were bitterly opposed to tho Hardwick disfranchisement bill at the time 1t was defeated in .-.e general assembly. And yet Hokes deep anxiety for polit- ical promotion, Is such that he will not hesitate to make a deal bartering his conviction on this subject" Mir. Howell read his reply to MT. Sibley. declining to seek Mir. Watson's support on any such terms. He charged Smith and Watson with then making
 the identical deal which he (HowelD, had been given an opportunity to make.
 Tn his speech, MT. Smith denied em- phatically that he had entered into any alliance with the Populist leader. Of the two candidates Mir. Howell
 was the better poised. He was cool
 and collected at all stages of the de-
 bate, while Mir. Smith, unfortunately.
 got out of patience with the crowd
 on more than one occasion,
 One of the splendid climaxes of the debate was, when Mir. Smith said that
 the white man would always rule
 Georgia, primary or no primary; and
 that the whites controlled politics be-
 fore the plan of Democratic primary
 was inaugurated.
 Another time when the audience
 went wild was when replying to MT.
 Smiths challenge. to meet him again
 in Joint debate, Mir. Howell said that
 he would meet him again and in every
 section of Georgia.