Evening star., 1907-09-02
tions for gambling could easily be organ

! ized.
| AS he is a ulti-millionaire. he promptly
| invaded French territory and dotted down
| gambling establishments in various centers.
| His most ambitious scheme was the erec-
| ton of a magnificent casino on the frontier
of Monaco. a few kilometers from the
| world-famous casino of Monte Carlo. This
| was not to the taste of the Societe des
| Bains de Mer (this is the harmless sound
| ing name of the company owning the gam
| bling rooms). and they promptly began to
use their influence. which is very great
NJ Marquet's project nipped in the bud
NJ Edmond Blanc. the millionaire sports
! man, and member of the chamber of depu-
| ties, the president of the company. who
set all the machinery of which he disposes
| in motion.
Called Undesirable Foreigners.
In twenty-four hours a decree of expul-
sion was issued against M. Marquet and
his Belgian partners and they were prompt
ly conveyed across the frontier as "unde-
sirable foreigners"
This was followed by NJ Clemencau's
famous decree regulating gambling, which
was designed to make establishments such
as NJ Marquet dreamed of impossible.
But. unfortunately, they hit the hundreds
OF casinos in summer resorts. At these
petits cheveaux are played at the public
tables and baccarat in the cercle prive,
the club attached to the establishment, at
| which a pretense is made of confining the
admission to members. The chief qualifi-
CdlioH lOT membership is TO nave money TO
lose The casino levies a percentage on
the money staked, and this Is its chief
source Of revenue Suppress the gambling
and 90 per cent of the casinos would
have to close their doors. AS the casinos,
with their gardens, restaurants, concert
rooms, reading rooms, theaters, ETC., are
the center Of life in the various watering
places their closing would be ardisaster.
But this is not all. These casinos have
been built with money advanced by the
Credit Foncieri the great French mortgage
bank. This establishment holds mortgages
to the extent of 800, GOO OOO francs on casino
properties. AS an empty casino Is very
poor security, the government has the
Credit Foncier against its gambling decree,
and next to the Banque de France the
Credit Foncier is the most powerful fnan-
cial corporation in the country, and few
governments would care to come into col
lision with 1t.
The reports that Sir Thomas Upton has
again decided to challenge for the America
Cup and that Mr.. Fife Is to discuss with the
New York Yacht Club the subject of the
rules of racing has drawn attention to the
important positions occupied by Mr.. Fife
and Mr. Herreshoff in yacht designing. The
American successes Of the schooner Queen
built by Mr.. Herreshoff have drawn yachts
men on this side to wonder II Mr.. Flies
progress in designing has been equal to that
Of Mr.. Herreshofr. The fact that of all this
years British boats only Mr.. Flies have
done any good Is a hopeful sign to his sup
porters. White Heather II and Sorais are
d
success of the most striking kind, for
though Britomart can beat her by the wind
in breeze on occasion. Britomart is
product of the old rule of racing and 1t is
the new rule that is important.
There is a robust belief here that there is
bound to be a cupwinner in Mr.. Fife and
Sir Thomas Upton is quite justified in TAX
ing the sporting view that it may be the
next one to come out.
The Death Of Joachim.
Music lovers have been much grieved by
the news of the death of Joseph Joachim.
With the possible exception of Mendelssohn
and Gounod, no eminent foreign musician
| within living memory was more wrapped up
in the musical life of London without ac-
| tually residing here than Joachim. AS he
himself said at the memorable gathering in
Queens Hall when Mr.. Balfour publicly
presented him with his portrait by Sargent,
three years ago, he regarded England as his
second home" AS far back as 1S46, when
boy of thirteen, and with Mendelssohn as
his artistic sponsor, Joseph Joachim made
his first appearance at Drury Lane, but it
was not until little later, at a Philhar-
monlc concert that his playing of Bee
thovens concerto received critical appre-
| citation, which so far from diminishing ex-
panded as time went on.
Year after year. from their establishment
in 1859 up to 1S99 the violinist appeared
with his famous quartet at the popular con-
certS, and thanks to the activity of an in
fluential committee Of music lovers, the Wis
its were continued without intermisson in
the Bechstein Hall until this year. when, in
| the absence of Joachim, the programs were
carried through with Prof. Carl Haler as
leader of the quartet. The veteran for many
years past was received with a special mark
Of affection the audience generally rising
en- masse upon his arrival with his COL
leagues on the platform. His own particu-
| lar protege was the boy Franz Won Vecsey,
but there can be little doubt that Mischa Ell
man most closely responds in every way to
the ideal represented during his lifetime by
Joseph Joachim.