The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-22
AT THE, HOTELS.


Last winter found me IN Monte Carlo,
and, having a long vacation on my hands.
I concluded I'd stay in that famous re-
sort for a few weeks. which lengthen9a
into months" said Mr.. ". r. Bains. Of
Chicago. at the Arlington.
Everybody knows that It is the great
est gambling place In the world. and
that it is in the principally Of Monaco.
In fact. it Is. the entire principally, for
one can walk from one end Of It to the
other ia a couple Of hours. The ruler
of this diminutive government is Prince
Albert. who spends but little Of his time
at Monte Carlo. If this potentate were
not a very learned and scientific man
probably he would be IN disrepute be-
cause Of his getting 100000 Of francs a
year from the gamblers who conduct
their business by virtue Of his princely
permission. Being a scholar and the
greatest living authority on submarine
life he Is welcomed at every European
court
The owners Of the gambling monopoly
also bear the entire expense Of carrying
on the government. They police the place
admirably and spend money lavishly in
its adornment No resident has 10 pay a
cent of taxation. The gaming, which is
open TO the public is not attractive from
any point Of view, for one sees around the
tables about as motley and sordid a
crowd as could be gathered together. A
visit 10 the casino VIII dispel any roman
/ tic illusions that one might have enter
tanned about this world-famous place
The men are bad enough, but the women
/ gamesters are particularly repulsive
! The worst old hags Of Europe appear to
| be in evidence there.
! But only 1.-THE Of the gambling done
at Monte Carlo is done in public At the
| Jockey Club, the Baccarat Club, and 9th
/ eFs, private games are carried on for
/ high stakes. None but members is ad-
/ mitted, and men Of wealth who love 10
plunge find no place that affords them
better facilities than Monte Carlo. 4 pop
uiar fallacy exists regarding the break
/ ing Of the bank Now and then some
| lucky player may exhaust the capital q
/ single table; but as for breaking the
bank. no such thing has occurred in a
/ generation. II would be Just about as
| easy TO do as to break the Bank Of Eng
/ land"
My home town, Calgary, Is the me
/ tropolis Of the province Of AIberton.' said
Mr.. z. \. Harper. a Canadian tourist. at
the New Willard.
1T IS, moreover. the chief business town
Of the province and the most important
place between Winnipeg and Vancouver.
/ II is situated in about the central part
/ OF Alberton, $50 miles south OF Edmon-
ton, the capital, and is a delightful place
/ 10 live in the whole year around. The
winters are not very severe. for the cold
/ is modified by the same warm chinook
winds that temper the climate OF Mon
/ tana- Calgary, when I settled there six
/ years ago, had $500 people; to-day il has
2l0O0 and is just beginning 10 grow.
/ Americans have been coming into the
/ country in droves, and there is also a
steady immigration from Great Britain.
We have a thrifty, progressive popu-
lation in Alberta and a more law-abiding
/ people are not 10 be found. The mounted
police, a magnificent body Of men, are
such a terror TO maIefactors that crooks
| and desperad0es give our region a wide
I berth. The long suit of Alberta, so 70
] y
ali over the world, but stock raising IS
with Us a highly profitable business, and
/ there is no better ranching country on
! the continent. Another advantageous
point about living in Alberta is the very
moderate cost Of the necessaries Of life.
] Articles Of everyday consumption. food
and clothing, are not nearly so expensive
there as in the United States
/
There is not the remotest danger of
war breaking out between the state Of
North Carolina and Uncle sam. because
Of this present clash OF authority between
the State courts and Gov. Glenn on ons
side and United States District Judgs
/ Pritchard on the other" said Mr. ". 2.
Roberts. OF AshevilIe. y. c.. az the Shore
ham.
The matter viii be amicably adjusted,
and if the State law declaring that a
/ passenger rate Of IA cents a mile is
held constitutional. then the railroads
will have no option but TO obey. If de-
cided otherwise. the State viii have TO
/ gracefully aCquiesce- But speaking Of
war. when the old North State did geJ
into action in 1S6l-65, despite the fact Il
l e >
many Of whom joined the Union armies.
it also furnished more soldiers 70 the
Confederaey than did any other one Of
the seeding States. and on every i'm
pOTtant battlefield Of the war. North
Carolina men distinguished themselves
for their daUntless valoT."
There is no man in the nation who has
such hold on the Democrats OF Okla
homa and the Indian Territory as Col
/ Bryan possesses, and in the next ma
tional convention ne viii get a solid and
enthusiastic delegation from cur section, 80
said Mr. Frank H. Grubbs, a prominent
business man Of Museogee. Ind. T., at
the Raleigh.
I can tell you, moreover, that Col.
Bryan is almost as strong with the Re
( publicans down our way as with his own
paTtisans, I know scores of stalwart Re-
publicans who openly assert that If Bryan
should be nominated they will give him
their votes. There is no other Democrat
VINO could get such support"
Mere Political Expediency.
From the New York American
The deferring OF tariff revision until
Lot ola 1E Z.