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intention. that the princes present con-
ditiOn is the result of broOding over recent
tragedies at Monte Carlo. But one of the
! friends of the prince told me yesterday
that he didn't believe events at Monte
Carlo could have had anything to do with
his condition THE Prince of Monaco is
not that sort of man.. said this friend.
| His vast yearly income at Monte Carlo
! has always been a source of pride to him;
he has never given serious thought TO the
suicides and murders that take place
there. save in the light of attributing them
to the individual failings of the persons
who have plunged and lost"
The general public has little conception
of what Monte Carlo means to the Prince
of Monaco. In the first place, he derives
of $4,000 per annum. This is paid to
him whether the Casino has good or bad
year, and is entirely independent of "busi-
ness done" Afew years ago, during a
depressing season. the company found
some difficulty in meeting this obligation
the shareholders proposed an extension of
time. But the Prince of Monaco would
not hear of this and the sum was handed
over to him at the agreed time. This tidy
little revenue is paid to him for the
concession which the Casino Company
holds for transacting business in his do
minions, and Is an inherited right from
the father of the present prince, who
owns the land on which the Casino is
built. Aside from this he holds five thou
sand shares in the Casino Company. The
founders of the Monte Carlo gambling
company-Edmond and Camille Blanc
only held four thousand shares each in
the original company. So it will be seen
In addition TO the quarter of million
dollars which he gets for the '.conces-
sion" every year his stock and per
quisites" bring him in $4,000 So he
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still Name thinks influence counts for
heap unless you're right there with the
real talent" said the head bell boy
There's nearly always somebody with
a strong drag in the profession that's
willing to help out" said the hotel clerk.
knows a man that's intimate with a
party doing ticket specializing in from
of one of the main Broadway houses
that's willing to say a kind word for a
STILL with all this, they have trouble
sometimes
It'll not deny that. understand there's
conspiracy on the part of some of these
stars like Crane and Gillette and Maude
Adams to frown down the newcomers
and discourage them. / guess maybe
there's hardly a graduate of a dramatic
school anywhere that's not able to point
out to these old timers where they're
away off reading their lines. Talk about
soui ping CIltICS the newspapers.
These young Battling Booths and Young
Kid Garricks that have just escaped from
the Plattsburg School of Expression are
there with the carping thing like Ger
man carp.
Il know one case. Hops, that illustrates
what I'm telling you. She came from the
same town / did, and she was young
Nazimova with the shucks on. She was
an awful hit out home. The way she did
The Volunteer Organist' for the musical
recital Of the Congregational Church
she came here with a notice in her suit
case from the Weekly Clarion saying that
her work as Juliet in the we'll known
play of that name and Romeo at the
the benefit of the soldiers monument fund
had Ellen Terry looking like mango
pickle, or words to that effect. 1t was
freely predicted that inside of six months
would be looking for job sewing on
hooks and eyes.
But it seemed there was competition in
her particular line, which was tragedy,
right from the start. Besides her, there
were two other coming Mary Andersons
that got off the day coach and one got off
the Pullman. 1t seems like every train
stopping at the flag stations must bring
them in. And then, there's the local out
put, such as your sister Mamie, constantly
growing up. So what chance would the
present favorites have II they didn't keep
the bars up?
We'll, this girl from my home town
didn't find any of the managers waiting.
for her at the depot with a hired hack
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According to a carefully written book.
History of Suicides" IL appears that
not less than 5000 suicides have taken
place al Monte Carlo since the company
was formed in 1853 to exploit the rights
privileges and concessions belonging to
his serene highness, Prince Charles OF
Monaco. Since that time these rights
have certainly been exploited" with a
vengeance
All things considered, IL cannot he with
very much qualification that the Prince OF
Monaco In his lucid intervals looks
back upon the part he has taken in the
affairs of this gambling plague spot.
Though the prince has had more than a
plentiful supply of worldly wealth from
the place, ii does not seem that his life
has been over filled with happiness. His
domestic relations have certainly not
been felicitous His first wife-Lady
Mary Douglas Hamilton. whom he mar
ried in 1SG9-was divorced in 1880. He
had one son. Louis, by this marriage. the
present heir to the throne" He mar
ried in 1889 a New Orleans giri-the
widow of the Due de Richelieu. but this
marriage was also annulled in 1901 since
when the prince has remained single.
Though drawing his income from Monte
Carlo. the prince has ceased in recent
years to identify himself openly with the
place. and has been glad to devote him.
self to his hobby-the study OF ocean
ography. 1t has been his wont-mtii
illness interfered-to spend months at a
time on his huge yacht. dragging the
ocean bed for strange specimens" APP
parently oblivious to the fact that Monte
Carlo existed. and not concerning HIM
self about the fate of the hundreds of
thousands Of human beings who focked
TO the gaming tables to stake their lives
on the throw of the ball
Copyright by Curtis Brown)
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gets million dollars a year paid out of
the losses of the gamblers.
Prince Is Modern Pooh-Bah.
But to the power he Yields as landlord
Of and shareholder in the gambling con-
Germ must be added the fact that the
Prince of Monaco constitutes in himself
practically all the offices of state He Is
head of the army, chief administrator of
justice, controller of police-in fact,
veritable POOh-Bah in modern govern
ments. combining in himself practically
all important functions. To afford an in
stance OF the princes power in matters
OF mere detail the case Of the poster artist
who tried to blackmail the Casino Com
pany out Of large sum of money a few
years ago might be mentioned. This
artist had conceived the brilliant scheme
Of placing at the Monaco railway sta
ton several huge posters depicting various
scenes in the tragic history of Monte
Carlo gambling. One of these showed the
gardens Of the Casino with the bodies of
two suicides in the foreground: another
portrayed a mother and her child in the
attitude of delivering curse upon the
place; while a third plainly depicted the
Prince and Princess of Monaco sitting
upon the throne, crowned with roulettes
and receiving bags Of gold and rolls of
banknotes from the manager The Casino
Company made every effort to get these
posters removed, even offering the artist
large sum of money. but he demanded
a million francs 0200,000). This the
Casino could not pay, owing to the bad
much to the detriment of business"
However, the prince at this point came
to the rescue Of the company AS the
ground landlord of the site occupied by
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folks afterward that in the excitement OF
the opening performance the girls forgot
most OF their clothes. 1t was what you
might call lapsus lingerie.
But once she got started she went
right ahead. Why, Hops. it wasn't two
years from that time till she was being
featured as The Girl With the Fireproof
Skin in Stockboss Street Carnival"
What's the best way to get the proper
steer at the start-off?" said the head
bell boy.
THE best way is to make a loud,
piercing sound said' the hotel clerk.
AN ordinary person stops a car by wav-
ing an umbrella at it, But in this town
the truly wise person gets out and waves
a Persian rug and is talked about. The
lowly violet that bushes unseen keeps
right on being unseen as long as 1t keeps
on being lowly The modest beginner
must start at the bottom and then work
hard to maintain the position. The canny
party demands the top berth and gets it.
II IS wen 10 fcUlciiUcr tHdt tiic n6-
tional flower in these parts Is the fro
mage de brie, and it's the ballyhoo that
does the work. Leastwise, that's the
only way 1 can account for some OF those
that are prominently before the public
at this writing. Otherwise, why should
we fall for a matinee idol who parts his
hair down the middle with a safety
razor and reaches the height of his art
when he has a frock coat that won't
wrinkle under the armpits as he clasps
the leading lady 10 or toward him?
why also. if this is not the case. should
a musical comedy lady with a penurious
figure. who don't display anything ex-
cept courage when she puts on short
clothes, be able, nevertheless. to put
them on and come forth and win our loud
plaudits? You'd think. judging on form
alone. as il were, that the only thing she
merited was honorable mention in the
dispatches from the front for conspicuous
daring. Any time she played Lady Aud
ley's Secret in walking skirts Lady Aud
ley would lose her fatal secret as soon
as the audience got a peek at her ankles,
and she has a voice about as strong and
clear as a chipmunk's, but. having. as
she does. a capable press agent. we
gladly welcome her tree-box insteps and
all the rest of it,
What would you do if you had a sis
ter that wanted to act?' asked the head
bell boy.
Well" said the hotel clerk, IF had
a female relative that had an ambition
to go on the stage, I'd find out first II
she was strong and willing and quick to
learn and talented
And then what" said the head bell
boy.
And then I'd have her taught plain
sewing" said the hotel clerk. We've al
ready spoiled too many possible horse
shoers and potential seamstresses in this
country making poor actors out Of them"
Il
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Decial Correspondence of The Star.

NICE. June 3. 1908.
TT seems like an act of Nemesis that
Prince Albert of Monaco ruler of
Monte Carlo. should now be suffering
II from insanity after being connected
all these years with the gambling re-
sort which has driven thousands of others
to madness and suicide. AS one of the
largest shareholders in the Casino. the
prince bears, with the rest of the manage
ment, an equal portion of the response
bility for those terrible tragedies of
human fraity which have SO often shock
ed the civilized world. 1t is strange that
the latter years of the princes life should
be darkened by mental affection: but per-
haps it Is well that he can no longer
realize the full and cumulative enormity
of the tragedies which take place at
Monte Carlo year after year.
For some time previous to the present
disaster the prince had shown signs of
mental breakdown. At the peace con-
ference held at Rouen few years ago
the Prince of Monaco entertained on his
splendid Yacht and even then several of
his friends remarked that he did not seem
to be quite normal On one occasion he
started to make d speech, but forgot his
words. and several times used the wrong
words in attempting to convey his ideas
These signs of aphaSia-one of the first
indications of mental derangement-were
put down at the time to the usual eccen-
tricities which princes seem privileged to
show, and particular attention was
paid 10 them. Recently. however. on
starting out for cruise in the Mediter-
signs of alteration that his physician
had to interfere. and the trip came to a
sudden end.
1t has been said doubtless with kindly
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voice.
That ought to be fine and nutritious so
long as she takes it out thinking" said
the hotel clerk.
Yes. but Names goin' all right" said
the head bellboy Just as soon as she kin
decide on a good stage name. Nom
wants her to call herself Dainty Evelyn
Sinclair, cause nobody'd ever think any
body called Sinclair was really named
Monahan. but Name kinder likes Madge
Lloyd, the Merry Madcap. One of the
feIlers that boards at our house suggested
TO her that she might call herself Varie
Lloyd instid OF Madge, seeing as she was
about to break out. l amt doped out yet
exactly what he meant. but, anyway,
that's what he said. Names goin' to de-
eide on the name first and then she's
soin around 10 see all the most prominent
managers, and the one that offers her the
most money she'll take him.
''ThatIl be grand said the hotel clerk.
"Will your sister star the first season."
That amt been settled yet answered
the head bellboy. Nom thinks she
oughter star right off. Nom is strong
for them shows like YOU seen on Thoid
avenoo, where the herowine is bound Iast
to the tracks. and just as the stage hands
is about TO run over her with paste
board locomotife her faithful dog comes
runnin' out and gnaws her loose or some
thin like that. Mons great for them
shows with trained animals in EN-. She's
always been sorry she didn't get TO see
The Lion ana the Mouse And when
the comic Dutckman smasl4es the deputy
villain i'll the eye with a property fried
aig and then comes down and says with
your kind permission he'll now sing the
Bermuda love song, entitled She lost her
love because she wouldn't eat onions
when she tried 10 breathe her love he
turn't away, it gets an awful scream out
of nom. So she wants Name TO play
melodrama. but Name. she says they amt
refined enough. She says MONS ideals is
common. Anyhow, she things maybe
she'll DC soubrette in a musical show
the first year or two while she's gettin
herself established. Girls in musical
shows wear the swell regala. Name says
and they don't have TO do much but sing
and dance and stall around with the CO.
median. and more'n half the time they
snag off some splendid young Yale Teller
that's got a millionaire for father, and
after that they don't do thing but ride
around in tourin' and eat Chinese
pheasants smothered in fried orchids and
canded vi'lets. and them fancy steaks
that costs So a throw
"Chateaubriand,' suggested the hotel
clerk
Sure. that's it-Shorty Broad said the
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cable affairs from getting noises
adj.
Bridal Party Suicides.

agreeable affairs from getting noised
abroad.
Bridal Party Suicides.
One of the saddest phases of these ter
rible affairs is the fate of newly married
couples who find their luckless way to
Monte Carlo on their honeymoon trips
one young married couple, who had lost
all they possessed not long ago, threw
themselves in front of an express train at
the Monte Carlo station and OF course
there was no hushinG up of such an af-
fair.
Another case was that OF young
American couple from Cincinnati. each of
whom had small amount of money
They visited Nice-quite close to Monte
Carlo-and, unknown to each other. paid
secret visits to the gaming tables where
both Lost all the money they possessed
When absolutely penniless they COM
nlitted spicide together in a room at their
hotel.
Another tragedy of recent times was
that of young Harold Clarke of San
Francisco who killed himself in the
Hotel Regina Paris. Immediately after
trip to Monte Carlo. He a young
law student with a brilliant future. but
the roulette table brought about his
ruin. In various parts of Europe. nearly
every day or two, one reads OF suicides
from Monte Carlo losses. and the number
of human families wrecked by play
every year If counted up would run into
many thousands.
Though the subsidized Monte Carlo
papers state that the average number of
suicides per year at the gambling re-
sort not more than six or seven-a
low average. considering that Monaco
only has 5000 inhabitants and a yearly
visiting population of 1.25O. 010-still these
figures are a gross understatement of the
fact.
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head bell boy. ''only l don't know what
they wanted to name an expensive dish
like that for a prize fighter when there s
so many beef stews that amt been named
at all. But Names there with the fancy
language, all right. She can talk that
| table dote stuff just like it belonged to
her
Has she got natural talent?" asked the
hotel clerk
When 1t comes to natural talent, She
there with a bob-sled,'' said the head bell
boy. Nearly every night several of the
other families in the house come over to
our fiat just to hear Name recite She's
been studyin' under one of them fellers
up at Carnegie Hall that teaches electro
cution on the premises or easy lessons by
mail; and at his graduatin' exercises next
week she's goin' to recite swell seiec-
ton called The Chariot Race from Ben
Hirsch' Mons made her a costoom out
of this here white cheesecloth, and she
wears lot of gilt curtain chains on her
wrists and arms and wraps ribbons in her
hair until it looks like her head was tied
up with a string. 1t goes great. Name
says just let theatrical managers hear
her recite that selection once with her
chains all rattlin' like sleigh bells and
there'll be nothin' to it. l guess she won't
have much trouble gettin' ready"
They never do in the theatrical line, -
stated the hotel clerk. Entering almost
any other profession requires preparation.
All over the country this week there'll be
thousands and thousands of bright young
girls coming out on a platform in white
null dresses carrying essays with blue
ribbon tied round them, entitled Open
ing the Oyster We Call the World or
ii frequently does lie, especially about the
grade OF olive oil it send us and few
other things. And at the same time and
place, any number of noble boys will be
knowing just exactly what to do with their
hands and feet for the time being, but
ready to inform their parents and friends
in the audience and the members of the
school board and common council sitting
in the boxes how to win success in the
business world. But on the Tuesday fol-
lowing those bright young girls will start
in beating the vital spark out of a type
writer for five per, and the boy valedic-
torians will take job making queensware
crates for thirty bones a month"; but after
the second year they'll be raised to thirty
five and allowed to make out invoices.
1t also takes preparation to learn the art
of laying bricks, and even a pianomover
is expected to serve an apprenticeship
smashing baggage at a depot. or some
thing like that. SOS to accustom himself
to the sound of things breaking. But If a
young person makes up his or her mind
to be an actor or actress there doesn't
have TO be any preliminary stages. They
just hop right in the same as your sister
Mamie and be it,
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back row of girls swung down around and
crossed over in front.
But they recognized her right off, be-
cause she wasn't wearing anything much
except an ankle bracelet and about
enough pink silk to make small book
mark in one of those gift books like you
give the teacher of the Bible class on
his birthday. She explained to the home
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hall bedroom, sitting in the top tray of
her trunk of an evening and breathing
deep signs down the airshaft. But final
delegation of her relatives from home
came up to see her in her first metropoli-
tan engagement. But they didn't see her
till during the first big ensemble right
after the prima donna came on and the
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and blank contract, although she'd writ
ten to several in advance apprising them
as to when she might be expected in. And
1t was quite some time before she really
Junction City couldn't understand it,
until she wrote home and said it was a
case here in New York where blatant
medicrity had true merit crowded into a
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itself, while numberess others take place
when the unfortunates have reached their
own homes, assisted by the fund which
the casino provides for those whom it has
cleaned out"
Fund to Help "DeadBrokes.
The casino is quite willing to get rid of
these people in order to avoid the ''un-
pleasantness of suicide in the grounds.
This fund-to assist people on their way
is somewhat sacrilegiously termed the
''viaticum.
1t is a singular fact that in all these
terrible tragedies the Casino managers
and the servants never exhibit the least
sign of disturbance They remain imper-
turbaby calm. Even during severe
cart hquake shock which occurred one
night the croupiers kept calling out their
familiar phrase-''Faites vos jeuX mes
sieurs; lie jeu est fait"-make your bets,
gentlemen; the game is on.
Suicide by pistol seems the favorite
means by which men remove themselves
from the scene, while women at the re-
sort prefer either poison, or throwing
themselves over the high terrace which
surrounds the outer gardens. The manner
of death, however. is a matter of indvidu-
ality. With most cases it is sudden
impulse, with little premeditation. and
consequently the suicides at Monte Carlo
have been described by a brutal connois-
seur in such matters Extremely mar
tistic." 1t is owing to the suddenness, the
violence of these acts. that the Casino
authorities employ hosts of detectives to
watch any case which exhibits elements
of desperation. This surveillance does not
take place through any philanthropic
motive, but simply to keep these dis
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HIS Income of a Million
Dollars a Year Comes
Chiefly From the Losses of
Gamblers at Monte Carlo,
and Although the Fate That
Has Now Overtaken Him
Looks Like Nemesis, It is
Said That He Has Never
Troubled Himself at All
About the Tragedies at the
Beautiful Plague Spot on the
Riviera-Methods of the Au-
thorities in flushing Up the
"Unpleasant Affairs" That
Take Place Almost Daily
Some Incidents of the Re-
suits of Gambling Fever.
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By Irwin S. Cobb.

. ~Y sister Names thinkin'
NH about goin' on the stage"
said the head bellboy of
- - the ST Reckless, with a
layer of family pride in his
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-10-23
ARE We LOSING GRIT?

Tho l1arl Of Meath, writing In "a
British review, expresses the fear that
certain portions of tho community arc
losing grit lie finds grave evidence
of q dccadcnt spirit ana decline of
yirility IN an classes of the English
nation and most of his ind ctmrnt
would seem TO apply to other civilized.
rich ana expanding peoples DO the
men and women Of this 4 make
light of pain, rejoice n victory over
university. regard the performance OF
duty us the supreme virtuo2 Is i'm
dustly hoHorod as IT was by our fore
fathers, and are children trained. ~
they used to he to respect authority
ana admire integrity. high-mindcd
ness ANA useful service The distin-
guishcd Writor has no difficulty in
finding ana citing signs of moral ret
rogros} ION, ana he argues forccfuly
for better discipline in tho school ANA
nt home. for greater attention To moral
|cultu,re und character building
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