Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-05
HOW MONTE CARLO WAS BUILT


NJ. Blanc is dead, in the ordinary
sense of the word He still speak
eth nevertheless uncommonly
loudly. too. You can hear his voice all
over Europe. Sometimes its tones are
seductively inviting. Sometimes they
are pitiless. But there is always an
ironical ring in them. He is nothing
if not humorist.
. MIR White"-what commonplace
name. How can It compare with such
resembling polysyllables as Napoleon
or Pierpont Morgan? Yet this hum
ble Mr. White has rivaled both, and
with far less labor. Without blowing
OF. trumpets, he has wrecked thou
sands OF homes and killed thousands
of men, Without manipulating stocks
and shares he has created business
worth millions. RED loses, black
loses. white always WINS" said the
man himself. And there are towns
full of placid folk in England who
have neither heard the saying, nor-if
they bad-would see the point They
don't know Mr. White.
Mr. White is-it's nonsense 10 say
was" merely because he happens TO
have been in his grave since 1871
Mr. White is the founder OF the Sea
Bathing company and Strangers club
OF Monaco. That's all.
A"Bnt." protests the person in the
thoroughfarc, Il don't see anything
wonderful about sea bathing conf
pany. I thought the gambling Casino
was the only remarkable thing at
Monaco?''
Precisely so. The Sea Bathing COM
pany is the gambling Casino. That
was part of Mr. Whites greatness.
The one thing nobody ever does at
Monaco-at least, in the season, with
A capital ''S,"--is TO bathe in the sea.
The one thing that every body does
Is TO gamble. 80 the Casino is call
ed the Societe DIES Baines de Mer ct
Cercle des strangers. See the point?
Nol Well, neither does anybody else.
Mr. White seems TO have known what
he was about though. There isn't
another sea bathing company in the
world which makes a profit over a
million sterling per annum.
II sounds quite an easy feat &c set
ND gaming establishment and make
your fortune. You only require lit
lie capital and a recession from some
constituencies government. All the
same. il needed a Mr. White 10 make
Monte Carlos success. Three other
spectators tried the thing before he
took il I'm hand. They all came 10
grief.
Every mathematism in existence
has tried to show that Mr. Whites
method 70 money making contains
flaw. Every gambler and swell mobs-
ran who had the price of a fare TO
Monaco has tried TO swipe a few Of
Mr. Whites fiye-louis pieces. He re-
ceives these gentlefolk with open
arms. InfsllibIe mathematician. un-
tripable sharpers-they are all hon.
ored guests. Tie welcomes them on
arrival. nc speeds them on departing
and even goes the length Of giving
them a first-class railway ticket home.
Kind Mr.. White
Mr. White has reduced tlse some
hing-f0r-nothing miracle to 4 fiEe art
lie presents gratis the magnificent
music OF his orchestra. the riories
~ his flower gardens. the sEnoothness
Il bis roads. the splendor of his arch
tecturc There is not penny to par
Tor enjoying an these. Come H. and
make yourselves at honsc- he says.
land IL while you are staying 81 Mon-
aeo you care to drop into the strzn-
xsrs' club for an hour OF two. 10 o.
hy all means There il a library. q
theafer. . Iounge. They are at Foar
disposal'
He never mentioned ths other
room in the Strangers club Gaests
find their way to Il without helms
frTf
Mr White Is TIE oaly conuoaer IN !
Earops wko rans an army. : Eo<srn-l
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