Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-27
Lowry Sermon Cont'd

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converted gombler and ex-saloonkeep-
er made the following statement in {
religious meeting a short time ago:
Il have been in the saloon business
with gambling room attached for
the last four years and claim to know
something about what / am going to
tell you. l do not believe that the
gambling den is near so dangerous to
young men, nor does II do anything
like the same amount of harm as the
social card party in the home. / give
this as my reason: In the gambling
room the windows are closed tight,
the curtains are pulled down. every
thing must be conducted secretly for
fear of detection. and none but gam
blers, as rule enter them. while In
the parlor all have access to the game
children are permitted to watch It,,
young people are invited to partake
| in It, but where dc all the gamblers
the gambling dens. 'greener' un-
| less he is a fool never enters a gam
bling hell, because he knows that he
will be fleeced out of everything he
possesses In less than fifteen min
utes. He has learned somewhere
else. What does n young man care for
a game Of parlor cards any more after
ne learns to play once? He wants
to go where II is made interesting be-
cause there is money at stake. After
John Quinn the converted gambler.
had spent an hour in the fremont tenn
pie. Boston, exposing the foolishness
of trying to beat gambler at his own
game, he learned over the pulpit, point
ed his finger at the large audience and
said And now after all these years
of experience, and acquaintance with
all the professional gamblers in the
| country | can truly say that the par
lor game is the kindergarten of the
Hcli.
a gambling den for twenty-five years
and that is the verdict of the whole
matter. and then here some foolish
father or simpering old women say.
Il can't see any harm In social game
OF cards"-you old simpleton, you
ought TO be in the insane asylum.
Women are Gamblers.
Every woman playing for a prize
Is n gambler. Just recently Judge A
w. Fite of Dalto. Ga. charged tho
grand jury to indict society women
who play bridge whist and other card
games for prizes.
According to recent decision re-
ceiyed from the postoffice department
at Washington, it is Illegal to send In
vitations through the mail to bridge
parties where prizes are to be given.
For the life of me / have never
ben able to see the difference between
playing for a piece OF silver nodded
in the shape of money and silver mold
ed In the shape of cup. The prin-
ciple Is the same What is the diff
ference whether you gamble for a cut
glass dish, or your boy CANDLES for
money TO buy one with? Every man
that sits down to the gamblers ta-
bic and wins money over the cards Is
a thief. he has not given a fair com
pensaiion for the money-the man
who lose- his money Is a fool-so then
every gambler Is either a fool or a
thief. One night mother labored
ha'd In social game to win Il cut
glass dish. She lost by only tNoI
points. but that defeat caused hor 10 |
he sick foi four days. One day before |
her recovery her boy returned home |
and laid In her hand twenty dollar
gold piece that he had won at the |
table. He said: Mother.
you know al that store where they
bought that cut glass dish there were
Two just alike, and you can take this
money which won at the gambling
room, and buy the other one" The
mother was Mortified to think that her
roy had been gambling, but he said.
Mother. what is the difference wheth-
n you play for a cut glass dish or
whether you play for money and then !
20 buy one?" And would like for
ome OF You society gamblers to show
ghere there is any difference--it is
ambling wherever anything changes
nnds AT the luck of the cards.
Children Play at Home.
Oh. you say. we let our children
lay at home SO that they will not
ant to play away from home. You a
isht Just A. well tslt shout feeding y