Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
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We think the advice OF our contefn-
porary altogether admirable II confined
to those who indulge in betting; but we
desire to add one further til" to those
which we have quoted. Our "tip. Is
this: Don't bet at all. =
Betting is The first form of gam,
bling. IT Is the Beginning OF a habit AS :'
fascinating as It is dangerous --a habit
that is very easy to form but very diff
feuit either to reform or to break off,
The 9ad vice quoted above is intended to
reform or to restrain those who already
have the habit: and the very nature
of the adtnonitions indicates with great
plainrc how geat IS the need for these
warnings to bettors /. isl5 IA
But Z seems Impossible for bettorsa
and more ma ture gamblers to play their
game III oderaho ion. The wariest and
shlewdest of them occasionally forget
their caution and plunge into a sort
OF chaos OF loss that means at. least
distraction and mental torture; too oft
emit signifies disgrace: and sometimes
lowed by moral ruin.
The disappointed gambler becomes
desperate, forgets his code of honor
seeks to outWit and ruin others and
finally succeeds In running himself eSen
IL he fails to accomplish the downfall
Of another.
The successful gambler does not not
gain SO much rs his opponent loses IT
does the gambler but little good to VIM
The mental strain, the intense anxiety,
under which he places himself pending
the result of his betting venture robs
him of most of the value that his final
winning brings In the form of satisfac-S
tion or exultation at his success. In
winning, his emotional success has all
ready been discounted till it amounts
to very little as compared with the
feelings of the loser.
In money he fails to gain as much
as his opponent loses. This statement
seems paradoxical when first consid-
cred: yet 1t is strictly true. If two
men each have saved 1000 and bet it
against each other, the loss of the loser
is felt much more keenly-the economic
loss is really greater than is the conl-
5pensatory gain of the winner. The one
who loses may be reduced to penury:
the one who wins is usually made eX-
$travagant by his success and tends to
Il
H Years ago one Of the greatest polti-
cal economists Of Europe, W. Stanley
tJevous, proved to a demonstration, SO
far as thos', are concerned who are I.
capable of reasoning on such matters,
that the loss OF the loser is not prop
5erly comparable with the gain OF the
winner ii, any game of chance or any
sort of lottery.
Jeyous concluded that gambling In
any forniis opposed to the financial in
tterests of the community as well as
against those of its participants. And
the greatest State in the Union. New
York, has recently taken steps to pro-
hibit tho form of gambling common at
the race tracks. s.
We say to the young men, Gamble
not at all; the way of the gambler is
hard; the results Of his success are in
terlaced with bitterness and strewn
with the unmerited defeat and humilia-
ton OF those who are not his enemies;
while his failures sound an indescrib-
able depth of human vexation and woe.
81 +. Z
q Exaggeration is the; spice Of coR-
versation.
Good deeds-warranty deeds to Salt
Lake realty.
Has a. lower tariff revision been rcle-.
gated to the lower regions A
Some Frenchn1en are beginning to
shout. "vive lie Roll" Quel roi??
The reason few people say what they,
think is that few people think.
Very often the head of the family is
nothing more than a flsurehead.
The per capita of money is greater
than the per capita of common sense.
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