The Holbrook news., 1911-11-03


 get But from the point of view of administration Monte Carlo Is beyond the critical range. For even the most carping can scarcely cavil 1t perfection, and that is the word that best describes the government of that empire within a principality. which is Monte Carlo.
 Monte Carlo, be 1t understood. is the property of the Societe Anonyme des Rains de Mer at du Cercle des Etrangers de Monaco. The Bains de Mer exist. but the Society Anonyme would possibly find difficulty in indi- eating their whereabouts. They form, In fact, a more than subsidiary ele- ment of a very mighty organization, which consists of the one Cercle des Etrangers in the world where rou- lette and trente-et-quarante are play sd under conditions which. while as surfing the success of the bankers, as- Bure at the same time the security of the player from anything even ap- preaching fraud.
 The roulette wheel is for any one to inspect. It has been photographed from every possible point of view. Its mechanism is too childish to need de- scription-it is mechanism in its baby hood. As for the croupiers. were each one a Maskelyne or a Devant they could no more direct the fall of the fatal ball than that of the house of lords. As for the possibility of fraud at trente-et-quarante that has been. eliminated long ago-by the casino In its own interests. The packs of cards used in the game are specially printed, and once used they are burned And from the moment of the printing to the burning they never leave the watchful eyes of the verit- able array of employees. detectives. if you will. with whom the Societe Anonyme des Bains de Mer, in It's own interests. as we'll as that of it's patrons, surrounds itself.
 Detectives Are Everywhere.
 For one out of five of all the em- ployes of the casino of Monte Carlo and there are over 1,000-is more or less a detective, and with reason. Ac- cess to the casino. be 1t remembered,
 
 Inside the gaming rooms, maybe, but that is ones own affair Entry to the casino is ones own choice. and the authorities stand either to lose or win by it That they win on the average Is obvious; otherwise they would scarcely be able to pay e1.00O,0OO per annum in dividends. But, while they are content to win. they do their best to protect those who provide the win nings
 And while protecting the poor of Monaco. the casino helps those who would have helped them selves-if luck had willed it so He who is fool enough to lose more than he can afford has only to make application to the office set apart for the purpose to be given a second-class ticket home. be the distance as great even as that which separates India from the principality. Not that the casino gives as reck- lessly as their patrons gamble. Ap- plication for the viatique. as this free ticket home is known in casino lan- guage. Is invariably followed by in- vestigation If the gambler has been of the big order. his stakes-and this has hitherto been known to the few are carefully recorded by a watchful employe, and the amount of his win nings or losses each day is known to the authorities. Be the gambler of lesser importance, he has none the less been noticed. and should he prove a loser a fairly accurate esti- mate of his losses is made by an em- ploye. Wherefore. when application Is made for the viatique the authori- lies are not easily humbugged.
 There are some who still cherish the delusion that the bank" at Monte