The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-17

get. But from the point Of
view Of administration Monte Carlo
is beyond the critical range. For even
the most carping can scarcely Cavil
at perfection, and that is the word
that best describes the government
of that empire within a principality,
which is Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo, be it understood, is
the property Of the Societe Anonyme
des Bains de Mer at du Cercle des
strangers 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 eie-
ment of a very mighty organization,
which consists of the one Cercle des
strangers in the world where rou-
lette and trente-et-Quarante are play
ed under conditions which, while as
surfing the success Of the bankers, as
sure at the same time the security of
the player from anything even ap-
preaching fraud.
The roulette wheel is for any one
to inspect. 1t has been photographed
from every possible point of view. It's
mechanism is too childish to need de-
scriptiOn-it is mechanism in its baby
hood. AS for the croupiers, we're each
n 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 VERT
able array of employees, detectives, If
you will, with whom the Societe
Anonyme des Bains de Mer, in its
own interests, as well as that Of it's
patrons, surrounds itself.
Detectives Are Everywhere.
For n out of five of all the en-
ployes of the casino of Monte Carlo
and there are owe 1,000-is more or
less a detective, and with reason. Ac-
cess to the casino, be 1t remembered.
is free. One pays gear for it once
inside the gaming rooms, maybe, bur
that is ones own affair. Entry to the
casino is ones own choice. and the
authorities stand either to lose or win
by 1t. That they win on the average
is obvious; otherwise they would
scarcely be able to pay G1, 900, 900 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 eve as that which
separates India from the p%rincipality.
Not that the casino gives as reck.
lessly as their patrons gamble. AID
plication for the viatique, as this free
ticket home is known in casino an.
guage, is invariably followed by in
vestigation. II 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
employee, 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 en-
pioye. Wherefore. when application
IS made for the viatique the authori-
les are not easily ~humbugged.
There are some who still cherish
he delusion that the bank" at Monte