White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-07

Of MONTE CARLO
SUICIDE STORIES ARE A Blsi-
LESS A. TALES OF LUCK AND
LOSS THAT ARE HERALDhD
BROADCAST.

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Monte Carlo. l should certainly not
advise mothers to send their pei
lambs here for religious instruction.
There are more than
proyer under the frowning walls
Of Tete de Chen and down among
the red roofs Of Ia Condamine.
The Casino. for all lis respiend-
eney. lis columns Of porphyry and
aIabaster. is ehoirs dedicated %
song and dance and is chapels dedi-
Gated 10 fashion and chance, is
wealth OF stained glass and old gold
5 ret singalarly unlike a cathedral
SCI amid gardens that seem enehant-
81 and are celestial. upon a eastel-
lated crzg between the mountains
and the sea. il might easily be mis-
taken for The mundane home Of a
Greek god. II lends Itself 10 what
ever treatment the mood Of the OBJ
server may care 70 bestow upon it,
TO the loser it Is hell; 70 the win
ner. heaven
There are inevitably. amid the
waste OF rhetoric and moral energy
OF a. its expense. many mis-
conceptions about Monte Carlo. One
Is that The loss OF individual fortunes
is common. Another is that enor-
nous gains are frequent. The Cas-
inc gets lis profit OF the many. not of
few The big player has a chance
70 yin his money back. II Is the lit
tie player. who. tagging behind can
never catch up. He falls a victim
10 the unlimited capital OF the bank
and his name IS Legion
The suicide stories are as baseless
g. The tales Of wondrous strokes of
luck During the 25 years that 7
at intervals dropped in and out
OF the place no instance OF suicide
tracesble 10 losses in the Casino has
come TO ny knowledge. He who
goes broke has only 10 appeal TO
the administration % be furnished
with money enough TO reach his
home. however distant il may be.
The transaction Is duly recorded. II
he eve returns and wants TO play
again. he has only 10 make good and
b. reinstafed 10 full membership, for
IL must be understood that the Ca
sino Is a chartered club. its title be-
ing La Soeiete des Bains de Mer.
Citizens Of the prineipality of Mona
60 - denied access % the tables.
There Is one aspect OF Monte Car
10 that might appeal TO a stole or :
the moonlit nights amid the
gardens and upon the esplanades.
There is not anywhere a ragged
or g gaping waste spot. Look
shers you Kill. the eye falls only
upon the exquisite blending of art
and nztar Charles GARNER put
his magic touch upon the architec-
ture. which is made I ft. decorate
and Hume The winding walks and
waFs WHISTLER they lead TO the sea-
SIDE OF climb into The mountains.
BF night tie contrasts Of light and
are startling Standing upon
parspef overlooking the tire aux
pigeons. The moon sailing in mid
heaven-Is1 Is saF toward the wee
smz hours-the good and evil of
world. he strength and weak
aE-- " AAAAnL4AA me grace ana
beauty o. youth and love. the CRIME
y living and The inequalities of life.
~ Ike z scroll of the ages
tracing back 10 Theseus and Perseus,
yorgens and the golden fleece, and
coming down 10 the days OF miracle,
Rockefeller able 10 put Midas out OF
business and Carnegie 10 make Croe-
look literally Ike 80 eentsi The
blaze within the Casino has faded
away. as some guilty thing, and a
faint twitter Of guitars steals up
ward from the all-night palace be-
or. whittier the swells have gone to
supper. The yachts ride with proud
expectancy in the little harbor. Upon
the hill yonder the princes beacon
The surging of the sea. like
monotone of an organ from the
Of the deep. penetrates the
soul Out Of the shadows stalk the
wolves Of thought. All is hushed.
The tired gamblers are asleep. only
pleasure Is awake, Tomor-
and tomorrow and tomorrow.
Henry Watterson In the Louisville
Zen rsaw- Journal