The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-12
THE GAMBLER
by E.IBERT HUBBARD
Copyright. 1912. International News
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OF the morality" Of gambling
nothing need be said. All / affirm
is that IT Is simply absusd to enter
on a habit where success is defeat,
and to win is calamity
No man who plays cards for money
, can keep his position long. The fact
is. none of us has q surplus of brains,
and II We are going to succeed In
business all the power we have to our
credit IL demanded The man who
/ can play cards At night and do bust
I ness in The day time hasn't Yet been
I born.
/ Life ls bank account. with sc
much divine energy at your disposal
/ What are you going to do with it ?
/ II you draw your checks for this, you
/ cannot draw for that. Take your
| choice. And above all. do not draw
] on the Bank Of Futurity by breath
: ing bad air. keeping bad hours and
/ bad company.
The man who succeeds in business
! Is the one who goes to bed before 10
O'Clock at night, and only one thing Is
he jealous Of. and that is outdoor
exercise.
! Gambling robs man of rest. and
/ the keen edge Of life Is lost in shut
/ fling the pasteboards. All he gives
( to his employer or the world is the
/ discard Outside OF his play ne is
a weak. inefficient person, and his
weakness Is very apt TO manifest itself
in burdening his friends.
! The curse of gambling does not fail
The curse OF gambling does not fall
z II
I the drunkard alone suffers for his
fault Suffering falls upon every one
within the radius Of the gambler.
/ II your gambler is on a salary he
| very often comes around for his
/ wages before. pay day. then he gets
/ to discounting his salary to a money
4 shark; then. II he can. he will Dor
row. his pay before he earns II. with
out first consulting you. He intends
to pay IL back. oh, yes
| He wins and pays II back. This en-
| eourages him To borrow more the
next time He takes more in order
TO win more He is now obliged &c
play heavily because his debts are
/ accommodating 1t is an old story and
dozens Of men In Sing Sing can tel
you all about II.
To do business with gamblers leads
I.
with gamblers the idea OF reciprocity
mutually and cooperation. except to
skin somebody. does not exist.
From betting To beggardom is ONLY
! step No man can play the paste
boards, or the races. continually, anc
win Automatically, he Is bound
10 lose at last. And Of all the fools
the biggest is the man who bets OF
"a sure thing"
John Madden has followed The bust
ness for quarter of century. ant
| says. Il quit betting years ago. ant
II ever bet again 1t will be because
the disease has gotten the better o.
/ nv business judgment"
The bookmaker gets II all--he ha'
but 10 wait and the whole thing |.
his. II is just like the game wher,
the dealer takes care of all the bet'
and gives the first booster An ace II
the hole. If the boosters do not ge
the live ones" money the dealer will
He gets all the others have. as sur.
as death. if they continue to play
DO not imagine that all gambling
is done in the cities Man made th'
cities God the country, but the devi
4 made the small towns Hardly
village In America is free from tn
scourge
Gambling means blurred vision
weak muscles. shaky nerves. Loss o
sleep lack Of physical exercise. ir
| regular meals. bad air, excitemen
form a devifs monopoly OF bad
thinss-and the end is disgrace, mad
ness. death and the grave.
I am not member OF the Chris
tlan Endeavor society. the Epwortl
league, the Baptist union. the Knight
~. al,
Suppression Of Vice. and all sa,
here Is simply little plain talk b.
one business man to others. with al
soft sentiment omitted.
Boys, we need all the brains W
have IN our work.
House Is Ratdcd.