The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-05
By JULIA DAWSON.

THE love of gambling is tho very
root OF human nature, You
can not dam ii. or In any way
u shut it down. fear that YOU
would not ii You could Our
every breath is a gamble We do
not know when or where we shall
draw the next. oil. II we shall draw
II at all. The whole charm of life
rests on the fact that VIC do not know
what is coming next
Naturally Il woman going TO the
gaming tables is interested most in
her fellow women, III she has never
been there before she looks instinct
ively for their horns. hoofs, and even
tails in fond remembrance OF Sun
day school literature on gambling.
But she gets great surprise. for SHE
might almost fancy herself so far as
dress md appearance go, enjoying
pleasant Sunday afternoon in chap
cl-
Women sit as seriously al The Ia
Dles as they might DO at their pray
ers. And after studying them pretty
closely for nearly two months, l am
inclined to say that II gambling is at
the root of male human nature. II Is
also at the branch, bud and blossom
of the female.
Women have wonderful luck. While
men work out elaborate systems.
and sit froWning over figures. the
mysteries OF which would take very
Napoleon of finance to elucidate. and
then play-and losc-women simply
plank their money on the number
they are sure is going to win,' and
they do win
It is no, at all an uncommon thing
to see a woman sitting against the
wall, her husband by her aide wait
ing To put pieces on at her COM
Inand. While he trots to and from
the tables. telling her what num-
bers turned up last. fussing and fun
Ing and worrying what 10 do next.
she calmly surveys the f1Surcs she
has tottcd down, gives him another
piece" at tic psychological moment
TO put ON, and tho biz velvet cm-
hroidered bag grows wider IN cir
conference every hour The hvc~
franc piece" is even heavier and
clurnsicr TO carry than a slvcr dol
lar, But she Is 81 thoroughly usc'l
To IL. in quantities that she docs not
mind At al. but says. The heavier.
the better"
These ladies play with a sang-froid.
AN indifference as TO whether they
lose or win. which is only oqlIalcd by
their men-kind. 7 have seen ono Of
the Nandcrbits lose a fortune i'm an
hour without seeming to notice it.
And I have seen man whose stake
OF n hundred francs won him over
three thousand. the next moment
have 10 be tapped on the shoulder by
= croupicr to pick up his winnings.
He had forgotten that he had IA stake
pH ppDil TUCK anu DlD a. ike arc It's
calmly as q lake receives rain.
II is scarcely In human nature,
perhaps To know when 10 stop gaInb-
ling after one has once begun and
hence all the sad tales OF the broken
banks &C those who have hccn to
Monte Carlo.
The .amc of roulette itself Is per-
fcctly fair and open aud above board.
You know what YOU may lnse aud
whnt YOU may win tn a half-penny
which can scarcely be said of amy
perfectly respectable business trans
action. Anything OF shaduwy or
questionable nature in the Casino is
due Ia tho human beings in il. moi
the games played. md 7 am sorrv to
s1y that when there is ANYTHING
wrong II Is generally a case OF "chcr-
chez la femme.
The officials at the door havo in
structions to be very particular as tn
The men they will allow 10 enter.
Even q duke would not dare to ask
for q card OF admission while wear
ing Il flannel shirt and solar, for In
stance. Eut Judging from the froW
sness OF some Of the women, ouc
woulds fancy that In their case any
one can pass the portals.
This is the more strange when ono
notices that women win where men
lose and as J have said, ara mostly
al the root OF any evils that arise.
There arc women by the side of whom
II Is dangerous TO play, They VIII
pick up your winnings under Your
very nose. and then hrazenly declare