Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

gymkhanaS. races. promenades and sera-
nades in the moonlight.
What have you at Lakewood, Vt. or at
Hillhurst. n c.? The villas Of rich fam
lilies? Yes. and the frogs that croak in
the cleaning.
The senator from Savoy defends AK
gambling. Take the Casino mot the Villa
des Fleurs. counted apart. The Casino
earned, in 1911, 2,gu.GW francs Yet how
much OF that did the seven Spectators
who run 1t divide among themselves? y
bare $1nGtc apiece. On the other hand
they contributed dD0.0o0 francs to the
French government. and gave a million
toward the attractions, fireworks, flower
battles and aeropiane races.
They let their forty croupierS average
$500 apiece-mere tips-to paid servants.
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Skip to the mountains Of Dauphiny. AS
late as 1890 Uriage was a torrent-sWept
rayine haunt Of bears and wolves. There
was ii venerable chateau, high-perched
Below it. sw.rled hot, bad-smellinS
waters lost in "A sweating morass. One
Bernard Brun farmer of the. Chartreuse
nuns of Premol. noticed that his live
stock reveled in these waters. An old
white mare-historic Lily-had been taken
to the high meadows to die in peace. Soon
there was rumor of a ghost around the
slough. \ white form fitted. Brun kept
vigil. He saw Lily come down from the
mountain. fat and sassy. free for the 1ilsi
time. to care for her health in the dncieh'
Roman baths of UriaSe.
The farmer of the PremOl nuns knew
nothing Of the history of these fofSotten
Roman baths in Gaul-hoW cataclyS SIN
turned the Romancho on the valley while
the barbarian ViSigoths were SOAKING our
their rheumatism in the marble basins.
But he appreciated the merits OF the
waters-and began taking boarders from
Grenoble.
cavations. He found marble basins
statues of Aesculapius and Mercury, ce-
ment pipes, eX-votoS. In Gailo-Roinali
times here stood town of white Villas
amid roses, with baZaars, fortune-teiers'
dancing girls and gambling taDles, right
here on the site of my beloved CriaSe.
The life was the same as that OF Urlage
last summer. Times change. but these
European watering places are eternal.
On one condition-that you make them at
years magic touch awakes them
Whose touch 1t seems to he the crou-
piers.
At the Hotel of the Globe and Universe,
at Uriage, 1 have full board. lodging and
charming society for s. per day, and the
Casino. for ID cents a week SuDScflptioii.
gives, me a reserved seat twice q week
tthe stock company only. not the star en-
gagements) at the little theater. SYM
phonic concerts. gypsy orchestra. fire
works. fetes. cinema tographs balls, hops
and children's kermesses.
How do they do it? Who pays those
expenses?
The secret is the gambling. Now that
the French government proposes to try
taxing it out of existence there is "A
storm of protests from the senators and
deputies of AK, A-cachon. Biarritz. Con-
IauX-Bonnes, EauX-Chaudes.
Fouilly-les-Chausettes- but why name
them? Just say all France. All fearful
that the flow of gambling gold should
stop that brings prosperity and smart
ness, gayety and culture. light and sweet
ness to their remote country districts.
This way to the Casino! You see a
vast parlor, with more ladies-real ladies
than men. The plunging of two Ameri-
can girls wins general admiration. They
bet northumberland notes and win a
lot See that old woman. dressed in rusty
black? They say that she has lost 1000
francs this season. The brilliant man
with the dyed mustache has taken the
baccarat bank again: beware What! Is
he really cleaned out in three deals? The
hand passes. Any one can take the bank
A comic opera beauty bids and gets 1t.