The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-29
AMERICANS NOT
GAME GAMBLERS


tel of san Francisco. who is one d
the directors Of the Panama -Pacin
exposition, left Yesterday for Medi
terranean trip. Before he started fo
the steamer Mr., Grestel gave AT IN,
Wolcott what is at least an unusua
excuse for an European trip in mid.
winter.
My class has a reunion at Harvard
next summer, ana don't want TO miss
it, said Mr.. Gerstel. Il knew that II
stayed in the west | would never
come east after the warm weather had
set in, and SO l decided it would bc
pleasant To go 10 Harvard by way OF
Algiers Morocco and Monte Carlo"
Mr.. Gerstel sailed from New York
about three years ago, having made up
his mind that he would live abroad as
long as it suited him. lie said at
the time he would stay two years. lie
was back some time before that term
expired.
Monte Carlo is interesting.
Il couldn't stand it any longer" said
Mr.. Gerstol Yesterday in explanation
Europe is an right cor time, but
things pall on YOU, An American over
there misses the chance of seeing bus
mess going on i'm lively fashion. He
misses opportunities 10 talk over the |
politics If the day. There is nobody |
else who is interested for the moment |
i'm what Congress is going To do next, |
or what the governor OF California is !
going To do, on in just what city graf,
is being investigated, and then you can
not learn anything about these things
in the papers over there The news
papers over there az, hard to read.
Even when they discuss business j.,
is difficult To follow them.
Monte carlo / regard aS one of the
most interesting places ON the other
side said Mr.. Gerstol in answer 10
p question. Il can got It great deal If
'njoyment out of merely looking on
The average American who goes
over there ana drops $500 at roulette
II uente-et-q uarauto is mere plker
rhe real players arc che Russians and
he Austrians.
Il have seen Russians sitting at the
ables losing 10000 francs at clip ,
With no more emotion than if il had
'een q nickel | noticed one man h {
PARTICULAR, whose custom was 10 place ]
big pile OF 10000 franc notes before I
Iim and handle them as II they were c
20 many small sheets of tissue paper. q
Nhen the time came to bet he would
axe of as many layers as his thumb
happened To- touch beneath. and lay +
hem down. lie would keep at this all
ay.
No Successful System"
"Onc day saw his son come over q
D nina youngstcr hardly grown.
Papa, want some money ne said.
The father simply handed him u v
andful OF the notes-mind YOU. each =
ne represented $2OO--without a word.
nd the younsster walked away with
he money i'm his hand, I followed
i'm L. another table. In five minutes
ne monoy-there must have been any
here from $1,000 To $1,000 of it-had il
isaprepred.
After studying tho situation there J.
came TO the conclusion that there
as no such thing as successful 'sys-
m of beating the Rank there. The
My persons that ever succeeded in u
Ding it were those who stopped play
IS after they had lost. and got away ;
ON the place as quickly as they Il
ould. And these were not always q
lccessful
81 me, an American woman who had %
Icceeded in taking $4,000 from the
lnk She decided that the only way
j hold on to this money was to put as >
reat q distance between herself and j
IonacO as possible. She went Ia u
arscillcs by the next train and caught j
steamer for Shanghai.
Put even the fascination of the u
RENT WAS powerless against the at :
action of the glittcring wheel with Il
ie little ivory ball, and she was soon "
lck. When ! saw her last she had
ust lost the $4,000 she had won on
'r other visit and another $4,000 y
'sides'