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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
Tins rs George ID. Pratt, Commissioner OF the
Neu York State Conservation Commission.
who is MAXIM the sensational offer

the veteran proprietor Of the Amer
lean Hotel, 81 know of no gambling
in Saratoga"
Mr.. Farnham is sincere. Since he
does not gamble himself and since
the gambling opportunity is not
thrust upon him or any one else, his
assertion that there is no gambling
for him and for persons of his kind
has the value of personal observa-
ton and logic.
But actually there is 50 much
gambling and it is so easy of access
that the saying here goes that the
Saratogan is born, not with the
silver spoon, but with a poker chip
in his hand--and ready to raise the
bet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
One Big Month

Saratoga has become accustomeS
20 living eleven months in antlcl
patton of the twelfth, or August,
said Edgar T. Bracket, forme'
State Senator from this district anc
a Republican leader, to the writer
The dollar dangled before the ey'
of the average Saratogan by the
kind of people who come here IT
August has obscured the dozens OF
dollars that would assuredly be at
tractcd here under different con
ditions."
Now, while the gambling ills OF
Saratoga are directly attributed to
racing, it is rather paradoxica
fact that not two in ten Of the men
who want to clean up the town desire
the elimination Of the racing sea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
BY Louis Lee Arms
Saratoga Springs, n

Saratoga Springs, NoU. 6.
T%HERE is fight going on in
this little city which re-
h scmbles in its tactical ele-
ments a military engage
uent. The proposition, in general
torms, is whether Saratoga Springs
$ 10 put its own house in order and
develop as the greatest watering
or continue TO play the complaisant
eost during each August to the big
ocst and most sinister gambling
interests in the country.
Up here, where the air is like wine
ard nature has daubed the country
side with gorgeous coloring, this
question-the arrival at the cross
roads or the parting Of ways, as the
Saratogan prefers to put it's one
dat appeals to every citizen. In
way, all are affected.
George d. Pratt, Commissioner of
the New York State Conservation
Commission, set the ball rolling the
asst week in October when in an
address to the members of the
Chamber of Commerce he said that
the state was prepared to spend four
or five millions of dollars in the
development of the state reservation
here II gambling were stamped out.
The if is unalterable.
EFT is not part of the work Of the
state reservation to foster gambling
and all the train of evil that follows
in it's wake" said he. "You know
the reputation that Saratoga has
had during the past summer, and
especially with the New York
papers. The question that Sara
togans have to decide is whether
they want that kind of reputation
Going out into the world as to what
they are going to stand for, or
whether the city is going to be bene-
fted by cleaning out that element
and making it q decent town.
What are the charges against
Saratoga?
Briefly. they are that the racing
program brings to Saratoga Springs
10000 professional gamblers every
year; that these men gamble at the
sace track, at poolrooms, and far
nto the night in privately run
gambling resorts; that the influence
upon Saratogans is such that, afte'
the racing gentry has folded 1t
tents, gambling on a scale by
means petty is continued among tn
citizens here, to the disgrace of tn
town and as deterrent to 1t,
progress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

for the same month in 1919 they were
$l2,271S2, an increase of s7.O3s. SO. or
134.5 per cent.
Paper cups, as sold on Conservation
properties and used from July /, 1918,
TO July l, 1919, were 4O6,250 For the
first quarter, from July /, 1919, to Oc-
tober l, 1919, AIT, 900 cups were used,
OR 10,750 more than were used for the
entire previous year.
These statistics are vitality rele~
want to the situation which now con-
fronts Saratogans. AS ar earnest
of his faith in Saratoga CONN Is
sioner Pratt has obtained, mere than
800 acres Of land contiguous to the
state reservation, which will servo
tie dual purpose of preventing un-
desirables from locating adjacent to
the springs and of providing ground
for golf links, tennis courts, etc
that are essential to spa life. Com
missioner Pratt has gone on record
o the effect that he will turn back
this land to the state at any time it
so desires at Il nominal sum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

Who is being paid for the pro-
lection? The story goes that one
man, whose Office or relation to the
gambling interests will not here be
indicated, in an indiscreet moment
admitted that last season he made"
$4,000, and that another season
like it and Saratoga could go to
hell" 1t is the opinion of good
many citizens that another year like
1919 and Saratoga will already be
there.
1t is the cheap resort that Sara
toga promises to clean up. The at
titude toward the bigger institutions
that exclude Saratogans will be, ap-
parently as it always has been, that
such places are non est. "Gambling,"
exclaimed George A. Farnham,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

son. Inc race track is enShrlnCd
in the heart of the majority of
Saratogans; the "close finish" and
the gay trappings of plutocracy are
an inextricable part of the tradi-
tons Of the city.
The gambler seems to possess a
magic lamp. He rubs it thrice and
the ornate doors of the Grand Union
and the United States hotels swing
outward, ancient Broadway is a
color blaze, the very elms and naples
seem to Jingle with a new life and
through the Italian gardens Of Con-
gress Park, bathed in the light of
a lustrous moon, come the strains
Of military band. Many fashion
ables whose names call up Palm
Beach, Newport and Fifth Avenue
speed to town in their low-slung,
imported cars. The merchant, the
awyer, the doctor, the chief, are
here, but as lnexorably the gambler,
the beggar and the thief. In that
brief month Saratoga is all that is
humanity moving and colorful. 1t is
the essence. of life.
In August any price is paid with
a smile and therein lies the economic
Importance Of the gambler to the
citizen. The president Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, Edward B. Ash
ton, was, for example, offered $4,000
for the rent Of his house for the
single month of August. Hundreds
of Saratogans rent rooms, getting
as high as SIS day for them, and
that pays taxes and permits the
house owner to live in better house
than he otherwise might. Nor is the
gambler an undesirable roomer,
since he pursues his gambling else
where.
"At the usual convention held in
Saratoga, where hotels cannot ac-
cdmmodate the crowd" said Mr..
Ashton, "the house owner rents
rooms for 81 or 50 and there is not
infrequently a protest. The gam
bier pays S. and laughs about it."
The population Of Saratoga from
placid $1,000 in June shoots to a
seething, dynamic importing of 40
900 in August. Some one must
feed these people; some one must
supply the odds and ends that strike
the human fancy; some one must
provide that recreation which comes
.fter racing hours. This the Sara
oga merchant, the proprietors of
coming and boarding houses and
notion picture theater owners have
,one, in part, at an immense profit.
The gamblers money is full piano.
,lied with wings. He is royal
pender.
AS we were permitted to see it,
he average saratogan has no wish
, interfere with the gentleman
amber. Since the days of Can
cid, the Chicago and Manhattan
ubs and Gale Mitchell, the Sara
gan has winked broadly at big
'ambling. Canfield's unquestionably
rought the peerage Of gaming to
Caratoga each year, yet Saratogans
themselves were meticulously barred
rom Canfields. No local man ever
vas permitted to win or lose dol
ar there. Hence how could such
IN institution affect the spiritual or
financial welfare of the Saratogan?
The place generated an atmosphere
Of princely splendor, was something
to point to in season and out as rich
in personality and indirectly poured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
This the public
dd dsrepuab gamblers

dollars into Saratoga, while taking
nothing directly away.
1t was this simple proposition
of getting something for moth
ing--unless it be the conventional
regrets Of the churchly clements
of the satisfaction of feeling that
rarcr and different stratum of life
was within Saratoga, if not among
Saratogans, and the liberality OF
the proprietors of these institutions
who were ever first in their dona
lions for worthy causes, that hav,
planted q deep conviction in the
hearts of most Saratogans that there
is nothing insurmountably the mat
ter with big gambling done in tho
"right'' way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

saratoga Springs, Noe. 6.
~ HERE is fight going on in
4 this little city which re-
h scmbles in its tactical ele-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
Its Conscience

1t is too much to say that for the
f1rst time Saratoga's conscience Is
pricking. Such men as Senator
Bracket, President Ashton of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Captain
Walbridgc, editor Of The Daily
Saratogian,' shave long recognized
the fact that Saratoga has suffered
definite sacrifices of spirit to gain
the radiant splendor and gay tintin-
nabWlation OF August.
The element lacking always has
been sense Of leadership. Tact
cally this leadership could not we'll
come from the inside. There were
and are too many conflicting condi-
tons. Commissioner Pratt, wealthy,
far-seelng and imbued with the con
vlction of the great future that lies
before Saratoga, makes an ideal
standard bearer. 1t is almost a mat
ter of applied Psychology. The
small town hits at motives; Commits
sioner Pratt's are beyond carp.
Small town gossip is as acid that
burns those near at hand: Commits
sloner Pratt lives in tne comparative
metropolis of ar-away BROOKLYN.
Thus his name stands for a fixity of
purpose and an impartial analysis of
values that would be difficult, may
hap impossible, were he in Saratoga
permanently and Of il.
The local leadership is in the
hands Of Edward E. Ashton. presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
He is rich il this worlds goods and
has in mind nothing save that which
is for the public good. Behind Mr..
Ashton IS Senator Bracket, nearing
his seventeen year, grand, white
haired, OH warrior; q master o.
smashing invective, personality 10
be reckoned With IL any event. No
one meeting Senator Bracket
would suspect that he vas an utter
stranger to a quiet game of draw
Nor IS he. But poker among friends
and professional gambling for those
OF low estate are separate and dis
tlnct equations, and by the Senator
are reckoned as such.
Saratoga mas thrown down the
gauntlet to gambling. The tempest
n2s outgrown the teapot and strikes
at the very future of this little city
at the foot of the Adirondacks
where the fall air is like wine and
the autumnal foliage is the, very
poetry Of color.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
There gamblers OF all kinds
ended and the example the

Of Saratoga was creating its owl
opportunity. No more palpable
evasion of law ever lived on Broad
way, or elsewhere in New York.
It was with the full knowledge OF
this situation that Commissioners
Pratt came to Saratoga and said
in effect, that the city must choose
between the ways of vice and the
ways Of virtue. If the city elected
o clean up, the Commissioner in
Heated that the state would spend
literally in the development of
he natural spring waters. New
lighthouses were to be erected to
meet substantially growing Glen
tele. "A modern hotel adjacent to
one Of the lighthouses was on the
boards. There were to be golf
links and tennis courts. With
out stint, everything that could be
done to give Saratoga Springs a
leadership among the spas on the
American continent would be done,
but the conditions were memorable.
Gambling must go.
Apparently every one pledged the
Commissioner support, but that some
of it was made with mental reserva-
tons is evident. Those who oppose
the elimination Of gambling do SO
on the principle that the bird in
the hand, etc. Now there is one
month when Saratoga. by a worldly
measure, is in glorious tlower-and
should that be traded for a specula-
tive future and a prudish civic
virtue? "Not on your life." says
the typical small town sport.
But just how speculative is this
future? Do the waters of Saratoga
Springs of themselves justify faith
in the prediction that here is a city
which among spas should be first on
the American continent, outstrip-
ping in curative powers and con-
veniences any in Europe?
There is no reason to doubt it..
For many years the springs have
been the subject Of commercial ex-
ploitation. Carbonic gas was taken
from them at great profit. In 1909,
under Governor Hughes, the Con-
servation Commission was estab-
lished. The commission executed q
plan of campaign to utilize medi-
cinally the Saratoga waters, under
the direction of the late Spencer
Trask, that has been comprehensive
ly enlarged and improved by the
present commissioner, George D.
Pratt, of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

eve find it next to impossible to
hold the youth Of seventeen and
eighteen to the church," said the
Rev. Peter A. Macdonald, of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
Its Waters

The waters of Saratoga Springs
are, roughly, Of four kinds, both
table and medicinal. The carbon
dioxide gas makes them of especial
value. The theory is that they de-
rive their naturalization from salt
deposited by an ancient paleozoic
sea, the primeval Lake Albany,
which once covered most of New
York.
The waters are grouped under the
head Of saline laxative, or cathartic
waters; alkaline-saline, or digestive
waters; chaly beate, or iron waters.
and the Saratoga ferndell, d pure
and nonmlneral water that is said
to be among the finest of drinking
waters anywhere obtainable.
BIT it is externally, as we'll as In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
UndesirabIes

But you cannot separate the tai
from the kite. The riffraff Of rae
ing follows on the heels of that
which demands respect. Thus dur
ing recent years in Saratoga it has
been the riffraff, the cheap pool
room owner, the man operating a
roulette layout, the professional
dicer, who have dominated the stu
alton and created five Objectionable
and unlawful resorts for every one
that at the least is not Objectionable,
whatever may be its legal status.
There have been robberies and show
of arms. Saratoga youth has been
led into abnormal traits. The whole
moral tone Of the pretty city has
suffered from this patent evasion Of
law and order.
Now what Saratoga proposes to
do is to Stay, but, as we gather it,
to Stay with distinction. The riff
raft must Individually go, but there
shall be the same complaisant wink
for the big and prudent operator.
The majority of the reformers are
for this measurable reform.
"Racing and our spring waters
are our two great assets" adver-
tised a candidate in the recent cleo
ton, who was making his run on
the proposition that gambling must
be eliminated. Racing, as the Sara
logan views it, is something Of it.
self apart, an ingenious view that
will interest any one from the
metropolis.
The riffraff has grown holder in
recent years. 1t has operated with
a sense of security that would
seemingly indicate nothing less than
protection.
"Gambling is absolutely impoasi-
BILE without projections" said Eugene
Sullivan, candidate for the Office of
Commissioner Of Public Safety.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
NO FURTHER ARREST
IN WHISKY CASE

Further developments in the probe by
me federal grand Jury were not APP
parent Wednesday. The arrest OF Gro
Yer q Jernigan on an Indictment
charging conspiracy "a bride a federal
Officials, has so far been the molly visible
result Of the work OF tine grand jury
on Monday. Whether or not other In
dlctments were returned charging con-
spiracy 10 bride a government official
or whether or not any federal official
was indicted for receiving a bride has
not been announced.
Investigation Of food boarding and
other infractions Of the laws Of the
United States in reference TO boarding
and profiteerinR are progressing, fed
eral officials declare, but whether they
have progressed to sufficient extent to
warrant prosecution is another matter.
At any rate no arrest has been made
charging violation Of food regulations.
Charges that food Is being boarded In
Memphis are talked OF and cases Of
profiteering were cited TO the grand jury
by Judge John n, Mccall In his charge
but specific action has so far been con
spicuous by its absence.
Surface indications to date tend to
show that the activities Of the grand
jury Monday were confined solely 70
alleged bribery charges IN connection
with whisky traffic ana the only actual
result has been the arrest OF Jernigan,
1t Is possible, however, that matters
pertaining TO food violations were
brought to the attention OF the grand
Jury.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
SIXTEEN DOGS ENTERED
IN FOX DERBY EVENT

JACKSON, Tenn, Aug. 10. (Spl)-
Sixteen dogs were entered In the derby
race, which began this morning at the
annual meeting Of the Forked Deer Fox
club at Crawford Springs, this county.
The all-age race will begin immediate
~ upon the conclusion Of the derby,
which will likely be tomorrow. John
p. Meriwether, OF this county, has been
named master Of hounds, and Dewitt
Evans, of Haywood county, Tennessee,
field marshal, The board Of directors
elected as judges OF the derby II.
b, Fulton, Nashville, Tenn; j.. w,
k~irkpatrlck, selmer; c, L. Litty, Tut
wiler, Miss,
The derby race will continue tomor-
row morning, This mornings race
awaited little, as tho dogs are rather
young and unframed, according to the
statement of Secretary r. b, King.
Chancellor ]. w. Ross, who owns a
fine pack and IL one OF the best and
most enthusiastic sportsmen along this
line In West Tennessee, will deliver IN
address tonight at the grounds, T. B
King, OF Memphis, spoke last night
Mayor J, ., Johnson, Of jackson, will
speak tomorrow night. There are about
100 visitors.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
Mrs, Mollie Vickere.

HUNTINGDON, Tenn, AUG. IS.
(Spl,l-News has been received here oS
the death Of Mrs. Mollie Vickers
Bryant, widow Of Thomas Bryant,
which occurred at the tuberculosis hos
pital at Nashville. She was born and
reared In this county. being a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufe Vlckers, She
had beer a great sufferer with rheu-
matism for many years, her death,
however, being caused from tubercu-
losis which developed rapidly follow
ing a ease of Influenza last winter. She
was a member of the Methodist church,
was SIS years old, and is survived by one
son, ], NJ. Bryant, Of Grenada. Miss,
two sisters, Mrs. Matte johnson, OF
Huntington and Mrs. ], s. Barger, oof
Muskogee, Okla, and one brother, r,
w. Vickers. Of M~urfreesboro. The re-
mains were taken to Murfreesboro for
interment,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
What to Use and Avoid
on Faces That Perspire

Skin, to be healthy, must breathe. 1t
also must perspire--must expel, through
the pores, Its share Of the body's waste
clog the pores, interfering both with
elimination and breathing, especially
during the heated period, II more
women understood this, there would he
fewer self ruined compilations. II they
would use ordinary mercoliSed wax IN
stead OF cosmetics they would have
healthy compilations. This remarkable
substance actually absorhs q bad skin,
also u%nclogging the pores, Result: The
fresher, younger under-skin Is permitted
to breathe and to show itself, The ex-
quisite new complexion gradually peeps
OUT. one free from any appearance OF
artiecialiey.
Obtain an ounce OF mercolized wax
from your druggist and try II. Apply
nightly like cold cream for n week or
t0o, washing 1t Off mornings. There's
nothing quite so good for an over-red,
tanned or freckle& face, adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
BIG AUTO PARADE AND
BARBECUE ON WEDNESDAY

and barbecue which win be a feature
of the entertainment OF the delegates
TO the Cotton States Merchants associa-
ton convention, has been changed from
Thursday o Wednesday, Aug, 26 The
parade will start on Wednesday after
noon at 4 O'Clock from Hotel Chisca
automobiles.
The windup Of the parade will take
place at 6 o'clock at the east pavilion
of Overton park, where o gigantic bar
becue feast will be spread for the sew
eral thousand delegates.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
SHEEP DISTRIBUTED TO
CRAlGHEAD FARM Frs

JoNESBoRo, Ark, Aug. IL. CSpl,1--
T., G., Stuck, president OF the First Ma
tional bank, with ]. Il, Nickel, are out
In the country distributing the sheep
that was purchased by the First Ma
tional bank OF this city. Mr.. Nickel
n carload Of registered sheep that are
TO be given TO the farmers OF Craighead
county free by the bank to encourage
sheep raising In this county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
M XIaee0ea0 NJ
Mrs. Sallie Barlow.

HUNTINGDON. Tenn, Aug. 10.
tSpl,l--Mrs. Sallle Baxter Barlow, Wife
Of s., A., Barlow, died Yesterday morn.
ing at $3.50 o'clock, after n lingering
was SO years old, lived In the Nineteenth
district, was u member OF the Rap
list church and was a daughter OF WIN.
liam Baxter, She is survived by her
husband, n son, John Barlow. and a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
ALLEGED CAR BURGLARS
ARRESTED AT PARAG0ULD

JONESBORo, Ark. Aug 10. (Spl)-
A, o, Broadway, special agent OF the
Missouri Pacific, brought here last
night Marvin Wadley and SLEEPY"
Grover Wadley, who are held on the
charge Of breaking into o boxcar at
Paragould, II IL charged that these
men were caught In the act Of taking
tho goods by the night ageHn OF the
railroad, The men were plac6d In Jail
and will be given a preliminary hearing
before II, +, Mathis, United states
commissioner, this being a violation Of
the federal statutes,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girlsl Make bleaching To-
ton Il skin is sum
burned, tanned or
freckled.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces OF
Orchard white, shake well, and you
haYe a quarter pint OF the best freckle,
suhburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beAutifier, al very, very sman cost,
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for a
Jew cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day n see how
freckles, sunburn. windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and white
me skin becomes. Yesl II Is harmless.
r adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
Rd Art Stewart.

RIPLEY, Miss, Aug. Is. (Spl)-
Robert Stewart, for many years a
munlty, in this county, died AT his
home in New Albany. Saturday, and
was buried In the Ebenezer cemetery
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Strong. OF New
Albany, and Rev. Millen, of Ebeneser,
conducting the funeral services. Mr..
Stewart was about so years OF age and
a member of the Associate Reformed
PRESBYTERIAN church.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
ANT1FIRE O COMING.

Walter Bell, the state fire insurance
commissioner Is in Memphis Tuesday
making arrangements for tho showing
OF a reel Of fire prevention pictures AT
the Savoy theater during the conven-
ton OF the Cotton States Merchants
association, Aug, 10, 20 and 81.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13

daughter, Mrs. Allen, both OF whom
resided with her, one sister, Mrs. w.
]. King and one brother, James Bax-
ter. The enterment was at Zion ceme-
terry after funeral services conducted by
Ella Allen and WIN ColemOn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-13
WNfEKIENEsh
Dunlap Fitzpatrick.

NEW ALBANY, Miss, Aug. IS. (Spl)
"A quiet wedding took piece here
Tuesday at the home OF Mr., and Mr0.
II. l.. Grace, when Mie@ Annie Laurie
Hftapatsick, a niece of Mr.. Greco, vas
united in marriage to Thomas C@in
Dunlap, oe THE city.