The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-20
GAMBLING BUG
GETS WOMEN OF
WAR-TORN FRANCE
Ma'm'selIe Is Heavy SpeCula-
tor on Race Course and in
FStoCk Market-DreSS Is
Back Number.
BY 4. J. GREENWELL.
Correspondent for the Daily Express
and International News SerNIeel

Correspondent for the Daily Express
and International News servlee.l
PARIS, Sept. 20.--Albert Guillaume,
the Frenchman who draws fuliy as II
flies, has been having several SLY digs
ately at the current craze of gambling
Before me Is the latest number OF
Fantasia, Therein Is picture Of =
Dung man knceling before a woman
1t her feet are a big bunch OF roses
nd "A beautiful diamond necklace The
Dung man clasps revolver In his left
and, and 1t points toward his temple
ie. As begging the woman to marry
i'm.
BE mine or l win shoot myself herr
At your feet" he seems to be saying
t4ld the woman, reading financial
newspaper replies: What do you think
I Royal Dutch?"
The other day Guillaume had another
sture in the Journal. A young man
malang love to woman. Come
=, see me tomorrow" he says, and
GU shall have petits fours. even though
Is a cakeiess day The woman
nswers: Monsieur, / am an honest
;irl
And" continues the man, you shall
know the fluctuations Of the stock ex-
change hour by hour" I'm see you
tomorrow, serpent" replies the woman
Place aux dames--laaies first, have
put them first In this little story OF
they would be first anyway
When you go racing and take your
place in the sun and the queue to put
your money on your fancy in the next
race you will find that. although youth
may be served II 1t has n betty fore
arm. wild women will do their best to
lush. elbow, jostle, thrust and use hat
pins within the meaning of the act.
Then, standing on both your feet.
they smile and say: 80 sorry Are
they? | doubt 1t. think the only sor-
row heard expressed by this new race
OF women gamblers waA when one OF
them was unable to hack her way
on before the race started, Then she
said--4but | couldn't repeat It,
Women certainly have caught the
gambling craze very badly, Not only
DO they crowd the race course. but
they are the heaviest spectators on
~he Rourse--the Paris stock exchange.
sssars two dear young things
p sss, y, an omnibus: oh yes, dear
NY aid me 10 buy umpteen hun
OH NY Il Petroleums. and what do
Sssrty is dying; dress is a back
tnSt Mess the dressmaker has
inc and good bourse tips And
onng re just as bad.
~, newspaper seller Is found on
~. trunk. but with several nun
Nlgo,spt ,syand frames on him, he Is
WY ahe police station, where h.
u,.,n,at1von the money racing--and
'r1inns,,rsgeek a bank messenger, who
D. So. faithful servant for years,
~ srnvith thousands of francs to
n,,1o,k on the course, and Is ar.
'Democri out TWO ii@ioS !" MS poS-
,s,eS, oIu see man come into a
.Eary !, as II the world is his oyster
sa9i.fied month has an r In IT, you
rsaaing he has either just come
To- the ''tripot"--a clandestine bet
,vbat thor has managed to back an
viii crs Matchmaking Is prohibited In
arnnsanfs books, as the bookmakers
,yjth ~ have neN er been so flourish
M Snw. Most OF the bars take
Isnylishrhe counter and Send wait
i,re I'm the money TO a man hawk
sFnrlan,vho is the boolmaker's tout.
a morers may tell us that this
"a dinnerraze Is wars reaction, and
nresidanhihg win settle down In time.
Amnnr fh-duick craze for obtaining
yner amjout working for II Is doing
a,,thor oh harm; of that there Is
our cons Even the children have
who is craze.
sIjfe NJ day questions were asked
mncnifictt about the number OF ice
arr counlok ey- pokey sellers who haG
h was seels on their stalls. with
Wilson tempt little Georges and
taking p gamble away their pocket
II he ha
made webbing craze is awful, it.
my MIND me, this afternoons rate
brilliant nd sterling Is Just coming
understaiape, ! must GO.