The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-27
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Letter
ALnryJaalusRi Price

New York. = Any amateur views to
the contrary, all is not joy and revelry
for gambler. When man is thrown
out into the street by his friend and
host after being thoroughly beaten
up, with his friends beautiful wife
none other than Norma Talmadge-
looking on; and then is indicted by
the grand jury for cheating; and then
an old long-forgotten law is raked up
providing for the payment by win
ming gambler of Just five times the
amount of his winnings as a penalty
for having gambled at all-well, it's
pretty nearly more than a man can
bear and stay cheerful. 1t all happen
ed to Louis Krohnberg, who won $685.
800 from his friends last winter, and
has in consequence just had suit
brought against him by Welfare Com
missioner Coler for $SS1,5O0. It's the
first time an effort has ever been made
to enforce that particular clause of
the penal code. "Out of a city of eight
million people. why do they pick on
me?" walls Louis. "If it's criminal to
gamble at all, so that they can do that
to me. why Is it any more criminal to
cheat at it? And yet they go and in
dict me for that, too, in the bargain.
When they send man to Jail for
burglary, they don't fine him for vio-
lating the eight hour law while he was
burglaring!"
But speaking of burglars-three of
the youngest who haze been entered
into the annals Of that occupation
don't consider cny other hard luck
story worth listening to after their
own. They are ten and twelve years
old and they live in West Orange and
60 to Sunday school. But erspectabil-
E. ity wears on pretty nearly everyone at
some time In life. And they felt the
urge of excitement. First they broke
a school houuse window and stole the
pencils and erasers. Not that they
wanted such symbols of slavery about
them, but just because-well, there
was nothing else to stel. Then, their
nerves intoxicated with having shown
irreverence toward school, Of all
places in the world, they bore down
upon the church. The worst they did
there was to put dirt in the lamp OF
the minister's auto standing in front.
Discovery came! And arrest! And a
double-barrelled sentence. No paper
must publish their names-the silence
cure-and no Christmas! No presents,
no party, no staying up late, no Santa
Claus Nothing but date on the cal
endar. I'd rather be Louis Krohnberg.
How many male columnists yearned
In their souls to feature this item will
probably never be known. Miss F. c.
Durham and Mr.. c. W. Williams were
married the other day, at the base OF
the Statue of Liberty. Mr.. Williams is
an e0-service man, having enlisted
from Colgate University. and that
probably influenced his choice OF
wedding altar. And apparently there
is no sense of irony in his nature.
Black candles have made their ap-
pcarance for Christmas shoppers
They are threatening the traditional
bayberry .tapers. The idea is said to
have been imported from London
which started the black hangings and
black carpet mode. There actually
does seen to be remarkable bril-
lance to the light from these ebor
lighters, and in pure write or brass
candle sticks they are exceedingly ef'
fective.
Tho war or the crime wave or thu
Christmas season, or something. has
made love grow very bold indeed. NJ
longer does the cave man stufTiI
New York-depend upon darkness ant
solitude for It's enactment. John Nc
Coy, q years old, proposed, nv
months ago, to Frances Karrenberg
IS. She said no. The other night whfl'
Frances was timing her feet Il
"Margie" at the Joe Lynch Association
ball, at the Central Opera House, OF
Third avenue, in came John McCo.
and two loyal friends, walked on Il
the dance floor. picked Frances up II
six stalwart arm and ord with her
Some curiosity laden detective trie'
to stop them at the foot OF the stair
but they explained that 1t was jok
and that Frances was screaming d
help the joke along. 1.-THE taxi driver
later on, however, being less credu
lous than tho gentle detective. halte
his cab and turned the crying CIR
over IN n Doliceman. John explaine