The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-02-17
Monte Carlo and Warren, Ohio.

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There is an orgy on at Monte Carlo.
There always is, for that matter. There
was one on even duri ng the war-some-
what subdued, to be sure, yet fundamen
tally the same old orgy.
But the present orgy is by way of being
a record breaker. Mr.. Wythe W lillian,
the correspondent of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, writes that the immensely
Of the pres nt Bacchanalian war reaction
at the Riviera resorts lis proportionate
to the wor Id calamity which preceded it
and may account for it.
And, Americans, as usual are leading the
dance. The English come next, but our
own countrymen and countrywomen are
far and away at the head of the revels.
But the Germans are there, too. Those
who have cashed in their war profiteer-
ing swag and those who have cashed in
the proceeds of their robberies of French
and Belgian homes-they are all repre-
scented. There is wall all over Ger
many about paying the damage bill of
the war, but there is German gold for
the roulette tables, dumped thereon with
out murmur.
The only nationality unrepresented at
the spree is the French. II have yet to
see single French couple at Monte Car
To-" writes Mr.. Williams. Yet we turn
up our eyes and shake our heads mourn
fully over French immortality" Some
thing is clearly awry nere-awry in our
cancellations, or awry with the French.
But no matter. We are on deck in full
force. Beyond doubt the noble army
of our own profiteers are conspicuously
in evidence Money is nothing to them.
Why should it be2
Meantime, millions of the wretched
human debris of the war are dying for
want of food and are freezing for want OF
clothing wherewith to cover their max
edness against the fierce blasts of winter.
In that connection, here is what Mr..
Wythe Williams writes as to the doings
at Monte Carlo:
At this moment, at every moment OF
the day and night except for few hours
from dawn until mida fternoon, there are
enough "plaques" representing money on
the gambling tables at the Monte Carlo
Casino and Sporting Club and in gamb-
ling rooms at the other resorts, which, IT
dppllcu IOl Lie pull pOSC3 "ooiu SAAAAA
any further ''drives" for the devastated
regions of France, or for the hungry chill
dren of Central Europe.
1t is one kind of an American abroad
who is h-aping up the gold piles on the
gambling tables. But there is another
kind Iof American who is at home. A
casual specimen of him happens to be
heard from out in Warren, Ohio He
sent in his offering to help the starving
ones abroad, and with it he sent to 1.-THE
Committee this little note:
"We really cannot afford this, but we
simply have got to afford it, one little coat
one little pair of shoes and stockings, and
one meal day for one child through the
winter. am IS years old, get Union
soldiers pension of $50 per month, and
we rent some rooms in our little home.
Will make this up2 You bet l will;
have it all planned out now. l will put
more taps on our shoes, and color over
my hat and coat, and be happyi in another
opportunity for displaying true Ameri-
canism."
Now what sorry figure this poor old
chap would cut by the side of that other
! kind of American over in Monte Carlo,
where the boast is of the sWindling prices
paid for hotel accommodations, for food.
and for the glittering junk of the Rivi-
era shops! Think of his "tapped" shoes
and his "colored" hat and coat in that
befurred, bejeweled throng! What fan
tastic notion of true Americanism that
singular old person has, to be sure!-
Harvey'S Weekly.