The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27

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daily boat from Hongkong to 20 there.
II Is a summer resort for the Canton.
csc because OF its exposure to the
cooling monsoons ia midsummer.
Opium %smugglers and gamblers. in re
cent years. have loomed large among
Its transients. Formerly the Chinese
coolle traftLr also had u Headquarters
here. Within a century It's waters may
have warranted the characterized ton
Of Il traveller who called them the
most dangerous waters VI the world
from u police standpoint and added
n river trip is spiced with the risk
OF piratical attack"
Revenues From Gambling.
The ideas Of Henry George and 9TH
er TAX theorists have found a niggard
soil In Macao. whose fiscal policy Is
simplicity itself. POo-chee and fan
tan provide the Of the city.
Ii has been said that half the minted
pieces OF The Far East find their way
sooner or later 10 the gambling boards
OF Macao, and the old RiI dollar, the
Mexican peso, ana the American dime
are clinked upon he tables Of the
ieunesse doree, or of the ~'rickshaw
coolies and harbor ~riff-raff OF the town.
while a daily flow Of men. woinen and
dollars crosses the estuary from Hong.
kong 10 Macao and pours into the
hells Of the Roa do Jogo. or gambling
street.
Fan-tan IL the fayorite game. but IL
Is nothing like the card game of that
name known 10 Americans. The Chi
nese croupiers SIT enthroned before Il
square marked at the corners with
the numbers !. -. 3 and 4. The banker
reclines behind ii grating, smoking II
long pipe. Overhead Is a gallery run
ming all around the room and forming
n SORT Of ceiling. pierced only by u
hole the size Of the table. From This
gallery the BEES are made, and the
stakes are alternately lei down aud
drawn up, accompanied by the sound
VI drawing minstrelsy.
The croupier lakes q handful ~
small coins and overs them with u
reversed bowl, while money is laid
on One Of the four numbers. When
the betting has ceased he lifts the
bowl and separates The coins with his
wand. Then he cunts them by fours.
and the remainder, or The last four,
n there he no remainder, represents
the winning number. Each hazard IL
u ~one-tO-three wager. and the banks
pay on thar basis, after deducting the
house percentage. A number Of these
licensed gambling dens, graded accord.
ing 10 the limit Of wager allowed, pay
The revenues Of the city VI Macao.
Attractive to Travellers.
Present day Macao Is not married
FOR the casual traveller by either It's
rair for ian-tau or It's thriving trade
IN Opium. The latter Is shipped away
to Wreak it. havoc: the former brings
the bizarre and the adventurous. The
city uf Today is one of the few Far
Eastern coast towns which have not
been caught In the r-sistleSs current
Of commercial progress. and for that
reason 1t presents svme interesting
studies 10 lovers III IN. picturesque.
He who lands from u steamer 10
cuptivgled 10y lis blend OF Portuguese
and Chimes. people by pagoda aud
western church, and when the sun.
mons Of hunger leads him 10 II hotel
that has been called the cleanes; and
most beautifully situated Ia Tia. or.
lent, the contrast persists. He may
order the famous Portuguese colares
with his yellow water chestnut pssues,
aud choose either ultra occidental
game dinners or pudding Of coagulsted
ducks blood and sugsr.preserved BAN
boo shoots. There are but IjOU Por.
turuese resident there, but they reg.
resent four.century impress that
their nationality has made upon the
total population cf about 75.oco.
After dinner the visitor may stroll
along the Prays Grsnde. both the
Broadway aud the Riverside drive OF
Macao Having shopped aud summed,
he hnslly Will he led 10 catch The
leep.r romsuc- " the city IN THE
grotto where the poets have carved
lines " praise To the one eyed soldier
poet who wro,. the glory VI fBrth.st
West Europe ~ sn island OF nearly
isrthest Eas, china.