Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-04-14


absurd to suppose that they could, in
this commercial age, have cone to
be true.
Business Proposition.
Not thut Monte Carlo Is not com
mercial to its very foundation. 1t
IL falryland with business principles
I'll palace of all delights run by
trading company. The Casino is es-
sentially great commercial enter
prise, very shrewdly conducted. 1t
sells-just as over a counter, xclte-
ment and hope and pleasure and
dreams Of wealth. And it makes you
pay for them on strictly calculated,
cold mathematical basis. Nothing
else counts. Everything in Monte
Carlo is planned to feed the Casino;
all roads lead TO 1t; all It's SUR ound
lngs are mace us seductive us posi-
Bile; nothing WHICH can conflict with
the Casino or detract from the
glamour of it is permitted. There are
those who think lhut In this matter
the directorate sometimes OverrC aches
Itself
Nothing Is so badly needed In Monte
Carlo or would contribute 50 muri
to the contentnent of the English com.
munity (who are the best patrons OF
the tableS). as a good English club.
One is not permitted, lest people
should sit there and play bridge or
otherwise reasonably enjoy Them
selves when they might he at Monte
Carlo losing money. 1t was oste!l>!hly
to satisfy the demand for club that
the Sporting club was established. 1t
is merely an extra sale of the Casino,
with dining attachments rather more
glittering and in which one can lose
money trhe faster. To provide 1t
as substitute to people who were
asking for real club is like giving
to one who orders tea and toast sher-
bet and sugared almonds instead.
Want Real Club.
And English people who know
Monte Carlo best are agreed that IL
there were a real club there, while
on the one hand 1t would retain In
Monte Carlo hundreds of visitors
every season who now go elsewhere
after week or two from sheer ennui,
1t would not interfere with the pa
tronage of the tables, but would in
crease II. No normal man, however
much he loves gambling, can spend
more than limited time day after
day In the atrOcious atmosphere of
the sales. He must go somewhere
in the interval. 1t would make him
more content to stay in Monte Carlo
and continue to lose money il he
could go to comfortable, friendly
club. Also, he would possibly have
more money to lose, for the streets
and restaurants of Monte Carlo are
very expensive places to be turned
loose In.
That, after all, Is the essence of
Monte Carlo. You may go there
hoping to win money. You will prob
ably lose 1t. You will certainly pend
1t. What place is there for any thing
so sane-sO merely reasonable-;:s an
English club in this world of sugar
castles and sunlight, music, dancing.
ribbons and flowers? You must take
1t for what It Is. with all Its fa$cina-
tions-a town unlike any other that
ever was or will be-curiOusly beau
tiful In It's own way, with the glitter
Of a jewel-and as costly. If you do
not like 1t, you "an go elseW here.
Thousands of others will cone In
your place, and the Casino gauges to
admiration the tastes and weaknesses
of the average human nature. II gives
music Of the best, and abundantly;
and ballets which are JOY.
Nowhere in the world, perhaps, can
you get so much music SO cheapiy a.
M. Jehin gives I'm his classical con,
certs; nowhere, / believe. today Is
there danseuse more delicious thar
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