The Red Cloud chief., 1922-01-12

that is not why most folk board IA,
daily boat from IIongkong to 20 there.
1t Is summer resort for the Canton.
ese because Of its exposure to the
cooling monsoons. in midsummer.
Opium smugglers and gamblers, in re-
cent years, have lOOmed large among
Its translents. Formerly the Chinese
coolle traffic also had Il headquarters
here. Within century its waters may
have warranted the characterization
OF one traveller who called them "the
most dangerous waters Of the world
from police standpoint" and added
"a river trip is spiccd with the risk
OF piratiCnl attack"
Revenuec From Gambling.
The ideas of Henry George and oth-
er tax theorists have found Il niggard
soil in Macao, whose fiscal policy Is
: simplicity itself poo.chcc and fan
tan provide the revenues of the city.
Tt has been said hat half the minted
pieces Of the Fa" East find their way
sooner or latcr 90 ihv gambling boards
of Macao, and thc Old HiX dollar, the
are cl!uked upon ,'- tables of ;he
jeunessc durCe. o. Of the 'riclishaW
coolies and harbor r!lT-ralf of the town,
while u daily flow Of men, women and
dollars crosses the estuary from Hong
kong To Macao aEd potgs into the
lhells of the Roa Io .Iogo or gambling
street
Tan-tan ls the f"vOrtr came, bGt L
is nothing like the card game OF taat
name Known TO Americans. The CHI
: nese cr,upiers sit enthroned before q
square marked at the corners witn
the hunters |. =. . ana /. The banker
reclines behind II grating smoking Il
long pipe Overhead is a gallery run
ming all around the room and forming
sort of ceiling, pierced only by a
hole the size of the table. From this
gallery lfe. be's are made, and the
stakes are altelpatcly let down and
drawn up. accompanied 10y the sound
of drawing minstrclsy.
The croupier takes II handful of
small coins and covers them with Il
reversed bowl while money is laid
on one of the four numbers. When
the betting has ceased he lifts the
bow! and separates the coins with his
wand. Then he Counts them by fours
and the remainder. or the last four,
If there he no remainder, represents
the winning number. Each hazard Is
u one-to-threc wager, aud the banks
pay on that basis, after deducting the
house percentage. A number of theSt
licensed gambling dens, graded accord
ing 10 tie limit of wager allowed, pay
the revenues of the city Of Macao.
Attractive to Travellers.
Present day Macao is not marret
for the casual traveller by either it,
In opium. The latter is shipped ava!
to wreak It's havoc the former brings
the bizarre and the adventurous. The
city of today Is one Of the few Fai
Eastern coast towns which have no
been caught In the resstless curren
OF commercial progress, and for tha
reason it presents some interesting
studies to lovers of The picturesque.
+, He who lands from steamer il
captlvatcd by its blend of Portuguese
and Chinese people, by pagoda an'
! western church, and when the sum
T mons of hunger leads him to Il hote
, that has been called the Cleanost AM
l most beautifully situated in the Or
lent, the contrast persists. He ma,
, order the famous Portuguese cOlare
e with his yellow water chestnut pas.ieS
: and choose either ultra-Gccidenta
game dinners or pudding of c0aguiate
+ ducks blood and sugar-preserved ban
3 hoo shoots. There are but 1000 POI
5 tuguesc resident there, but they rel
4 resent n fQur-century Impress tina
. their nationality has made upon In
$ total population of about 10000.
@ After dinner the visitor may stro
along the praya Grande, both th'
y broadway and the Riverside drive {
l. Macao. Having shopped and Summed
J. he finally will be led to catch tn
@ deeper romance of the city in tn
= grotto where the poets have carve
d lines OF praise to the one-eyed soldie
a poet who wrote the glory Of farthes
9, West Europe on an island Of nearl
= f0rthcst East China.