New Britain herald., 1929-09-14
.DEAUVILlE CASINO
 A COLORFUL SPOT
Gamblers From Globe Gather
 at Casino

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 A few days at Dcauvllle, during . the grande scmaine. ConvincCs one . that where 'revclers risk a thou | sand collars or so on one little | chip, where as much as eight mill lion francs have been Iost in T | single nights play, there is sur to he somc kind of ruin at the end-human or architectural.
 During the big season, the Ca sino is the focal point It Deau- vile. The Casino is the great flame that attracts the moths, moths from every cline, moths draped with pearls glisrcnin% with cm"r- aids and diamonds, all dancing and dining and flirting and spending, spending thorsanls of dollars, pounds pesctas. francs. marks. their money or someone's else. hoping ctornally 10 break the bank.
 Here the game is haccarat, for roulette is forbiddoa But baccar- at lures them on. All day long the women tt DeauvilI@ play, aome away from their husbands, some still on the husband chase, others free and secure in the re ,u!ar re- mittancos Of alimony checks.
 l "NIoAey Factory"
 Tho DcaUyille Casino is one cf the most formidable in Europe, It is a factory. q Well organized mon- ey factory. lt is a kind ot mint where money IS tax out of cir culation and stack ,i up in piles. The aordilncss of gambling is h;d- dcn by tho white lights, by jazz music. by seductive tunes from the restaurant orrnr s'rd3. There is q; famous bar insi l. th" casino where whislli"s and soda make q constant traffic. where mon tired of gambling. and women tired of 1 dancing Ili" about md drink until they are tired of drinking
 The Casino iS attached to the , restaurant Of the Ambassadors. There life begins languidly at ter o'clock in th" evening. That ;g tn" dinner hour nasmuch as catches, pearl studded and dir- mond oncrustcd. are carried at l I,cauNiIle for ornaments and not . timepicceS, no on" cares bout time. Something moves this gaudy throng along about nine or fer o'clock They get dressed and sc to the Ambassadors for dinner.
 Crowds irriyc
 Billy ArnOld's orchestra is a1- ready playing. perhaps something 1 semi classical, if there is such ml- sic, and tn" ladies and ecntlcmcr 1 ar" sweeping in. Tn" Casino |. 1 almost dead, except for a few in. ! \etrrat- gamblers. After thy Am assadeurt tn" crowds gradually move into the Casino. Women cnc men going into the middle yalou where the bulk of the gamhliug i. done. Beyond that is the fiiyat, salon. where one has to be intro duCed 10 get in. There the pla, is 0.o00 francs a point. A Grcet syndicate presided over by ,lon &ieur /ogratOs is there, Perhaps Monsieur Andre riroen. th
 French automobile kin% is on han l NJ. Matossian, multi-millionaire cig arctic manufacturer. several of tn
 R0th7chld9. the Duke of West
 minater, the Due de Choiseul, an' others are present apparcntl
 torcd because million or tw francs went one way or another Tomorrow right they will ual:e I'D. Tomorrow morning, that i' because this gambling goes on m iii d2"n.
 Midnieit is tn" hcur for th
 gambling "pi"it to go abroad, an
 the five loujs tables, that is, tn
 forr-d0llar tables are inva ,aDl
 ,ncirclcd wi.h beautifully drn2~e
 women. mon in evening clotAc:
 playing O. watching. waiting for bank 10 come their way A prett
 custom is 10" the winner 10 pas
 a thou5a1d franc note ovcr h
 shoulder t0 some charming but UT
 known lady, It brings good lucl
 2t least the charming and uninc. 2" } Indies say SO.
 some Customers
 During the EranGc Sama;ne. tn } casino is a cross section Of all tl q l.iB families in Europe and Amc = ica, of the rich and idle NaPar; a iahs of India. Princes of Eg,'r Q and oh.c"re but powerful million = aircs of the orient, Ka0urthala | also there. the Shah of Persia E, s Ali M&rafce from Paris and Il Q Nile; Lord Mi"h"lham; Lady Mo = timer D%vi%. d former America - girl; and those Dolly sisters, Q course; Pearl White, blonde al . still attractive despite her mal
 narrowing escapes from movil picture villains. is there.
 One will be certain to find tv , competing beauties, the Barone Eugene de Eothschild. brett
 llonde and glstcninc with rop ' of real pearls. One will find NJ , dame Martinez de Hoz, wife ol t
 South American millionaire al ', sportsman. dark, extremely attra II tive, also cntWincd with her SC
 toirs of s g2nuine pearls.
 r These folks, along with M,sti ', euct. Alain Gorbault, looki, a stranG" in all this worldly upro; . Gloria Swanson an her husbar
 he Marquis de la Falaisc, and q vertablo who's who, go the rount
 And the rounds at Dcauvi v seem to include everything b
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