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letter to the Times, Prof John
Murphy protests A&Ainst the fAl-
i lacies that there Is betting
instinct" and that gambling 4
one Of the pleasures Of the poor. He
describes gambling as "a parasitic n.y.
brid from two legitimate forms, the
propensity to acquire wealth or the
means Of well-being, and the propensity
to take risk for the sake Of pleasurable
excitement" and asserts that gambling
Is too closely bound up with the despef-
ate needs and anxieties Of the poor to
be a pleasure. With the last statement
the Army heartily agrees. Too often
Is gambling resorted to as the only
way out Of Immediate financial dificul-
ties. That is why we want to see the
means OF gambling drastically reduced.
Poison, often seen in the same category,
= carefully controlled.
Ecuadof Street
Vending Is Problem.
Fl TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil-The gov
ernor OF Guayas Province has been
asked to form a commission which will
appoint definitely the posts to be oc-
cupied In the city Of Guayaquil by all
the various vendors of merchandise who
offer their articles to passersby in the
streets. The goods consist usually OF
cakes. candies, tamales, periodicals., raj
ne tickets and toys and novelties, which
interfered greatly with the business OF
merchants with regularly established
shops.
The sales Of toys and games, par
ticularly, were resented by the store
keepers who, in many cases, now have
large stocks of the same merchandise
left on their shelves. It is claimed by
these latter, who point out that they
pay most of taxes, that their business
will be ruined unless some measures are
taken to restrict the activity of the peri
patetic trade which caters to that part
Of the public not unwilling to eat ana
play, a. well as read while it runs.
It IL not SUFFICIENT justification for
these stalls, it is claimed. that they
may be said to add q certain charm
and color to the environment. Nor can
they be justified as comforting any real
service or convenience, when IN their
absence one would but have to enter 3
shop or restaurant. But inasmuch -
it Is generally conceded that these ven
doris must live, too, it is hoped that the
gubernatorial commission may be able
to find q compromise whereby the SUI
perfluity of these stands may be obW-
ated, with q corresponding attenuation
of the political efforts to keep unob-
structed the sidewalks.
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French Rogue Gets
Fat to Escape Police.
LIE Matin, Paris.-There are thieves
and other rascals, who, to escape de-
lection after they have committed some
ofIense, shave of their mustaches,
grow boards, leave off or put on q red
wig, or adorn their countenances with
dark glasses. Others envelope them
selves in rose-colored mantles, and 20
about for a day or two disguised as
women. But another wretch OF whom
We have lately heard adopted device
much more tedious though far superior
In protection.
This gentleman made Of with $780,
600 francs, and for a long time eluded
the snares of the police. Finally ar
rested Is . suspect in another offense,
several years later, his real identity
was discovered. The police, very curl
Gus, asked how it was he had eluded
detection so long. The man was very
frank about it. Hidden In b safe re-
treat he spent most Of his time, day
and night, eating the most fattenins
broths, pastries and stufings he had
ever heard of; everything cooked with
eggs, milk, -four and butter. until he
actually increased his proportions to
three times their previous vUlume. His
father himself would never know him.
When he was finally ~ fat, enormous
and bulging as prize pig. he sauntetea
forth again upon the streets. The police
never recognized this martyr to obesity
they were looking for svelte indi-
vidual. How could they compare this
rotund Falstaf1an figure with the pho
tograpts which emphasized the native
Characteristic Of slenderness2