Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
WASHINCTON'S GAMBLING
SALOONS.
Correspondence of the Chicago Tines

minated in my last that had been investigating
various aspects of Washington life and operations among
which that feature known Banking, and the gam
bling bells of Washington the most noted on the CONT
both in numbers and magnitude The best customers
to these establishments are the members of Congress- al
though since the broke out and has confined the
chivaly with their cOrpulent p0cketbO0kS south OF the
Mason and DixOns the heaviest income of the bells has
been cut off, and at present their business mainly
confined to officers Who in full uniform and at all hours
of day and night hrong the apartments Of the Faro and
Roulette dealers.
ring at doOrbell and reconnaissance through its
grated upper half by Stalwa negro then up pair of
stairs through and stand in the carpeted
elegant unges of the modern tiger There are two wide,
lofty rooms divided by folding DOORS both dazzling with
lights softly earpeted decorated with elegant and vOlup
tuous paintings and seemingly just the spot where
tired humanity would to get f0reaste of Eden and
recuperae for the stern battles of life In the first room Is
sidebOard upon whose shelves rows Of elegant de-
canters through which bushes the purple stand
flashes the crystalline extracts of the Juniper Angce gin
In this room is also Roulette table which, enter
is vacant and in the other room is Faro table, around
which gathered halEdozen men, absorbed in the
game that Gabriel to rock the earth with blast from
his trumpet, they would never hear it,.
won't describe the game for what little any, is not
known about in Chicago known anywhere else
in this city of iniquity- Washington
Behind the table sits the deaer-long in finger white
in hand and with the inevitable cluster of bance spar
king from digit and shirt bosom He is greyeyed peck
marked resOlute and yet pleasant in appearance, with
breadth Of shoulder and depth of chest that show him to
be in of an exchange of stie courteses
On his right stands a captive playing with halfdolar
checks and investing at time evidently loser for
his check is raked down, he follows with sigh and
doubt not upon the caprciousness of fortune He
has but half dozen checks-in minute two they
gone and after going and examining an empty
pOcketboOk he returns and stands modify watching the
game.
Next to him is a thickset young man, who with some
thing less than bushe Of ten and twenty dollar checks
his side is with the most perfect noncGlGnce betting from
to five hundred dollars upon his cards and winning or
losing without the slightest change Of cOuntenance
The dealer proceeds unconcernedly while l. dazzled
at such results draw out solitary five and deposit upon
the king In just three seconds the claws tiger cover
my lonely and lOngtreasured five, and II more
and, may add have not seen 1t since.
During the two hours in the establishment some
five or six thousand dollars changed hands.
There are some five six first class establishments
of the kind in Washington besides any quantity Of lesser
note They well known to the police and in fact every
body else, but are not disturbed
NEXT SUNDAY: An embarrassed general