Show EUROPE HAS HA S GAMBLING MANIA I 1 returning traveler says Specula ticia Is 1 the ruling passion in the olif old world A discouraged returning traveler draws a dolorous picture of the europe he left behind him over there he finds the ruling passion Is the gambling mania tie lie sees it in the nefarious activities of profiteers steers the speculations in the br and the who are viewed as such a menace that the german government plans to put the worst on offenders enders to death and mete out hard labor sentences to the others othen he sees it in IA the crowds rushing to bet on the races and besieging the government tot lotteries in the casinos of noted watering places the players tor for high stakes are deaf to the appeal of less fortunate countrymen with begging bowls in the bread lines of the refugees according to the philadelphia public ledger the feverish atmosphere of greed for gain without production of sybaritic pleasure seeking will ani selfish careless lotus eating this ob 04 server holds is inimical to art and culture the soul shrivels and dies but that Is not all the nie picture what a tourist sees is largely episodic accidental ile he Is in danger always of mistaking part of the whole a phase for tile entire phenomenon beneath the ilie superficial the current of the hidden bidden life of every laud land runs still and deep the frivolous minority la 19 overbalanced over balanced by tile the great majority not minded to take chances with demagogues alic ho pr promise ornise much and deliver tittle little from nil all over the earth crime waves are reported pOTted rc like sel seismic shocks but somehow the iha stable equilibrium 0 society returns science stays said a man ot set ence and the troth fruit lives on through political vicissitude economic debacle the impairment of social morale and I 1 a all ll 11 the evils that follow in the wake of the irruptions of militarism iod od would not let us get at the 06 mateli matchbox box so EO often as ile he does wrote lowell to a friend did ile he not know that the frame fe of ills his universe is fireproof |