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O May Mayi a i t e 9 q r Ji e N New e ew w 11 D i i 4 l' l o 1 l 4 J f s' s r 1 c 1 I l L the Stars and American k j x I l L the Stars and J 4 Stripes ever float s over the smallest of f all the principalities Should an American lean buy the island he could fl fly the standard of his homeland if he lie chose 3 tF x i 11 J A L ro lk V FM R RT RY Y T rt t a T S SR R 4 R i y 4 fg I R U x ent that the f the famed far fame amed 14 Island nd of Monte Carlo is to change hands Rumor also J has had a it that the Cak Casino Ca Ca- k slab sino where for nearly fifty years yea fortunes fortunes for for- tunes havo have been won and lost Jost will kt presently prese pass to a new ne owner And most 4 interesting report of all it is is said that this self same new owner is an American America Ameri Ameri- f can ca specifically can specifically a Chicago millionaire e. e 4 We are ar now approaching the tourist touris t season This year m more re Americans Americ ms than than ever before are expected d to visit the i city of white villas set so beautiful beautifully Y above the tho bluest waters in the world Is Is' Isit it possible that because beau se of oil o the egress of o our countrymen to the Continent they think they need a playground o otheir of their o own i t Is it t on the he other hand a a- shrewd carrying carry car car- ry ng but ut of o the sage advice of the oM of a croupier who had served for five decades decades dec dec- ades ales at at the Casino roulette tables What system of play is infallible he be was as asked by one o e of those incurably and pathetically pathetic lly hopeful souls souls' who crowd the gambling ambI ng hall t and try time try t m r offer after time to beat the bank Be Bethe the bank bankhe bank he replied promptly Y t a it always wins It is no secret that the des dest t Bains Dams de Mer de Monaco which oper operates operates oper- oper op rates r- r ates this most successful industry in inthe inthe the world nets six million dollars do lars cal profit annually Or if the Chicago millionaire soon 1 1 to become proprietor of the island should sho ld prove to be bo he at whom speculation y points an eager finger Harold F. F McCormick Mc McCormick Mc- Mc Cormick Connick are his reasons for the purchase purchase pur pur- chase the dream of turning the city of chance into an opera and musical center cen- cen center center ter ter and enthroning there as queen of song his lovely loveY young wife Ganna Canna Wal- Wal Walka s ka whom no other operatic circle seems seem s able to appreciate r MONTE ONTE CARLO is to be closed and andi i gambling abolished comes the re report report report re- re port from the new v. ruler rul r of Monaco the little square mile principality p r within whose borders more tragedies t have been enacted than in in any plot of ground the same size in all history This has been threatened before Years ago when Victoria reigned over the British Empire she became alarm alarm- ed d at the menace to her subjects offer- offer offered oed ed d by the abode of f evil e l the Casino re refused reused re- re res' res s' s fused used to receive Prince Albert Grimaldi Gri- Gri Grimaldi Grimaldi maldi the then ruler of Monaco Monaco Mon Mon- aco ace and threatened to to join j oin the international international inter inter- i t national movement afoot at the time to t suppress the gambling resort Albert however promised the confiding queen that h he 00 would not renew the gambling c- c concession upon its expiration and up upon u tip tip- r on on intercession of his second wife Alice formerly Duchesse de Richelieu he was r y received at court and accorded acc high honors Queen Qu en Victoria going so far as asto asto asto to prevent other nations proceeding with the movement already started i When the good queen died Albert lbert without a qualm renewed the concession conces conces- F lion sion and the play went wen on Again as late as July 1920 Albert announced that he would abolish gambling gambling gam gam- gambling bling bling- on twenty-four twenty hours notice and forever He died died two years later without without without with with- out having carried out the threat The new ruler upon doming coming to the throne had his auditors examine the x books of the Casino whereupon wh it was discovered that the ownership of the I k 1 1 w v y Zy a A r a i tl S i y v f. f It f 11 S S r Harold F. F McCormick is speculations speculation's spec ape c. c favorite as as' as the po possible possible pos pos- sible Bible purchaser pui a er of the gambli gambling paradise and nd it is also suggested suggested sug sug- su g- g that he may make it an operatic center n er where his wife Ganna W may lift in song the voice which has fall failed to charm critics in some mus music C centers Casino had passed from from the hands o othe of 1 the principality to Europe's Mystery ry Man Sir Basil a i and Gregory Gregor T Vagliano the worlds world's biggest gambler The Casino has never known a period pe pe- nod of losses eve even during during- the war From the proceeds of this great great pr or r ghastly ghastly enterprise enterprise r roads ads public buildings buildings build build- ings fags trolley lines and docks are built buil and maintained and the expenses of th the nation defrayed The existence of thi this I gambling resort resort trafficker in purses lives Jives and souls has brought the little kingdom of Monaco in in 1861 a wild and beautiful strip of land to great to great pros pros- When fifty years ago there was wag one hotel today there are arc fifty It is is an ideal place to play Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans love Jove it The thought of it going out like the flame of a snuffed candle candle candle- hurts Lets ecLet's buy it Lets Let's have our own playground Lets Let's be able to do as we please on our own play property play as high as we w wish sh as long as as we Ve like and when we lose Jose go on playing without having to to wait walt as did dida a certain rich American woman recently until we we can send back home for credit That's the way Americans look upon it perhaps per per- haps haps ii a new toy that they may have for their very own There are twenty end double-end roulette roulette roulette rou rou- lette tables constantly in operation inthe in inthe inthe the public gambling rooms of the CasIno Casino Ca Ca- sino s sas well as four tables for et quarante which is played with six packs of cards of two fifty-two cards each The tables accommodate 1600 seated and d standing players and private rooms accommodate accommodate ac ac- additional The minimum stake is small Every table is opened each morning with and the coffers are replenished from the treasury whenever necessary i t l 4 Rich 4 Chicagoan Said t to J 0 Be B e Angling for fog t P Pur Purchase m hase of Prize I. 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S 1 J 1 e I i c i 4 x f r o dx t Y s e 4 y 0 a l E T t I i S t t 4 4 7 I s 1 y 4 4 ic V J JS S I j ty i t l I A At t b N F d t S w x S S S 5 t tr r E w JIO mow t. t R k M az w i J q c n A Y 5 S' S 5 r l I j Cynical philosophical and acid blase the croupiers in the Casino asino watch the winners winners inners and the at the tables with the calm certainty that in the end the bank bank will as it always has i be the winner 1 y At one time a man might go on playing indefinitely but one one day Major Mayor Kennedy an Englishman won won over two million francs and since then the Casino has made it a rule that each table must not go over a certain sum for the day Major Kennedy it might be b mentioned returned to tle tables and lost the money a few days later TIIA T HAT T is the terrible terr ble thing about Monte Mot Mon Mon te te Ste Carlo Once its golden mesh has has' been thrown around a victim he seems powerless to get away He H Hewins wins He must go back and try to win more He loses He He must return to retrieve the loss So he plays pla plays and and and he plays plays- plays plays- and presently he is caught fast in in inthe the charmed net ne They say that bodies bodie of suicides are buried at sea Hardly does docs a week pass that some unfortunate has h not given up the unequal struggle with Chance and gone the last long journey the way which opened from the e door of self- self d destruction the She he authorities it is sis said r collect the bodies of these unhappy victims victims victims vic vic- tims hold them for a while and then on moonless starless nights send them weighted out on small boats from which they are quietly dropped overboard into the dark waters of the Mediterranean Me At any rate attendants of the Casino are always on the alert to guard against n a a tragedy occurring in the halls to spoil the pleasure of the players In spite spit of their watchfulness however an occasional desperate loser makes a dramatic exit from life at the Ute very tables tables ta ta- tables ta- ta bles where the red and the black have hive proved disastrous to him What would Monaco be without the Casino Heaven says the Duchess Duchess' de Valentin Valen- Valen tin is heiress to the kingdom and dearly beloved granddaughter of the late Prince Albert So sh she thought for years ever since in fact she came to Monaco a Jovel lovely girl of few scant summers summers to be adopted v 1923 J by Ledger Leder L r Company r ij i ti i. i ii MS k 1 1 i. i j I. 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I ra f and as of the blood r royal yal For the Duchess was a love lo child child hild born of a peasant peasant mother and the rebellious son of the late monarch monarchs Shortly after fter the arri arrival al of the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- child at her new home she went to walk in the park with her governess The park was a place pla o of tranquil loveliness loveliness loveliness love love- liness sunshine filtering through the arching branches of great leafy trees splashing the white road with patterns of gold The little girl ran ahead of her governess and danced and sang her child voice echoing through the sweet afternoon afternoon after after- noon noon peace And then she st stopped A man cams camp through the nearer file of trees rees a man with bloodshot eyes who walked unsteadily unsteadily unsteadily un un- un- un steadily and talked to himself himsel in single hoarse syllables Ruined she heard No use 1 God Everything Even as the terror stricken little i Duchess l looked he raised his hand to his s i temple and there was something in that tha t hand that was black and shining The Then i i. i w y t r f J t t. t 7 t 1 t I k t tt t I t u Ci V i r rw r G It L I 1 ilk 4 p cam Ite 4 1 1 The ever rising tide of American Ameri Ameri- can tourists gives c color lor to tho the belief that the play spot of Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope may become the property of a son of Uncle Sam where his fellow w countrymen may disport disport disport dis- dis port themselves t tI I T came a s sharp harp report And there was the man who had staggered from the shelter shelter shel- shel A ter of the trees lying on the white road a at the feet of the fut future re ruler of the little kingdom his blood making a deadlier deadlier dead dead- lier leer pattern where the sunshine had 1 danced so gayly It was just a man who was out of his mind they told the small heiress to the throne when they had hurried herout her out of sight of the limp heap on the road that that had been a man But she had heard what he had said and presently as she r i grew older she understood for she never 1 forgot Some day she used to promise herself her her- herself J self Ill close the Casino and no more J lives will win be sacrificed to its dreadful tables 1 rr 5 1 T THAT HAT Chicago millionaire Who more I j likely than Harold F. F McCormick T A Has he ever stopped short of getting the i thing he wanted no matter what he had to pay And doesn't he want at present more than anything else to satisfy satisfy sat sat- j isy the longing of his wife the only Ganna to become a star of grand opera 1 1 The Casino need not be closed it could be turned into a marvelous opera house What a situation for a palace of song- song Ji facing the seal sea I The orchestra leader here could not get getup S u up and leave the theatre at dress re rehearsal re- re after hearing Ganna give the first few bars of ot the first aria aria as as the orchestra leader at the Chicago Opera House is said to have done Audiences Audience gathered to hear her rendition of Marguerite Mar Mae could be relied upon not to spoil the performance by booing which is i reported d to have ruined the opera in t Havana The wife of the owner of the island c certainly need not knock in vainon vain yain vainon 1 on the door of the new opera h house use as she seems to have done at the Metropolitan Metro Metro- Metropolitan politan in New York 11 Of course a great reat deal depends on whether or not a sale can be be effected J There is Sir Basil th the richest J man in in the world an inte international national figure figure fig fig- ure ship owner banker active head of ofa ofa a chain of factories covering almost every every country in Europe to bere be re reckoned with He owns the majority majority of the stock in inthe the Monaco Sea Bathing Company under which deceptive name t the e gambling halls are operated It was his us repeated loans to the company when it was aff affected ct d by the Ar r that gave gaye him i the en entering we wedge ge i r S. 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