Show The Greatest Orgy of Gambling in the History of Our Country In the February American n Magazine Hugh a Fullerton begins u a series of ot articles ar or- entitled American Gambling and Gamblers Ills Hili first article Is 13 entitled Ire Preying In Upon the tho Wage arner It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a n frank trank study of ot a of life and morals moral In A America Professional gambling gain gam bling Is much changed since tho the old Slush flush time but It Is hi still carried on pa pavery oner er very widely and supported by people of ot alm almost st every class Mr Ir l Fullerton's anides articles ar ar- ides are tho the result of ur long Ions travels navels In Inman Inmany inmany man many parts of ot the United States tates lie s says ays that America never r fa saw w such a g gambling orl orgy as took place In Chicago d during the worlds world's fair Of or that period h he e in part as follows follows' The fair Calr drew and gamblers rs f from rom all the world to pre prey upon the theIs via via- L tors Tho The liberty permitted before the tho f fair air became license and the tha city wa walli t turned Into a hugo huge den rivaling In wildness wild wild- ne ness fleas s a mining minim camp after a big strike The Alley Clark street for Cor a mile and t that hat entire district was lined with gambling gam gam- bling house Varnell Yarnell Shak l Condon White MacDonald and a 1 dozen others s sprang prang Into the millionaire class America never l has seen a a. gambling orgy ory on such sucha a caie Tens of at thousands of dollars a an n hour poured over tim the tables table The Theold Theold Theold old time gamblers most of oC them now broke speak ak longingly of oC the harvest cst of or that 1 summer Yet last week a man prominent then thenn i In n rambling gamblIng as ho is now told me mo he lie would rather have havo 23 25 per nor cent of or the earnings of the gambling tru truet t of ot Chi Chicago cage cago toda today limn Ur-ln the total winnings s of at a nil all ll the big houses housea during tho the fair The Individual ploy is smaller the number of oC players infinitely larger and t the he percentage of winnings s h by th the house houge much greater The era of wide I o op open n ga gambling and nd i heavy cavy plunging ended shortly after tho fair partly because decent citizenship revolted re but more because caun the fair air left the city broke Th The assassination of oC tho the elder Car Career Carer er TT IT Harrison J was was fol followed fol- fol l lowed owed b by th the destruction of oC the power of the bl big gambling Interests I doubt whether the moral revulsion the tho ch change n o of or political complexion or the tho financial panic would have had a aPi 11 much effect In curbing gambling as lid did th the fact that the tho gamblers quarreled and commenced fighting for a 8 monopoly of or the business |