Show t AFRICAN MONTE CARLO Americans Make Piles of Dollars in Big Plays at t Capetown Gaming Tables Things were dull on the water front and iL lf the American J who had recently arrived ed Y from South Africa was spinning a n yarn about the New Monte Carlor Carlo Carl r The Tho Now New cw M Monte Monto nto Carlo Is hundreds of ot miles from Monaco 1 0 IL co Its supporters are aro not tourists ts or fellows who ho havo o syndicate syndi syndi- cato cate schemes with T which h the they hope to break the bank They aro are soldiers from every every- portion of ot th thi thy globe who are arc ft lightIng light light- ht- ht In Ing or have havo b been lighting fighting for Great Brit Brit- ain am Th The tc scene ne Is laid 1511 In Capetown II A larJ large larne building Is u used by hy Joke Hilde- Hilde brand an Denver ex-Denver man as ns a casina n arid aid d a ap there Is no Io law In Cape Colony Colon nc S' S In tho the way ay It Is conducted con con- ducted l there thero the tho place Is run wide open 1 has hns a n num number r of oC rooms In which aro are faro fare roulette and poker tables h an I from from 4 o'clock In lii th the afternoon until about 4 t tho the following morning the place is crowded with soldiers who are arc shovelIng shoveling shovel shovel- ing lag English sovereigns by the thc to th the American m I I 1 paid a visit to the roOms one night says pas the water front man and got onto th the Inside workings of or the game As 5 I entered 1 I no a a. crowd about live five c deen n round around a n. roulette roulett wheel The little IttLe 0 O In the pea pen green n wins gentlemen lf il Its It's all mine this time A moment later ter and he was WI Number thirty thirty- v gentlemen n ThIrty f v for tor onA ono on the number l' ven J-ven money mone on the red ann anel odd oeM 1 two for ono one on the third dozen and tho the second column all aU paid lJ Then he went 4 on Lots of nt chips went vent onto anto No 0 3 K j again In tho hopp hope that It might b ba be a repeater I i hut but It proved d not as th the cro croupier shout shouted th the little 0 O In inthe Again my m merry troopers trooper the tho p IHL si green wins wins Little Little Bobs enters Pretoria I In another room a I knot oot of or men were I around a table They were wera all I ilent men Not Nat u a whisper sas as heard A dealer was wat turn turning In the thc cards cord and md a cl clerk rk I beside him was either cither taking In the tho winning winnings win win- ning or paying out the lo losses at faro fare Sometimes one ane would 1 see c as much ns os thirty sovereigns to erel n 1 on a card In addition addition addition ad ad- to the tho soldiers there here w vero ro man many others rs there ther ther representatives of oC nearly over every nationality black white or yellow 1110 on th the faro of or the earth arth A s sportily sportily- dressed l European sat at t In a i complacent manner beside lied Had a n Malay tho the same gamo man met th the Malav dalay aln ii In the hn hp would havo have probably kicked him If IC he had approached up- up within n 1 t yard of nt himIn himIn himIn him In the tho rooms poker It W was f the same Around a poker table one might see ee a n Io lo ruvian ru Jew a tt Dutchman a n. anti and antian an En Englishman lI hn m absorbed In a no game gamo for Cor big yet et on the street on an the following following fol fol- fol lowing tin day they would not recognize each cach other would from froma Occasionally a 1 man roan get up a n. table anti approach the big man seated In back of ot the tho top roll desk The hl big man 1 wore wore-a. fancy vest net and a bright red face falC and a I. I bright ht smile On tho the vest cost was a n. remarkable display of af diamonds In his hip hilI pockets ho he had AH as good gool ool a n set of ot sir sir- shooters as 1111 money monc could buy As s a n. man leaving a n table tahle would approach ach him he would put on a 0 sickly smile and ask Well eU ol old be boy what luck tonight The I man addressed might perhaps curse curso and 91 say something about being obliged to enlist enlist enlist en en- list again tho the following da day as he had lost ost hl his nil all And then he would sa say Lend me a 0 quid Jo Jake Ive I've been cleaned out tonight ht Make would lend Imd the sovereign sov so eagerly as he ho well knew that he ho was only onh giving back a aery very ery small sm pOllion portion portion por por- tion lion o oC of tie amount ho had won The Tho man would be bo asked to have hn a f drink a cigar and as man many cigars and drinks as he ho liked d for fOl the tha bar In this place was a a. one and liquor and cigars were served ed out outto outto outto to all corners comers without question anti and without without without with with- out stint these had hau de departed dc dc- After AUr man many such men as ns parted the proprietor would take f a. a flook look Iok around If It there were cro but fe few he would take tako his bl hi hat and 1 walk to all ajl th the tables Ills His cr clerks would throw the winnings s Into this and he would announce announce announce an an- Well Vell ell gentlemen the bank Is closed for tor tonight That would settle matters and after each man had a a. little the they would depart I was Wf a stranger so 10 Joke a asked ked me rae to step Into a n parlor In front and have ha a lit littIe little lit lit- tie tle lunch Over O the vIands he ho told me that there were about eighty such houses housos as at his running In Capetown and that they were vere all nil making big bl mone money Ho lie was making something like l I. I pounds sterling ster titer lIn ling hog a it year WI but did dill not expect the the- good thing to keep ll up after tho the war var For that night his winnings had been about a n thousand dollars ciolla That Is wh why tho city of ot Capetown Is becoming known as the New ew Monte arlo More monc- monc money changes hands over oyer the gaming tables In this African cit city now no titan than there thero does at Monte Iante Carlo Carla A steamer whistled and the listeners dis dis- dis persed i Honolulu Honolulu Commercial Advertiser |