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Show i- :t f : a j ;r. with a ; h.r, f : r I..:. 5 j:.-t. i th.rald 1 i .I.'.; 1 r.: "! C 1. . . - ?, . 4',"v a : ' . . .. .. ' . .. . ,? ' Arc Vcei BecQnus . Gcnllm :Msd? ' Some of these American society clubwomen, who ere taking such active part in crusades against 1 gambling-houses will do well to start a little reform .work at home. Gambling inall its fyftjisis an evil that causes untold misery. t make's thieves of honest hon-est men and wrecks many homes. Bu js.4t right, for women to gamble, and. wrong foremen-to woo Z.inie fortune? Public gambling-houses; all-over the country ore being closed but there is another class of gamblers that operates unmolested., Take Brooklyn for. example. Thefe the women are gambling gam-bling mad. T Every Tuesday afternoon a public game is in progress at the Knapp mansion, under the direction di-rection of Mrs. William Pitt Rivers.'"' She sells'tick-tts sells'tick-tts at.fl each and says this price is high enough to keep' away an undesirable class of . players. t The ; :ame at, the Knapp .mansion is known for the cost x!t:J beauty of the prizes for which the wonien play. Those oHered include only gold ornaments and a :;arble statue and pedestal. Mrs. Rivers had for a prize not long since a whole set of furniture and she says the women who patronized the. game were c nxzy to win. -"Women are; born, gamblers," said rirs. Rivers. There is hardly a bowling club where the girls' do not bet heavily on the strikes, and I .;ov- that women are pretty sure, to bet" on-any ; c in which they take part. The great majority ( f people who attend progressive euchre affairs do it in th hope of winning the prize." The police ar.1 church workers of Brooklyn are doing what ;! v to. drive out. the mania for gambling among - ' . I v l.a izz th3 public p regressive euchre (Y 1 up.' There are fovcral other public : 1: - h!;.-l 1 1 sides-tl. :t cf llrs. Rivers in ; . -,c:. :i can 11:: 1 a chance to win a r f.t! . r 3 : ' :ttcr what Lcr r : , .t c - : :' r 1 I ' - ' i ', - - ' .... iA . ... r . |