| Show 10 F The S and how They An ii A A I A 11 A A Die Dice tor Me wI on Oran 11 I 1111 1 g i U J IL Lit r With Crickets tile the I 4 1 Me Are Chin Chineis or Chin Vt Vice Pl I VI I he pIrt and JIo flow Clog New nd Shanghai flank Where here Arc i ii tiis JI Church Gambling hells of Macao A Visit to the Which to Tien Lost und mid Won Von nt at an Tan ot of a Queer 2 h u 1 11 by Frank Frnk Q 0 Car peAter MaNo o ZI 11 write writ In Intha tilt tha I Carlo or of uta In hi the rat Mil hail of 01 MacAO Maco where whre rune nUll Day and nl nIght ht SundaYs att WHIt week day clar year ear In and year out th Ih Is th are open ThI of t tAlia tAda center ot 01 the lottery Alia Ada The company has hu h and tJ the fortune which nt nl to 10 the now cume to 10 Macan Maca The TM chief Is II In In ri of at dollan ar r an I Iwon won every vry nIght by oi tl Iti nu nutt tt Ilir ol cull uner Ix bo Is IN ININ IN A GA HELL HELLI I am In a gambling lN liS I Ilet let tb thai note It I In th hart I of this on HI tn de Jolo th the or of th J It ItIs t tIt It Is mIdnight and the Is I d with to and nel tro ro The air Ia hi full rull 1 and Joking and or of the nots d I the Chili call all 1 la And te m i ot pleasure ur the The rt tilt of if the city I le tiri but the HUlL de Jo Jolo o with ChInese ChineN It stores are open rind gambling Invite YOU ou to bud buck ho tiger The talk I ot oC win and There Is iii nn An 1 almond e eyed ed l man who tella how Ii h won tin tart dollars lat week and how II a FrenchmAn rne to break brenk the and bet tour four tn itt ono Usten H He say 1111 the theman man got It all back the next nIght and dollars dollare to boot TIlt The thought stirs the Yankee gambling In w ui and we look liP up th the the money wae w won n nWe We no go Q a anti enter The ground floor I it full tull or of orChi Chi Chinese That lor large e room at the right I Is crowded Yellow men mell and women are about a long table covered with matting upon which money mony and chillS and earda ue are lying Look up through that openIng which to the 1110 root roof with 4 nt at the and amI third See the hun him t almond which are oro looking down upon the table No their A ftc they let down lit tic with l Each Fach bBl baa ket contains till the money which Its It own owner owner er to When th the game It is over the they pull rull up tip theIr AI A Athe the go down own the they out the number where the money IR he to he be and nt at the of oC each gum the bankers shout time the numbers which win now hOW FN TN TAN IS PLAYED In another room they are In much the II aetna wa way Here the letting betting III I nil on the number or of cOpper calM a 1 bowl The bank yr ft takee R m couple ot at of et coma from Crom a hillo tu one Bide aide ot the table and cover them with a brua bowl Later on ho he sill count them In and time the betting III ha as aa to whether they fill come out even onn or whether one two or three cash Ix be left The beta now flow In from all parta of the room There are ot of dol ol olInN late InN upon the table and the croupier C calls lie rallies the bowl and begins to llull out time the coma coins with two taking four out at a time ito does It ao 0 slowly that there Is Ia no chance ot of deception rime fhe game gume look fair and I put m my money on No I 1 anI only to find that a 3 win the The Thu next time I put III I on 2 but luck hick is II me and It goes goe Into the lIne ot of the banker Had I 1 won I 1 Would have gotten three Um times my This game of II played throughout the Fr Far a t There are wa way or of counting but of UI the are always allays In favor ot of the banker In some Olne games the chance ar even but the banker r ha bu a of pr fOnt int inton on all that over th the table There I Is a game ame where whre the rambler gambler had 1118 one chance ot of winning two hu of r re tamIng hi his and one or of lu losing ln It This itt Is called If at the clo close of cr the count one coin I Ia left he gets getson etl on nn amount amunt equal to hi hip stake If two or three he saves Mee hll hie but If tour Jie hoe It Another nother tame allow the one chAn chance of o winning double the amount lie he Puts down don two of losIng and ond one of retaining hi his take stake There is II still another where he ii h ha a chance or of winning nine ibm times Ume the mount amount he down and nd three the chance ot o losing It Tile The same game Is 18 itt In nail wass like ilkI roulette lIh there 11 1 no wheel for tor forthe the rolling Jail ball OF TilE The are amo among the rambler of the tou ou till tuI a tiling boUlt In eer every cIon In oiry Chine city and In ti il lags InSe The gamble amble on thi th Ide In the tea house and mn I Iship ship The I steamer fam which rOl i from Sa an n 1111 t to tha II a 0 Ii i often ofeD tarry carry a thousand or mill 4 u In the The ar are I 11 have made money In tim I v and II arc aM going bout huttI to In I I I ITher Ther all the wa way A d l t different games lire are i tints and hi some omo case Calet II tuL PIh i lisp Upon or of the 1 ti and sailors allon com 1111 n it I I In the gambling ambling and I have hnyp II ii I lull both and mn I I with theR the dirty hines to III phi ing Ill my last lut trip th Pu 11 SAW the 01 one of the Pug M II I kit hoes hose 7 at al I a vel very pretty han i iwho who was I tr tear not 1 a 1 be lest ht more thin E J I mama Mille way a This Thill woman I I HIM nice hooking U as art arl girt i meet t In six 11 months U tI I o 1 I hr her l d dras 0 oti th lit it d the with or Of ti II Hr bee risking from lu Ii t c thai On tb the Under 0 ti m 1 I wu was a dla n i I that gambling is III i t I I a carrying th III u i I is a disgrace to the t n 1 tt lt I hard It that the hin K Kera era Orl ot of tb the pm game nimbi a i f IT t their to the An Am rl ri a tn II I the IaU Itter told ml me th tIll t 1 relict be to I would take other boats II I u II h I I Tile There are many opi i 1 s I it an many n Ii I 1 of than II t Pt 11 0 t 1 I MIld of betting r a Ii h r I Gambling however hopr II t I I 1 who ho Iut ut f i 1 I bla un such h 11 hide till there ar are gaming rt 1 at I t the t doo doors of some of lb Ih fIO t I Th They arE to 10 he found In I mh h and aide streets and sometimes In th the streets Many houses are b by Joint took aDI and some ome by private parties 1 It I Is against the law Jaw for women to oan such luah hou houss but the theM i M fRANK G CARPENTER 1 i e GAMBLING GAME PROHIBITED AFTER 11 P M x u j I flower b boat or of Canton the most mOlt palaces PAlace or of sin In tO iC hI round found In Asia All are to have such games and anel they rn go on In In many such luch upon land hind GAMBLING FOR Joon MEALS Nearly every other cook shop In China Chinn me a gambling shop Here Her you ou rIsk your money aa to whether you ou will get Iet thou dou double ble the portion you pay for or nothIng I Upon some ot of the tho restaurant tables are bamboo tube u L big bi around as al a 0 tin tincuP tincup cuP and about It a toot foot high each cone con taming several long stick of the sire ot of A crochet needle On th the end ot of each stick are Ani little dot ot of Ink spots mr IRr to tho those on Time The man maim hu wants want a meal so 10 mall many cash tot IL 0 chance Time tube tub is II shaken haken anti and he pulls out A certain number of oC the sticks stick It If the dots on these arE time the winning oe nes he gets double the amount of oC his money In food Ir If not lie he gets nothing I have seen tak eake peddlers jingling sticks on th the wharves ot of Tien among the who were unloading Ibe ut It waa at lunch time and each ch or of the laborer had perhaps e cent centor or two to spend pend fur for his hll lunch In nine cases out ot of ten len hI he would bet with the peddler taking the chance of getting two III big cakes or going hungry Another method ot of gambling Is with three sticks MUck ThE gambler tI ties 1 a place of mone money to the end Ind of one of the sticks and grasps crupI the th three sticks In his hand so 10 that time the mone money Is II concealed The gambler fastens an equal amount to the other or of one or of th the Uck It If h he puta It on time aUck on which the money of the dealer is II he wins In other otherwise wise wIlt h he loses loe In this case aee time the mill maim who runs the game gains has baa two chances at wInning One or of the m most t common ways aye or of batting here her Is II stith oranges You see Me this going GaIn on at 1 the fruit shills tall alii and Alto alao In private hous houses The bet Is on the number of oC seeds In an orange Some Sometimes times It III I III a to ln wh whether hr the number is II odd or nr even oen and at others U a to 10 time the exact number ot of seeds the orange COli tam It at a fruit stand the dealer will pay time luCky er 11 five times Umes his hili debt but time loser lOfer must pay lIay the value alue of time the and also times at as much nuch as 1111 lie he ha hues wagered TUR FIGHT AND ETS There Is little gambll on horse hOlle rae rac racIng Ing except at the open ports and At Bird ht and insect take the Places ot of bull fight and anel races racel There Then I is some chicken fighting in III the In tenor and almost almot everywhere there are quail fights allf and cricket Quail is done on a table with witha a rn fen ab ita Id edge e The fight fighting In ing quails have hule b been n starved for some IOme A thy they are arp pit PLU into time the mien lien A Afew afew few ot of rice or wheAt are laid 1111 them arid and they at once begIn tl to fight owr or them They are trained 11 for time and a good fighter I is i I worth and upward I N 77 It Is time the lame ml with the crickets Their prIze Mn rings are little bi Thus I crickets ha have been bieti trained seem to understand theIr word and they are urged on to the combat with I straws Some ot of them are arc very er fierce anti and man many will fight until they timey die which chirp time the moat loudly are considered Ih the best fighters The Chinese understand how hou to teed feed mund Ind groom room the crickets for tor the tho fra fray Tirey give them honey belied chestnuts and boiled rice Rn and certain kinds ot of offish fish They do not allow any one to smoke near them for tor they think that tobacco Is injurious to them It If the crickets grow sick lCk they feed upon mo mosquitoes and In certain cases red 1011 ants rn In n a cricket fl tight ht the I insects nate ts lire are weighted before they are put Into the ring They are matched RS as to 10 8 size ze and color Time The betting Is dons just all as once tull fully u as at an American horse horl race l The stakes Are he lucid II by a committee deducts a certain percentage for those who own time the fighting hou During the fight time the gamblers gamble grow Irow excited The They scream and yell ell and hop up I and down as one In insect gets Itts time the better beUer ot of the other anti So go almost mat when on one wins win QUE m SE OA ES ESThe The Chinese have All aorta ot of games but mostly games ot of chance Iven In kite flying time the boy bOYI and amid even iven the thC men here lIy ily try to see Me which h hit the strongest on fore lag Imis string against of at the others 10 a to breAk them In such conlest th the strings ate are often otten soaked with glue and dusted with powdered glass that they may cut or II saw time better At every ery feast there gam games of upon UllOn which I ii staked slaked One is II how hOI mII many lingers a aman aman man throws out at you and another Is quickly hinging flinging out one or more fingers anti and II a number er wh th the oth othe e era who are playing mUst IUnE fin finout out as aB many fingers as will when adds to the number mentioned by time fIrst fIrstman man make up 1 a total ot of ten At tile the same time they the must shout hout out hut time the number or of time the fingers the they throw out In tills case calle who lose have hae to pity so 10 much money or drink so 10 all as a forfeit The lire are ver very fond of this game ame They grow row so boisterous In playing It that the EUlO European ean of officials of oC have prohibited It after atter 11 In the evening ChINESE MORALITY Speaking of that city amud ald Shanghai a are among the fastest rutlt place In th the Shanghai I leads adl In all of irs Ire It hall imas all the thC wicked wickedness ness neal ot of the Chinese e married to very every vicious habit that is III known In Europe the rhe older Chinese at time the treat ports port I deprecate the presence of DC foreigners in III China because e ot of their vicious example The claim that their IOns eons are heln being I u t u N ruIned by teachings Take for tor instance the ot of the tim American consulate at Shanghai It ii mn maim imo ho started lit 81 a a clerk and who has now MV a business of oC the oem oon mulato Mulat which brings thin him In about I it year lie He says saYI that lie he hal ha made mado Inon motley out or of the foreigners but that Ihal ime ht would be glad to rive give up hi his Iry vent n It were out or of China II 11 told mt me that h he hall imad sevin SOl 1 ho might 1111 b been n 1001 good boys but they lund II 5 ruined hy foreigners that their III Ilea now was AI to stay out ull ant nd money I have tilt from rich ridi Chi Chinese nee at ath h oth other ports amid I call caim tee see that Iha their sn MOin 11 mire as aM a rule rulo worth I II Thiv hll have nil all the old vices vIce ot of thir race to to our new ones onet The They it and aDlI spend i hl thIr fathers on the other 11 are rt good fello fellowS oni II good tm GOD OD Olf OF LUCK LUCI LUCIOn On reason wh why gambling iii hI so 10 ummi verel lucre I Is through the superstition ot Jr the Chinese They limey consider life lICe a platter matter of luck TImer here is III a cia class ot of fortune tel hers lers who lire are consulted upon everythIng They Are lIked asked to out the lucky and Unlucky days dayt for tor all sorts ort of oC no ac lions There Thre are certain days upon ullOn which the Chinese e will not do c timIngs thing It IC tit they open a granary on on day they think that time rice will rot and they ther will not plant upon UllOn dRY day for tor the asia am reason realOn while on 1 a thiril they shave he because If IC thy they do their heidi will lie be covered with boll boils II Every Itar h lila It its own lup superstition and liB its own luck It If you dig a well on the day called Mow ow you will get ont oni bitter waters null and Ir If you eat do h hall elm all the clay Ilay called Sut the spirit ot of dog will haunt you On the day Shun Shar you OU must never weep PIP fur tur time the dead 0 cm you will have hae sorrow upon tipon sorrow Borrow and It you make sauce on the Ihl day ralle Sun Suit It will be There herp art are ten days cadet male mal day and I twelve welve are oa called If you ou wear a new suit ot of for hue first lime on time the da called how you will willlie lie he sUrg to 1111 dl away liwa from home In me mud it t you buy huy land on the d day Mi you will be unlucky I take these facts faett train from Archdeacon Orl book on aim China Which I Ii Ion long since of oC print Times as AI to luck extend to time ot of time the on also allo to tl the legends leend connected ted with In 10 call tiel Some time ago 0 a telegraph was wa projected Canton Canlon an 1 The Th scheme vau bitterly opposed time chief objection being tim till bad luck Juett which It wd Pure lurt tO brill to time the twO cIties The Chinese saul anton I is known to u us nl as the Ihl City of oC Rains or and the lbs mouth of the river where the telegraph line Is III to go gois is II known a as the Tl Tigers mouth while the district is II Kow Kowloon loon or the tle Nine Dragons What ea cam eavou you vou expect you vou put Jut um a 0 tel graph line to lead time the shed into the IIer tigers mouth and th the nine Marron f |
