Show ARE WOMEN OMI N TH MARE INVETERATE CHICAGO ANSWERS RS YES CHICAGO July 3 Syndicate gambling gambling gambling gam gam- I bling for women as well as men under I the flimsy pretext of prize contests bids fair to supplant in tn public interest as a a. gaming gaining haven the syndicate syndi cate cats smashed by Chief of Police Snippy in his ukase against the tho City of Tra Tra- verse Headquarters of the s syndicate catering catering cater cater- ing to the patronage patrona e of fair air devot devotees es of the goddess of c chance ance are at Thirty- Thirty fifth street and Cottage Grove avenue where play is almost continuous with morning afternoon and ni night ht se sessions daily dally except Sunday On the v wast f ast st side another bl big hall han is Is' Is necessary to accommodate the patron patron- age A large West Madison street auditorium au au- auditorium id is used as as the branch A private residence located near Garfield Gar Gar- field avenue avent a and Fremont street accommodates accommodates ac ae the north side patronage patrona c. c Lina Linn Gehrig whose whoso similar operations in in Woodlawn led to ii a a police raid on her club at the instigation of cler clergymen i r- r two years ago ato is head of tho syndicate After nearly two years ears of f uninterrupted uninterrupted uninterrupted operation on at her her new locations the matter was reported to Chief and he at once instituted an in in- Detectives were detailed to each of the places with th orders to arrest all par participants bar bar- ar the moment gambling be began an Ei Eight ht women and twenty men drawn from a all walks in life life the the majority unknown to each other rubbed other rubbed elbows in a mad rush for the tho tables at Vicinity hall hall Thirty fifth street and Cottage I Grove avenue at o'clock when a atop tap top of a gong announced the opening The gambling gamblin fever possessed them them all aU Soma Som almost tore the cards in their haste to to deal They watched ed each other furtively Cheating Freely Charged They made open char charges es of cheat cheat- ing Each woman seemed to believe that every other woman was doing her her herbest herbest best to cheat cheat- No Mississippi river steamboat t card sharp ever operated with more boldness than some of the women ca card d players displayed Games is often came to be ba fierce wars' wars of words Recriminations that have been causes for murders in some sections sectionS' of lf tho the country rage every very day in the h hall The games played by the women i are brid bridge c whist cinch and euchre No difficulty was encountered in iri in ente entering entering en en- te in the place in the str stream am of humanity humanity hu hu- hu manity that swarmed in iIi The first su suggestion of organization and a in an n official in to char charge e comes when a charge of from 25 So to 50 cents is made for the score card which each player must have Last night the price was 35 cents On this score score card appears not even the name of a club It must be purchased by any anyone one who e enters the e hall The prizes which the winning card caid draw are usually ten in number and very vary in value from 2 to 20 These may be sold or exchanged so that a money value is obtained Many of the women who do not find the playing for the tha prizes quite exciting enough set up individual stakes at the tables tables for each game Women flash 20 and 50 bills biUs upon their neighbors and offer offer offer of of- fer to make bets on the results of sin single le games gaines Cheating the Feature The principal feature of the games that are run ir it Vicinity hall is 18 the amount of cheating that is is carried on among the women players Every woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man accuses her neighbor of attempts to cheat and is accused herself in return return re re- re- re turn Of Of COUt course E. E all aU the w women m n cheat declared one one of the women there last night I never knew a gen genn gentleman en- en to do anything of that kind bat all the women do the funny busi busi- ness ress J Frequenters o of the place declare that many of the women who attend carry duplicate punches in their stockings to register register games they never Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times for money considerations one set of players will allow another pair to take a larger score than they have really won that their total score may be a a prize winner This trading of scores is is' isan an important factor in the games The fights for prizes sometimes grow so acrimonious that the women struggle struggle struggle gle in hand to hand band hand conflicts over them T Tongue gue lashings are re too frequent to be bo paid any attention to by those who give and receive them Women fought with each other over the number of points won Every Everyone one present s seemed ined t to be belying lying in wait for slight advantage The Thee e eyes es of the women women women wo wo- men were bright right with tho ilie lust of gain while their faces were set and drawn wits with tense excitement There was an incipient riot when a aman aman aman man and woman wished to leave tho hall hall before the games w were Je finished Their Thell departure Inconvenienced their partners who appealed to all the women women wo woo wo- wo men in charge to force them to remain The place was a hotbed of gossip In the changing of tables snatches of conversation conversation conversation con con- could be heard I dont don't know where she gets those diamonds I never seen them before She paid 95 fe or In Vot qt t tailor suit Row How can she afford Itt I Her husband says sa s she cant can't come here any any more so she has to sneak to get here She tells tells ells him hint she is going t to her sisters r s Once the g game me was was' in p progress ogress however however however how- how ever all aU conversation except that relating relating re re- re- re lating to the cards died You you renegade was the sharp and frequent comment |