Show few win at monte carlo plungers welcomed at this paradise of the gambler on the mediterranean sea special correspondence the american himan thorne who nas credited in the cable dispatches with having won dollars in a v eek s stay at monte carlo Is only one ol 01 a dozen placers who have tak en big sums from the famous gam bling institution in fact the house on the sunny promontory of monaco has never been so prosperous as now and it could probably spare ten t mes what thorne is reputed to have taken without quit ting a loser on the summer s activity the multimillionaire of the united states away for his hoi day on the continent finds monte carlo an irre magnet in the united states a widespread prejudice against gam bling compels the man of millions to curb h s tendencies but once he reaches the florain of the prince of monaco be can let down the bars and play to his heart s content for a sum as great as he likes tor it is one of the laws of monte carlo that there is no monaco than in any other spot of sim liar size on the civilized globe the majority of them prey not on the bank but its dupes stake snatch ing and other gen ous variants ot the confidence tr cl form their ma n standby the bank itself however suffers from their attentions the prime moer in a recent plot was an engi sh swell named ardis son who had s worked nearly every pleasure resort on the continent and now for the first time turned his attention to the seeming ly unassailable fortress of wealth by the sea ardisson spied out the land a month or more before he attempted ons and clad in an unassuming se made a lar study of the gam ng tables and the methods of play he reached the conclusion that roulette was unworthy of his attention brente et quarante gave him some food for thought it is played with land ng place and cas no limit on the amount for which the bank will contest the directors of the casino corn pany of monte carlo the official title of the concern that conducts the gam bling resort recently struck a balance for the ear they found a profit that a standard oil corporation m not scruple to own a matter of 7 it is a rare business enterprise that can n at that rate this sum is divided among the shareholders and operators large portion going to the heirs of M blanc the master of the roulette wheel whose service in the cause of chance are gratefully remembered by his rel atiles and by those who are now reap ing the profits of his enterprise immense rental pa d the rental of the great gambling palace Is a huge item of cost until last year the prince of monaco forced the casino company to pay a year but in view of the increased earnings he has given the price another raise and in the future the institution will pay for the p impose of conducting the most noted dollar exchange in the world the directors welcome the big play er they are willing to take a chance on the occasional stroke that will bring him home a winner even though the sum he takes away may seem to be a staggering one they well know that the game is so arranged that in the end the money must all come back to them and there Is enough in their strong bank to tide over any drain those stories of breaking the bank which recur frequently emanate from people who do not know the condl tion the bank cannot be broken it is conceivable that the supply of ready cash might be exhausted for a few hours but there is always plenty more obtainable and the player who stays and fights it out with the bank will always come out the loser this does not mean of course that none of the flies who wall into M blanc s parlor escape many of them get away with goodly piles some by trickery ome legitimately col newnham dav s one of petty swindlers in plenty more money has been lost by the monte carlo bank through fraud than through so called honest play the casino backed by vast resources is a tempting ba t for the professional swindler and more such gentry are harbored in the three miles of ter composing the principality of AA iLiA faitA 1 1 cards it is non ca the per bonal equation enters into its prece dure and finally the stal es were high in this game ardisson saw his opening carr ed away large sum vanish ng from the neighborhood of h s ignorant victims he returned eventually ic compan ed by a tr end of h s own sex and probes sion and pie of beautiful and weh dressed women the party banned on each s de of the brente et quarante board and while the apier was ng the cards preparatory to starting a fresh set of deals the woman on one side engaged the ump re in ingenuous chat asking explanations of how the game was played and so forth wh ie she on the other ested umpire no 2 to supply her with gold change for a banknote at the precise instant when the apier w as ready to begin one of the women dropped 50 louls on the floor creating a most unseemly di version and attract ng all eyes from the cloth attendants gathered up her gold and the gime proceeded the ard ason party vigorously attack ed la rouge et la couleur and be hold rouge gagne et couleur no less than three times running altogether an unprecedented whichever way the quartet stake went the party won after e coups the party ret red majestically carrying with them francs of the bank s money at the door of the casino a smart carriage awaited them and in five m they were whirled across the frontier fion tier the secret of ardisson s staggering success only became known when too late horrified at the loss to the bank which the e abnormal coups had caused the ump re eldered the cards to be examined there were eighty tour too many in the pad A croupier had been bribed to insert a specially shuffled slab of cards at a given sig nal and the disturbance ca ased by the tall of the comans womans gold pieces had drawn all ees from the deed two months imprisonment was his sen ence a period of discomfort he could ifford to disregard when weighed against h s personal profits butter mold fash ons I 1 see said the man who goes to n arl et frequently that the acorn is n style aga n as a decoration tor but ter molds last cpr ng the field daisy was the flo ver most frequently print ej upon pats of butter before that the chrysanthemum mum was the favorite I 1 never could understand the feces s ty for changing the fashion in butter molds but they do change with the eamons almost as regularly as worn en s clothes even b g dairies that mark all rolls of butter with a special trademark vary the floral trimming of their molds from time to time among the favor te decorations and oak leaves have their inning frequently chrysanthemums ank next in popularity some old fashioned butter makers there are however who scorn the 01 lamented namen ted butter mold the tip of the ladle is their implement of art and with that they carve figures on a roll of butter that make all floral and hor ti cultural designs look commonplace open W endows in bedrooms fresh air be ng a foe to disease it is naturally a preventive the feces sity for the thorough ventilation of houses is generally recognized but the sleep ng room is the place where the greatest glea test benefit from fresh air may be obtained leave at least one window open is the advice of high au thorl ties in winter as in summer no discomfort will be felt on account of cold if enough blankets are used those who sleep with the windows open winter and summer arise each day fresh and buoyant in winter the effect is often as bracing as a tonic open bedroom windows mean bettel health and more joy in life than closer windows cleveland leader j |