| Show ALL FOND OF GAMBLING P Ps engers on ocean liner unable to resist fascination it 4 Is a well known fact that no na tion has been found high or low in the scale of civilization where the passion for gambling does not exist A phila delphian delph lan who Is too good a christian to have his name in print is cespon sible for the following tale I 1 was as returning from europe this fall on on one e of the large ocean liners A crow of us in the smoking room on the second day out with stakes as low as a penny it was as great tun and axed the roars of laughter could be heard in the cabins people who never played before lo 10 looked aked in to ee one of the tables covered with cards and such a makeshift layout j could be gathered up among travelers excitement ran high and dealers changeat often for the bank went brol e every enery little while everybody wanted fa q gett geanto nto the game and on the fourth day akrep three clergymen who had fulminated in th the cabin cabill to any one who would listen to them on the jolly folly of the vice 0 gambling actually staked their pennies they simply couldn coulden t help ig itt the thing was simply irresistible on the fifth day the ex cit ement culminated when the gamp game went right along regardless of the dinner bell and then the captain stopped it no one player lost or won as much as 5 from start to finish |
