| Show rhe HE PASSION FOR GABLI GAMBLI 0 excitement not lift lut for ca n Is tl thi i des re one of the most thoi 0 igi igli y in grained passions in the him hun an race is i ahe e desire to gamble not the crude wish of the ignorant man to get some thing for nothing but the eager and brilliant hued expectation of the man ot of experience to risk some possession ot of hia his against some part of his neigh bor tors a goods in the hope of becoming by this means the possessor of both and that this Is by no mears to be confounded with mere lust tor for money Is proved by the prevalence of this feeling among very rich men to whom the acquisition of a few hundreds of thousands of dollars cannot by any possibility bring added comfort or en cyment it Is in the contest of his brain against an another others s the placing of his army in the field to capture or be cap aured by his opponent opponents s that the lover of gambling takes his del such a passion is as otten often seen in a little guttersnipe risking his pennies with another gamin at craps as it is in the gray haired financier twisting tw asting the market into a corner to squeeze the last cent out of his opposing acquaint ance on the other side of the move ment writers on economies ins almost with out exception fail to grasp this idea ide a and point out the folly of gambling to its devotees on the ground that the money gained Is almost invariably pent in a reckless fashion and that the confirmed gambler is thus evenou ally bound to lose they do not see that it Is the excitement of the con test the emotional thrill caused by the conflict that is more frequently desired not the gain of a certain amount of money |
