Show wy 1 few win at monte carlo plungers welcomed at this paradise of the gambler on the mediterranean sea special correspondence the american himan thorne who was credited ID the cable dispatches with having won dollars in a weeks stay at monte carlo is only one of a dozen players who have tak en big sums from the famous gam ahng institution in fact the house on the sunny promontory of monaco has never been so prosperous as now and it could probably spare ten times 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 holiday 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 his tendencies but once he reaches the domain of the prince of monaco he can let down the bars and play to his hearts content for a sum as great as he likes for it Is one of the aws of monte carlo that there is no limit on the amount tor which the bank will contest the directors of the casino corn pany of monte carlo the official title at the concern that conducts the gam bling resort recently struck a balance for the year they found a profit that a standard oil corporation might not scruple to own a matter of 7 it is a rare business enterprise that can coin boiney at that rate this sum is divided among the shareholders and operators a large portion going to the heirs of M blanc the master of the roulette wheel whose service tn the cause of chance are gratefully remembered by his rel atves and by those who are now reap ing the profits of his enterprise immense rental paid 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 just given the price another raise and in the future the institution will pay for the purpose of conducting the most noted dollar exchange ID the world the directors welcome the big play er they are willing to take a chance on the onal 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 alon 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 walk into M blanc s parlor escape many of them get away with goodly piles some by trickery some legitimately aleut col newnham davis one of interior of roulette room ga coterie of englishmen in paris who mingles considerably with the american colony vouches for the aitor which credits a chicago friend of his with scooping francs in the salles de jeu in a single day and greater marvel still having the horse sense to leave with the sum intact one of the next in magnitude was that of a russian grand duke who playing in the club won francs 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 bait for the professional swindler and more such gentry are harbored in the three miles of ter composing the principality of monaco than in any other spot of sim liar size on the civilized globe the majority of them prey not on the bani but its dupes stake snatch ing and other genious variants of the confidence trick form their main standby the bank itself however suffers from their attentions the prime mover in a recent plot was an english swell named ardis son who had successfully 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 operations and clad in an unassuming disguise made a lar study of the gaming 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 landing place and casino 1 cards it Is non mechanical the per bonal equation enters into its procedure and finally the stakes were high in this game ardisson saw his opening carried away large sum vanishing from the neighborhood of his blissfully ignorant victims he returned eventually accompanied by a friend of his own sex and protes sion and a couple of beautiful and well dressed women the party ranged themselves two on each side of the brente et quarante board and while the croupier was shuffling the cards preparatory to starting a fresh set of deals the oman on one side engaged the umpire in ingenuous chat asking explanations of how the game was played and so forth while she on the other requested umpire no 2 to supply her with gold change for a banknote at the precise instant when the croupier was ready to begin one of the women dropped 50 louls on the floor creating a most unseemly dl version and attracting all eyes from the cioth attendants gathered up her gold and the game proceeded the ardisson 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 occurrence whichever way the quartet stake went the party won after eight coups the party retired majestically carrying with them francs of the bank s money at the door of the casino a smart carriage awaited them and in five minutes they were whirled across the frontier the secret of ardisson s staggering success only became known when too late horrified at the loss to the bank which the eight abnormal coups had caused the umpire ordered the cards to be examined there were eighty four too many in the pack A croupier had been bribed to insert a specially shuffled slab of cards at a given sig nal and the disturbance caused by the fall of the woman s gold pieces had drawn all eyes from the deed two months imprisonment was his sen tence a period of discomfort he could afford to disregard when weighed against his personal profits butter mold fash ons I 1 see said the man who goes to market frequently that the acorn Is in style again as a decoration for but ter molds last spring the field daisy was the flower most frequently print ed upon pats of butter before that the chrysanthemum was the favorite I 1 never could understand the feces sity tor changing the fashion in butter molds but they do change with the seasons almost as regularly as worn en s clothes even big dairies that mark all rolls of butter with a special trademark vary the floral trimming of their molds from time to time among the favorite decorations acorns and oak leaves have their inning most frequently chrysanthemums rank next in popularity some old fashioned butter makers there are however who scorn the 01 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 being a foe to disease it is naturally a preventive the feces sity for the thorough ventilation of houses is generally recognized but the sleeping room Is the place where the greatest 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 it 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 better health and more joy in 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