Show t I I I li II IIIi U Ii BOOKS II II II vici MUST lUST DL llE B Says Say's Sa s 's time tho of or as Tells fells the tho Tale Talc The fascination of or Monte Carlo Carl Is not to be bo described It must be lie seen Vice shall be o says Irs the th Mother of Satan Salami II At Monte 1 Carlo U It is more than c It Is compelling A subtle hypnotism prevails Ic One scarce realizes that this lovely ely spot pot Is at th same mine time the Ule basest What Vhal passions have c stormed tills this cliff cUre What hat mean rage me an and l despair have hav beaten b aten their hands against these bastions of pleasure How flow few fow who plunge Into this ma maelstrom of or chance ever er rise so again The Thc lure luie of or sold gold there is nothing save sl death Fool and re rogue gue saint find and sinner sinner sinner sin sin- ner here herc thor they meet and mingle and change chang To 10 those who give Monte MonteCarlo MonteCarlo MonteCarlo Carlo but a trifling glance toss a n. coin or two on the line tables and leave lJ by th time tho morrows morrow's train it ba has no real significance cance It Is simply one of or the tine sights 9 of Europe The faces one secs sees In III the Hall of or Roulette Here and there one which will haunt the onlooker through tho the thorest thorest rest of his days das Packed about the thelong thelong thelong long tablet tables are young oun faces flushed with hope or gray gra with despair mid mid- aged die le-a le c faces which express ment or 01 Indifference old old ol old l faces races scarred and lined nn and 1 seamed where Vh r avarice l selfishness cruelty dishonesty cross and till human semblance Is literally blotted out o loves boa gay and careless hideous old croneS who watch the unwary and steal the bets old women In black who figure fig and figure Imaginary Imag winnings winnings winnings win win- and never ne risk anything but their nerves And there theio are beautiful women women women wom wom- en beautifully g gowned beautifully gemmed somo sarno of or them good some of or them Indifferent and sonic some mc of or them bad 1 ad Invariably one finds oneself speculating speculating spec spec- on the h history tor of ot this woman or that the more gems the tho more mor-c history his his- tory Here Hero the half world of Europe finds duds its kingdom om and rules It madly The fortunes these women warnell hove have poured l Into nto this whirligig of oC chance will never be computed And there is the gentlemanly gentle gentle- inn manly aly blackleg the of ticket man an and outcasts and thieves cs but all of them are well dressed dresse and for tor the I lime time being well behaved ed l' l From lOm The Time Luro Lure of oC the Mask by Harold Harod McGrath The Dobbs Bobbs company Indianapolis |