Show NONE PROfIT BY Player Has No Chance to Win Says Richard Canfield PROPRIETORS PROPRIETOR'S SURE THING t J II down Gambler in ill America Says Say's Sa Mau Who Plays Play's Pla to Bake Money honey Is Fool When Richard A. A was asked what game o of chance challco afforded ed edthe the player the be best t opportunity o of winning he laughingly replied at all The player has hus no chance There Is no gambling game that man mall can win at Any Anyone one who gambles with the Idea of making money is or 01 ora ora either youth unsophisticated uns a aCI CI very un a D. fool Nevertheless said aid the thc New ew York Herald reporter people have won loon I according to reports largo large sums from rom the green cloth Of course e the they have te temporarily temporality and 1 doubt If IC many of or tho tiro reports published were exaggerated Players have havo quite frequently within m my knowledge and experience left the lute i house many man thousand dollars ah ahead I o of the thc game but they alwa always s 's como cornu back and play It t In again es establishment The running of a gambling I CS-I then is a suro sure to the 11 proprietor 1 A AI As Absolutely He can not lose I said salcI the player has no chance chanco what what- ever Even In faro and roulette which arc are the tho most equitable gam Karno- Karno ambling amb- amb ling hag games sames now nov played the odds odas against the player el are something more than titan 5 r per pel cent With this advantage e eIn In favor of tho the hou house e there Is no reason reason rea rea- son whatever cr for running a a. crooked game galTIe Are there many crooked games sames run in New York YOlI or America 1 None one at all In any reputable gambling gam gam- gambling bling bUng house douse If It I may use uc that c. c slon sion Ion It would be quite impossible to torm rm a brace game game tunc in an nn establishment had nau to which professional gamblers at discover it ui access Thc They would once Crooked games sames CUll can only be op operated op- op erat crated d where the patrons arc are Intoxicated intoxicated or else ChiC arc are boys bo s who know nothing about the same game even ven few gambling house nou so o very would u proprietors of tho the better bettel cla class Inthis inthis in inthis dishonest trouble themselves to be bo this WU way It Is Its not worth woith their while If It they cared to make male a II larger pei- pei n than titan faro ro or roulette g gives e they can cull introduce in introduce In- In when whon played legitimately In which t the tho other games are very ci er chances chance against the player d allowed cu much gt greater cater I 1 have never allow allowe I I tl them to tn be bc played In In my rny places because betl be he- cause the odds in m my favor a 0 l' l of or 5 o Percent per pel percent cent are alc quite Julie enough If U the place I is at all well patronized this tills percentage percentage percentage per per- will naturally yield a very large return Hi Big Percentages ls What hat arc the games that you re te refer refer re- re fer fey to as being so much more in favor of the house Why Vh there is the tho English game of or hazard In 10 which the percentage a against the player Is about 11 per cent Then there thero is is the American game sarno known as the bookmakers mal eri wheel In that the player has something like 20 o oto I to 25 tier per cent against him I have o never novel allowed these games In m my houses nor would I over ever play them myself lh They are arc not especially interesting In- In and it Is too much like c taking candy from a a. child Have you ever er run a game same of or bridge e in your our place No Xo Bridge baccarat and piquet arc are also games gilme that thal I do cIo not nol cou countenance countenance coun coun- as a gambling pastime How Ho about poker the Panama government you I know now recently decided cd ell that poker was wa not a gambling game baITIe No lo more is It The real gambling games hames are arc the mechanical games It ItIs ItIs Itis Is In that sense alone that gambling i is considered amon among professionals Poker is is- only a l social odal game came Of or course the same you can gamble with poker with whist or euchre or orthe orthe orthe as as you ou can can match pennies or orbet orbet orbet the same as us you yOtt bet on the tho numbers number of street cars US but hut real gambling is only conducted by mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- devices An ln K I c I e Luxury To To my way of ot thinking gambling should be bo looked on simply Imply as an amusement No one should Indulge in who cannot afford to lose It Is Ir lr nothing more nor less than i n tl luxurious lux an and the person pelson who does docs pastime should be willing and able ablo to gamble the fiddler It should be bo con consid considered pay hay much In the tune samo same way as as very red ered expensive bunches of or flower buying giving a theatre party lady or lor tor a automobile Youcan Youn You Youcan riding In a n or town possibly us quick quickly can n get up G Ci cents on the for safely and surely as in a can or the thc L L as DS you subway lal large e But Dut you OU do not have much funI funI fun Cun as that gambling Is athing a athing athing I do not noL suppose be commended 1 I have never thing to It Is undoubtedly indorsed ed It myself amusement But so are ure an on expensive and Wall all street Tho Clue automobiles adhered that I have always alwa's principle Is m my establishments In conducting to co andas and andas will gamble with money that hat men will gamble I have as they as long to afford them un business It my made u W as to do so as resl respectably opportunity I r knoW kno perfectly well nett l th that t P 0 u ua Iu cannot win arid and that I Will aKU they their by b catering to profit handsome somo a ghoul hould or 01 They The also Imo V. amusement cannot wIn and that knot that they price fen rOl fent round od a good gf thY they es' es are arc paying excitement All efforts of t H few hours very much like the same arc to beat against a steno dashing waves w veR ocean It continual continual- They RO go up against thrown I and are arc just jUlit as for Cor Instance Noone No Noone Nov ow tako faro b back ck Occasionally the game garne one over beat en loaned a avel Mm soma the tho game has all rho player InvariablY Invariably In- In that Is nc o bUt pays Jays It back variably halt Puritan Half Hair Q Quaker happen to become a How lIow did you ou gambler u P puzzle Io to toT tome been al vaa always 5 has That Puritan and half I I T am nm halt half inc nc how na it happened that how and just Jubino I Quaker combination should pr c n 1 that tool Is Ig more I I prince of or able to study out have hll C essay I been beon Quaker or m. Puritan Somewhere lit In mull m uny have o been beau a t st u ln n I there cre I 1 o of ft y blood bS boy thc they 1 looked upon up up- I was a a When hen develop develop- I cast ni I 1 on oil nt mo o as M a n S 1 land ln of It busi- busi for tor an any etl rd tl no aptitude work And I suppose sup up- c pose 10 or 01 pr j I happen to be n a pose that Is ia hj how J piS else HM tint W 8 My lly Pour uld old WY J I CUu w d du u J h i J 1 I f lI lt Jj H 4 L I r.- r. 11 grandmother who wino had about bout 0 D J put away in the theIn savings In s used to bemoan bemoan be hc- moan my lack of application or desire to wor work and say that she suppo supposed ed It was to fall faB to her lot to support meIn mehl me meIn In hl her old age Well she will not v need to The Tho publics public's desire lle to gamble nas sus put mo In comfortable circumstances circum stances and I need not worry worn about the tho wolf for the rest of my life lIe Are you OU as wealth wealthy as Mr Delahunty Dela- Dela hunt stated on the stand during the trial No Xo I am not He lie said mid I was worth I have nowhere near as much as that but then I have accumulated accumulated accumulated enough to keep me from fromn rom worrying wor wor- In fact fact- act I never OI did worry wOIn I 1 have always been a philosopher and amI even von even In ht the black periods of m my career career ca career ca- ca reer I 1 have ha been heen cheerful and happy happ During the time of or m my exile In Europe Eu gu- Europe rope after the famous amous raid on m my es es- establishment I lived at Clah ic gc's os o's In London My friend Whistler the artist artist ar ar- was there too He was eating his heart healt out with worry about my 01 while I was simply having a pleasant vacation from business despite Mr 11 Jerome's threats and Mr h conduct of my affairs Whistler and I I. I by the way had been very cry close friends for or many years oj cm He insisted on painting paintIng paint paint- Ing m my Illy portrait and ancI it was the hardest job ho ever undertook When Whelk I 1 was wan posing for him I could overhear o him t i-c.- i to tn hi mid and cursing cur me for a n G Gnot v not I keeping the Che same expression don He lie would mumble to himself Dick you scoundrel wh why dont don't you keep your face fuce still You It e cr every minute How Hatt do llo you rou suppose I can cart get sel a likeness S when you have a thousand different expressions expressions' Happy HalIJ Six Months in Jail Jull Did your YOUl In Jail In Providence Pro maJ make o you something o of a I cynic 7 On the contrary I look back upon my term terns in prison an as ono of or thu the best heit things thing'S that over happened me mo This may seen seem a somewhat remarkable statement but hut those six months 1 I spent most beneficial beneficial beneficial bene bene- In Jail were probably the and happiest six Ix months I ever spent III in my II life Co I tad hall nothing to todo todo todo do but read And I r read continually best of books and a assiduously sl tho rho vel very It inculcated a Il taste for Cor good literature In me that I never hover had before and which has been a groat jo Joy to me ever since If It were not for Cor that term In Jail I probably never would 11 have o a found time to read them With t tho the exception o of that term of Idleness and literature mine has been a vcr very bug busy life I was born with a taste for art but I 1 novel never cultivated it nor saw MW the opportunities for Cor its enjoyment until I had saturated t my brain with the tho best bost authors Since then good books and ancl good rood pictures have havo been my hobby nn and I my my recreation l If you had hind tho the opportunity of living living liv liv- ing your you OUI life over t HI-t again ln what shat occupation occupation occupation tion would you OU choose I r think I would rather bo a professor professor pro pro- fessor of literature than any other occupation occupation oc oc- that I know leno of at least leant an nn occupation of or that nature which would allow me to spend most of or my time in reading and delving Into books 1 J can think of no plea W way l of passing ones one's life lire But at such an un occupation you youl would necessarily bo be forced to aban aban- abandon abandon don any Idea of or accumulating great wealth Oh I do not caro care anything about about it I never did earn care fur for money honey for moneys money's sake Mke I only like to make money first as an nn amusement and avary a 11 avery very vary Interesting one it is l too Then secondly because money afforded mean filean me file mean an opportunity opportunity of Indulging In my hobby for Cor books and pictures picture f Any Anyone Anyone one eon can mako moue money especially If Ir he happens to be bo a Yankee There Th fh rc re is no trick about it no secret no great groat talent talent talent tal tal- ent or 01 genius required But It does docs take a n. wise man to keep money though That Is wh why Wise men Inen arc are not gamblers except pt as us an nn amusement amuse amuse- ment Wall Street Won Won-e t o Than Faro You Vou wore were never neVOl ambitious then 1 I J i j J J 1 t t r L J l 1 a ti T r I for or a career as a lawyer lau or a broker broket j jr t tI I r have ha had liar too many unpleasant ant experiences with lawyers to ever carcI care to be one And I certainly would not be a broker bloker It Is too much like my myown myown myown I own business only business only more so In my business as I tol told 1 you rou the customer has 5 per cent against him The man who goes goe down and plays Wall all street instead of oC faro or roulette has about 75 per cent against him Did you ever contemplate establishing establishing lishing a gambling establishment in 11 Europe tt A raid horn hero In After Aftel tho tiro on my place New Nets York I was offered a salary of oC a year car to 0 manage a LL gambling casino In lit one of the most famous and exclusive resorts ts in Europe I was sorely tempted to take taitO it n as m my business business business busi busi- ness here seemed to bo be killed and nud as the sino casino would have on Its l board of directors men whose names names were prominent In society finance and even en evenIn evenin in royal court Ut circles And wll why didn't you 1 Because a little l year old old car girl asked me not to She thought that r I had reputation enough h In that di dl- dl Do you OU mind telling who the little girl was leas Certainly not noL noLI My I dau daughter Dick Can- Can And so 50 it seems that bold has hns a human side to his character char char- acter icier after all |