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Show GAMHLINa IN l2NGLA.NI). It Ib Indulgoil In Lnrtfoly Amonr; Fashlonnblo Olrcloa. A Vic Into Wlilfll tlm Orntler Rex Is lie- comliifr Inlllatcd Tlio C.trtl Tnbl Fnat llrcorulnir a I'npu- lur Iteaiirt. r)oplto all that 1ms been tlono by tho legislature mid tho police for putting ilown (,'nming In thobo fnrmi In which they can lakocognl.aiicoof II, it is now pructlccil, under conditions which preclude pre-clude tho Interposition of tho law nml Its emissaries, to un extent unit In n mnmicr which would linvo nttonlshcil even tho vctcrnti IrequrntorH of Croclt-foril'o Croclt-foril'o nnd tho Cocoa Tro'o in their palmy days. It is true, ays tho Loudon World, thnt cards liavo Bupplnnted dice ns tho lcadinfr lnstrumonts of speculation, specula-tion, und thul baccarat instend of luiz-nrd luiz-nrd is tho pastlmo principally In vogue. Hut for nil practical purpoe tho flret aro not less cITcctlve than the bceond In ruining fortunes nnd lepututiomt, nml lend themselves quita ns readily to the transference of lnrtfo sums of money. In many respects, indeed, tho buiiiI)-llnjf buiiiI)-llnjf of tho present if far more open to objection than tho Rambling of tho past. In the old time, when (ramlnir-lioin.es, whether In tho shape of clubs or ordinary ordin-ary houses, weru tolerated, high play was for the most part restricted to men. No doubt n few notorious women of rank and fashion were In tho habit of playing high at one another's own houses. Hut nearly all tlio gambling was practiced at gomlng-cjuhs, nnd to them women wero not admitted. In addition ad-dition to this, no mnn either belonged to a gaming tlub or entered except with tho full Intention of Joining lu the diversion diver-sion thcro provided for hirn. nnd, whatever his luck might be, he incurred in-curred tho risks to which he was exposed dclibiratcly nnd of malice prepense At amlng-clubi publicity public-ity gcncrully, If not Invariably, lu-f lu-f urcd fnir play, and, f-avo In the wny of loans from tho proprietary, thcro was then no credit. Uotwcen the gamesters themselves every truntnctlon wni a ready-money one, and thus, while winners win-ners received, their gnins nt once, losers were checked in any recklesn nttempt that they might be disposed to make in order to recover themselves. In prlvato gambling all this ia changed, nud, with every disadvantage, not a Mnglo nd-vuntago nd-vuntago iucHcntnl to public gambling is present. In certain wcll-kuown London drawing-rooms, nod at a host of country houses, women lire not lc6 cngcr than mcu to burw-r !-table, !-table, nnd neither In playing nor In paying can many of them, it is to be apprehended, bo held up ns examples of rectitude and precision to tho other sex. Whether pecplo will or will not join in the game moro especially In tho seclusion seclu-sion of n ru'.tlo retreat, (loos not depend de-pend upon themsolroi. They tiro expected ex-pected to (1j ns others do, and in certniu circles on Invitation may be equivalent to it commnnd Moreover, it does not seem to be by nny means eleur that even lu the so-lectest so-lectest oi.semblies tho mistakes and wrongs of fortune are nlwavo permitted to pass unconecicuor unrepaired. And, further, when everything is fair and above boiinl, it Is liupon&lblo tunoug friends and acquaintances to refuse credit, and so to prevent plunging and the Importation of what may prove to bo impossible sums for thu benefit of thoo who may have Buffered fi 0111 11 run of ailveisoluck. On tho whole, lu truth, us tho lato Lord Lamlngton, tho last oitrvWoi of tho gaming committee of the house of commons, who.o icpoit suppressed Ciockford's und tho London hells generally, stated Jn Hlackwood's Mugazlno shortly be'oie his death, had they been awaro ot tho dimensions which prlvato gambling was destined to assume, thoy would never liavo re-commonded re-commonded the abolition of public gambling, which of the two is by far tho ls injurious and llaolo to iibusc. |