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Show ALU FOND OF GAMBLING. Passengers on Ocean Liner Unable to Resist Fascination. It Is a well-known fact that no nation na-tion has been found high or low In the Bcalo of civilization where tho passion for gambling does not exist, A Phlla-dolphlan, Phlla-dolphlan, who Is too good a Christian ta havo his nnmo In print. Is responsible respon-sible for tho following tnlo: "I was returning from Kuropo this fall on ono of tho largo ocean liners. A crow of us In tho smoking room on tho second day out with stakes as low us n penny. It was great fun, and tho roars of laughter could bo heard In tho cabins. Pcoplo who never played boforo looked in to sco one of tho tables covered with cards and such a makeshift 'layout' as could bo gathered up among travelers. "Excitement rnn high, and dealers changed often, for tho bank went broko every llttlo whllo. Kvorybody wanted to get Into tho gnmo, and on tho fourth dny thrco clergymen who had fulmlnntcd In tho cabin to nny ono who would listen to them on tho folly of tho vlco of gambling, actually staked their pennies. They simply couldn't help It. Tho thing wns simply Irresistible. On tho llfth day tho excitement ex-citement culmlnutod when tho game went right along regardless of the dinner boll, and then tho captain stopped It. No ono player lost or won as much ns $5 from start to finish." |