Show 1 FEMALE GAMBLERS 0 i the gamblers iq n a i fearful life when the passion seizes dezes him 1111 it scoon has hass hini him under its colu complete control the den is 13 ins his chief place pla ce of resort 6 tie e game ii i i hii iiii hi i tyrant and lie ike is its slave to acquire wealth b by y chance speculation or to retrieve liis his losses at the gambling 41 table the man will risk reputation and arid life he ile will squander his home and reduce his family to starvation beggary and ruin but unfortunately at tile pres day gambling is not confined to the sterner sex ladies who are said to ibe in the hig highest best social standing in society indulge in this perilous ye rilous practice the for t the lie dice the thelara faro and other games grows upon them until some of them will sacrifice their all their bodies and souls for the tile means to gratify their insatiate desire at the gambling tables attempts have been made in different parts of the te country to fit up apartments at fashionable places of resort for the accommodation of fashionable females to indulge in these destructive vices A writer in the san francisco bulletin gives the following description of a gambling den recently fitted up for ladies indies at long branch the latest and arid most successful attempt to open a ga gambling bling bell hell at longbranch Long Branch Brunch ia is now III fairly m under wa way it jt ia is lie tile first elaborate attempt mal made in this tills country to imitate the sporting L houses of baden and other E european tire spa and ind to entice american women to imitate practices practice 4 of continental fashionables fashio nables it is situated at tile west end opposite to the tile hotel of that name to lie public it is known as the pennsylvania Pennsylva niu club 1101 house e an and a large flag floats from the tile tall center staff bearing the name soft velvet ear camels catch the tile footfall everywhere ieta an and the restaurant with its blaze blaz e of light and sparkle of cr crystal stal will rival Delmo Delmonico nicos 8 or the brunswick immediately behind the restaurant arc are the no less splendid parlors ni liere here on oil turkish rugs and under s sparkling lkling chandeliers lies couchant I 1 ta tho e royal ti tiger r A door from the restaurant leae leads d to a corridor a word to the attendant and you are inthe in the first fint of the parlors of which there are three there are four chandeliers one ono at each corner of the tho room making altogether sixty four gas jets ny and workmen aro liro preparing electric lights in ili add addition 1 tion tareo chandeliers are said to have rest rost the octagonal shape of the room affords aff a lano chance for fresco work walla walls and ceiling have been loaded with highly ornate and artistic designs in alle allegorical orical art the sofas easy chairs ottomans and divans are of or oriental richness adjacent to the entrance door ii the sweat layout lay out at the tile visitors when recovered from tho tile effects of the magnificence can risk their money on the dice to 0 the right is 18 a faro layout lay jay out and opposite ite on the left is a roulette table all the gambling appurtenances are of the lit I 1 est make and ortho of the description used i in n tile best dens deng is in new york color fr coes on oil the wall represent I 1 I 1 ions of mirth music and of dancing and cost the rooms on the second floor are smaller and are kept for parties who wish to piny play a heavy game of draw poker when alie lionso was thrown open there were scores of curious women present and it must be remembered the season here has not fairly opened last night there was quite i a number of people bucking the tier ti er in the first parlor and the attendant atten dait in a few weeks the they expected to have the rooms crowded every night lie waa wag asked if they expected to have ladies present and arid he said oh yes it is only a qu question estloa of time como come to it sooner or later we have got to get over the prejudice and do as they have been doing in ili germany |