| Show chicago gamblers using live mice to tempt those who wish to take chance micky alicky the well known mouse may supersede dark hazard tho the fictionally famous racing hound bound as a lure for tile the inclined if the experiment of a chicago gaming gaining house proves a success that institution has set up a new excitement in which the little gray cousins or of the rats set tile the pace for hose who like to take a chance on a circular table of considerable area the raised periphery Is perforated with 50 numbered mouse holes in the center of the table is a pivot on which revolves a 11 rod measuring measuring mea surin g halt tile the diameter of the th 0 circle it Is tasseled tasse led or fringed throughout its length the gamblers lay their money on tile the numbers of their chosen holes hole 8 then the presiding official cial dumps on the table a mouse from a glass receptacle like a milk bottle the tiny rodent usually squats in a paralyzed daze until tile the fringe of tile the revolving rod tickles him into action with wit that stimulus he or she scurries scurried ries for one of the holes beneath each of which another bottle is suspended if a luck lucky v persons has money on the hole tha t tile the panic stricken mouse selects he takes everything it if th the e hole happens to be one which no bettor has favored with his wager the house gets the money that Is so frequently the result that so far the house has found the game exceedingly profitable VI vigilance ilance has to be exercised to prevent anyone surreptitiously baiting a hole with a fra fragment of odorous cheese |
