Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1936, Page 78

SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (—GRAVURE SECTION—IULY 5, 1936. Europe’s “Poisoned Paradise”—Monte Carlo NO WHERE upers, aristo ingle night. The Casino, long Its to meet the most fantastic s money without paying for the privilege. mous for mill Now WITH ONE HOPE—TO BREAK THE BANK! The cream societ; ill comes to Monte Carlo for a few days each season, and they come to gamble and to win, if possible, from their invisible opponent. A year ago an Italian industrialist lost nearly two million franes at baccarat in ten minutes. No piker’s game! : © Swift. HASING THE BLUES. Senorita Carita, a Cuban dancer, is doing her stuff with the club’s { hgstra leader, Rimac. They call this little divertissement the Monte Carlo Follies, and folly it is for many, in more ways than one. ' FORTUNES ARE WON AND LOST. Through these doors have ats and adventurers. and Russian grand dukes who have gambled ts boast that it kept one hundred winnings, no longer charges an entrance fee Ewing Galloway. AROUND THE RO LETTE TABLE. The candid camera invades the Interna- tional Sporting Club and this picture is snapped with none of the gamers aware of it. Here millionaires and swindlers rub elbows. Few are here for the fun of the playing. Most of them want to make money, but then —s0 does the bank! O Swift Right : SOLACE FOR THE LOSERS. ' Monte Carlo offers the cream in entertainment. It lures the jaded rich to its halls and helps the loser forget his ruin! Music, lights and beautiful girls form a gorgeous kaleidoscope that transports the lovers of chance into an unreal world where losing is easy and almost pleasant! it C Wi | s G e PRSPty © Swift. s A glimpse into the little bejew- eled principality of vice and lux- ury that hangs like a pendant between the blue waters of the Mediterranean and the blue skies of France. Here, after dark, comes a world of silken elegance to pour its stream of gold into the Casino’s coffers. Roulette and baccarat are the games of chance, and no man can say how many have been Monte Carlo’s suicides, for the statistics are carefully guarded. Recently, the Casino, that has long boasted of its financial strength, has had to borrow money. Monte Carlo the proud, Monte Carlo the heartless, has fallen upon evil days. It, too, has been hard hit by the depression. T H E FORBIDDEN CAMERA PRIES. For the first time in the his- tory of the exclusive In- ternational Sporting Club, its interior has been surreptitiously pho- tographed. Here is shown the hall of the Sporting d'Ete, where the guests meet before going out on the terrace to dine. ™ Swift HE GLAMOUR OF IT ALL. A night view of the beach cafe on the blue Mediterranean. nment and fireworks charm the diner, preparing him or her for a visit to the croupiers behind the long green tables. Back on the hills above the beach, the beautiful little cliffside cemetery of Monaco with its nameless dead—tragic victims of dame fortune—jealousy guards its secrets. Ewing Galloway. THE SHOW GOES ON. It’s the floor show on a gala evening in the main dining room of the International Sporting Club. More of the glitter and glamour that whets the desire to make a dent in the bank that will spell luxury for life. But it doesn’t always turn out that way! Swift