The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1902, Page 3

“eabae Vers bacon due NaNG, ALGLO4 24, sbud. | POWERS VISITS SARATOGA GAMBEING PARACES. - ers | i adalat Leo, the Boy Plunger, Who Never Paid to See a Prize-Fight, Now Sports a Tuxedo and Is Reputed to Have | Amassed a Fortune of $200,000, High-Rolling Canfield’s and the Low- Rolling Gem Impress One with the) Merits and Demerits of Wide-Open| 5 Toole Cs ; Gambling for New York City, | “ | ae ae \ good becomes fainter as the visits; with 0 The Exening World.) aracter of the place might s ec plaget \ with the time when prize-fights were BARATOG:C Ne Pave: 23 <0 Pan LeGaRaEANTANE GH Mugla It as extend. The lst place looked into 18] ield at Madison” Bquaree Garden, WN Yo, § staura E called The Gem. It is two blocks! Coney Island, the Broadway Athletic New Yorker upon whom rests the|to be a gathering of well-to-do men |from the Saratoga Club, one block! Club and other places in New York curse of desire to risk his hard-|—- from Broadway and across the street] City. Wherever there was a fight | Woes = there was Leo. How ne got In no earned money in games of chance, | man could teil, Haw he kept from Saratoga is a perpetual invitation. Leo, the Boy Plungen Setting out no ten men could tell, He was there every time, he knew every- body and picked up many a dollar by his ability to carry messages from play to play for newspaper reporters in less time than other boys con- sumed in like service, RISE OF THIS “COPY” Bor, They tell us that when the prise- fighting game was smothered in New York Leo took to the race tracks. Men in whose veractty we have confi- dence assured us that he is worth $200,000. We fear these men have been misinformed, but, inasmuch as Leo is known as'the “Boy Plunger,” there must be something in the re- ports of his wealth. Burdened with money as he may be, the habits of frugality engendered by strenuous days on Park Row have not deserted him. This was made plain to us at a late hour last night when we discovered him in the Grand Union Hotel eating a doughnut and Where, in the Metropolis of the United States, it is necessary to go to gamble in the manner of one going | to steal, here entrance to gambling| houses is as easy as entrance to! public parks. Where, in New York, | policemen watch the entrances of many gambling houses and warn| would-be suckers away, here police- | men stand guard to see that proprie-| Ues fixed by the gambling-house keepers are observed. | In New York gambling, as the| word {s commonly used, is done in} { spite of the law. Of course specula-| i tion in Wall street is not gambling. | psi tase eel te aaaie aiees i} ‘ o Here gambling fs done with the sANc-| jonny 4, Drake and his betting @ont peuple picture Jack Chinn as standing in front of the Worden Not so. Jack Chinn te a very timid tion and protection of the law—-tho GiGleV NOREGA Sawn Willl@uke BRAlaAlVER | eee, i “ame law that applies to New York With a doughnut and a glass of ade at the United 5) City. | eatns ra oes astredeaty ‘We M yh int ts itred in| say he not lost frugal & y 7 it. t cent when asked if, in their opinion, | Y aay Juat Dover TeAK ae titan Grand ‘Unite Wotel eee such fzeedom in regard to gambling | Ege S SERLO! peace might have concluded that he, too, prevailed in New York as prevails in EE . 1 r For A pope had been stricken with the mania for spending money so prevalent here, THE SARATOGA DOWAGER, In our previous communications to The Evening World we have over- looked what Mr. Powers calls the Saratoga Dowager. Our only explana- tion is that we have not been looking for old ladies, because, in all truth, there {s no more interesting charaeter than the aged female of the Saratoga visitor type. It would appear that the older a woman gets the more dia- monds she {s privileged to wear when she comes to Saratoga, This {s the place where they carry weight for age, so to speak, and the diamond merchant is the handicap- per. The aged female aforesaid is gen- erally robust. She wears the best teeth that can be turned out of the dental parlors, and her diamond ear- rings average five karats apiece. She wears a diamond brooch as big as a ball-player’s hand and encumbers her fingers with circlets of gems that re- mind the observer of a big railroad yard on a dark night, so brilliantly do they prelleee white, blue, red and een. She is How some of the losers are getting paren stone pore ger I 2 away. ge and just as interesting. JACK”? CHINN'S “ARSENAL.” from a sulphur spring—this last coin- } “ v cidence being considered by some a| Col. “Jack” Chinn, the bad mam most striking one. from Kentucky, was standing at the The Gem {s wide open to the class|edge of the Broadway pavement it caters to as 1s Canfield’s to a far| Wrapped in thought and a long over- more genteel class. The care exer-| coat, for it was raining—as it has clsed by Mr. Canfield to avoid ap-| been doing right along in Saratoga. pearances of gambling as it {s com-|Two natives were discussing Col. monly recognized {8 not exercised at} Chinn. *: The Gem. The rule there is “Get| “1 bet he's a walking arsenal the money.” pena ue roe oe: now,” said one, Canfield’s, but it 1s not apg °/ “You know many men have sworn same way in the Gem and the Sere-)., i111 him. He is compelled to be toga Club. rt at all times, with one hand om The Gem is a wooden shanty. It revolver and the other on his is a resort for negroes and white) i.” He is cool as 1” stable hands, boys hoping to become jockeys, cheap race-track hangers-on Just then an automobile started om ‘and worse. It has hazard games, a|the side of the street with a series of crap game, a chuck-a-luck game, rou-| reports ke a gatling gun. Col. Chinn lette wheels and other gambling ap-|Jumped clear across the sidewalk, paratus. White chips cost 5 cents,| dropping things from his pocket as ‘The dealers are as vociferous as the | he went. One of the citizens hastened Ballyhoo men outside Coney Island|to help the Colonel to recover his shows. The air in the place {s foul,| Property. He picked up a whisker A narrow passageway leads from | comb, e silver flask, a bunch of keys, the gambling-house to an alleged |@ corkscrew, a lucky copper amalet, theatre. The habitues are persons|® package of chewing gum and @ who would not be tolerated in the | horseshoe nail. average dive. There is a stage on| “Is this all you lost, Colonel?’ which prize-fights are given every|asked the citizen, hoping that the night, and a young man, much the] Kentuckian would reveal that he was worse for beer, sings ‘Waltz Me,| bereft of a gun or at least a bowle “ knife. saeco nH “Dog gone it!” replied Col. Ching. Sallle, Down the Alley” and other] .1) pet I've lost all them tobacco popular songs, Access to this place tags I was saving to get a razor strop fs as free as access to an unfenced | wis), MARTIN GREEN. vacant lot, It {s as vile as a New York garbage dump. Saratoga the result would be bene-| ficial to the Metropolis. ‘ 9 “Gambling,” they say, “is as old! as the world. Men will risk their i money in the hope of gain as jong as the sun rises and sets. If the law is| against them they will find a way to "beat the law. Logically there is a| Jur necessity for gambling houses. We Grs fill the necessity.” noo Other men not so closely interested | ing aseert that it would be much better at tlvere New York City to have gam- Th: ‘ing houses in the main streets open Neely to the public as are the gam- | yearsling houses here, Observers with no Nortlaterest one way or another vary in GoSp‘nton. In order to gain basis for ’ eishtonsideration of the subject let us| Thir‘c sider the .nest gambling house Cityin the United States, the Saratoga N' Club of Saratoga. yer SIDE VIEW ON CANFIELD. So much has been writtem of the awaiting the signal to march to a 5 { Proprietor, Richard Canfield, that it banquet hall. } t ‘8 about useless to add to the income REST AND QUIET THERE, of the press clipping agency that The tables are hidden by the rows i takes care of his publicity records, Of men around them. The room is ~ai furnished in such taste that a feel- He has been describe! as a man of ing of rest and quiet comes from @ pleasing countenance, gentle ways, glimpse of it, No man is allowed to , soft voice, excellent education, un- play for small money; no man is ' 8 | that would have made him a master fit’ gamplers and the scene Is as ale | in any line of endeavor. He 4s all ferent from that in the ordinary { that his describers have made him. |gambling-house as js a meeting of | He has made a business of running and directors from 9 beefsteak din- ner. Indeed, there 1s mach in the , ® gambling house. His play 18 48 piace to remind one of a bank. decorous as a church. More money) ft js so quiet. Thousands of dollars | is wagered there on the average are won and lost and not a loud night in the Saratoga season than Word {8 heard. At times the sound | passes through the flgers of big |2f.,th, laughter of women in the staurant drowns the hum of con- gambling houses in a month in othe fon of the gamblers and the places. In some way Richard Can-/noise of the chips and the ivory balls fleld has managed to disassociate his @™opping Jn the compartments In the wheels, The people in the place are Place from the gambling-house at-|we}) fod, well groomed. The majority mosphere, lof the women wear diamonds by the He features his excellent restau- bushels rene men carry rolls of bills zc AA ae ace, com. {that Make one think of bunches of rant, This is a small place, coM-Iyananas, So skilfully has Mr. Can- pared with the gigantic food con-|fie}| combined his restaurant and his sumption accommodations provided |gambling-honse that the visitor 1s In- at the big Saratoga hotels, But Mr. clined to express himself thus’ “ln Canfield has the only restaurant in|tM8 Place gambling Is condi in 2 ‘n way to do the least harm, It is Saratoga where one may get_a meal jopon to all who can afford it; such|Sambling cancer. Men wil) gamble. |Jolly, is a business gambler, as is cooked to order. In consequence he gimbling-houses ag t Why not let them gamble as they |Mr. Canfeld., He nevor took a drink vi o upervisioy New »|drink, as they eat—openly and above /of alcoholic liquor in 8 life, Bays, Seen atom made UP Of en nd oe nol be kuten board, Such places as this would |He discourages young men who ‘omen of a world apart from gam-| ° close the dives in New York where |drink. He takes the money of his bling—even thouch his restaurant) THRONE OF THE GAMBLING FING.|oargs are marked, the dice are customers a8 a grocer might. He is opens upon the great apartment in| Passing out the door Mr, Can loaded, the wheels are crooked and |a dealer in excitement. But men play which are the many tables devoted [!# sven behind the artistic screen the boxes from which faro dealers |in the Manhattan who could not play marks his office. He {s in consulta-| slide cards are as full of springs as|in Canfleld’s, because it takes less ing to the race: ADJOINS. ] a q | 4 to roulette and faro. tion with a gentleman who look the|is a Waterbury watch.” money to play at the Manhattan. J . a . Observe the dotted > who EATING 10 ROULETTE MUSIC. part of a millionaire, The beaming! Jet us see. Bave for the carpet, that ebrieks and |*Ke Smelt weeting ev from oy h ate cee himeclt that The People Who Ar Good Judges A . t visnge of Mr, Canfleld suggests that] A block or more away from the |moans and gobs {n discords, the place b = a nat ela’ idea of an open gambling- _ ny man or woman Of good ap-lor the doctor whose presence in the|Saratoga Club Js the Manhattan Club, |!s aufet and orderly. 1 Canfeld's a Ve mand tor New York | Want only straight goods, they know Penrance may eat at the restaurant sick room gives cheer to the patient. {another gambling-house, The carpet | wommn WATCH THE GAMES. the men playing below. The sight open gambling-houses would be good] house woul bee ening, ‘The same | Which is best and use only in the Saratoga Club to the music of] “Indeed,” continues the visitor asjon the floor is as red as an auce J |they witness does not shock them. |for New York Peace, proot SOUR TUNG. aeioet in| the spinning ball on the roulette |he oes down the steps of the club,|tioneer's flag and the curtains are| It is but a step from the street into |Tt 1s a placid prospect, this rectangle! In the course of another Hour it ts} liw aunt ivOn police ey Ka Raat ih cee + < {it would appear that this man has|more or less gaudy. It is eminently |this club, Women may look from a| of roulette whecls and faro layouts. possible to visit other clubs. The} Canfleli’s allo « Wheel. The average man or Woman rong the saive to apply to thelrespectable. ‘The manager, Tom balcony at one end of the room at Tho visitor continues to believe that/ impression that open gambling is] the Gem j of suMcient wealth and good apparet| ____ = Sts a ee aa cnnene In making the round of gamblin tu allow of dining in Canfleld’s is cfesaiaotc'scre THORPES SLAYER MIXINLEY MEMORIAL JUSSERAND, hese see tale Mies bette ei ca: i oa NEW FATHER GRAPPLES SULTAN TO PAY Sos. uss) CROW Htwe restaurant in the Saratoga Club ~ * “ alty of Leo was so pronounced (hit Brier Bush, very ‘old, or Souvenir | of Scotland ure also STRAIGHT, for two reasons—to eat such food as | we hesitated to approach him, but i i . i | ” ate 7 | from other persons we learned of his cooked and to be remote from the|Police Give Up Search for|Mayor Knight Suggests Spe-| Successor to Jules Cambon|Charles Schoop Finds Little) United States Minister Re-|{/oW oiner bani wate vim H, B, KIRK & C0. New York, they want, cooked as they want it prying eyes ot the inquisitive, as-| Murderer of Man Killed on! cial Servicesinthe Churches; an Author and Promoter of One Drowned, After an All! sponds to Request that) oy. memory of Leo \ » sertive vacation class, that brightens} Amsterdam Avenue Car on Sept. 14, the Date of| Athletic Sports—His Wife Night Search, in Lemon| Friendly Relations Be RR | rr = Saratoga, All Clues Fail, They Say. President's Death. an American, Creek, Staten Island, | sumed, { - The astute proprietor does not | ‘ | j cater to the poor or the middle —_—_— | . | mate ae / | She he classes. He wants to match his} wpe stuyor " wie,| BUPPALO, No ¥, Aug 2—Mayor! PARIS, Aug. The suoveanor ayia) have J 4 aa 4 ; | motey agvinst that of the very ata ve ; sia [Qulaa Cambor be tren Any of Wibin Boavay H y agi f y [Knight haw Insved a proclamation aug-{ Washington his hot, get few aigiointe |r VEN Beth H : | Sen and Women. $1.50 to $4. people who can afford to eat at his); it? gesting that on Sunday, Sept. 14, tne een had Pfor tive | autre 94 Y | 9 1 of best miu Lain of prompt restaurant, ‘Through the stomachs | "irs ius tes, Make tlk Batre bi Ale oR eee Spee EE I ; it! a waltetan # lesmen certain aleo thit the pricel of the rich he sells the chips that his| | ‘ anh SA OF Tee ad in the wuthor of weverai Bngiieh it ; HPT PTT | qsundity crouplers eventually rake In and pile dent MekKiniey, memorind xorvices be uerisaay ’ ] Ht pal rlioes. more hues, mare styles and | values then who wara Min who hus M. J held tn all o fuhe inches in Butt in the boxes, Jn the restaurant there are cer- tain tables from which the diners-- 1 Axe i men and women—may view the great} hoe, of the Wes Aint ed Rarer Ala Fit range fof other special obwervancer a ee eee at at Gambon bs goin We room, ned on three sides with rou oh Which to base 4n arrest. We havel ting to the occasion, He further sug-| to St, Petersburg as the successor of th ‘ x eacription 0 : antebello, h Amb: Jette ‘wheels and faro tables, ‘Bave) nly ,® Jai, Sanction, Of the 8%. | geats that on the day following the dn-|audot"to, Husain, it la said on wood ais | several mes, aeoimingly ihorougbly, |amiok, the Uvived Staten Am » ©1699 Bth Ave, 39h and 40th Sts. | 162 Bowery, near faliaat anid our ‘princkoal ope Ia tat th tM will” be of the hooks ton something, ey Bec een Or ean a en ee ene oe nee anucatainted. fe. Milesemnige hi aon the | niveraary apeoial exerciace be held in the |SOTUY ranch Ambassador” ab adadsia, |and. when lifted ad ta he flee | Austria Hungary, 4 Wasserien: 401, 408, 46 Maw He a, Manhabina, er ye Pt Fy eee hreg “Vaasa gelainlik tu-day. 1O Wi rattle of the chips, one unacquainted fin, "ha" eilfintorm the seitte 8°! public achoole a body of th ba nes, af eh ll. BLYN & SONS, Guarantee Shoe Co., ntti | roreign A an FOU STORES EASY TO REACH: » Cor] 6th Ave, and 27th Sir.et. | Third Ave, and 122d Street, who wer Been taken | and that Hage by hung at : ri beale - Uy ‘connected with are) ment for the development sports in France re He has appointed a com Whi, the father directing the searc Foreign As : hen the creek had been mone over| Mr Leishman wu La ali cate bl ie ui alae salad as