The Archive · 1938

Gambling Wide Open

Gambling was wide open, and those whose appetite or thirst did not provide sufficient ways of disposing of their surplus funds in Red Dog had only to patronize any or of the games to empty their or take the bulge out of their bank-rolls. Bankers Giles and Beesley were on hand to encourage the spendthrifts, and succeded in uttering ample supplies of "phone pounds."

Hot dawes, coffee and assorted hot grub were sold at lunch-counter operated by Mmes Parkinson, Webb. Greggor, Brown Delaney.

When partners for the dancers were scarce or Red Dog notes were not flowing freely enough to sui O'Neill, the dancers Dorothy Bolitho. Edna Brown, Helen Delaney and 5, Newcomb put on a turn labelled "San Francisco," which made even the "cops" sit up and take notice. Later a deep-laid plot to increase the turn-over by driving the non-dancers to drink was exposed. The tandem-bikers' hymn, "Daisy, Daisy," which died in the gay nineties wa: exhumed b; the "coon-shoute:

Boyd, Anna Cummings, Stenas D: Anna Batourin, Helen Delaney and Leonova.

The barkeepers likewise put in a bid for increased turnover. Their songs without music being carefully calculated to drive strong men drink-wards. Final scores were—casualities:

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