'The general impression left on one'
this resort for the first time ily It was established to cater for the gambler and that such other facilities as there were merely distractions from the main business for men, who in the evenings and at the week-ends would; no doubt be more numerous. Such places, if provided, are bound to flourish for they minister to the fundamental and unchanging features in human life—acquisitiveness or greed, superstitious belief in the benevolence of the God of Chance, an incurable optimism with regard" to the improvement of one's fortune, the tendency to remember and adver-rise success, and the equally strong tendency to forget and to keep silent with regard to failure.
As one leaves the grounds of the casino and walks on to the platform there is lined up a row of to help whom would naturally be jone of the first thoughts of a successful gambler, for he would thus continue to deserve the goodwill of the Gods who had helped him to success. It is {for this reason the beggars foregather: but as yet there is no hunchback, as at Macao, to rub whose hump for d ten cent piece or a dolar, is sure to bring luck at the tables.
'A hunchback may be a handicap in the industrial world but asset in the sphere of gambling.
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