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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-02-23, Page 6Paradise or , Plague S The World's Greatest Gamb- ling g Hiell .As The Croupier See It Blue skies and azure sea, white palaces glittering in the sullen ine-^ everywhere life, laughter, wealth. generous, there is the boite, or little That is one aspect of Monte' Carlo, to; box for tip% wiiich the world or fashion is now IMost players put Considerable sums flocking. But this article shows us ; into the bolto when their luck is in, the other side of the picture and ex -1 The Casino staff divide the contents poses the sinister underworld of the Odiatboxes every week. Wela the most Pathetic type of gamesters' Mecca. confirmed gambler? Personally, In our daily press the picture of : think the elderly woman. She has not two recent winners at Monte Carlo: the force of character to accept defeat were given. Following that this arta- as most men will, cls should be interesting. ; It appear- ed in the English Popular weekly "Answers." • shanx,..auicide,. end ; a handsome profit as l^&'ward. "Systems" Are No Good, How can the croupiers' resect the manifold temptationa of his work? The answer is, that he sees every day that .gambling is no .road to fortune. On the other and, he knows that [tie job is safe as long as he dons his work well, He can save, and save a lot, ter, besides his salary, which is ]For over twenty years I have mani- pulated my long rake on the smooth, green tables of Monte Carlo's famous Casino. I have seen fortunes made .in an evening's play~ and lost with- in twenty-four hours. I have seen men and women grow, rick for a little whale,and I have seen them become poor --permanently. And I have never made a bet in my 'life; I have never put as much as a single franc on the green tables.. Crooks at the Tables The croupier is a man apart, being in, but not of, Casino -land. This is easy to understand when the conditions are explained. The majority of people who frequent the famous rooms of Monte Carlo are just gamblers. But there remains a small minority of people who are notorious crooks. Next, I -put the maniac, for the is no less, who believes that he has dis- covered an infallible system. Of recent years combinations, of players, with immense capital back- ing, have operated systems at Monte Carlo and elsewhere, 1 have watched the systems of the famous Greek Syndicate. I leave seen them clear up 100,000 franca in an evening, But then 1 have seen them lose even more. I have often vice by novices. never play! Ja Lanese Turn. The croupier must avoid the very appearance of evil. Therefore, trough I lived more than twenty years in the principality. I had no friends. The law of Monaco forbids subjects of the prince to enter the Casino; the unwritten law of the Casino forbids a croupier to cultivate chance acquaintances. One day I noticed one player operating on three tables, a common procedure with heavy gamblers. Haar- , ing staked on my table, he proceeded to another, leaving his money for me to rake in or to be pushed from the teale plus th winuings. He won. Dealing With a Cheat To my surprise a very pretty girl, -who had been losing, leaned across the man two places from here, and said: "Could I trouble you? My win " recent graduates of Japanese universi- been asked for ed- it is easy to give— , Light of Science On Industries Research Brings Modern Methods to Every Field in National Transition; Many Economies Effected Transition from hand labor to masa production, from oxen as a vehicle of power to high tension transmission lines, from jinrikishas to motor cars, represents the pace in the present-day industrial development of Japan and foreshadows an economic advance of great significance to the Western world. In her industries, social life, amuse- ments, press and publications-transi- tion is the keynote. The nation is im- pelled by the forces of research and applied science with such power that she is passing through an industrial metamorphosis which is reflected in all phases of her activities. Young Japanese engineers -30,000 of them— pings." Believing the winnings of the ab- sent operator were those of the smil- ing girl, he complied. She slipped the money into her lap and resumed play. ' Such occurrences are not infrequ- ent, and the croupier must watch for such tricks. But he must not de- nounce the cheat ---oh dear no! That would be to make a scandal, and there must be no scandals at the tables. I made a sign to a "peacemaker"— a suave official who mingles with the crowd, keeping an eye upon the crou- piers for any signal. He approached me discreetly. I indicated the offender and her offence. ,•l moment later the unhappy girl heard a polite voice at her elbow: "Madam has unfortunately made a mistake Sae has taken the win - taiga of another player—pardon!" No Sandal—By Order Mother Goose China For Tiny Travellers Special attention to kiddies, trade[- dren, each of the plates., cups, etc., ba- ling with' their parents on trains of ing decorated with paintings from the nursery rhymes. Pbe famous cow the Canadian Natonal Ralways, has j i over the moon and Miss Mut- vice some.time been a feature hf ser- ump ng o vice on Canadian National dining cars. Nursery rhyme . menus, illustrated with all the popular nursery .rhyme characters, have been provided for the- youngsters to select their own meals, and special meals, suited to the kiddies' tastes have been provid- ed. ' Now another attraction for the children has been provided, with the placing on each of the diners of special china services for the chit ties, are gradually taking over the control of processes and methods in electrical, chemical, aeronautical, silk and other industries. Leads Iii Fisheries Technology. In fisheries technolog, Japan leads the world. The high degree of perfec- tion of scientific process in this field of industry is attested by the success of pearl culture operations. This pro- cess of aiding the oyster by a surgical operation to grow a pearl 'where none grew before was originated and prac- ticed exclusively by the Japanese. It was long a guarded secret of one family. It is only in recent years that foreigners, and but few of them, have been permitted to visit the pearl cul- ture farms. The pearl culture process consists essentially, according to Maurice Hol- land, director of the National Re- search Council, in a recent copyright- ed report published with the aid of the Japan Society of New York, in insert- ing a perfect sphere of Missouri River mussel shell, about three thirty-sec- onds of an inch in diameter, in the mantle of the living oyster. Upon the skillful execution of this delicate sur- gical operation the success or failure of cultured pearls depends. After the nucleus is inserted the oysters are set in a cage of iron shelves, whist. Is lowered about fifteen feet below the surface of the water. In the season 200 diving girls are employed to clean the oysters, remove foreign growth and ast as "nursemaids." At Gokasho there are said to be 50,000 of these pearl oyster cage incubators in opera- tion, with an average yield of 140 pearl oysters to the cage. Of course, the culprit affected sur- priee, and lireaded over the stolen money. A moment later the peace-. rr ,:.-r :;ngge;ted that it was pleasant o.:.side, and escorted her to the door. That is how all such cases are dealt with. Sometimes my eye, travelling round the table, will come to rest upon a 'Character whom I have met before. I signal tate peacemaker, He invites the player to join him for a moment. He is very polite. "Monsieur [tad the misfortune to be convicted of fraud," be observes. "Here it is very warm; outside it is coni and very plasant. Good -evening, sir!„ ;\.hove all. there must be no scandal In the Casino. Tragedy? Ah, there is tragedy there! One can see un- nameable firings in the eyes of des- perate losers. ' One rises and lurches through the throng. Ile has lost heavily. "Sten ne va plus!" --"no more staking!"—I cry as the little ball dances madly along its grooves in the wh.Irling wheel. The game proceeds, nobody has marked the little draina in which I yilay.my part—by a triek of the eye brows. But the peacemaker has fol- lowed tate unlucky one. He comes on him in the vestibule. "'Monsieur, forgive my presump- tion," he says. "There has been a mistake. The Casino owes you 1,000 francs. You will play no more. It is understood?" i Off; ohe occasion I failed to note a heavy ieser's departure. He shot himself in the Casino grettlids. A scandal! Terrible thought! Officials hurried to the body, crammed notes Into;the pockets. Voila! A tragedy of the heart --nothing to do vitt the tables: Once a shot rang out in the (leant( lent gardens, Casino officials rushed ,to the spot, a figure lay, !'evolver 1n iia.nd, on the ground. Quickly notes wore stuffed into the pockets and the officials. retreated. A moment lator they summoned the gryti<lartnes. Astot ishmentI No atorpse, It was a clever track. A RANSOM BEMS, GONE Bld ;anclag$ "is S I od dJut 'Along ''`kith old Leaders Travelers in the 1.ginris Bordering the' Medi rranea'n " Are Now Seldiilan feId for'Rensorn TH1..,LS R DEPART Brigandage in Mediterraneann coon tries, traditionalized in opera and ro- mance, istnow at a low ebb. One by one the leaders of bandtry have fallen into the hands of the authorities 'and in Italy, Greer?" Corsica, Asia Minor 'h and Turkey the lawless ave been curbed. le'eently "The Wolf of Silas" possible for the Mediterranean Gov who was captured by troop* about ernmenta to stamp them out. Xn th the middle of the Last century and Pyrenees., the Apennines, .Sdoily, p. sentenced to life imprisonment, died Wiest and the mountains of Greece aft. In a. Calabrian village, where he had . Turknu Turkey ' the brigand contie(! lived since he pardon, at the advance l flourish until recent Years. Long a ed age of 93. Styled the last of the he lost the complexion of a patri "classical brigands,'" the Wolf gave or partisan, such as Fra Diavole the Government plenty of trouble be- Pietro Manelno and others of claseloei foie the forest wilderness of Calabria, reputation, and became merely a pre a bandit domain for hundreds of er on his fellow -men. years, was swept clean of robbers. The railroad, and still later the Romanetti, slain by French soldiers, automobile, helped •put an enQ tpj not long ago, was a brigand who mix• brigandage ae a craft. Travelers non ed it. politics as well as Carrying on longer rode on horses over lonely,, 'the trade of an outlaw. ways or lumbered along in coaches; Bled the British stopping at inns whose proprietors), The business of capturing travel might be in league with bandits. ars and holding them for ransom was Killed the Goose revived by Mediterranean brigands . The high ransoms demanded prove about 1360 and far better systema- ed. the final factor in the downfall o!t such brigands. The Mediterranean Governments as well as the - British were stirred to action by the pros tests of influential citizens• and called out the,.troops 'in a general efforts Even then thn ere were reverses: A' daloro, the Sicilian brigand, destrpy- ed a company of soldiers before his capture, and Tchakirdji in. Asia Minor; dispersed the Turkish force. song against him. ' i The bandits of an earlier day apt pear to have been a long-lived race, There is record of Vassili Tchoumaie condemned to twenty years In Siberia at the age of 74, escaping and finally dying in a prison hospital of injuries he [tad received""'at 96. Spanish territory, R411101)1/1 of *size b,. came the order of the flay. It was extremely difficult to trr the old-time brigands, who flung 1%)1 about freely among the peasantry, mail til the populace Iliad beau e cated to understand that the banaie was a menace to them did it bee= fat shrinking ,,in horror from the tined titan it had been by the robber spider which "sat down beside het are put two of the nursery rhyme characters illustrated in colors on the edges of soup and dinner plates, cups and saucers. High chairs for the con- venience of tiny travellers who are still toes smal to be seated at the re- gular table, and special bibs to pre- vent soiling of pretty dresses, are part of the equipment of every stand- ard dining car. stations and hatcheries of all forty five prefectures of the empire serve for investigations in zoology, life his- tory, habitsnd migrations of various species, nutrition value of fish, shell- fish and seaweed, the development of by-products and improvements in pro- cess technology, apparatus and meth- ods of capture. Selling Price Broadcast. The practical application of fisher- ies technology can be best seen in the Iiyodogyogyo (Union Fisheries Com- pany), the largest single fisheries com- pany in Japan, and which can be just- ly compared to any of the great pack- ing houses of Chicago. Deep sea trawlers, equipped with Diesel en- gines and radio, operate in pairs in blocked -off numbered sections. Each morning the central office of the com- pany telephones to the principal mar- kets in representative cities, such as Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and "Tokio, to determine the selling price of the principal varieties of fish for that day. Using a weighted factor based on vol- ume of demand the wholesale price as fixed by formula each day. The selling price is then broadcast by radio to the captains of the fishing fleet, who in the mean time have re- ported their exact positions, amount of haul and kind of fish to the central office. Facilities for research ane definite- ly provided in all basic industries. The National institute of Physical and Chemical Research compares favor- ably with the foremost research or- ganizations of the world, such as the Bureau of Standards, ie. Washington; the National Physical Laboratory, in England, and the Kaiser Wilhelm In- stitute, in Germany, Among unusually interesting accom- plishments of the institute is the de- velopment of pure chemical deriva- tives from human hair. Of some thirty odd derivatives developed to date, one 1 sunder investigation for the treat- ment of tuberculosis, Research Institute Co-operates. Pearl Yield is,Profitabie. The lice cycle of the oyster is twelve years. The nucleus is not inserted, however, until the fourth year, as the shock of the operation is too great for young oysters. The pearl oyster re- mains in cultivation for five to six years after the operation, this being the period of prince activity and maxi- mum production of pearl essence. The Mikimoto pearl stations, owned by the family of the originator of the science, have a total area of nearly 41,000 acres. Three million pearl oysters are planted yearly and the annual value of pearl production average( $1,000,000. Reversing the figures for America, where ten pounds of meat are con- sumed for every pound of fish, the Japanese eat ten pounds of dish for every pound of meat, Japanese diet[. clave and economists• therefore are In- sisting on a 300 per cent, increase in basic production during the next fl>i; teen years. Research and science come to the aid of the goverlrment and business mon with plans for the ftrllt est utilization of shallow waters Irl bays, intensive tine of rivers and lakes for fish culture, impioveinent o! fish.. ing vessel design to affect economies in operation, more extensive Ilse of labor-saving devices and automatic hiuer luso y. The Imperial 1t'isheries Institute is the national centre or sofentifla and technical dero'olopment of the industry itt Japan. Laboratories, experimental • Port of Liv.. r oI Management Issues Interes- ing and Comprehensive Book Covering Activ- ities of Shipping Profusely Illustrated We in Canada sometimes think the motherland is slow. It was illumin- ating to read that she has a third more foreign investments than the wealthy neighbors to the south of us. The mail recently brought us a book descriptive of the shipping activities of the Port of Liverpool. It is hard to imagine any port in the wrold produc- ing a more comprehensive report than this four -hundred -page highly illus- trated story of the Empire's second largest ` port (London still leads . in gross tonnage). We hope to be able ,at a later date to give our readers some of the in- formation contained therein. We have asked for cuts to visualize the wonder- fully planned docks on the Mersey. The Tokio Research Institute La- boratory, similar to the American Bureau of Standards,. operates in close contact with all industries in investi- gating new products and process technology through its section for chemical analyses; a section dealing with oils, wax, cellulose, wood, pig- ment and non-metallic substances;', a section for cement, tile, building ma- terial; one for coal -tar derivatives, dyestuffs and their applications, and barons of the Middle Ages. Once it was discovered that the British Gov- ernment would pay ransom for those of its captured subjects who were too poor to settle for themselves, what amounted to guerrilla warfare against the British Treasury was set afoot in Italy, Spain, Greece and other places infested by brigands. The sum of $126,000 was paid for the release of Lord and Lady Lan- caster, ancaster, seized with a party of four in Greece, and three of the party were slain before the money was handed over. The Governor of Gibraltar once paid out $135,000 as ransom for, two Englishmen captured in near -by After Business More Foreign Inventors Than American Want Radio Patents Washington. — Foreign Inventors outnumber American applicants for radio patents at the United States Patent Office. Frequently they assign the rights to their patents to Ameri- can radio manufacturers, but for the most part their applications are made to protect their own discoveries in a country where perhaps the greatest amount of radio experimentation is going on in all the world. One interesting device recently patented by a foreigner Is a wireless installation for automobiles, grounded to the chassis of the car and having an overhead antenna concealed in the upholstery of the roof. It was in- vented by Newsome Harry Clough, of London, who assigned his patent to the Radio Corporation of America. Another London inventor, Henry Joseph Round, perfected a new va- cuum tube, which R. C. A. also ob- tained by assignment,. and an invent- or of Strathfield, in England, Arthurs E. L. Scans, perfected a transformer which he assigned to the large British radio concern, Metropolitan -Vickers, Ltd. Among the foreigners, Germans take out most of the patents, indicating great research activity in that coun- try. .A. system of "wired radio" in- vented by Carl Schwarz, of Charlot- tenburg, near Berlin, was patented along with a tuning arrangement. Both have been tuned over to the Westinghouse interests of this coun- try. An arrangement for improving short-wave radiation which ma pos- sibly belp develop the extremely low channels, disregarded practically even by the recent international conference TIPS ABOUT TEA From most of the well-known varie- ties of tea -leaf it is possible to brew an average of 276 cups to the pound. Tea is graded according to the age of the leaf from which it is made. Therefore the kind called "Pekoe," made from the tips of young shoots, is the most delicate and expensive. Tea, as well as coffee, contains caf- feine. So tea is also a stimulating drink.. The Chinese, those great experts on tea -making, have a saying that only water which is well aerated should be used in tea -making. Which is the reason why water that has been boiled a long time will not produce tea of good flavor. The caffeine and flavoring sub- stance in tea -leaves are quickly .ex- tracted by boiling water, but the tan - nine is extracted more slowly. Never, then, allow your tea to stetep or brew for more than front three to five minutes. Whilst longer infusion will make tea appear stronger, it will spoil the delicate flavor and increase the amount of tannin. It is the first brewing which ex- tracts the stimulating ingredients front the tea -leaves. Because ,of this, fresh leaves should always be used for each brewing.. Horne "Movies" Due Sh srt1y, Inventor Says a fifth for researches in iron and steel, —+hr mechanical testing, reinforced con- 'As a beauty I am no star trete structures and electroplating. In the ore testing section, a num- ber of experiments are in progress for the recovery and refinement of used oil. There are others more handsome by fax, But my face—I don't mind it, For i am behind it; The people in front get the jar. C. Francis Jenkins States In -t struments Will Be Sold as Cheap as Average Set; Refinement is Stub- born Worked Years on 'Problem Washington. — Motion pictures in the home, received on moderately priced sets, will be available within a few months for radio listeners, O. Francis Jenkins declares. Mr. Jenkins, a leading engineer in the development of "vision by radio,' is experimenting on a device which he believes can be manufactured to sell as cheaply as ,the average receiving, set. "Its refinement is a stubborn prob- lem, but we are making progress and it looks as though within the next fecal months simple and rather inexpensive receiving instruments will be avail; able whereby you will be able to re; ceive in your home inaugural scree monies, baseball games, baby parades; or even Atlantic City beach beauties,"'i Mr, Jenkins said. Mr. Jenkins, who lras been working, on the problem of radio vision for fifteen years, is credited with the des') velopment of a device by which photo graphs are transmitted, the first de; monstation being made between. the naval experiment station at Anacostia,1 Md., and his own laboratory, "With a telescope we salt( see to, great distances, but only a,lon)A straight lines, whereas with radio we can see along curved lines, through "' obstructions, over mountains and in Washington, is reported invented eventually we shall see half way by Abraham Esau, living in the famed German university town of Jena. Human Signal Tower, There's a trafllo cop six feet ten inches tall in Minnesota. He may be a good cop but a guy as tall as that must be awful high htndod Farm Fireside. Counsel (to witness)—"Was this motorist on the right side of the road?" Witness—"Oh, yes, he was on the lett all right." Not in 'beeping With Henty Stories FACT AND FiC"fION FAR OUTDIS1'ANGED ti 4 in Enjoying temporary froti tho oriental veil, the Queen of Afghanistan tend her ladies are tZratvaeXltfl i0nroit Iurop0au costume. The queen, dressed bleak, is aeon driving in [ome with the gu8en e around the earth," ,Mr. Jenkins de- clared. "Vision by radio is simply a more rapid transmission of objects which have beet! translated into electrical energy an.d at distant points changed back into a facsimile of the original, whether it be a still picture or a pic- ture in action. The method by which we analyze the picture reminds -me of a bacon cutter. The bacon is sliced up into strips by the rapidly revolving knife. Each of these little strips is made up of fat and lean, of light and dark. Just so each strip o! our pie• ture is made tip of light and dark strips, which aro then converted into electrical currents of similar values, The whites of .a line across my, collar would give a strong signal, and the black of my coats a weak signal. in such linear fashion the whole picture is analyzed. At each of the hundreds of distant places this picture is react sembled in line, and the whole pioture built up again in the same time and order that the picture at the trans; witting stations is being analyzed. "This method le the one in use Otte World over, and whether we. aro trans ;tnitting'photographs or pencil sketoi 03, pet[ and ink maps or radio vlsiolu4 the ransmission of le isthe pictures--phoh iraphs inxid the like—time is loot, imitina tutor 6,4d therefore $ti11 ge titres aro the . pal est done." Ageittl " e leparting (solo o o ln £Q�to orene'e nowt t�yrti "o{ they r tes!�eters QAin?d duction." ., a