Savory Morsels.
(says, the Argus) have Heeti.'; prohibited —on paper-rand no sweepstakes can be openly managed, but _ tVe' lousiness is .carried on, under.a thin (ftsgajfee,.in a wholesale fashion. As the law stands; therefore, it is eminently tniachievous, for it allows the sweepstakes to place; and yet it prevents that publicity which would be a check upon , fraud. Prosecutions have been tried, and have failed, and the members of the ring have realised and are taking advantage of their immunity. At first the business wa^-yery much in, the hands of one man, who, it is said, was trusted with £50,CC9 by tie public last year—a fact which illustrates in a lively manner the extent of the transactions. * This man was well known, and his honesty was belipved in ; but a host of dubious characters are n w following in 'his track. A fortune is offered for a shilling, f- r half- a-erown, for five
shillings, for ten shillings, and fora pound. Theiottery business is in full play, and is - —conducted in the worst possible manner by the worst possible-bands. There ia a . concensus of testimony that the lottery business should not be associated with the daily Jife of a community, as its tendenny is to deprave the young arid the weak/ As a ,-rule, "the public lottery^ i 8 suppressed ; but here the system^if i D f u u operation.without there being t^e smallest -gaaranteeTo'f fair play. Tta promoter has the public afc his mercy^^e ma y publish a-purely fictitious prjgelist for the edification of. bis patro#j?; or \ le may allot the faToritehorj^^jjinjseif an d the outsiders tojiJS^Soscribers. He may do anything y««-^iepjeases to put money in his pocket at the expense of those who have trusted him. An. extraordinary amount of credulity is required to beliere that one and all of the sweepstakes promoters of the period are of immaculate honesiy, and as a matter of fact it is declared by people who should know that we may safely come to the very opposite conclusion. Rose Etynge is «n actress of Jewish parentage. One day at rehearsal, being in a bad temper, she glared fiercely on Mr Thorne, stage manager. " What are you ,' staring like that for. Do you want to eat b l- me?"-exclaimed Thome. "You forget, |; air, that my people never eat pork," "': replied Eose. The lady had the best of that encounter. A gentleman who was asked for his marriage certificate, quietly took off his hat, and pointed to a. bald spot. The . evidence was conclusive^
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4318, 2 November 1882, Page 3
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419Savory Morsels. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4318, 2 November 1882, Page 3
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