Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1879 — “Lady” Gamblers in London. [ARTICLE]

“Lady” Gamblers in London.

The number of gamblers in London is increasing steadily. A correspondent of the Standard states therein more gambling among women at the present time than has been the case since Eublic gambling tables were put down y act of Parliament. The harmless bet of a few pairs of gloves at race meetings is now considered for beneath the. notice of a dashing matron or fast* maiden. There are not a few female “plungers” on the turf who “put the pot on,” as the idiotic jargon of the race course has it, with as much eagerness as the broke subaltern at the Raleigh, who stands to win a heap of money at Ascot or at Goodwood, with the alternative of ruininghisold father, the ooun try rector, if he loses, and allow his sisters' portions to be swallowed up in paying his “debts of honor.” If the female plunger be unmarried she has resource probably to some accommodating dressmaker, or, worse still, she accepts pecuniary help from some male friend, and perhaps puts herself foi life in the power of a man who will one day make her pay dearly for her indiscreaton.