The Arena, by Various

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Title: The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891

Author: Various

Editor: B. O. Flower

Release Date: June 27, 2008 [EBook #25909]

Language: English

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THE ARENA.

No. XXIV.

NOVEMBER, 1891.

[Illustration: H. C. Lodge (with signature)]

A PARADISE OF GAMBLERS.

BY EDGAR FAWCETT.

Many religious journals throughout the country have poured eulogies upon the pious head of our Postmaster General because of his raid against all letters bearing the least uncanny relation to that abhorred criminal body, the Louisiana Lottery. In one sense this action is not ill-advised; the national laws against gambling are distinct, and even if they were unjust their existence would be no excuse for their infringement. The highly moral action of Mr. Wanamaker, however, happening as it does at a time when his own relations with the hazards and plots of Wall Street have grown the talk of our entire country, teem with a suggestion that should be patent to thousands. If gnats are strained at and camels are swallowed, there is cert

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