The Casino at Monte Carlo was crowded last week for the first time since France, Italy, Germany and Austria greedily legalized chemin de fer and roulette and plunged little Monaco into Depression. True, the crowds were not around the tables but they were inside, and the directors were chuckling that it at least looked like old times. In jam-packed rows the crowds stood dumbly around one cashier's cage, staring. On the counter stood three gleaming cylinders of neatly piled gold pieces, ready to pay off the winners at one table. They were...
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