Many swindlers wear the garb of respectability; they even cloak their rascality with piety. Many men accepted by the world as honorable members of society spend their lives living on the credulity of the ignorant, and when they die go to the grave followed by hordes of dupes who mourn their end.
These swindlers await you at every turn; on the race-track; in the saloon; with the poker deck and the ivory dice; with watered stock and fraudulent bonds; with prayers on their lips and designs in their minds to defraud you.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN HONEST GAMBLER.
Every gambling game is a dishonest scheme. You seek to get the other man's money without giving him anything in return.
You are not entitled to one penny unless you give value in return. If you are in business you know that every promissory note, to be valid, must bear on its face two words, "value received."
INDUSTRY, ENERGY, THRIFT! These are the dice that win. The lesson is hard to learn for the young.
He has anxious days and feverish nights who risks at chance what should be devoted to the nobler ends of life; who "makes throws" on the green cloth; who watches the snake-like tape squirm out of the ticker; or gazes at a bunch of horses running around a ring.
GIVE IT ALL UP AND ADOPT HONEST MEANS OF PROCURING WEALTH!