This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...women, display their new gowns and hats. For the great races people come to the cities by thousands, the streets are crowded, and the hotels packed to the limit. Ordinary work practically ceases; freedom and gaiety prevail and money is lavishly spent. The attitude of the community is like that of an American student ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...women, display their new gowns and hats. For the great races people come to the cities by thousands, the streets are crowded, and the hotels packed to the limit. Ordinary work practically ceases; freedom and gaiety prevail and money is lavishly spent. The attitude of the community is like that of an American student during an intercollegiate foot-ball match. Unfortunately horse-racing is not only the national sport; it is also the national vice. Where thousands see the races, tens of thousands bet on them. A lack of knowledge of horse or rider or owner is no deterrent, for there is little pretense of an honest race. The grand prize of $25,000 to $100,000--occasionally $300, ooo--is irresistible. The gambling spirit pervades all classics and all occupations. To quote an attorney general of New South Wales: "Clerks and shop girls will stint themselves of food and office boys pilfer the stamps to buy a ticket or share in one of these lotteries... ninetenths of the embezzlements and forgeries and breaches of trust which come before the Australian courts are directly due to horse-racing and its concomitants." In spite of editorial and pulpit utterances, of votes in the hands of women, of efforts of the-Commonwealth government and mild legislation by States, the evil continues. As in the United States, the "movies" often constitute the chief indoor amusement, but the universal recreation is the picnic, which in Australia reaches its highest development. Men, women, children, families, clubs, .churches, lodges, and miscellaneous groups are out on picnics afternoons, Sundays and holidays. Two picnics a week are not unusual; a young lady of my acquaintance had five to her credit. The picnickers walk, ride horses, take wagons, or go by motor, street...
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Fair. Size: 0x0x0; Ex-Library in protective cardboard library binding with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear. Pen marks on cover.
