St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-18
IN SOCIETY.
Extensive Preparations Among tn
Dear Girls for Easter.

E4tOnSIVe the
Dear Girls for Easter.
Social events have been conspicuous by
their absence during the past week, abso-
lutely nothing of formal character having
occurred to disturb the usual Lenten quiet
ness. and as holy week approaches sack
cloth and ashes are dOnned to be worn until
Easter Sunday brings cessation TO devo-
ional exercises so vigorously practiced for
lorty days. New spring toilets are as
mmed, society again resumes her legitimate
,ole to be continued until warm weather
salls halt when the scene of gayety is
transferred TO the lake shore and other
summer resorts. The Boston Ideals, as
much favorites as ever, have been once
more, played to crowded houses and passed
On to delight the people of other cities
The two new operas. ''Adina" and ''Maid
of Honor" have become quite popular since
first rendered here, but change of pro-
gram would most certainly have been ap-
preciated. st. Paul theatre-goers are not
yet numerous enough to till the house with
an entirely different audience each night as
would be required for the same opera, nor
are they enthusiastic enough to care to see
an opera twice inside of week.
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Poker is pre-eminently an American
game and was hardly known outside the
United States until Gen. Schenck introduced
it into London during his residence there as
American minister, aud the publication of
his book on draw poker has doubtless made
the fascinating game known pretty gener-
ally where the English language is spoken.
The young man who goes to college, should
he be unacquainted with the alluring game
on his entrance, is soon indicted into its
mysteries and whites away many an hour
around table on which are piles of little
articles, sometimes matches, sometimes
regular chips, which. with the players cards.
are the center of interest his hopes rising
and falling as the size of his pile increases
or diminishes, while the fond, indulgent.
but deluded parents imagine their offspring
is filling his brain with knowledge from vari-
Gus volumes of recondite lore. To some the
game is a means of occasionally passing a
few spare moments, but to others it pre-
sents attractions strong enough to cause
regular duties to be neglected and
sometimes worse results ensue.
The game of poker is susceptible of skill
only in the suppression of emotions and
other signs indicative of the condition of
his hand. The veteran, when his cards
have been dealt, pays no more heed to his
own hand until the other players have eX-
of the kind of hand against HIM from the
changes in the expression of feature of his
opponents than does he in their betting
So-called systems for playing a hand are
dangerous, as an experienced player soon
detects them and profits by them. Poker
playing is no longer confined to the men,
but is now quite generally played by the
ladies and poker parties in the East have in
measure superseded other forms of card
parties, but where the number OF guests
admits of it, it is customary to have differ
ent kinds Of games, as whist, euchre,
poker, etc., arranged in different rooms and
each guest is told what kind of game is to
be played in each room and is thus
allowed to select the one most
agreeable to individual tastes. The
ladies of st. Paul have learned to play the
attractive game very generally, and rare
sport it is to watch the eager faces as each
hand is examined. What is more natural
than that woman should ask, Who anted?
Whose turn is it to play now? and numer-
Gus other questions, displaying an eager in
terest in what is going on, and at the same
time showing that they are engaged in
something about which they are novices
This, however, does not prevent them talk
ing learnedly about whisky poker, straight
poker, draw poker, and, in fact, any other
modification of the game known TO card
players. 1t is useless to attempt to bluff a
woman out of large pot. her disposition is
such that suspicion, however faint. that
you are trying to compel her to throw down
her hand arouses all the opposition of which
she is capable, and she is going to see your
bet if it is the last act of her natural life.
Poker playing is INDUCED in by people of
fashion to an extent hardly realized. and
one of the requisites of every young lady's
room now is a deck of cards and a box of
chips, and the young man who wishes to
present fair friend token of his regard
has thus wider field to select from, rem
dering less arduous the task of making a
suitable selection.
49,
The two most essential requisites for the
formation Of a polo club, namely, saddle
horses and good grounds, seem now to be
available, and those who have witnessed a
game of polo with its attendant attractions
nothing need be said to arouse an interest