The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-11-02

r..a,.. stake All Their Pin Money OF
coed Hands.

,het,s vour's Clara ?''
e.Pshsw! I've only pair OF oe'
es.,' -
aWhat did You VIM"
.sE,our dollars and quarter.
A scattered pack of cards lay upon
tho tabie between the trio, while eeve-
r.i stacks Of red, white and blue ivoly
ctira rnea from the table ct the fignt
a. each az the girls. They were ~,
6nloine In q game of poker, ana Eenei
ma ssscoopedU the pot. The PAftl'co,
ored ivory chips represented money;
poker playing 10 becoming poPuas.
diversion with certain young .au.
II has already superseded Oscs k.M
mon. dominos and similar eau'
known % "My grandmotnets Ne
|IIehls." and IL supplaniine eue11e'
which has been considered almost 'u
prsgnable.
The game 10 played 10 nearly an "
| the fashionable quarters OF .no .y'l
and It Is understood that the 1asc'u
Ing diversion fiourlshes to remaIk sD..
extent on Green street, but 10 lte Mvs.
innocent form. Two Pfssase .'1
anuone the young ladies have aiEeauy
O3e90s
4 never for money.
prohshiv one of the most sklllIol
I mixer PLAYERS is Miss Mamie Hey-
holds who indulges In the game merely
a. an innocent diversion. Miss hey.
|, noIds, adeptpees lies Ia the succeeelai
, manner Ia which she con keep irom
}. hetrayipR by word, expression or nc
ton what kind OF q hand she hoids.
This young lady IL also clever eucnfe
= and Backgammon player.
THREE STRAIGHT FLUsHEs IN EAR.
Another excellent player is MISS
lEtta Fink, who has had the rare lor-
FL tune. during her one years experience
10 In playing the game, Of having neia
i three ssstraixht flushes." These iests
~ have established reputation among
n her com panions as being the luckies'
" card dira yer in the city. Miss Cora
10 Leslie has the distinction OF being the
re moat adept Of the West Philadeiphia
ID ladies In poker playing. In . private
90 oamereceptIy che held nine successive
Winning hands.
ID AmoDR tho many other sclentlnc
~ PLAYERS Of the game In West PhiIadel-
phia Is Miss Minnie Lerocque, whose
he superior skill In Innocent card playing
60 IL much envied by her companion
ed players. Miss Lerocque, who 10 o.
be French descent, 10 also said 10 De a.
oil expert at baccarat.
e, THEIR PIN MONEY AT STAKE.
In several other quarters OF the City
IS, the ladies play poker In not quite q
If. Innocent form, many Of them oeini
IL, In the habit of stalking all their phi
on money. One of the latter has been II
NIX the habit Of spending her summers y
,er Paris, where she could best enjoy mel
ire self. On her passage across the wste
eet early last summer she engaged In pr
lO1 ksr games with two gentlemen iriend
The Fortune favored her In every contes
and at the end Of the voyage she ioun
100 that her winnings amounted to MOI
the than enough to pay the expenses.
ere PLAYING WITH HER HUSBAND.
~ Another lady player is the vile OF
we'll known piano dealer In THIS CIT
She boards at a fashionable hotel VII
her husband, who 10 also fond OF Pok
playing. 1t is said that the vile toe
up the diversion two years ego becau
.nS her husband was q luckless playe
ens She determined that II he must PHI
one and must lose he should play With he
ia. aud che would benefit by his losin
.. In this way all Of her husbands Loss
gu! stin remain In the family, and q
eu' used for pin-money.
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