The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-10
ACTORS AND rHE Deck.

ACTORS AND rHE DECK.
v.esiishs Y.veris-. wAe Leve 70 sa.a~
and Dea1-Nat B1uG.
From the Philadelphia Times.
"Yes, Don Thompson has Ganbled \ bit
I'm his time, just like other folks I sup
pose" unmarked an intimate friend OF the
venerable Joshua whitconhb the other
day, like himself u embe OF the tlra-
matte profession; ''but the notion that he
ever lost such q stake a. $15O,OOO, az even
the fftieth part Of that sum IL the widest
imagination. His games on tho con-
trary." he added, with q merry twinkle Of
the eye, shave been rather lucky. It's
over q dosen years since he touched n po-
ker chip, and it's going on four years
since he took Q hand at q little game Of
That's positively the last time he touched
the cards anywhere. ] know b I'm
talking about, tao.
Tossing that he used to have the idea tina
gambling at cards was an easy way to
make money. Tint was many. years ago
times, when almost every man you met
was u gambler. He was pretty skilful,
too and &c S1 ,hsm i IN ,aaa.s ANA 4av cut with . the
her that he won considerable sums Of
money at different times. But there's
cards. All his life he has been a great
lover of horses, and I think there are few
men in our profession who know more
about them than he does. What little
gambling he has done Of late has been on
the races. He has no time to 20 down to
msL .raG h;ss b bst. ne on k fsrm w ~ed r@sssr1e" Y ~"
see, there Is n ticker i'm his dressing room,
and he can see just what Is going on and
..nt animals just as though he saw them
before him.
He's at the Academy sometimes as early
as d "a. m.-got To TIE there on business,
YOU know-and he just gives u look at the
ticker and sees the entries, and keeps his
.sWhen WINS he last in No.. sls Broad
SITS three years ago, hut hc wasn't there
itinH some friends. They were gambling,
of course"
Of The Old Homestead,' has he not"
~ suppose so," admitted Inc veteran,
smiling. ''In the last two years alone he
s2OO ,OOO profit; but, bless you, he HASN'T
been such n fool as to risk II mt No. S1s
Broadway, or going around WIN Gay
is invested I'm property up i'm Swan.ey, and
the rest of il Is in savings banks. Now, he
hanks, and he prefers savings banks to
any other. The limit of deposits i'm New
Hampshire i'm these banks IL 5000, and IL
money, well up to the limit, in nearly
every savings bank within u hundred
ssThat should he a good investment 2"
"Well, he never did go much on bonds.
His income at the present time il some
ahead OF that Of amy other actor in this
country or in Europe: LAST season he
divided gross receipts of S40i,O0O with his
result of u 10 weeks season. There is
little doubt that the gamblers would bc
6 s,e she c, ~ sss 81 old Il" granite state farmer
is too smart to let himself TIC caught. lie
gives them the go-by and patronizes the
But Dennian Thompson is not the only
Thespian who might truthfully confess To
a. fondness for the card table and its Sc
ductions. II il characteristic OF the the
atrical profession that almost all OF ITS
leaders are men well versed i'm the mys-
s ,srie" eve: of ,s p"ser' the fs'ie ns:ess asy''' far
amusement while travelling and Of
some from the relaxation that will keep
stage drives them tn card-playinR. There
were few better whist players than Lester
hand, too. john T. Raymond's weakness
for cards and, indeed, for games OF chance
of every sort, had almost passed INTO a
risks on the toss OF a coin and few had
better luck on the whole.
"Adonis" Dixey is am adept at almost
peculiarly expert at poker. As a ''match-
list" he Is n worthy rival of Raymond. 1t
is related Of him that ON one occasion he
of luck was i'm his favor, the friend per
sisted i'm keeping mp the game. Finally
Dixie made a rather startling proposition (:
..Here,' said he, ''this is rather small
beer; IN MATCH you hest three in five
for loo even."
Done ~ exclaimed the accommodating
Hne done il was. The pennies spun i'm
the air.
.Tails !" said Dixey, coolly. never mov-
ing a muscle.
The coin fell heads. Still mother head.
Then three tails i'm succession, and the
persistent ''matchist," who didn't happen
TO have as much as 500 in his clothes.
gave a little note, which he duly honored
within twent-four hours.
Nat Goodwin's bluff was well known
and he was one of the coolest of card
players, no matter what the game or how
high the stakes. Booth is IA generous
player and makes few mistakes, but cares
nothing for big stakes. Billy Florcnce's
ulay is characterized by n reckless jollity
and Indifference that is natural to the
man. while Len Grover, h .'dear old fei''
of the Rialto, is continually playing in
wretched luck. II is doubtful IL doc def
ferson ever handle a card, his prime ne
faction being fishing and painting. His
~antithcsis is Billy Birch,. the minstrel:
whoes weakness used to he poker and
whiskey. But he contrivedn never to com.
bine the two. So. as he always played
-.1 Ia n.