The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-17

laughed, and the real earnest poker players
were disgusted with her, but were too polite to
say so. In fippant fashion she announced
that she did not want single card, and every
body believed she had a straight. She giggled
and kept raising the bet, and then giggled with
the young man, and said Wasn't it awfully
nice"' And he giggled, lawfully nice" The
old stagers had dropped out, and the one left,
who had four nnes kept raising the bet, she did
AT that timeh thought she was fool-later on he
changed his mind. AT last he called her-she
laid down the most beautiful royal flush in da-
monds that you ever saw. The frivolous look
disappeared from her face, and she took in that
pot with an air of triumph that was interesting
if it was not lovely. Sweet woman does not
shine well at the card table if there is any money
in the question, and if she had an idea how
greedy and grasping she appeared she would
not indulge even in 'little ante"
THE RACE TRACKS DEvoTEEs.
Out at the race track she is not quite so bad
for her alteration of the horses is real reason.
But she makes such-well l might as we'll say
it-a holy show of herself, that you wish her
piety had been greater and she had stayed at
home. She overdresses her-a something that
she does not commit at Sheepshead or Mon
mouth, and there is a sort of hard line about
her mouth that you would not like to see about
that OF any one you loved.
VARIOUS CRANKs.
Societies of all kinds are prevalent here. They
come here because of the waters, because they
find the air delightful, and for every other rea-
son than the real one, which is because they like
to see the people, Most of the societies are
composed of cranks pure and simple. 1 say
that, but | never saw a crank overwhelming
either with purity or simplicity. If they come
TO be temperate they take the youngest lamb of
the flock and drink the waters with her until
'bustation" seems likely. If they are course
ot-study cranks they take off the girl who has
gone in for Italian literature and find out from
her what she considers the real stories of the
Decameron. If it's scientific crank he is trot-
ting around showing how if the world began
round like an apple it was afterward changed by
pair, Then heis SO delighted at his attempt at
joke that he yearns to see his name in a comic
paper. If he is here to discuss whether dear lit
tie babies shall ever know what heaven Is hate
him SO that put ON my best scowl, assisted by
my lorgnette and a lemonade with stick in it,
that Mr.. Adams has given, and / firmly an
nounce that in the fortress about which he talks
SO much and knows so little he will pass his
time among mongrels and bats. By the by,
what is a crank +? A crank is a man who does
not agree with you or me.
A crank is a man who, while you approve of
John Collins, does not approve of you.
A crank is a man who believes that the world
was arranged for his IDEAS and those alone.
A crank is a man who worries you with fish
stories, with his Vaorous deeds before and dur
ing the war, and announces his great conquests
among the fair sex.
A crank is a man who dOtes on a special pat
ent medicine, and wants to experiment on you,
as on a dog, with it.
A crank is a man who wants to run all the i'm
poItant incidents Of life, marrying, burying,
and the times.
A crank is a man vino is a source of much woe
to his household, whose love he has by his crank
mess turned into fear and trembling.
Women cranks There are none. AS soon as
they become cranks they cease to be women.
Isn't that the golden truth? RAB.
Good summer reading-a Washington story
by Emily Il. Sherwood, a well-knoWn society
writer, willis Peyton's Inheritance For sale
at all book stores and news stands.