The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-24
rHE DEVILS PICTURES.
THUS INNOCENT PIEOEs OF PASTE
BOARD HAVE BEEN TERMED.

GNsipes" - The Game Of yankee
Notions"
From the NetU York advertiser.
Cards: playing cards seem to be as old as
the hills. The birthday of this invention
will, it is said, be COMMUNICATED in Vienna
this year, but it would appear that the his
toriaus have been dreaming dreams again
and the archeologists seeing visions. II
Austria has succeeded in settling beyond
dispute the origin of the playing card it has
conferred an everlasting favor on the scores
of wisdom-seekers who have been tracing
the records In vain for three centuries.
flames played with cards were known be-
fore the time that history was recorded.
Their popularity with the people has given
than lease Of life that has carried them
down from the ages before unlettered man
Find could express his thoughts In written
characters, and promises TO carry them
doygn ages to come until the kings and
0ueens of the realms of realty are swept
away with the kings and queens VINO nave
reigned for centuries from paper thrones;
Card playing has become passion III al
lands and even the children know tne SUITS
the pips, and the court cards almost as soon
as they can lisp their ALPHABET
4 Probably one of the Qualn5est packs Oh
Educational cards in existence to-day ID the
Inroperty of DIR. Richard Derby, descend
liant OF the Lloyd who was RranSed sne manor
Ii IIovd's Neck, one of the original land
IJroTts held under the English in the colony
I9f New York These cards are to-day pre-
Isarved in the family mansion on Lloyd's
INacL Long Island They are tied together
~ orumpled green ribbon which, it is
/ claimed. formerly did servics as garter.
| On the back of the knave OF diamonds is
this inscription:
.....................,...,
TO ANGELINA LLOYD, FFoA BIER AFTEc-
TIoNATE UNCLE, BENNY Lloyd
FEB. 10, 1875.
1 90 - 5000
The cards are printed on coarse, thick
| ,astehoard, and the descriptive matter is in
1 FDa TYNE. In place of tie usual characters
the determination OF the card is known by
letters or figures. The four quarters OF the
world are represented tne sulSs. Inc
clubs contain a history 4 Africa, spades
Asia hearts Europe and diamonds America.
Tbe populations Of the chief towns of
! America are given as follows: Mexico, $780,
600: Lima, 6O, 900; Cuzco, AZ. 900; Panama
and Philadelphia, $4,000; lew York, q, 900;
Boston, 10 900; Newport, 5000.
From all that can be learned at the pres
eut day the first written account OF the use
of playing car is in Europe was made In q
manuscript by Nicolas de CoveIlszzo which
appeared in Italy in the thirserth century
and is preserved in the arcliTss OF Viterbo.
In presenting claims for tie origination
of cards China can doubtlesproduce the
longest pedigree for its gams. In Chi
\ nese dictionary published iD67S, the state
\ ment is made that cards wfe invented In
\ the reign of Leun-ho, IL, and became
popular during the reign oAaow-tsung in
Gl3l, It is said they were nVented for the
amusement of Leun-ho's Yves. They were
Ast called ga-pea, o. paper tickets.
I've old packs were generally com
pued Of thirty-two cas-, with red and
black circular dots, and urt cards OF one
man and one woman. psf OF the decks in
use nov have thirty car, and are called
tseen-wan-che-pae-a ousand times ten
thousand cards. The jhlnese cards are
printed in black on thieardboard, and the
backs are crimson, bla or yellow. They
are about inch wide 316 inches long,
are rounded at the toand bottom, and
small part OF the uppsnd is left blank, so
that they may be hl conveniently and
spread or famed q, showing their faces
to the holder. TheChinese players hold
them by the top an(spread them out ex-
actly the reverse one european custom.
Egypt of conrseslatms TO have been the
II originator of playg cards. Inscriptions Of
\ Egyptians mon1ents show that many
\ games such as %, knuckle bones, Jack
stones, and posgy, although not proba-
\ bly, chess, were1own in very early days
In Spain car are called naipes, which
seems to meanAt or even. However, an
Sncient Spani dictionary says that the
gord comes ia the initial letters N. p
Gcholas Pei, the Spanish inventor of
cAds This Jim is regarded as absurd by
mot historic The cards known by the
ltaIaN in 93 were called naibi, which
BEAR stroi resemblance to the Spanish
name. Add this time Italy was invaded
by the SlaItds, and it is said that the in
Vaders ltIlced cards under the name
used in Spsi 1t is certain that cards were
well knownSpain in 1887, as at that time
there was atute made by John l., King
OF Castillo, VII prohibited games OF dice,
OF naipes. abf chess"
The playisards Of England furnish an
amusing stu OF the changing costumes of
the courts. 18th each modification Of dress
Lht ne succ4ng reigns the styles in the
ri cards also olge The first pack doubtless
came from I'm, as they were marked with
The coin, ms swords and cups; but the
I'll french car gradually superseded them
IA win the It's, diamonds, spades, and
81 clubs ThesBre introduced to the colonies
OF the new 1d.
In Eaglan nd America the French cards
are 10 use toly with slightly modernized
costumes, athe innovation of the double
ueads on theurt cards for convenience
Lne EnaVes ar the dresses common with
sne over clAs in the time of Chaucer, the
1 KiAgs are attd after the style of Henry
VII, and thueens like his mother Eli
za6eth of Vt.
All attem1to change the style of play
az cards frh their present form have
ssmgu4arly led. In France, during the
reGn OF Hen H., the king of diamonds
way called paesar, of spades, David =,
a aau OF club Alexander. The costumes
,aIled In accordance with the
Pevaillng fhion. A { the time of the
french reyolten 1.-THE king was slyly fin
t teu from To deck" The whole royal
aaauiIy OF the ladboard was banished and
M SSnses and Ihleophers were substituted.
, NV THIS ba1shrent did not last long, for
hoy Saey were III recalled in 1918. Attempts
c nI'e been Jade America TO introduce
eFft.sorated generals in place Of kings, and
v reor the var In fexico in 1S4S, deck was
RSouuced d with Gems. Bragg, Twiggs
noo UI an' Scott were represented. The
s ~ canored for the old packs howe YER,
- - ~ are rady to acknowledge a submission
and ue ply klngsfand queens that che flesh
stti-osm monarcls of the world might
strive fr in vain.
Ip+1tmi historians are to be believed Co
ioe VTT1sIInIt ~ playing cards to Amer
than 'B Furltans began en- early war upon
es s'tn ut the love of the play could not be
WY fadicated and many ingenious de-