St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-23
has progressed so far that l can

but. it has progressed so far that l can
give you a comprehensive outline of
the games as they will be played l
propose to divide the United States into
six grand districts. Each of these will
be subdivided. and each of these SUBJ
divisions again divided, and so on until
the smallest subdivision shall represent
six men in each of these subdivisions
whO shall first make application with a
self-addressed envelope lnclesed). will
be appointed to play the game for their
subdivision. Each of these shall ante
81. making the jack pot of that district
aggregate Sl2. The winner of this jack
pot shall W all winnings above the
original Sl2 in the jack pot. This Sl2
will not belong to him, but must be
anted by him in the game to be played
by the second district, composed of six
subordinate districts. That Is to say.
the six players of the second district
will ante S12 each, making a jack pot of
S72. and this rule shall hold good for all
the ascending districts, until the final
grand national jack pot is played, when
the winner takes the entire contents of
the pot. plus whatever he a win from
the five luckiest poker delegates in
America"
Mr.. Hawkins was then asked for an
estimate of the amount of the final pot.
The great poker sage replied heartily:
"Oh. any poker player can figure that
out. l don't mind intimating that the
winner Of the last pot can write his
check in eight figures on velvet"
A Wave of Popular Enthusiasm.
ut is glorious, glorious" exclaimed
Bernard Gillian, whose genius as a
cartoonist does not prompt him to de-
SniSa tho hpliUhtc nf nnynr tSINhnn c,,a,
a scheme as that is put in operation, as
it surely will be, we may expect such a
wave OF popular enthusiasm for poker
us will cause it to become the game of
games. The idea is so simple, vet so
grand, that n wonders that it has
never occurred to anybody before. But
that is the way with all truly great in
ventiOns. Their simplicity is their main
characteristic"
SIS poker still worthy of being styled
our national card gaure?" the eminent
%carto0nist was asked.
Undoubtedly. The fact that its
great simplicity does not involve any
1%ntTicacy il play, aid the quiet proceed
ings of It's devotees have not caused it 10
figure very much as a factor in public
discussion. Yet how much we 1--WE to
the game after all! Without poker there
would have been no Bret Harte. 1t was
poker that inspired those immortal lines
beginning:
w hich they had a small game
And All Sin took a hand
''Then we have the poker story. Our
congressmen and actors owe their
greatest fame to the narrative power
with which they relate poker expert
ences. Yes" concluded the artist, re-
tectiyely. II think this new idea will
make history. 1t will cause almost a
poker craze. Then, too, admission
could be charged to see these games.
The public would flock to witness such
play, especially for a jackpot of thou
sands of dollars. The gate receipts
Would pay expenses"
Henry WattersOn ut the Head.
Think of the glorious possibilities"
s3id Charles Frohman. ~ can just
imagine Nat Goodwin in an affair of
tat sort. Ii would be the breath of life
ID him. He is such a lucky fellow that
feel sure he would come out a winner.
Think of winning $1,000 on an invest
pnent OF 800. Then there is Henry
4. Dixey. That man has. a more
, fllliant record as a devotee of
essae AN than any living man with the
rnssible exception of Henry Watterson.
III my opinion the coming event will be