The sun., 1894-01-12
vERYMvEwHIST NORANGE.
a. EOUys WOyES AND 9 MEN IN
inns PJCR.

Ibto FHChs
Net to SPEAK OF the Joksr. the ThirieeN
1rieh- Formed - Navy DEere-t Dsuees
ny the lIumsu Cnrd.-Kire.. oueens, snd
Kusver Appropriately Costumed, nnd the
suit cards In RED. White. nnd nIue.
Some peope say that whstis very dead
game. They Invariably associate 1t with such
forms oi amusement as the lecture course and
tho public elocutlonist Thoy even snoer at
that feVcrsh form known as drive whist lnr-
adoxcal as II may aprear to the people who
hold this opinion. Orange. y. j.. camo to the
front last might and piayed game OF live
whist.
Because this form Of amusement entered
the United States by way OF Thiladelphia. and
ia proceeding toward Harlem by way OF Now
Jersey. It must not he concluded that living
whist Is misnomer. Disguised as whist. II
contains all the excitement Of dignifcd
opera with incidental music. and II Is not
soilcd by tho burnt cork OF iemnle negro
minstrel show Orange was inclined, alter last
nights game to advocate duplicate whist and
have the game played all over again.
IL was introduced to the Oranges In the
Orange Music Hall by the Young Ladies' Aux
Hilary OF the Orange Memorial Hospital and
the game netted that institution nearly 600
Every one who knows n Jack pot from knave
knows that every well-regulated pack OF cards
contains flfty-two cards and Joker. But not
every one knows how interesting those cards
may be when they are represented by grace
fully gowned young women with toes for
dance music. That was the privilege OF the
Oranges last night.
Eight young men and the Joker were mixed
up In the shuttle. and. although they danced
we'll they were not 40 pleasing to look at Rs
tha Of the LnCk each card VI Wlllcn was
represented by an appropriately gowned
Mr. Wilson- tihson. President Of the Port
chester Whist Club who was present getting
points on the Joker. remarked after tho enter
intnment: These young ladies' were all young
and 1t would be impossible to- draw from tins
deck u uoker hand that deals with ante and
sentative might havo rs truly saih that they
seemed to 10 oil well dressed and clever
Tie kings. the Jacks. and the Joker were
represented by young men Uf Orange. and the
% Those Who repre-. ent oil the hearts were dressed
in white tina clubs in red, diamonds IN hlue.
and tn. Snales in yellow, ~, me crsps spnr, rh,ai
tho court cards of the pack.
Theyoung women who represented tho SUIT
cards hal tho spots designating them sewel
On the front nf their gowns. ahd ihey were
easily. recognizable. ~
70 the music OF u slow march the four nlay;
ers. ii. H. 4. Eagles. George II. Gill. Wiifred
y Fnton and William H. Wiley marched on
the stage. .and hrhtnd them followed the cards
The pack and the players marched ana
stage 80 that the audience might SEQ thvir
costumes aud then thoy wero shuliird.
he music EHcame ysy ,ro "nI H. 'aG srstrnt car1s
coi,rs OF the different suits winding In and out.
The player who won the eur started from htt
nir. and Skipping through the lines OF
tho enrds. ho divided them. Each play;
the dealer dealt tho hands-,hnt is, AL mutt tho
IUker-nnd ,lutinE the rest OF the evening the
he was out OF ,he pack was rank outsider.
eGrs were urs h %nd @ NIX nsnT5T ESat to
music InS Te"'Tr and mep ems the % hands s' were ar
ranged tn" game legan. The PLAYER TO
,hY lett Of the dealer Lea 2m h ,o SrisStns hs ing
waru aud dlamissed her with u bow. Jhe
drueo danced to the middle l.,,0o,, Of The e
card md presented her in the snme
way. and tho hand was complete Thcn tho
music became lively. and the hand executed
fancy dance and went to the winning player.
liut the audience wanted TO see 1t played
Then other tricks were played in tho same
mHnOer, but with dtnefrnt danseA caiclum
the gowns. and IL was rleasing ro look
nj. some OF the dancing would nor have been
unapHreciacd had II Docn seen Oh a proies-
Winthrop Eurdick OF the Grange football
team. whose, muscular limos Threatened his
somewhat tight costume. made II long run
around tn" end aud scored n touch down by
ms clever dancing.
Tola Won rncmpf. Miss Elizabeth Loutrel,
and Miss Alice lyman. and they danced state
ly measures, Some OF tho other cards wcre
very frivolous notably the clubs Ani. though
they didn't indulge IN skirt dance. they liirted
with the JIG.
Whom lwelve tricks had been played tho
score stood six each, and the thirteenth trick
decded the game. Then tho Joker came 10 the
centre Of the stage and executed u dance that
brought this much-despised card lots OF ap-
piause
The cards. alter bowIng TO their partners,
marched to the rear OF tho stage. and massed
themselves with the winning hand in front.
Tho ladies OF the court cards stepped TO tho
front and wero Joined by their royal escorts.
with whom they executed tho fancy court
quadrille
An effective tabieau ended the entertain
mont and no player was accused of trumping
IA Ia ARR MARI