The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
A GREAT REVIVAL OF CARD PLAY-
ING IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
MiIIiners DevisinE Some New Great
ing tn Avoid Anti-Hat Theater
Ordinance-Hair Dressing.

There has been "A great revival OF card
playing within the last few weeks. Whist
has led In many of the games, but euchre
and hearts have shared In the honors.
Whist has become such scientific game in
this city that few attempt 10 play except
those who have been instructed in the
leads and know the various terms OF the
game. There are some very fine whist play
ers among the women, but the men take
the most interest ir IL. Euchre is the
standby. Nearly every one who knows
cards knows how TO play euchre, and the
game OF hearts has been particularly popu-
lar since the signs of st. Valentines day
have appeared in the shops. Every after
noon and evening OF the last week there
have been card parties. A game Of cards
that is not OF the progressive" order Is
scarcely tolerated. and with the game there
must always be prizes. The fact Of playing
for prizes is viewed from different points;
some approve and some disapprove. All
would disapprove If the cases were numer
Gus like one of short time ago. A pro-
eressive euctre party was given. and when
the time came 10 count the games. IL was
found that there were two ladies who had
the same number. One of the players took
her own pack Of cards and laid II down.
after IL was decided that the two should
cut for the prize. She cut first. merely
taking the top card of the pack. IL was
an ace which would take the prize. "A
number OF the lookers-on protested that
she must take up more than one card; that
according TO Hoyle'' five or more must be
cut When she took more cards of the
pack. she lost. She was impatient. and
made herself so disagreeable about losing
the prize that the hostess was much en-
barrassed. and went down town the next
day and bought the duplicate of the first
prize and sent it to the lady, who accept
ell 1t.
Now that Mayor Taggart has signed the
law compelling hats, caps and bonnets to
be removed at all theaters, the bill is
printed OH all OF the programmes. AT the
Grand Opera House Friday evening there
were only two hats worn, and at the Park
Theater every hat vas off, There were
some mild protests when the ordinance
was first printed, but these went away
like the summer breezes. There are many
women who prefer to have something on
the head and just at present the milli-
ners ara studying some fashion that will
make a headdress to avoid or evade the
ordinance There is the Alsatian bow and
there are flowers, coronets and bandeaux
and dozens of pretty things to wear giving
an opportunity for some pretty styles of
hair dressing. Since women have been
wearing their hats for any and all occa-
sions, 1t even being the style to keep on
the hat during luncheon, there has not
been so much attention paid to dressing
the hair, except Cor evening. If lady is
invited out in the afternoon for an informal
(she never knows whether it is really in
formal or noO she wears her big hat On
arrival If the hostess asks her to remove
her hat, there is CONSERVATION, for my
hair is not fixed TO take off my hat" At
q company not very long ago. the guests
were seated at tables for refreshments and
the hostess had asked that the hats be
left in the dressing room. 1.-The conse-
qpencs was" said one of those attending
tho company, you never saw such a look
ing lot OF hair dressing in your life" 1t
may be that the new law will not only be
q benefit TO tho theater attendants. but it
may make a revolution in the careful ar
rangement Of natures own adornment for
he