The Ravalli Republican., 1898-07-27
FANCiES or CARD PLAYERS.
Every One who "Sits' IN q Game Is Gov
er..Gd by SuuNrslition. ~

Cr1!EG Dy SititfhiieltD.
card players are Il most supersti-
tious set, . said Il business man who
will occasionally "sit" in a little
game when the limit is to his liking
and the company Of uncXccptionablo
quality. @.. =....- ........
'There was g new emo On me the
other night, " he continued, "for one
Of the men, when we were taking
seats, shifted his position because he
wanted to play with the grain Of the
| tablc-that is, ho wanted his cards
to come to him with the grain Of tho
round table and not crossWnys. This
was & new one, as said, but it re-
called The fact that all OF them have
q wpalsucss. For instance, where is
the card player who Will play cards
while some outsider has foot on
the rung Of his chair? Then there is
the other fellow who will get up and
walk around his chair to change his
luck and ihe other who will never
! lend & clip il H!e is winning Why,
+ saw man the other night Who re-
| fused Il chip Or two to q neiglbor in
the game, but he went down in his
trousers, pulled out Il roll and hand
Cd lis friend an x and told him to
buy few from the banker
Poker, too, has given the coun-
| try some of the richest Of slang.
Take the word bluff, and where
can you find q bette: wordS ! sup
pose it is in the Century and the
Standard, Or, if II isn't, it should be,
iol the word is completely accepted
now by tho best OF writers every
whcro in This country and England
too.
Standing pat was used in a
courtroom Il short time ago. Sono
lawyer was asked by the judge what
he intended to do after & certain dc
cisicn had been rendered on i; mo-
ton. lie SAID he guessed he would
stand pat. 1t wasn't strange that
/ tho judge ccnprehended the situa-
ton and, without q word, went on
after the otlcr lawyer said that his
opponent would do Wcll TO draw
cards, as standing par had no tcrrors
for him. More than that, every
reference WAS thoroughly under
stood by every lawyer within the
railing. It was just at this time that
the judge added 10 the confusion by
ordering one Of his baili1Ts to turn
on the steam, as hi: feet Wero cold.
Fol- he benefit Of the uninltiated it
is worth saying that the cold feet
refers to Il habit of some small gam
blers who play for the money that
. is in it, saying as an excuse, My
feet are cold, and getting out Of a
game when they are ahead.
"TAat reminds me that women as
well as: mon arc natural gamblers,
and in consequence there have been
many friendships of long standing
among women ruined forever by
progressive euchre. Why, ! have
played in games where the cheating
I Of some Of the women was as pal
, rablc to q man who is accustomed t
:, card playing as the nose on you;
6 face, but | said nothing. as the WON
:, an would have been mad and denied
9 everything and placed me in th'
hole. Look ut the prizes they pla,
i for now.
O. "1'here' S the head prize for mel
# and women and tho BOBBY or con
a ISOLATION prize for men. Then ther
n are second and third prizes and til
J. prize for making the greatest nun
n Der of points and the prize for th
l. least number and a prize for til
Y greatest number of mistakes, an
u the Lord knows how many others
If It's a regular gambling game, bu
"a the same who indulge in that kin
ID of sport will Jump OIL q man VIII
in plays a little quiet gazne of poker ;
y home
,c "Ncr is tho gambling instinct ol
II. liberated from the progressive soci;
ac games entirely, for there was
So game ] heard Of where the hoa
G. prize was made up of five IS gol
~ pieces, all tied up with blue ribbo:
,n- and you can bet tho men in TIL
he game were working hard for Il
,i, head prize, for some Of them Wantt
is that S25 with Il want that. must
%. filed. | expect some Of them chca
co ed, but as Il lady who was q guo
,cf at the home Of the hostess got ;
tho mon and the hostess did Il
no punching Of the tickets there was
90 faint suspicion that Il few extra hol
he got into the young lady's card
in mistake-on purpose. But Of cou1
NJ don t make a charge like that. L
.es only thinking.'
Ia In reply to a query, "What's 70
to superstition" the talker said: Il
of only one. won't play in gal
la when | have on a single thing tn
nv has never been worn before, Il
al even Il necktie. Takes my mil
va away from the game, and thereto
Is J. never wear a new thing when
ed am going to play poker. '-Cinci
IL matt Commercial Tribune