The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-24
ONE TOUCH OF POKER
Makes a Whole Audience Kin, Says
Miss MoTeIand.
She Doesn't Play The Game but She Can
Tell a GOOD Poker SioH

A poker story told by q w0man-any
old kind OF a poker story-possesse a
peculis Interest, but when the story
is a good one and the teller is woman
OF the world enough to be familiar with
the terms and technicalities Of the
great American game Of draw. especial
entertainment is afforded by The telling.
That Beatrice Moreland. who is a
conspicuous feature in the entertain
ment at keith's this week knows a lit
tie bit about poker may be "A fair infer
ence from the manner I'm which she
speaks the few lines IN her play de-
scrlptiNe or the game. She unblushing-
~ admitted familiarity with ithr fascin-
atlhS amusement when questioned and
added: II think 4 did a particularly
neat stroke of business when worked
that poker bit into my sketch. one
touch of poker makes whole audience
Kin, you know, and that's the way We
want them to be when we are trying
10 win their favor, so thcy viii want us
to come again. No, 1 don't plsy poker
but L can tell You a good poker Story
one you've never heard, IN wager. be-
cause It's about real people I'm real life"
II was when l was with Sol smith
'N"'''iis SiiF DtSdHs ftAtHdl years ago
We were playing az the Oncrl House.
and a number Of us STAYED az The Nar.
ragansett. Some of tho gentlemen used
10 play little friendly game after the
snow; and one evening there were sew
en a the table. and one OF the l}'avers
was Mr. Moore, an advance man FOR
some other show. he suffered. and that
added 10 the fun of the incident: and
the JoD was put up on him purely for
"a JOKE. 10 was arranged to deal him a
winning hand and run up a big Jack
pot. but give him six cards. just To see
II he would Try 90 play them. He must
have suspected some sort of trick for
he certainly turned the tables very
neatly.
The cards We're dealt ant he had 2
queens and three jacks-mor- than the
law of the game allows. YOU notice. No
one saw just how or when he did IL. but
he got away with his sixth card. They
We're French cards OF very thin materi-
al. He managed 10 palm one OF the
cards and crushed II IN his hand until
II was a small wad. and then with a
dexterous sweep OF his han1 across his
large blonde mustache got il into his
mouth and swallowed H. or course no
body knew this at the time.
"The betting was lively. and presently |
there was a cali and the cards were on
the table face up. and. then, Of course
TIE queens fur won.
"Thar was the time for the denoue- |
ment of the Joke but there was a hitch !,
I'M the program. Somebody said: Il |
thought l SANS six -eS+EAs ia Mr. Moore's |
hand probably | was mistaken
" There's my c-c-C-C-Cards. you can |
r-c-c-c-count EN-.
4 count only showed five. Then the |
other hands were counted. and they |
showed the regular number. Then some |
one suggested that the deck should be |
and il was found that the jack |
" diamonds was missing. Then Mr.. |
Moore nut on an air of indignation and Il
insisted on more thorough search.
Finally the hunt Wls given mp and |
Mr.. Moore offered 70 return each man
MS money which OFFER was unanimous
V rejected. and then when calm had
been restored. some one said
" See here Moore we admit YOU
urned our own trick back on US. Now
ell us how YOU did w..
Mr.. Moore pretended not To under
stand for some time. but finally he said
-w-w-wen III tell you, b-b-b- boys.
d-d-i-did have that other 1-j-j-jack, |
,ut H-l4--4-+4trtr-- ,-utI rt=T-T=rfUTTSY ID
cts will ever f-f-f-fnd st.
"And they never d.d. But a year af-
erwards he told some of them how he
hewed m the card, just go make them
he victims OF their own little trick.