The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-01-27
FANCIEs OF CARD PLAYERS
Everv f,.a who "Sts" IL a Game ~ Gov
erned by SUPERVISION.

erned by SUPERVISION.
Card players are most super9I-
tious set. " said "a business man VINO
will occasionally "sit" IN llttie
game when the limit is 10 his liking
and tho company of unexceptlonabie
quality.
"There was new one on me the
other night, he continued, "for one
of the men, when we were taxing
seats. shifted his position because ne
wanted to play with the grain or the
table-tbat is, he wanted his cards
to come to him with the grain OF the
round table and not crossways. This
was new one, as / said, but 1t re
called the fact that all OF them nave
a weakness. For instance, where Is
the card player who will play cards
while some outsider has foot on
the rune Of his chair? Then there IS
the other fellow who will get up anu
walk around his chair 20 change his
lnck and the other who will never
lend chip if he is winning. Why,
saw man the other night who re-
fused a chip or two to a noighbor III
tho game, but he went down III his
trousers, pulled out roll and hand
ed his friend an X and told him to
buy a 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 better wordi sup
pose it is in the Century and the
Standard, or, if it isn't, it should be,
for the word is completely accepted
now by the best of writers every
where in this country and England
too.
Standing pat was used in a
courtroom a short time ago. Some
lawyer was asked by the judge what
he intended to do after a certain de-
cision had been rendered on d mo-
. ton. He said he guessed he would
, stand pat 1t wasn't strange that
! the Judge comprehended the situa-
ton and, without word, went on
after the other lawyer said that his
opponent would do well TO draw
cards, as standing Pat had no terrors
for him.. More than that, every
reference was thoroughly under
stood by every lawyer within the
railing 1t was just at this Time that
the Judge added to the confusion by
81 Ia.
on the steam, as his feet were cold.
: For the benefit of the uninltiated it
is worth saying that the cold feet
refers to habit of sCme small gam
, blers who play for the money that
is in it, saying as an excuse, My
feet are cold, and getting out of q
game when they are ahead.
"That reminds me that women as
well as men are natural gamblers,
and in consequence there have been
among women ruined forever by
progressive euchre. Why, l have
played in games where the cheating
of some of the women was as pal
pable TO man who is accustomed te
card playing as the nose on YOU
;. face, but said nothing, as the wom
an would have been mad and denied
:, everything and placed me in tn.
hole Look at the prizes they play
for now.
: "There's the head prize for men
= and women and tho BOBBY or con
ISOLATION prize for men. Then ther,
are second and third prizes and tn,
prize for making the greatest mum
g Der of points and the prize for tn,
i, least number and a prize for tn,
= greatest number of mistakes, ant
the Lord knows how many others
a It's regular gambling game, bu
:. the same who indulge in that kim
v of sport will jump on man VIII,
:. plays little quiet game of poker a
; home.
y Nor is the gambling instinct oh
4 liberated from the progressive socia
!. games entirely, for there was
game l heard of where the hoa
prize was made up of five SIS gold
pieces, all tied up with blue ribbon
and you can bet the men in tina
a game were working hard for Tia
- head prize, for some of them wante
. that s25 with want that must b
- filled. | expect some of them cheat
10 ed, but as lady who was a CUES
- at the home of the hostess got L.
~ the mon and the hostess did til
,s punching of the tickets there was
. faint suspicion that few extra hole
as got into the young lady's card b
in mistake-on purpose But of cours
don't make charge like that. II
4 only thinking
HI In reply to query, whats yor
superstition" the talker said: 81,
d only one. won't play in a gan
" when | have on single thing tn;
ID has never been Worn before, n,