Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-04
REPAIRED pAsTEBoARDs.
Shaved and Sand Papered Cards fol-
Use When Reuben Comes to Town.
INcw York sun.

4 ShaVed and Sand Papered Cafos 1of
Use When Reuben Comes to Town
lNew York Sunl
Whethor or not any one was swim
died the faro layout taken in a recent
rsdd on It New York gambling house
WAS q marvel of croolSedncss. 1t WAS
what WAS known as The wedge brace. :
that is, every card i'll all OF the decks
ard there We're halt q dozen decks. had
- little shaved OF one edae. so that one
end OF each card was narrower than
the other This wedge shape of the
cards gives the name to the fraud. The
SHAY ms is done by a machine. fitted
with 4 gauge and u sharp knife, so
chat the work viii be nicely done.
Half the cards in each pack are
rubbed With sand paper ON the backs
md che other half are rubbed on the
/ faces. This is called sanding the
deck This is done. each card is
lGaiked lthe marking VIII he explained
lateiD ANA then the deck is ready for
! use.
| The dealer takes q deck. half in each
halld, With the narrower ends of the
cards pointing toward each other. Then
the cards are "butted in. That is. The
small onC.s OF the cards in either htui
are brought together and one pack is
made by showing together alternately
= card from the half deck in either
hand. This putting in or similar
! shuttle can be repeated as much as the
detler likes.
IN the previous arrangement Of the
tWenty-siv cards in each hand the
e.ealer has taken care that all the win
4 iting cards. that is, those which will b.
bel on in the game To turn up in the
lGcal box, are in his right hand and the
1 losing cards in his left. The winning
cards are the ace tNvo-spot. three-spot
I King, Jack and two black sevens. The
losing cards are the four. five. six. ten,
lime ana eight spots and two red sew
4 ems. When the cards are "butted in
each winning card is on top OF Il loser
The deck is then put into the deal
/ box In a straight deal box only one
card can be snapped out at Il time In
The box of a brace game two cards may
I be snapped out. y faro table is so laid
cut that there are two rows of printed
cards ON it. In the upper row are kline
4 AND queen. jack, ten. nine and eight
i spots In the lower row are the ace
i mi, ' ON si'os>,
VI oo'li rows an!
-" Seii ''le ."o Is the seven
The first three cards in each row.
| from left 70 right, are the winning
/ cards. The other three are the losers.
~, mill,e ,"o seNehs WIN ana two lose.
WI e'ls eaiuA III iile Don the bets of
org iiaAefs gre mace. The sanding
- cue Vasus mas gwen the dealer per-
Soii'ioi over them when they are
- ''tS pVN KS me ctfds come out the
i lr,.st one roses ana the second one wins.
$,tils on tsie painted cards on the table
's'a' !. e''lt ne seen li'at theE are bet
'ins 'A'S t's iiisu caro- out oil the box
VIZ iose and the second one VIII win.
Now II Jones pets ON the act to win
~ ue'iei silI'ptS presses the Top card
~ ,ils Don Q niue hafaef than usual
.'aisi .'.e saliN se's IA us work so that
IMo Is slteh tose1hef ana are With
~ ~ ~ 'ts'e'''i y. ore. II Is mere ,hat
- ii'.'iNis's 81 t!ie cara comes IN. All
e,ie "iii'i'hs cafos, corresponding with
''ie Tow q 10" on ,tie 'apie' lhat Is the
- Wv ~ .'h'' ,tds. are ilafked WITH
.'ii'a' yves -. lilN. ne cor on me ace
I" 'iie i''ANS' corner ihe dot
70 - ap'ue . quai.ef on
- ',ii - 'iii ''ie pottoih on me caro-
re 4oe on
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