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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

erybody was playing a wide open game,
more for the fun of it than for money,
they were soon making the jacks up to
the limit, each player chipping SIS.
Five Dollar Limit Temptation.
"Of course, with a SIS limit, that made
it a temptation to play whenever the
pot was opened, whether a man had
anything in his hand or not, for unless
there was a raise it only cost five tc
draw cards, with chance of getting a
good pot. 1t was like all limit games,
where the limit is small, practically a
showdown every time, and as / said,
the limit was really small to these
players.
"They had been playing probably for
about an hour, and everybody was
warmed up to the game, SO that they
were all taking long chances, when the
incident I mentioned occurred. The
luck had run about even, and there had
been some pots won ON ridiculous
drawing, and as a natural result no.
body stayed out unless somebody else
showed signs of strength.
"1t was jack pot Of the usual size
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

when the man on Col. Paine's left
opened it for IS. The colonel was deal
ing, so he opened it under the guns, and
nobody could guess what anybody else
had.
TN the draw the opener took three
cards, showing that he had only single
pair to open on. The other drew vari-
ously, two of them taking one card
each, and one man taking two, but as
there had been no raise before the
draw, it was evident that these three
were fishing.
The Colonel Took Three.
'"The fifth and sixth men took three
and the colonel took three, indicating
that they probably had pairs, though
as the game was running, any one OF
them might have been drawing to an
ace and a king.
Under the circumstances, there was
a fair chance of the opponents getting
away with the pot, but unless he had
bettered his pair there was also an ex-
celIent, or rather six chances of his be-
ing beaten, and naturally he wouldn't
care about betting first in either event.
So he threw in a white chip before he
looked at his cards.
Each of the other players until it
came to the colonel, looked at his cards
carefully and threw them il the discard
pile, and then, and not till then, the
colonel picked up his cards from the
table and skinned them down carefully.
l sat where / could see his hand, and I
saw that he hadn't bett1@ed his pair of
deuceS, so l expected naturally that he
would throw them down.
ITO my surprise he hestitated for
quite a while. l didn't understand it,
but after thinking for moment or sc
l concluded that he was doing it to
trace the man who had opened.
"Of course he couldn't beat openers,
and unless he intended bluffing 1 didn't
see why he hestitated unless it was
from pure mischief. The opener hadn't
looked at his draw, though, and il
wasn't a very good opportunity for a
buff, even in the SIS limit, with the size
of the pot and the wide-open game
they We're all playing had not made it
almost impossible to carry a bluff
through.
IF he had bIuffed the opener would
surely have called him, even if he had
not bettered. and if he had bettered
would be pretty sure to raise back, and
in either case would, of course, win the
pot.
1T is right there that the colonel
made the clever play I am talking
about. After studying his cards, as I
said, he threw in white chip, saying:
Well, I'll call you, anyhow and I
saw in an instant what he was reckon
ing on.
"Of course. If the operator had bet
tered, he would show his cards at once,
knowing that the colonel had not bet
tered his pair. But it was likely, ac-
cording to mathematical chances, that
he had not bettered. In this case he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

With ..four-straight flush" you always
Don't raise, you want them all to play
And once in three make straight or more,
And straight flush" once in twenty
four.
Four straights inside. will often pay
Once in twelve times you make a straight,
Which wins the pot six times in eight.
With single straight and three fush,"
too,
Draw for the straight (and most all do);
But for the flush if ANY show
To make a straight and flush also.
Some play three -fiushes" (strange they
WILD,
And only one in twenty fill;
With ''three-straight flush the chance is
fair
It's one in ten you beat two pair.
Sometimes it pays. when, naught you
hold,
To play pat hands and bet them bold;
Then others call (you win two-fold)
When you have straights and Pushes
'cold.' -
Some with two jacks don't draw at all:
Then some with two pair may not call
When others draw one card, you see,
If some one fills, they don't want three.
Some with two pair play pat
Sometimes with small "threest they do
that.
And if they lose, it's only lent
They win more on good hands content"
With two pairs when all others play,
Draw one. and make full hand you may;
Then if others draw one. or two,
It's ten to one they can't beat you.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
IS Draw Poker Unamerican and Based Upon ale?

men. Now, that kind of poker is not
a bluffing game. Nearly every bet is
called. 1t is simply matching cards,
and the luckiest person gets the money.
In professional games the limit is
scarcely ever above $25, and to win you
have got to have the hands. 1t is only
in party of rich men who are usually
poor poker players, and where table
stakes are played, that bluffing is in
dulged in.
What does Mr.. Morgan do with the
stock market and with the coal strikers
but play bluffing game He is a sure
thing game" that only skin gamblers
play. With his vast wealth he can
put stocks up or down, and the man
who plays against him is up against
loaded" dice.
CHARLES WATERS, of CHICAGO,
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things that count. There is the ability
to size up your opponent and his hand,
to calculate on the Chances of the draw.
to accommodate your draw to the cir
cumstances of the moment, and to
work out your salvation against the
other fellow with the cards that are
thrown to you.
Bluff is all right, but the ability to
know what is bluff and what is not is
the real secret of poker playing. AS
game, I am free to confess 1 do not
know what else it is. 1t is universally
played.
1t originated in this country. 1t oc-
cupies the attention of more people
than any other game of cards, and it
is better fun. Those facts ought to
give it it's diploma.
Col ike" Hill, Democratic whip in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

readily when the odds are against him
In the betting. In poker it is true
enough that the man who knows when
70 lay down will have the hest of
IL In the long run, but the sure winner
is the one who knows when not to lay
down.
"A seemingly hopeless situation can
often be carried off successfully if you
call your adversary's bhff, even though
you have next to nothing in your hand.
Value of Fortunately.
= AS good an example of the value of
pertinacity in draw poker as ever saw
was In a game that was played among
lot of millionaires in New York last
winter. Col A. G. Paine was one of
them, and as have heard him tell the
story himself with great glee since then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

he will not object to having it repeat
ed, more especially as he was the man
who won out in the face of overwhelm-
ing odds by as clever a play as 1 ever
saw. Is oa
"The game, though 1t was small
one for the men who were playing, was
too big for me to be more than an on
locker, for I don't play serious poker
any more; and SIS limit means import
ant money to me. OF course to those
who were playing it meant only odd
change. There were seven at the table,
anyhow, so there was no room for any
of us who were watching the game,
even if we had wanted to play.
1.-THE white chips were rs cents, and
the ante was two calls five. hnt thew
played round of jacks on every three
Of kind that was shown, and as ev-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

U SUPPOSE there are just as many
ways of playing poker successful
ly as there are of making love-"
i said the gray-haired, young-look-
ing man in the club smoking
room. "and / never heard of anybody
yet who had discovered the best way to
win woman. I reckon in either case
a good deal depends on what your hand
is; but it is beyond question that a
good deal more depends on how you
play it whether it is jackpot CT a wo-
man you are trying to win.
MY one notion is that the man who
keeps his eyes wide open for the little
advantages that are to be had in the
game, and is quick to seize them, will
come pretty near winning over the man
who plays his cards for their actual
value only and resigns his chance too
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
LEXINGTON. XIV.

"ED" J. GRAVES, of Lexington,
KY, racing man and poker expert
Morgan is wrong. Poker is certainly
the American game as much so as
whist is English and pinoehle German.
AS regards bluffing, the man who pur-
sues this course in his poker playing
is sure to go broke in the game. Small
or large stakes, it is just the same,
since after all men regard money as of
very little value when thoroughly in
terested in a game of cards. The big
gest bluff l ever saw resulted disas-
trously to the distinguished man who
made it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
BOB FLUSH LOST $4,000.

LEXINGTON, KY, July 14.-In a
game some years ago in this city
Henry c. White, now a prominent in
surance agent, and ex- Congressman w.
c. Owens, now practicing law in Louis
vile, We're the players. After the draw,
White taking two cards and Owens
one, the former bet the latter $500.
Owens raised White $780, and White
called the big bet with three deuces.
The ex-congressman only had a bob
tail and White, Of course, raked in the
money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

Proprietor of the Marlborough Club
The man who makes a practice of
bluffing at poker will lose all his mon
ey. If the limit is high enough a bluff
in the right place sometimes goes
through. 1t depends on the draw. One
card draws are seldom dangerous. Po-
ker is not bluffing game. 1t is game
where intuition, judgment Of character
and boldness are necessary to success.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
HOLDING UP,

HOLDING UP.
Sometimes you "hold up and it's wise;
Draw one and have "threeS'' in disguise;
But have some rule and quick decide
Which card to keep your ''threes' to hide.
With three kings, therefore, keep the
deuce
The high cards may be more in use;
With three queens (keep the ace you
may), p
When opener draws three, keep the trey.
With three jacks look "child-like and
and bland
And keep the deuce to screen your hand;
But when three tens you wish to screen,
Hold up the trey and allS serene.
With three nine don't keep ''ace or face =
The four-spot, though, comes right in
place,
And with three Fights ''hold up the
five
Some one may be inclined to drive
With sevens three it works first-rate
To hold up" either six or eight;
With skies three, when there's no raise, -
Hold up the nine-it sometimes pays.
With three fives, when but few compete,
Hold up the ten-you won't get beat;
But with three fours, tFeyS or deuces,
Draw full strength, make no excuses.
With aces three, always draw two,
And when you raise they may raise
YOU"
But ''holdup" sometimes-understa
Or by 1.-The draw expose your hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

BUTTE, Mont, July IA poker
game was played in the Butte hotel
within the past week in which four
prominent business men were engaged.
The ante was $25 and a jackpot was
opened with four in. Brown opened
for 500 with a pair Of jacks.
Two players dropped out, but Jones
remained and played back for 5000.
Brown raised it $500 before the draw
and then called for three cards. Jones
drew one. Brown passed, and Jones,
who had about $4,000 in front of him,
tapped his opponent for all he had,
amounting to 1924. Brown was salts
fed that Jones was bluff1ng and called
him, and pulled down $3,948 on his pair
of jacks. Jones had drawn to a bobtail
flush and missed it,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
BUTTE. MONT.
CHESTER A. BROWN. q

CHESTER A. BROWN, Of Butte,
Mont, and known all over the West
as "Poker" Brown don't know
whether Morgan knows poker when he
sees it or not; but call it the great
est American game and a game of
science as well as bluff. If Morgan
thinks it is all a bluff, I would like
to sit in a game with him for a few
bones. I think I could convince him
there was some science in it. OF course
it is also bluff game, and I win that
way sometimes when my science fails
me, yet think successful bluffing is it.
self a science.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
WASHINGTON.

BERNARD LAYTON, Assistant Ser
geant at Arms of the Senate, and one
of the Most 1SkiIlful Poker Players in
Washington--I think Mr.. Morgan errs
when he says poker is not the great
American game, and when he says it is
all bluff. Of course bluff is a great es-
sentlal, but there are many other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

American institution was not every
thing that it should be?
Is 1T not fact that the only 'bluf-
fers' in poker are foolish and inexperi-
enced men whose chief characteristics
are self consciousness and a desire to
pose theatrically, and women who can
not bear the thought that single
stake should escape from them without
struggle-and that these men and
women invariably lose?
Is it not also fact that the ''sure
winner" type of man at poker is the
stolid, phlegmatic individual who sits
quietly behind his hand and lets the
other fellow do the bluffing?
These and kindred questions are so
important in any consideration of Mr..
]. PierpOnt Morgan's attack on poker
that the New York Sunday World has
invited experts on the game through
out the country to contribute their
ideas on the subject to it's columns,
with the following result:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
Leave Chicago I'm the Afternoon
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
CHICAGO.

COL: BOB WOOD, a noted poker ex.
pert, OF .Chicago-Mr. Morgan is wrong.
Poker for small stakes. saw from n
cents to 81 limit, is universally PLAYED
In society and homes by women and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
PAIR OF JACKS WON $1,000.

and it won the pot. Jones' was nine
spot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
HE question is, Did J. Pierpont
Morgan know what he was
talking about?
Is II q tact that poker Is q
j

bad game? That It is based
upon a lie?
That the man who has the greatest
capacity for deceit wins?
That it's effect upon boys is to make
them deceive and bluff?
That the man who labeled it our typ
ical national game ought to be shot?
And does Mr.. Morgan's conception of
the game as one in which the percen-
tage of deceit or bluff reaches almost
the 100 mark indicate that he is the
proper person to analyze it in the pres
ence of foreigners, who might be ex-
pected to clutch greedily at the slight
est admission by an American that any
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

With ace, king and all others small,
Take three cards, if you draw at all,
And two in five make kings or more
With only one high card, draw four.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-25
QUSEN OF TIE CARNIVAL.
The Growing of Miss Mildred Dortch at
Goldsboro

Especial TO News and Observer
Goldsboro, ~ c.. Oct. 24-The dance
last night in the armcry was the climax
of the social side of Carnival Week. The
large and spacious floor was filled with
gallant young men and beautiful young
ladies The principal event of the even
ing was the browning of Miss Mildred
Dortch as Queen Of the Carnival" In
the voting contest over the most popular
Young lady she had received the largest
number of ballots, which entitled her to
that distinction, besides wearing the
crown as carnival queen. The ceremonies
attending the coronation were most clab-
crate The whole affair was on d more
extensive scale than any social event
ever attempted in Goldsbcro. The flower
and chivalry Of Goldsboro's elite society
was our in full force Wlile the dance
was going on the Elks We're serving a
banquet on the second floor of the ar
mory building. where those who danced
and those who did not enjoyed a sump-
tuous feast.
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Mr.. Oliver WEEDS Miss Carter.

Reidsville, " c.. Oct. 24-tSpecialD-
Mr. Manton Oliver and Miss Lora Car
ter were married at the Episcopal church
Wednesday night, at nine o'clock, Rev.
F. A. Fetter performing the ceremony.
The bride was attired in white crepe de
chino over white taffeta. wearing the
veil and carried brides roses Mr. w.
w. blackwell was best man and Miss
Adeline Godshaw, of Tryon, y. c. was
maid of honor.
The attendants were Miss Ethel Wright.
Of Jacksonville. Fla. with Mr.. Houston
Neal. and Miss Fanny Holt, of Jachson-
Vile. with Dr. J. A. Williams. Messrs.
Chas. Harris and Russell Tucker. we're
the ushers.
The maid of honor and bridesmaids wore
white organizes and carried carnations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver loft on the north
bound train for Luray Caves. Va, and
cthcr places of interest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-25
LECTURE BY MISS KIRBY.
Association organized in Wayne for Bette.
ment of County Schools
(soecial TO News ana Observer


coldsboro N. c.. Oct. 24.-Thc Wayne
County Teachers Institute which has
ncan in session in this city since Mon
Inv adjourned this afternoon. The in
stitutp has been well attended by the
,,,hI;c school teachers Of the county who
have received instruction which will
GROVE invaluable to them in the dis
charge of their duties during the coming
TOWN 1f their schools Among the lee
tnras delivered during the week that Of
Miss salIie Kirby yesterday af,crnoon
vas one Of the best. Miss Kirby holds
position or the faculty of the Knston
Graded school and she had been especially
invited 10 deliver the lecture, which was
ON the betterment of the physical c0aai-
tion ard surroundings of the country
school houses Miss Kirby is president
of the State Association recently organ
ized for the promotion of this work.
when she had finished her talk an asso-
citation for promoting the work in this
county was at once organized. and every
teacher present as well as a number Of
others who had come to hear, enrolled
their names, and officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows:
President. Mrs. w. r. Honowcll; Vice
presidents, Misses Bette Howell and
Charity Atkinson Secretary and Treas
urcr. Miss Jessie Jenkins.
The membership OF this association is
not confined to tea hers, but any one in
.orestcd in promoting the work is eiigi-
bic.
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COMPLIMENTARY GERMAN.
An Elegant Dance Complimentary to Visiting
Young Ladies Thursday Night

An elegant complimentary german was
given Thursday night TO the visiting young
ladies at the Olivia Raney Music Hall,
which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
participated.
Among the number Of guests there were
many who had come from a distance for
the Wilson Turner marriage and also
many others who have come to partici-
)ate in the Fair Week gaietes The
german was led by Mr. John H. Andrews
Among those present were Dr. and
Mrs. E. Turner Mrs Wilson, of Bal
timore: Mrs. W. r. MCGEE, Mrs. c. G.
Latta, Mrs. c. M. Busbee, Mrs. Charles
Hancock, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Root. Mrs
Terrell Mrs. James Boylan, Miss Jennie
Coffin. Miss Elizabeth Crow. Miss Flor
nnce Jones.
Among those who participated in the
lance were: Mr.. w W. Robards with
Miss Wilson, of Baltimore: Mr.. Dalen
Stronach with Miss Brady of Baltimore;
dr. Q. S Thompson with Miss Fannie
toyster, OF Norfolk; Mr. C. l.. Fish with
Miss Mary Almond Nash, of Charlotte;
Mr.. Henry Patterson with Miss Cleayers
# Pennsylvania; Mr.. S. ]. Hinsdale with
Miss Bunting. of Wilmington: Mir. Henry
King with Miss Pearce, of Louisville,
KY; Mr.. A. H. Carroll, of Baltimore,
with Miss Sadie Root; Mr. S. D. Martin,
# Wilson with Miss Blanche Blake; Mr..
Henry Turner with Miss Annie Root; Mr.
I. c. benson with Miss Mary Ship: Mr..
,. B. Fleming with Miss Elizabeth Hins-
iale Mr.. Sherwood Haywood with Miss
ISABEL Busbee; Mr.. Il. Y. McAden with
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Cooke with Miss Lena Latta; Mr.. John
StTonach with Miss Hal Morson: Mr. A.
II. Arlington with Miss Maud Latta; Mr.
c.. B. Crowell with Miss Francis Jones;
Mr.. w. w. Vass with Miss Sophie Bus
bee: Mr.. Harry Allen with Miss Mary
Andrews; Mr.. ]. H. Andrews with Miss
Eliza Busbee; Mr.. Perrin Busbee with
Miss Lille Gray; Mr.. F. H. Briggs, Jr,
with Miss Nell Hinsdale; Mr.. John
Thompson with Miss Mabel Young; Mr..
J. Val Perkins with Miss Eleanor West;
Mr.. D. C. Ballard with Miss Janette
stronaeh; Prof. Holmes. with Miss Mary
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Winder Bryan: Mr.. Ed Roe STAMPS with
Miss Anne M Taylor Mr.. James McKim-
mon with Miss Vivienne Moncurc; MIR.
H. F. Primrose with Miss Belle Mon
cure; DR.. E. B. Ferebee with Miss Mattyo
Pace; Mr.. T. ". Mailer with Miss Char
iottc Young; Mr. j. d. Whitaker with
Miss Mary Thompson; Mr.. w. NJ. Allen
with Miss Helen Primrose; Mr.. F. NJ.
Stronach with Miss Belle Hay. Mr.. w c.
Adicks with Miss Jessamine Higgs
Stays: Messrs. G. t. Willis, Of Waynes-
Vile; Harry Fcnner, A. b. Andrews, Jas.
Arlington, Jacl, Perry, Hugh Morson,
VIII Moncure. Phil Busbec and Will
Crow.