New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
WILL BRIDGE DIE, TOO?
Fate Of Many Formerly Popular
Games of Cards.

It Is interesting IN note in connection with card
games with what completeness they become things
% the past directly their charm has begun 10 wane
says The LOndcE Globe a game once abau-
doned is never relnstated in popular favor. Nov
city, not merit Is what is demanded. Who. for
instance. plays crtbbage nowadays And yet rot
so many wears asO. IL the most popular OF
ail card games
The dethronsment OF crIbbage is a comparatively
modern event. The history % card playing Is fun
OF what are to-day mere names. but which once
We're household words. IN the days OF the Tudors
n"9"dy ~ho desired to be in the fashion played
anSthng but pTiuserO. Shakespeare represents
F'enfy VIII playing il Wen the Duke OF Nor
folS' and FalssaH observes n another Place. Il
never prosDersd since ferswoTe pzimero'
borrowing prtuero. came nav described b. a
versiaer or the period game without civ
hity and law; OdiouS play. md vet IN Court OF
seen saHcy knave trump both King and
Queen Nav was the favorfte game OF James
HIS majesty APPEARS to have played at cards lust
as ne p'@yed at affairs OF state. IN an INCIDENT
hs''SsF FOR we read that he lost the falrest game
at nav that ever king had for vart % making ths
best advantage OF the hve-dnEsr al o. +ao Axe a.
FumDsl and playing the other helps TN time
From which allusOn. al He'd - thc fa-t that The no.
Of hearts and the knave are so1ker Of "a p;a-ine
an important part in thc game. nav aoparer+l-
direred but slightly from thN same OF r., cards
which some years back achI-vs-f sz,-so-,,i,,~--
popularity in Ireland
Another old English court same vss uosd-
Whlch Is supposed 70 have bes,l n chidrsn-s gam
but was certainly nothing 80 innocent show M.
man. says the author OF sa,irI-al ocs.., one
hshed in 1894 who can turn NJ .,uId. s7in and
deal himself three Hves. too when he Viii conclude
Slth one-and-th'rty and air. never fail ten tn
abundanty cleaz that noddy was coseiv reIatSS -
'4s more modern eribbsge.
its allegiance at first S~tveer er1are and 1855
dnaI Mazarn to Fra sS4 r1 ssm - PsSnga O. ca
IRE Sne nnnanceS of his majesty Louis NV Who losr
through some Of the French l5d.es Of rLa-Is ss
place ator mqS not long hoveyer before = save
fashionable same in England uetIl after the sxpi-
ury. 1t was introduced into the country ~ ,str
~ GI.i'e OF FottuSal the 9 seCu ef Charles II Wal
ore the useu Though ss 5 En- ont II 0f tas =,
S g soWi !, san meyer wholly dle. tor was the
L oeS where every incident Of the deal is M
game Seymour, In his ''Complea1 Gambler pup
fS- IN log: states that the work vas complied
Of om6Te that the practice ss Of pIsyiRs
ana shocked samuel PPys' came iaio foree
II the English court. Writing in 1885, 5ae
Queens side to see the ladies' / ala ind the
with the room fun Of ladies and great men, which
i IIeveo D4t Gontrarhy fatty denied, the
little tie While While since 70 my cousin.
son, did not reign as long It's predecessor The
natuEe OF the game of quadriIle admitted Of an
two persons. by means Of which the rest OF the
| players could be heeced with and thorough
ness. From reports Of the game that have come
down to the present day, the game was apparently
most commonly played by ladies. who favored one
another by making signs The sreat stroke the
| ladleS attempt, says a writer in The Annals OF
/ Gaming" is keeping the pool. when by a very
| easy legerdemain they can serve themselves as
/ many hSh as they please It is easy to ina CINE
that hot disputes were not tnfrequeut the sub
! ject OF the keeping Of the pool Under the cir
cumstances. II Is not surprising that a game in
/ which the means of cheating lay ready the
hand did not enjoy a very long lived popularity.
/ After QuaGrille whist
/ sometimes a card game. having ceased TO hold
/ attractions for the court. the nobility and tbs
/ gentry, has migrated and acquired Al name.
while preserving its characteristics for the most
/ part intact America has several occasions
| offered a home to these exiled mOrerChs- The
/ game OF post and pair. at time highly popular
| known in the United States by its name OF
| IN the west OF England, IS not wholly TN
poker: and the American backwOcdsrnan. when he
plays his favorite euchre IS though he Is prOba 5
| unaware OF the fact. engaged at game which
| once won popularity in Paris and elsewhere under
the title OF ecaTt6.