Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-23
Greatest Bridge" Gambler In
England Says She viii
Play No More.
HER LOSSES WERE ENORMOUS
PLAY That Gave Rise 10 some Scandal
Gus Stories and Furnished Authors
And Playwrights With Material.
speclal correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
ONDON. Nov. 13-Her grace. the
l. Duchess Of Devonshire, declares
that she has had enough OF bridge
aud win play IL no more. She is 70 years
OF age and it Is high time she did stop
g. She has been the most inveterata
woman gambler in the kingdom and the
unluckicst. Her losses at the card table
have been enormous. The dukedOm is
one of the richest I'm the kingdom. But
more than once. II rumor IS 10 be credit
"a. the duke has been seriously en-
blrrassod by the heavy drain upon his
resources which his Wife's mania en-
tailed Indeed. only a few years ago
s. was stated that he contemplated SELL
ing Devonshire House, his sumptuous
palace in Piccadilly.
Il was the Duchess Of Devonshire who
introduced bridge into the royal set and
taught his majesty how to play IT, At
her house parties since the game be-
came popular she has always had a
Fumptuously furnished apartment set
apart FOR bridge playing. Fortunes
have been won and lost there And
as IS Inevitable when high stakes are
involved scandals have occurred.
SOME BAD SCANDALS.
Soon after the kings accession and
coronation the stories that leaked out
became something more than whispers.
The duchess was giving a royal house
party at Chatsworth. Before the king
and queen arrived something happened.
II was discovered that a regular system
OF signalling TO partners was practised
by certain noble ladies In the party. In
plain language they had been detected
On cheating The news reached the
Kings cars The queen became sud
denly lndisposed and the king remained
with her at Windsor Chatsworth be-
came the storm center of what threat
ouod to become "a national scandal in-
volving some of the highest names In
the land. Then their majosties acted
with characteristic tact The queen
made o. sudden recovery from her In
disposition and with the king went 10
ChatsNorth. During their stay how
ever. the bridge room was deserted. But
inc scandal was hushod mp.
GOT INTO MAGAZINES.
few years later ihorc was another
scon6ol ID occurred 90 the town
r..ldeucs of SIR Ernest Cnssel great
fr.o1d of both the king ana the Duk"
al Dcvonshirc A little later thrFe
was published In a magazine an ar
ticlc which attracted much attention.
N WAS entitled "pu Ladies 'heal al
Brldgc9" Without mentioning names
@. piacef. the scenc which occur reg
81 Sir Ernest Castels house was l'll
Ga mart And inc parsonage exposed
was referred 10 as Lady D.
THEME or A PLAY.
d was the Duchess of Devonshire,
a. ls said sutro had in mind when
be- introduced "a hudgc-plnying duch-
ss1 n "Thc Walls ~ Jericho on mo
fist night of the performances tho
stage duchess was made up to resem-
ilo as closely aH possible the duchess
OF Dcponshiro. on nc following
night fherc was "a Wild rush Tor seats
hY society folk / happened on that
occaslon ID be- sitting IN me sials
ehnd Lady LurHn When me ia-
mnm bridge scene came on fhe re-
Marked 40 her companion Ia an aua-
IN NJ n. "Rut she ifn't "a BIZ Ike
.lAUls acsa of DoVonshire,
~ NU.t fheN rofcrrod % was her grace
play ANA she didn't look like