The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-21


not break up "the quiet little game Of
the fair ones. and Walpole again writes
Earthquake Didn't Stop Them.
Several Of the ladies' have had earth-
quake gowns made, but what will you
think Of Lady Catherine Pelham, Lady
Frances Arundel, and Lady Galway, who
20 this evening 10 an inn ten, miles ont
Of town where they will play brag the
father Of modern poker until five Of the
clock in the morning. and then come back
! suppose to look for the bones Of their
husbands and families under the rub
i6ssh Of a fresh earthquake"
Lady Mary Coke in her diary writes Of
a gentle game Of ombre, which she play
ed in Vienna with Cardinal and the
old Princess Lobkowitz:
II was quite angry al the luck Of the
cardinal; he won Of the princess and me
i4O fish. | did everything in the world
to change his luck, overturned bis box,
placed the pool at different side Of the
table, at which he did naught but roar
with laughter, while bis luck continued
to the end. He prayed and ate bis sup
iper during the party. When the clock
struck 0 he said prayer, and at Q ate
a pheasant. When he counted his win
nings. he said. And / have not once
cheated you Good Godr exclaimed,
'are you accustomed to cheatt' and thus
ended my party with his eminenee.'
The actress, Mrs Give, who retired
from the stage and lived at Twickenhem,
in walpole's cottage on Strawberry Hill,
lost at cards with very bad grace She
was wont to engage nightly in the game
of quadrille with four ancient grand
danes, respectively known as Mantle,
SpaddIe, Basto. and Pinto, quadrille
terms. The parties not infrequently
broke up in row ami upon one oc-
casion Mrs C.live's opponent displayed
two black aces, whereupon the noted
actress 'tforgot she was lady" and few
into violent rage 1.-TWO black aces, two
black aces" she screamed; @here, take
your money, though God knows I wish
instead / could give you two black eyes,
you old white cati'
!
Faro Games In Homes
Ombre, quadrille, lanterloo, bassett,
and whist were INDUCED in and the maid
or matron who did not play for money
was obliged to nod in corner, unwept,
unhonored, and unsung Lady Eliza
beth Stuart, at the venerable age Of
Ieighty-two, lost $50 pounds at one
nights game OF whist. But even these
games could not satisfy the reused spirit
Iof gambling within those danes fair
breasts, and in the course Of time faro
was introduced
Several society ladies set up banks in
their own homes, the Duchess Of Cumber-
lard being the FIRST to do So and profess
sional bankers were hired by the ev-
eEing at rom to 10 guineas. But alas.
four ladies of rank-Lady Buckingham,
Lady Elizabeth Luttrell, Lady Mount
Edgeeombe, and one other were convict
| ed of running Illegal gambling tables, and
fined so pounds eacli a cartoonist at
the time with 4 fendi-h sense Of humor
pictured their woeful plight and entitled
the earicature "a Far daughters"
Lady Elizabeth Luttrell was afterward
found to be "dexterous with the cards"
as the polite verbiage of the writer put
it. and deemed it advisable to travel
abroad. She went to Germany, where
mmor sayeth she dallied with sleight of
hand tricks again in "lady's game"
ana the Germans who have no sense Of
humor in such matters it seemeth. chain
ed the noble creature to wheelbarrow
and bundled her about the town
Ladies' Beat The Bank |
Professional gambling houses in Lon
don opened up faro games to attract the
softer sex, but TO their chagrin speedily
discovered that all the calculated ad-
vantage on the banks side could not
offset the spurious coin introduced and
the debts OF honor contracted by these
frail daughters of Eve On April 20,
! 1893, the London Times says; "The
faro banks have suspended because their
fair patrons understood the game so
well and play so keen and dexterously
that it requires an argus eye to discover
all their tricks"
One noble dame was unluckv enough
to lose 200 pounds in a single sitting but
with lofty Indifference she babe the BAN
ker mark it up He, base plebeian that
he was, insisted that she give him
draft on her banking house, whereupon
she fell into spleen and stamped her
foot and cursed him roundly. Finding
him ,,nYOOvnJ hx. hnr offool- IS 4oN,0nx