The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Answers to Queries

MISSOURI. H. Be- City When was George
m long vest tsr elected S senator from Missouri for the
elected for. the. short terzn7s
Vest was elected January q, 1879, for
the. long term and. General James
Shields for the short term. Vest was
reelected term after term: His last
term to expire was in 1897.
KIRMESs-A. K. City. What is the mean
Ing OF kirmess and when was 1t introduced in
the. United States:
Kirmess. or Kermesse or Kirniis. is
| a religious festival originally held in
Belgium and Holland under the pat
ronage of the clergy and. comprising
a variety of popular amusement and
athletic exercises, and usually closing
with grand dinner, 1t was generally
held out of doors and. attracted the at
'tention of the old and young of the
parish. TO prevent the. degeneracy of
a harmless custom and an overcrowd-
ing OF the Kirmess ground by having
the festivals occur at different times.
IN dinerent parishes, James II of
Flanders, ordered that all should be
celebrated ON the same day. In Dutch
1t is kirk and In German kirche for
church, and mess or messe respective
~, In Dutch and German for a special
service. In 1888 the name and some
or the features of the Dutch Kirmess
We're copied by the lady managers or
the New York skin and cancer hospita |
Tor a sort of fair held in Delmonico's s
for the benefit of that Institution. This
was so successful that the experiment
was repeated on a larger scale for sew
eral years in the Metropolitan opera
house. The idea was copied in other
parts of the union and the word Kir-
mess obtained permanent lodgment in
our language.
JACKPOT. F. NJ Oakland. Cal What "a
passing a.
The rules declare: ca when all the
players pass to the blind hand, the lat
ter allows his blind to remain in the
pot, and each of the other players de-
posits a similar amount. The blind
then deals. and any player in his regu-
lar turn may open or break the pot
provided that he holds a pair of Jacks
or better; but player is not compelled
to do so. this being entirely optional
CD Each player, in turn, commencing
with the one at the left of the dealer
declares whether he can and will open
the pot. If he declines to open, he
says / pass If he has the requisites
hand and elects to open he saws Il
open. CD If no player opens the pot
then each player deposits in the pool
the same amount that was previously
coutIlputed, and the deal passes to the
next player The same performance
ensues until some player holding the
necessary cards and is willing to break
the pot. (4l A player may break the
pot for any amount within the agreed
limit of the game and each player in
turn must make the bet good, raise it.
or pass out st5) After all. the PLAYERS
who determine to go in have made
good the bet of the player who opened
the jackpot and cards have been
drawn, the opener of the pot makes
the first bet. (6) If all pass to the
player who broke the pot, the latter
takes the pool and can. only be COM
PEELED to show the jacks or better
necessary to break the pot. (Of course
If the opener is called for he must
show his whole hand.)
HURRAH-F. ]. p. Portland Ore. Who was
the author Of "Hurrah for the next one that
That is fully answered by an article
published on the editoriII page of The
Call, February s. 1909.
OLD MEMS HoME-N. II. c.. MoseIume
Hall. Cal. Give information about old mems
homes in California. German preferred besides
the Altenheim. cost Of admission, ete
The Altenheim is the only strictly
German home In this state. Comnun-
icnte with the old peoples home.
Pierce and Pine streets, San Francisco.
and you will be furnished a circular
Of Information.