Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

satisfy the demand. and OF late better
qualities and more original designs are
called for. One manufacturer turns out
more than 100 designs In fine bridge tally
cards alone.
When II became certain that the game
OF bridge was established on a more OF less
permanent foundation. that il wss not the
passing fancy OF a season. men almost
new at the business began adding score
cards as a side line and In every case, as
It turned out. at a substantial profit 20
themselves. one manufacturer. who six
years ago hadn't dipped into the business
at all. started to turn out autographed in
stead Of printed bridge score pads, which
he would sell at the same price. and instead
OF offering half a dozen designs he offered
forty eslgn The new pads, which pro-
vide for every ~intricacy OF the game. can
be had In almost any color and quality OF
paper, In any size and at a wide range Of
prices. Five tons OF paper is consumed in
turning out one edition, or 10000 Of these
pads.
The stock on hand of this manufacturer
Is usually from 800. 900 to $4,000 pads and
this represents only a fraction OF the
total number OF score pads consumed by
the public every year. The most interest
ing point about his business, he says. is
that ten years ago he would not have
dared to put large quantities Of these
goods on the market, the demand then for
score pads and tally cards being less than
one-third what 1t is now. Said he:
In this age of specializing producers
who want to make money must put out
something original. A score may be kept
perfectly well on the margin OF a news
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artistic to keep score on.
There are women. plenty OF them uvho
won't use anything so ordinarily as a score
pad, especially on state occasions. Tbsv
must have a beautifully decorated tally
card.
Myself, 1 specialize on the most artistic
pad possible to produce at a popular
price and I make money at 1t. others in
the business specialize on a quite different
style Of pad and there is no wolf around
their door either.
There are manufacturers Of tally cards
which sell at top prices, of tally cards
which sell at bottom prices, and both
classes make a handsome profit on their
goods because the demand for such
things is now enormous"
A maker OF the better Grade OF tally
cards said that his own experience led him
to believe that five times more score cards
and pads are now sold than wei sold len
years ago and twice as many as were sold
five years ago.
The money spent every year In New
YORK Tor score cards and chips alone.
leaving out playing cards, mounts far up
In the thousands" he declared, AND the
orders for -hese from other parts of the
country, including suburban districts, have
proportonately increased faster than orders
from New York and nearby large cities.
There are decorations Appropriate for
certain holidays like Thanksgiving, Hal
lowe'en, Christmas and independence day.
Large quantities of tally cards win a
plain outside cover are sold to givers of
private bridge parties, who have them dec
GRATED by hand with original designs, some
times matching the foibles of the guests.
who keep them as souvenirs.
The game Of 800. comparatively a AZ =
conner, has also helped to make money for
the score card manuTac ~ ers, most OF
whom make several varieties of score
cards for this game. Compared with bridge
score cards, though, these are as one to
fifty.
In speaking Of the enormous quantities
OF poker chips made, bought and sold
every year a leading manufacturer said
he thought that the quantity sold. which
has not increased to any great extent in
the last five years. is less remarkable than
the quality OF some Of the varieties turned
out to meet the exacting tastes of men
with plenty of Smoney to spend. For in
stance. ivory sets costing from 500 10 $50
are not at all uncommon and these after
they are decorated with the vner's mon
ogram or initial cut on both sides Of the
chipsAoost exactly twice as much. Poker