South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-28
STARTLING INVENTION
MADE BY MISHAWAKAN
New Company Incorporates for
100000 !. w. CuIp
Gives First New Angle to
Playing Cards.

At Indianapolis Saturday incorpora-
tion Papers TO the amount Of 500. 900
were issued 10 j. W. Culp. Daisy Ann
Culp OF Mishawaw. and y. NJ. ZOrger
OF Huntington, Ind, for the manufac-
ture OF new kind Of ordinary play
ing card Mr.. Culp IN an interview
stated the playing cards would be
manufactured in Mishawaka and a
plant established here. At present,
the cards are being manufactured IN
one OF the larger cities. a delivery
of 1000 decks Of the new cards will
be made about Dec. ] 20 the new con-
Germ One-third Of this consignment
has already been sold TO Jobbers
throughout the country.
The new playing device Is a wonder
fui and unique invention created by
"a Mishawaka man. The patents have
been applied for and are now pending.
They will be issued Tuesday, Sept. %.
According To Mr.. Culp the idea which
he has developed IS the first and only
additional new feature or angle that
has been applied to the ordinary
games OF cards iu centuries. The face
Of the new cards Will not be changed
in the least. but will be the reprOduc-
tion Of the ordinary deck OF cards,
containing the ace, king. queen, jack,
etc. but the new feature is on the
backs of the cards. Each card on
the back will be printed slightly diff
ferent than the others. The design
will be a cross or various sizes. For
the ace the cross viii be dimirutive in
comparison with the king or joker
which will have printed on them the
largest OF the crosses. The scale will
range from the ace 10 the king or
jOker as the case might be. There
will be very little difference between
each cross although nevertheless the
difference viii be considerable in the
range Of cards. This is the great fea-
ture of the game. IT will give each
player something to consider at all
times during the game and permits
MIN 10 study the other fellows hand
with results after having studied the
cards and trained the eve 10 detect
the slightest differences i'm the crosses
Mr. Culp stated that il added an angle
which almost equals the other points
of the game.
Another design for the cards has
been included in the patent. It is a
block design instead of the cross and
is applied with the same idea. The
blocks Will he Of various sizes in the
range OF cards and will be studied
Dy the players in the same way. other
than the ordinary deck of cards will
be printed with numbers on the face
instead of the designs of hearts, dia-
mOnds. spades ana CLUBS Whlcn VIII
he replaced with numbers ranging
the same as with the ordinary deck.
The backs of these decks viii also
be designed with the cross and block
and will be sold mostly for the chill
dren. The distinction of kind will
he made by the colOrs red, white,
blue and yellow.
The name of the new concern will
be the TelbaX co. of Mishawaka. Mr..
"ulp stated that before he had decided
on the manufacture OF the new cards
he visited 10 cigar store proprietOrs
in various cities of this state and sold
orders 10 "a. I'm all of his interviews
with the merchants he received en-
enlargement. 1t is also said that
propositions are now being considered
bv the concern from several of the
the larfgest national companies in
country for purchases OF rights for
advertising features