The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-27
THE GAMBLIN' FEVER.
BY Abe Martin-
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| Tn Girl o t'day that can't play
| five hundred err bridge might jist as
well take TIL veil, said Mrs. Tilford
Moots, Yesterday afternoon, while ad-
dressip' a Stragglin' remnant O. tn
Home Culture Club.
9TH lust fer gamblin' 'mongst our
mothers an girls will undermine tn
nation il Somethin' haiut done t curb
Ilt. Women used beg fer pin money.
| Now it's prize money. What time has
tn modern mother got t study cow
stable sanitation er fight tn enslave-
ment O children in crowded sweat
shops? What time has tn modern
woman got t cook and sweep an
train mornin' glories an make tn
home attractive2 How long will
home endure where tn mother sIaps
pot full o. hash in tn ireless cook
er at s o'clock in tn u1ornin' an lets it
simmer till dark while she rushes off
IT, tn card table? Women IL vote
some day. It's comm jist as sure
as Uncle Toms Cabin er East Lynne,
but it'll be eventually, an not until
they've proven Their wIllin'ne t. buy
Their StpcSln'S instead of gamblin' fer
EN-.
"L'ln reliably informed that tn con-
ditions that exist among our 30 er 40
care clubs would make TIL ole time
steamboat gambler hide his head in
shame. Theirs no pretense at honest
ty--it's iist a survival Z TIL slickest.
All sorts o tricks are played t di-
vert a pair o. silk stoclSin's from tn
rightful channels. Tn castin' O. sig
nails Is carried on openly an brazin'ly.
Innocent doll faced women an girls
have secret codes which make it I'M
possible fer th' unintiated t. win any
nose. Fer instance, tn hftin' o. tn
right index finger t tn nostrI means
t play clubs, ianocently funblin' a 4
mole on TIL chin means t. play dia-
monds, while burst O careless
laughter Is a signal T. lead hearts.
LIZ tn afternoon is wanin' an tn hos
tess sees that tn fine mahogany can
dIesGIcks are liable t be won by sum-
buddy she hates, she playfully SWITCH
ss tn prizes an substitutes a pair O.
tan isle center aisle hose. | done 4
mean t. say all women play unfair,
neither do they win.
thousands O women an, girls are
anslayed t'day gamblin' fer silk stock
ms. In clubs where tn members are
stocked up they play fer money, an tn
gambiin' goes on under tn ole title o.
Only Yesterday [ seen IA
mere slip o. a girl Chickens they
.all 'em) run up e her mother an
throw her arms about her neck an :
sob piteuusly, %, mamma, TIL cards
Vuz agair' me, an I'm nearly out o .
steckin's. IN parent sauthed her {
sindiy an with a sweet matherly ex-
preston on her face replied. There !
here, darling, don't cry. [ know how !
you feel, bat you may have better !
ugli tmorraW. !
AN All Oh while eur COW pens an I
market houses are seeaMin' more un- !
sanitary an saE mothers clubs con-
lnue IN 4 stats o pathetic inactivity.
lur ma1tel shelves gruan beneath tn
weight o useless cut glass; a. German
silver an malUlca prizes, an our
are fairly lurstin' with
llk hose while our ice boxes are tIi-
ID with canned soups.
tinessed all afternoon an" lost
.ver' time an iist haven't tn heart
En ahead with supper. dear. a wo- Is
naldi say, handin' her husband I.
an opener an Cnr0win' herself wgari- Z
= mt chair. Talk about YOUR luck. "
oridged ami had a Chicane in hearts p
n cut fer tn cr0eneted towels an 3!
F2n' dear, a young wife say, as she s