Evening journal., 1916-01-28

ming reform school?" "No." he
said. lit is matter of plain, cold
business" Someone may say, You
can gamble with anything. You can
gamble upon checkers or chess or
finch. You can even gamble upon
the weather. But we are not CON
fronting theory now. we are con-
firming a fact AS the old colored
preacher said, "A COW might sit upon
thistle and sing like a lark, but
she don't" The fact is that il Is
the card pack that Is the chief instru-
mcnt used in gambling When any
tA'ng else is thus used for like
Irpose. let il come under our gem
eral principle. Give no occasion OF
stumbling"
Someone else interposes. I'VE will
all agree with you i'm regard TO the
blight and curse Of gambling, but
what has that to do with card play
ing in the homer ] reply. THAT
they have relationship OF cause and
effect on parents and children John
phillip Quinn, the converted gambler,
mas gone over America for years
since his conversion, exposing tricks
of gamblers and waging war upon
/ this iniquity He gave a short talk
one evening in one Of our tabernacle
meetings a few years ago. Said
] Quinn, There are some things 7
know from personal experience, and
one thing Is this: The parlOr card
table is the kindergarten of the gam
/ bler's hell" Many of you Older peo-
pie remember Mason Long. the re-
formed gambler Of Cincinnati.
heard him speak when L was but a
boy. The central truth of his mes
sage was in warning parents to keep
the card table out Of the home. Among
the many instances he told OF his own
experience. | will mention but one
He said, "In our city, there were
some fond parents who had that fool
ish idea that we should bring the
card table into the home, so that the
children would not have to go out
of the home for such amusements.'
According TO that same false logic
we ought to bring in the whisky
flask and the beer bottle and the dis
solute companions. so they will nol
have to go out of the home for them
No lie of the devil works much more
disaster than this one. When thei
two boys came home from college
the father said, "NOw boys, ! am go
ing to teach you how to play cards
and you can play cards at home" Az
ter the table was cleared off tina
evening, they sat down to play. BE
ing quick TO learn, they soon coul'
beat their father. much to their salts
; faction. Then they invited in thei
. oil
One day when they were out OF
( the street some OF their companion
said to them. Boys. you may beat us
, but we know a couple OF fellows yo
cannot beat" well. perhaps W
, cannot" said one Of the brothers
/ with a smile Of confidence, but W
, will do our best" They took thes
! brothers up and introduced them {
! two very fine appearing fascinatin
, fellows. professional gamblers. Afte
a few words of greeting they sa
} l,down to play cards. The stranger
/. let the brothers beat the first tim
Q and then playing the best they coul
L the bows beat the strangers ever
r game until at last these stranger
L threw down their cards, grabbed the
G hats and started for the door The
v their companions clapped them q
@ the back. as they said, Boys.
/. YOU know what you have done? Nc
r have beaten today two Of the shrew
d est gamblers in Cincinnati, and "
'e nave beaten them at their own game
d Where are those brothers now? Th
j" are among the lowest gamblers
y. that city, and they played their fir
.e game of cards in their own father
lie home.
" During the worlds fair in Chicai
II in 1898 a committee Of the civic fe
II Grafton interviewed 100 profession
a gamblers. Eighty-seven out Of q
e 100 declared they played their fir
= game of cards at home. with the co
n. sent Of their parents. DO you not 81
q the intimate connection Of these twl
When a young man leaves home al
% goes among strangers. everythii
20 that makes him think Of home has
" double influence over his life. II
IN has played cards at home. when
" sees the euchre deck il makes hi
ID think Of home. and il has hold al
@. power over him that IL could nev
IN otherwise have.
nj A young man applied for a positi
I'd as principal of a school in certa
* city When he came mp before Z
ir board of education he sid, Cent
IN men. ] suppose you want to see 4
ne testimonials. They replied, I'VE do
We He reached in his pocket TO get O
z, his supposed testimonials and
f. happened to put his hand in t
n wrong pocket and out there dropp
is on the floor a deck OF cards Said I
n president OF the school board, You
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