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Mrs. Ponds New Game is Popular.

Mrs. Ponds New Game is Popular.
Mrs. Charles Fremont Pond, wife
tof Admiral Pond, has the honor of
being awarded a patent for an inven-
ton that is SO entirely original that
those who have become acquainted
with Mrs. Ponds latest invention are
extrayagant in their praises of it, The
invention is a new card game, Con
stitution," which Mrs. Pond intro
duced at a tea at the home OF Mrs.
c. j. Queen few days ago. The 9TH
/ er guests comprised women expert at
bridge and other card games, and
most of the party were southern
women. Mrs. Pond is one of the
prominent officials in the Daughters
of the Confederacy and of the Daugh
tiers of the Revolution.
/ The game is played with deck Of
cards similar to an ordinary pack
/ The cards are now on the market,
and are most attractive. Several
parties have been given at which Mrs.
Pond has been explaining the game
to her friends, and as she is leaving
soon to join Admiral Pond on the AT
lantic coast, probably several more
will be given, as the game has created
| no end of favorable comment.
/ With the deck comes concisely
written direction, explaining the in.
tricacies of the game. AS Mrs. Pond
writes: T.. .... . .....*.. -.
The object of this game is to, Sc
cure as many votes as possible in or
der to elect the presidential candi
date.
Any former president of the United
States, with his principal opposing
candidate, or future nominee for the
presidency of the United States, may
be voted for in this game. The game
differs from most of the other well.
known games of cards in that the
number of tricks taken does not count
in the score, but rather, the value OF
the individual cards in the tricks
While skill in playing the cards
knowing when to play, when to throw
off, when to hold back, is extremely |
important, yet the element of luck en- |
tiers not only in the dealing, but, as
well, in the playing of the cards, there
being many unexpected turns in the
taking of the tricks, sometimes baf !
fling even skill, so that the game sim.
ulates very closely the varying for
tunes for which many of our most inn
portant political contests have been
noted. How often have political for
tunes been made or broken by the
turn of card" and how often in
political contests at the last moment
has victory been wrested from ap
parent defeat! ..-~
The War Game.
Constitution is a game for four
players, but may be played with three
or two players and one or two dunn
mics.
The players play as partners, two
and twe.-San Francisco Examiner,
February 20.
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Following Mrs. Vernon Castle.
When Mrs. Vernon Castle starts
fad it is pretty certain to have wide
vogue. Note the matter of bobbing
the hair last year. Girls of 10 went
to their hair dressers and emerged
shorn of their locks up to the ears.
And now Mrs. Castle has another fan.
cy, and If it becomes a fad, like hair.
bobbing, every girl Of Importance will
own a live, chattering monkey, for
Mrs. Castle has gone in for monkeys,
and her latest acquisition, Rastus, is
her constant companion on her tour in I
Watch Your Step"
Damon was no more keen on Pyth' !
las than Mrs. Castle is on Rastus. He
Is but one of many monkeys she owns,
but he is reigning emperor of her ;
heart. He is a little fellow, but he is I
smart. He initiates her in everything. {
When she sits In her dressing room {
after each performance and writes to s
her husband, who is training for the {
English aviation corps at Fortress {
Monroe, Rastus demands piece OF |
paper, and with either pencil or pen {
md ink marks on the paper just like [
lis mistress, and this is sent to Ver
ION.
While Mrs. Castle is making up Gas :
even the most beautiful and famous '
II stage stars have to dol, Rastus I
her intently, and when she 9
,oes on the stage, Rastus takes UP
he eye pencil and marks his brows, S
lses the rabbits foot brush for the G
.heeks and even daabs himself with /
ip rouge. IL she eats candy, he eats 1
{; If she stoops over to button shoe l
n the absence of maid, Rastus but
ons his shoes (for he wears them '
When he is dressed for the theater in S
ull evening attire). Rastus has a t
,enchant for eating everything that is {
Tot hidden. II makes little difference v
What it is-cosmetics, handkerchiefs, ]
melting salts but he is
wise, for when he has eaten not wise t
y but too well, he hops to the dress c
ne stand, and eats just enough soap 4
o act as an emetic. {
las Some Other Pets.
Besides Rastus Mrs. Castle carries
With her en- tour five guinea pigs, four :
Iogs, one being a prize winning Bos-
on bull named Zowie, and German
heep dog, trained for police duty,
uhich WAS q great faynrita of Mr. Gas.