Evening journal., 1916-01-28
The Dead-Line in Amusements


us to entertain" Yes. folks ought TO
entertain more rather than less.
There is not enough sociability. II
takes cleverness to entertain your
guests pleasantly and to give them
an enjoyable time. That is something
worthy Of credit to any host or hos
tess, but it takes no brains to throw
down a lot of old euchre decks on
the table and tell your guests to get
busy. Any fool can do that The
card table has destroyed the fine art
OF conversation. In place of being
help TO sociability and friendliness
it has proved a hindrance. The bet
ter the card player. the less he talks.
A hostess might set her guests to
playing cards at o'clock in the
evening and then set her alarm clock
and go off to bed and sleep ur'is
midnight, and she would not ne
missed were it not that she had 10
keep the scores.
Card playing is one of the chief
sources Of creating dissension and
bitterness in social circles. Said a
Judge. Il formerly took a hand at
cards. but when friends would come
into my home or / would go into
theirs, and someone would make a
mistake, the rebukes and seedlings
that partners gave to each other
caused me to say. Right here is where
/ stop this" Said a ladv who hod
been for years an expert bridge
player. For trickery and dishonesty
you can put up the average card
l oI.r III -
joint" With the made-up signs and
tricks. by which partners inform each
other Of their hands there has been
created q suspicion and dishonesty in
social circles that have been demor-
! alizing. A young man went to call
upon a young woman one evening
and after they had conversed for a
| few moments, the young lady said
I'VE haven't any brains We can
not talk, let us play cards"
The second indictment against the
card table is that II is one of the most
prolific sources OF gambling. Eighty
per cent. OF the gambling in this
/ country outside the race track and the
pool room. is done with the pack
Of cards, and gambling is one of tho
blighting curses Of our day. II is the
cause of so many suicides-Of SC
many embezzlements, and other fOrm'
of stealing. If a man wins, he wants
to win more. II he loses. he wontl
to make up what he has lost Anl
thus the devil catches him going OF
coming. ] heard the testimony o
we'll dressed man in a Chicago mis-
sion one night He said, Il formerl.
hrI nj 1Trf
a large number OF men. But | becam
infatuated with gambling and ! 90
down to the last thousand dollar
| possessed. One morning my wifi
said to me. with her arms arouni
my neck. Husband if you have an
love left for me and the children
don't gamble any more ! said Z
her. Wife. before I touch anothe
card ! will allow my hand to b
burned TO The elbow But so grea
a hold did the gambling have owe
my life that by . o'clock that nigh
7 was back again. dealing out tn
, cards" Said he, 81 would rather IT
/ to reform ten drunkards than on
{ gambler" But he went on to sa,
? Since the time ! knelt at this alta
{ and gave my life TO Christ. the Lor
s has taken away from me the desil
81 for gambling and ! am on the roa
e. to recovery Of all my past business
81 saw a sight in city one da
! ( which made me sick at heart. TT
{ police were raiding a fashiOnab
{ womans gambling house. The
{ ! brought out from that building Ov'
r thirty we'll dressed women. One
b them they let go, for the sake Of
T. little child she had with her tt
r others they put into the patrol wal
{ on and took off to the police static
y Husband. how would you like to ha'
had your wife in that crowd?
z Many bankers say that they have
{ go out into country districts now
r get farmer boys to train to occur
- the responsible financial positions
s their banks They say that so mar
- city boys are getting into clubs al
@ learning TO play cards and gambl
r You cannot trust a card player up'
@ financial matters. The superintende
2. of railroad told me that they hi
O detectives over their lines hndiI
e out where their employees spent the
z evenings. He went on to say, "Wh'
n we find that an employe has becon
Is addicted 10 card playing, even if '
{, can not prove he has been gamblin
Jt if he is occupying a position of
20 nancial responsibility, We secure a
other man in his place and he
It discharged" I said. Are you ru