Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-13
Mrs. Ponds New Game is Popular.

j Mrs. Charles Fremont Pond, wife
lof 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
lextravagant in their praises of it. The
Invention is new card game, Con-
stitution," which Mrs. Pond intro
dueed at a tea at the home OF Mrs.
/ G. j. Queen a few days ago. The 9TH
er guests comprised women expert al
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 cencisely
written direction, explaining the in
tricacies of the game. AS Mrs. Pond
writes: j.. s.......s
/ The object of this game is to Sc
cure as many votes as possible in or
der to elect the presidential candi
date. ..s
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
i 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
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portant political contests have been
noted. How often have political for
tunes been made or broken by the
turn of a 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. $%s.,
The players play as partners, two
and two-San Francisco Examiner,
February 20.
Following Mrs. Vernon Castle.
2 When Mrs Vernon Castle starts a
fad it is pretty certain to have wide
vogue. Note the matter Of bobbing
the hair last year Girls of Is 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 fad, like hair
bobbing, every girl of importance VIII
own live, chattering monkey, Tor
Mrs. Castle has gone in for monkeys,
and her latest acquisition, Rastus, Is
her constant companion on her tour in
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 little fellow, but he is
smart. He initiates her in everything.
When she sits in her dressing room
after each performance and writes to
her husband, who is training for the
English aviation corps at Fortress
Monroe, Rastus demands piece OF
paper, and with either pencil or pen
and ink marks on the paper just like
his mistress, and this is sent to VeD |
non. :.... + -.
While Mrs. Castle is making up (as
even the most beautiful and famous
of stage stars have to do), Rastus
watches her intently, and when she
goes on the stage, Rastus takes up
the eye pencil and marks his brows,
uses the rabbits foot brush for. the
cheeks and even daubs himself with
lip rouge. If she eats candy, he eats
it; if she stoops over to button shoe
In the absence of maid, Rastus but
tOlS Ills SAOco tIOl hC' "OoiS bhOAA
when he is dressed for the theater in
full evening attire). Rastus has a
penchant for eating everything that is
not hidden. 1t makes little difference
what it is--cosmetics, handkerchiefs,
smelling salts-anything, but he is
wise, for when he has eaten not wise
ly but too well, he hops to the dress
ing stand, and eats just enough soap
TO act as an emetic.
Has Some Other Pets.
Besides Rastus Mrs. Castle carries
with her en- tour five guinea pigs, four
dogs, one being prize winning Bos-
ton bull named Zowie, and German
sheep dog, trained for police duty,
which was a great favorite'o of Mr.. Cas-
tie, and for which he paid $4,000. And
because Mrs. Castle is so fond of pets,
virtually all the Watch Your Step"
feminine nrinciBals and lesser lights