Show ASTRE AS THE WORLD REVOLVES CHINESE USE PLAYING CARDS queer name names given by b CI celal Ct lal to instruments of gambling if there Is one thins thing the chinese in america cannot understand regard ing our customs it Is why the police and courts should take cognizance of gambling it Is a recognized amusement in china and the chinaman la Is a reckless gambler they have several kinds of playing cards but the general rame for them Is che pae or paper tickets th alu carda cards are two inches and a half halt in length and half an inch wide and the kind most commonly used are called aseen wan chelap a thousand times ten thousand cards I 1 this his pack has thirty cards three suits of niro each and three independent cards which are superior to the rest the suits are named respectively r nine myriads of strings of beads nine units of cakes and nine units of chains there are several queer names for other varieties of playing cards one 1 Is callad tho hundred boys curds another cliar chariots lots horses and guna guns and a third curiously devised on the principle of some of our historical games Is called a thousand times ten thousand mens names cards CHOSEN TO CHRISTEN CRUISER miss mi elsie macomber Macorn to act as sponsor or for the dee des moines gov cummins of iowa has misa miss elsie of des M las elsie macomber mae er to act as sponsor for the cruiser des which will be launched at boston mess sept 20 tho the event will be mode made a state occasion and the governor and staff and stae cera cers as well aa as the mayor and cit officials of des will pate miss macomber la Is the daughter of mr and mrs airs J K macomber mr macomber Is a prominent at attorney torne and for several years served as cit solicitor mrs airs macomber has traveled extensively in foreign lands she Is well known as a lecturer her subjects refuting hiting re chiefly to iw hw travels trav pla miss t macomber Is a pronounced brunette with a shock of black hair fine dark darl eyes and a complexion thit ahr t is the envy of her sex she la to one of the most popular girls in des 1 she spent last summer trav traveling eling in italy france switzerland and spain IRISH APPROVE OF DUDLEY successor to earl of cadogan Is tar lar in dublin dumin the appointment of the earl of Dt ardley tiley to succeed the earl of cadogan as lord lieutenant of ireland was nas re calved with ith great enthusiasm at dublin the social element of the city lity Is well aware of the magnificence of the hospitality of the countess of dudley and thia this Is in addition to her claims as a beauty the earl of dud ley Is affirmed to have hae stated on a previous lou our occasion when hen the question Z eal eai ea I l of dudley of appointment was mooted that he thought it the duty of the ird lieu tenant to stay in bublin most cf the time urne one of the complaints which was constantly being made lord cadogan waa that he was seldom ul alt the vice regal lodee ti f alt L 11 |