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Show STATESMEN DON'T PLAY POKES. , It was formerly quite the thing to tell stories about big poker games among the members of Congress. Much was said about the. "Senatorial game," "millionaires' same" and the "Congressional "Congres-sional game." and always we heard about great bunches of money changing hands, bluffs ns linh as the banks of the Mississippi, and all sorts of storie.". Frequently the tenntor. Representative, Representa-tive, diplomat or rich man was named, and the wlnnir.s or loses told with as much gusto as If they had really happened. hap-pened. There were pome pleasant poker games In days gone by. and occasionally oc-casionally some wonderful plays, but one nl?hu with a few interesting Incidents, Inci-dents, furnished material for a month of stories. Pome of thoee who- figured in the poker stories became annoyed at the notoriety they gained and abandoned poker entirely. For many years now there has not been enough poker in the capital to hang & story on. Washington Washing-ton Post. 1 ' |