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Show THE T V v V mm mm V SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1915 HERALD-REPUBLICA- N, 7? R '0 1 I V L3) (I A IOC. v 3 "V) M n v n .... w-c-- 17- C3 V 1 License Numbers Take The Place of Cards, a Park Bench May Take the Place of a Table, and Real Money Lends Gambling Hazard to the Latest Craving for the Excitements of Chance. 3 ' 3- -- f 'F.v'SEsyiS'- - has four s. " The last player, there- prlses to be found in a game of fore, holds the highest hand of all, Under these circumstances and wins the pot. Then the deal be- it may be necessary sometimes to s gins anew, and continues Indefi- use in order clearly to 3 ; J iJ v u tsis (L Si. - "auto-poker.- opera-glasse- nitely. As the Jatest addition to the environment of uncertainty,' "auto-poker-" is regarded by some'as purea ly questionable game of chance. There is no "bluffing" about it, as each player's hand is exposed as soon as the automobile license tag is seen. The old veteran might say this .is "pretty poor poker" without the cards, and with nothing left to the imagination, knowledge or facial expressions of the players. However, such is the bewitchment of the dread- " ful craze of that It can a minimum with of effort the satisfy for maximum of excitethe craving senall pleasure-paithe with ment, whether you are sations, depending or loser. winner i Two of a distinguish the license tag numbers of the rushing automobiles. Kind-Eig- ht -- ( . Two tr f 97. rzz 9 0 'Ti t 4? fi Spots. with 6pera-Glai- i. "Civilization is no proof agaiast the wlzardy of gambling and the fascination of games of chance," said a prominent social worker. "The fact that legislators, by strin"Auto-poker- " 51 .t gent law, have not wholly succeeded in stampiag out gambling is the best proof of how deeply rooted is man's propensity for games of hazhow ard. Witness in 'auto-poke- r' or apthat new, readily anything the It has to be new, provided pears element of chance, is seized upon as a means of iadulging the so often dangerous sensation of 'that lucky It is obvious that some feeling.' Perambulating: Poker Player. may see certain advantages " players r' Not only can a game of 'auto-pokeover other forms of in be enjoyed during a walk the game. Although It is a cardless along streets frequented by automo- - game, it has all the hazards of -- tr-: , "auto-poker- d 4. n "auto-poker- mobile "auto-poker.- " r, ," 'auto-poker- "auto-poker- " - - -- v "V - J Two Pair Sixes and Tens. Why the Craning of Feminine Necks at a House Window May Mean a Game of Auto Poker. license tags, the various hands of the game, naturally, are rep- icsented only by the figures 1. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0, the latter count- Ing as 10. and representing the 10 spot. Thus an automobile tag number 50,000 would represent a hand of four. JO's in there are five cards in a fause poker hand, only automobile license l''and3' at least five figures are tags having How could It be possible, how- - to be used. This is possible practl-evefor any one to play a card game call- - from coast to coast, since auto- while walking along the street, and mobile licenses' are issued by each state. And what state is there that without cards, tco? today does not contain at least 10,000 What, then, was the secret of their and more automobiles? cardless game, evidently poker, Hand. which, apparently, was being played "Auto-poker- " on one of the world's most popular are Accordingly, in "auto-poker-" drives, which 13 constantly thronged found the following hands, whose with thousands of motor cars and' various combinations, beginning with pedestrians. After watching the four players for the lowest, as In ordinary poker, out- some moments, the mystery of their rank one another in the following game was finally revealed by the nitif.r. license tags of passing automobiles, Five numbers not in sequence and the ccmblnations of whose numbers represented the various poker hands without a pair. the players were calling. One pair, two numbers of one kind Now the secret Is out. and three useless numbers. The four players werd simply playTwo pair, two numbers of one kind, ing a new game, or rather an old two of another and one useless numgame presented in the latest guise "auto-pokera dreadful craze ber. a offers that unique form of Threes, three numbers of one kind, snd two useless numbers. Straight, all five numbers in see Curve ot ousnense. quence w ith one another and no use" said a ,' "I like less numbers. of the game, as he noted by force Full hand, three numbers of one of habit the number on the license kind and two of another, with no tag of a pasting automobile, "be- - useless numbers. cause of the simplicity and conven- Fours, four numbers of one kind ience of its methods for gratifying and one useless number, In case the hands in my love of chance. Nearly every oae of us has what psychologists should be of the same rank, then call a curvo of suspense,' which their relative value is determined by varies according to our like or dis- the denomination of the figures on like for any game of chance." the automobile license tag. For ex" Is how But played! ample, a hand without a pair or a Is the way, according to sequence is called by its highest Briefly this "auto-pokerBetween two such hands an " number. expert: Since the players are dealing only the one containing the highest numwith the figures that appear on auto- - ber is better, but cither are out- "auto-pokcr- r si - a pair!" exclaimed a ONLY voice in disgust. 'Look! Two pairs for me," out her companion, a man. "1 called have you beat." "No, you haven't," cried the second man. "See, I've three ot a ldnd. That's the best yet." "Weil, I can go you a lot better than that," said the second woman, raisins her voice In excitement. "My full hand wins over all of you." This conversation of two young and smartly-clacouples was overheard as tho four strolled along Riverside Drive, New York, the other day, seemingly intent on watching the continuous procession of auto mobiles whizz by. What was It all about this talk of pairs, three of a kind, and full hands? It certainly sounded like a card game poker. If you please. But beyond tho strange conversation of the four strollers, there was abso lutely nothing to indicate that anything of the kind was golns; on. Yet it was: evident from their actions lhat they were playing some sort cf a game, for the mysterious conversation continued, and the passing of each automobile usually brought forth from the two couple3 more ex- clamatlons descriptive of poker 1 classed by a hand with a pair in it, however small. In this way a license tag with a pair of figure 3's in it out-4- . ranks a tag having only a pair of figure 2's. Should the pairs bo alike in both hands, then the highest fig ures out of tne pair decides the rank of the hands. If these also should . be alike, then the next highest figure Is considered, and so on until the fifth number is reached. Should the three odd figures In each hand be the same, the hand3 would be equal in value, and would each equally divide any pool to-whi- ch had a claim. In straights the highest figure of the sequence determines the winning hand. For example, tag No. 23,456 wins over tag No. 12,343. The number of players in an "auto-poker-" party is a matter of choice. The usual number is from two to six. The number of players having been determined, a decision is then reached as to the order in which each member of the party is to play. For his hand the first player takes the figures on the license tag of the first automobile that passes a certain point previously decided upon; the second player takes the second automobile and so on until each player in this way is dealt a "hand." Opening the Game. Now the game is ready to be opened. The first automobile dashes by. Each player notes the number of the license tag, whose figures constitute the hand of the first player. It is No. 22,213. The second automobile conies along a few seconds later bearing tag No. li.SH. This beats the first player's hand, as three 4s outrank three deuces. The number on the next two machines are $6,745 and 34.333. Rearranging the former figures according to their sequence produces a straight, which, however, is out- ianked by the latter number, which - , X v Three of a Kind-Thre- e Threes. Automobilists Themselves Are Not Free from Interest in a Game, Material for Which Is Supplied on Any Highway. biles, but it can be played just as gambllng it real money is used to well frem a comfortable park seat along a popular drive or boulevard. Players can also enjoy the game while automobile riding, as it is just as easy to note from a moving vehicle the license tag numbers of passing automobiles, as it Is to do so when walking or sitting. If the votaries' homes are located so as to command an unobstructed view of the street they can in privacy-enjofrom balconies or upper winthe exciiement and sur-all dows y place bets oa chance hands as represented by the figures on automobile license tags. For this reason, I see an element of danger in ,' which offers an opportunity 'auto-poker- for using an Innocent amusement to arouse in a unique, and extreme fashion any dormant craving for a game of hazard. "The most iinocent games can be, and sometimes are, abused. Any game is. all right if played simply for the amusement it affords." - ,i ""- -f , - , - - ' 1 '.i Tr How the Voice of the Talking Machine Is Humanized t: eliminate the shrillness and deaden the metallic sounds of a German the talking-machinInventor has just patented a princi- - washers and other accessories of the same material for the phalanges of the tone-arand all other points of metal contact and a fibre base for the that employs a record. 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