Show n IJ I b f W R RW NE W L The Mysteries of 01 the liT Two to toT Two T Wt or Royal Hoal Monte MOllte Carlo Gambling Den DULY A MODEST PENNY EACH Hut Bul a Penny Penn Like liko n it Poker Chip Can Stand for Any An Amount the loJ Agree A Upon hll Aug 2 hays LONDON I thundered It pawnbrokers w have hate 11 L I by hy It and anti many man A db 1111 dl parsonage l Is I In deeper desper Mr ale on nn recount RI of ot It yet el tile the craze r w goes 1011 on It 11 tae has tow now pawed passed Mic rh hI phase phan nf ot being H a fad td smut and Meins to lo have Income become a 11 fixed m 1 The game gains Is IR the favorite f dl III v torsion of or both holh the Ih king kin mind and Prince nf Sr Wales and society follows fellows faithfully example And AM now no his has built a 1 temple snit and It with appropriate eer and revelry to blue blua blood and bridge It narks marks the oRin I of the gamp game by the th world of or foals fash fashion min ion mind signifies Hi It II abiding faith hi ht hin 11 n its I The om 1111 n name me of ot oftie lh the tie i dull lub Is IR the N NE ems is IO It 11 was In 1770 mo that horses writs rote There IH iii a 8 era 11 Institution that h t tn n nicks make kf timid If Ir U ll will whit n a 1 considerable noise It Is IA a 4 club climb lOt f t both bol h sexes to tn be eroded erected at 8 t 1111 II II IIII on rna II the Ih I h s of It that Iha t of the Ih men of or Whites history I is II at Rt Its illS old trick repeating r Itself The N Nf New w nl al already ready has lifts made a Ii grent great stir and In la de tit stilted In make mor more Like Its vrede de dep p of notorious memory It Is le n a t gambling club ClIb it It too loo In tho me fiu fart t thAt It Is 18 ultra exclusive Only men nf or wealth w stud and aristocratic tlc 1 who rho are in the Swim and nd women belonging be belonging longing to 10 the an called brat circles mire nr for far election to It II No pie 1111 plebeian beian bo br he his ever pur so RO rich will he ha given In nn HII opportunity to win silt or lose nt lit thin th New Nw lie Ue can 11 timid plenty of or i chances bailees especially to lose lojo It was what hlll Is II termed an nn Inspiration that Blurted thus this Ihl club tubs Clubs there are or In plenty p In ht London whore where man can play bridge or poker or any other Oilier oth r card games game And smart emart femininity has UN its club climb e equal license Is allowed Hut But until this new nI club was waR formed hero thero was VII none nolla where men nten and amid women could Rumble gamble together According to good old notions that hint sort of thing was ivas hardly seemly In these days however society fluids finds It easy IRI to 10 discard such lIuch notions unit nobody Is U shocked at lit It So when one titled dame remarked to some halt half dozen others that It was simply Imply ab absurd absurd surd that there should bo be no club where they could play bridge with men they the readily agreed with her hor And nd when she added lidded Lets get up such Butch a club they all said Lets or some something something thing to that offset effect And when they talked 1 It over oer with some of their aria aris aristocratic MIsI I men friends these said Mid Lets Lei But nut tho the Idea that really guaranteed the success of the club wn was Willi the suggestion that Ihal membership should be he confined to the social elect It was WI started with great a and ami nit beating of fashions THE TIIE OF Olo FASHION As A membership constitutes nn an au at of oC the high social position lion tion of or the tho successful rut candidate far su BU superior to 10 that of ot a IL In ht Burkes Peerage and ax as It offers opportunities M u fa fo 1 ell In the molt mt o or of oft r t i t 1 A I M L n amid luxurious stir lur ur uro o j lo to the Ih club dub hu has huH h hI g rIs I H The Th to tol l u i nut od II lit ka koep kep p others out of It ft nm re rt rtH m niu H I t ht i i t one c c wrote of the lh ot 01 01 i t 00 on can cn hardly qt vr 1 t f the net which U I il ilI a it a I i to In getting admission to Al ll Ala Ia a K It Ib n of ot the tub fish black blad blackK n id 11 much K has ha tau bitter bitt r heart h rt rth h bus n K Hi tie membership in mb limit limp n i w h Ii nevi t i t I 00 hlll has ha bell nearly c el i l Ij It II 1 hat has been ph nom nomi i i i iiii r i u Ill ini i It rim v i nu II 4 of ot thew f ltd Its It ItI i t Innis r 11 wilt HI Iti Ita i 0 r The list Hit n rn JM Irr I h of ot the lh Mar Mara Marf a d f r IN th f gIOn t lady tour Pratt I H 71 m Lady Nor Noreen en enI I 1 p lIn Ilene Campbell the lion Hon BenAL M AL I It 1 1 the Ih theno Hon no 1 Mr Mrs irling th tb the theal Mir M al Ir WI till or nr Ir the tho K rl of ot Hui UnK lm Ufa rd ft ri Pratt unit and pv other folk of nt d both hoth ewes equally r I Among tho those R who wh h have i r tr t In III l July 1 U lId 1414 ty 1117 Mb h n M of f Wilton th the II 11 JM I i the Ih f i 1 i t is uh ugh Lady Lad l M ir r I rrt Ab r the 1 of ofIn In 71 Jill p i L i M Lord Henry t t 44 lady Udy lAd t i it II 1 I Lady Udy hr fir r rr r Sir Burdett I J 1 and amI lardy Lady Alexandra I y i j 1 1 n women aplenty a In London Landon II 11 mad nid Idly rink rick rl k beggary to 10 jet get It i 1 nil Ii iiii Iii set itt And It eau CAM y be Iu ug K II how futile t are clerical cru ru r rr tr Ir i a f r n I ly lyT T n lu hems n U I in III I I J 1 n fl it I i ho the Ihl of Hiv illy II Kill ifill In Iii Ini hiI I 1 M i II If f r I t UIl 11 on oni II i rp u 11 rIY the Ih town house home MI err too IM I 1 i err in which was wasN F ft i N i h tr t l peer pter to 10 provide i tp n It means lIIn fir Air It I i I ns I pmt hobby of or supplying f p t i h 11 I lo to Hii tl II r V It 11 turra houn o i i t I iks jk rite hI n dens of nt the Duke of ot pr on or Oft a eta NI i i lawn 11 ran Tir no err 11 NUt Hut r iH d iv ivI furnished I i i 1 v M 1 ni the tho K M ii lh Ih he ale orill I l I hI but 1111 m lun innovation hi h br bran it I or of f which the f tl I rolls bin bl wk k mid of or tho mho tine of ot g HI Ill know nothing Among Inon thou m in ur lights light In III fI pink which will l I the 11 or of the ladles cheek and n I ti ei trim MI f ins to m cool their fevered brows browa whon lu Iu k Roe goes goel them themA A Th are arc several everel largo large r six lIe tablet tables rh and two to tolima lima ems lr I r Unes when ran lIn be bt bein rd in to lit In The oral if I ablo have ash ah bowld law In nt at I each Ih fl rJ with place ae for ford d pelting soil tor for unlike ko tl tI b ll n who patronized the dl oJ I ke the fair patrols of ot tills NII Nr sr iv Alma li ii ks kM van Rn take contort comfort from up Iris lIi d tl a freely trelly HI RI the men v donut to 10 any an ton df ref unladylike conduct lie hie liera lieu hieu u J d ra fit a h li vil r table I III a dainty refresh I M ctrl r from rolI l which can rail IM be e obtained d cola Rolo r lit In Hi Ih chape nt or tee tea or somethIng if Jr the nerve U it WIlen members tire the of ploy play they th retire to dIll mid and nt stretch re tell r on In 1011 n 11 I In n gold cloth and at IU the same name t if it it ri R i them they can cun have served them on dainty it ur I tablet tables III ble of beaten old gold tr Jr al aI U t 1111 1 on mahogany rho I 11 I IK II t dining room of or con course me for tor hl more mort regalement of the Inner man or woman end and the Af of n A high rif hf have hen been nb ob tamed to III the Ihl r Ant And there them In Is another man eau In r who h hilI no bUI in I ly h adept In III mixing mix InK nl drinks f 10 Mull milt mn roll or feminine o paints hoe hus been con eln left undone lo to mob this thia min Monte te Carlo farlo of bridge attractive tive Wie Ol Of K course count the New Nn hat has romp In for tor soma snare vert from rem those who tom earn surrender lurrender to 10 the ambling erase craw hn his h elicited a II letter train from lh Ih the secretary In which with lIh a queer assumption of ot virtuous Indignation he to the th popular description of It Itai Ital ai as a gambling club He Ile declares that no purely purel gambling samei are allow allowed ed Pd and that thai by b the ruled of ot the club stake at III bridge are limited to 10 a mod set eat l i SUO M per par The ht assumption that purely pul gambling games amea ameli are lire disallowed U is I b by bythe br the admission that thai bridge li I player played bridge owing Its lia popularity solely to 10 the tact fact that thai It II la Ii l played by br everybody In society from rom th the IlIn king down at as a gambling game arn And the lb state Hate tal meat that the rulea rula restrict the th play pia lo to what whit virtually amounts to 10 penny points point no one ont lakes takei tl kel seriously 1 UY AY Y AS AI HUm AH AS it The aa IU to 10 the Ih Tulsa nilea rul are entirely correct slid Mid Id one on member to la a I friend tiff but I the 1111 rules art are what might be III called stid vices conc wilon to tl for far outside effect O 0 e we do play pity for tor penny point but hut no rulea rul can prevent ui us from hay hav hayIng having hI ing a private among ourselves by which w a penny becomes become a 0 shilling or a pound It If we w please ale Jut Just na III In poker you Olt can un mike make a chip stand for or imagine the sort lort of peo people peoPle 0 who turns form this club dub find ng any 11 pleasure or In bridge br bridge dRI for tor penny points p TIlt The Idea li la ridiculous It IH is not nol for play of ot Unit thirst tort sort no so many of nt ti II us ire are laying staying In town these dog day daya 11 1 It la lit one of ot the Ih mot most Ivl evl vl both bolh of ot the II popularity of ot the Yew and the reason for tor or It that In the hot hat weather when all II the theother theother other oth r cluba clubs are ar deserted Its Ite ra rooms m are art still crowded the women there tar far outnumbering the men Inen Its aura Art are Indicative of ot tho the prevent present day habits nf ot the smart Hi set Its doors Ire are open 01 n to members At t I In III the and closed nt at 3 Z In the morn mornIng hug Ing h For Tor this reason It has hM been nick lInd l the Ihl club In tho going to the tho theater or opera and winding up UI at tt the New Nett for tor bridge at II penny the most t popular method of ot making a night of ot It among those them whose and have pro them the highly prized ca of or has Imi h well nigh superseded every oher other card In game In society Thousands play It who never nover before dallied Balled with the picture books Some degree of ot skill 1111 nt at t It II IH Is to any woman who to n a position tion In the tot eel It Is U the almost sole Bol at lit the tho great grant country horse parties When anybody the Inclusion n of ot a o woman among mang n the 1 guests to 10 whom most of ot them Are tranger strangers two are aro eked asked concerning her liar she play Oell ehe she pay liy If It satin both r u uro Mra answered In I n the his t at af f she he Is le assured of ot u a coi welcome Mud And It If she nhe prove both a II loser loner lo r rI and I a s payer i she ho hll will will II never lack In ia Rv long na as her puree holds out dinners I are ah the most moet populAr 1 t of gastronomic entertainments Con Consuelo on onsuelo suelo of nf Minche ter recently Imp n It dinner to Ilir Ih king kin The stale t thai tt l at It was w R It d n dinner dillner fol rol 1 MR III s n I I matter loather or of our It would Ix 11 fl ae an Rn affront to royally to toI t the th of hiM hla ma Inn J I y p HH h I lh Ih I a J tom for him hi m of ot 1 0 n I ern rn a hood good II 1 III brill to In It systems of ot have benn beeth n devised for or rn the Ih cards cart play IlIa played played ed Bridge It columns column ire are popular In fe features eft tur t u of all 1111 the smart feminine weekly kly Jour our nile nail Th The rhe ilke growth o or of clubs club li Is largely due du to 10 the for tor II rM lae K M IU IH le also allO this the Ih license that pr prevails v l among them Ihm with respect reaped rOl to drinking and smoking AH As one olle wo woo tress nun put pet It A lady cannot be lie ot d to dick at II bridge for tor hour bourn at a stretch without w HII an 11 occasional nip nil to brace her herand and a cigarette now und amt again to o hw tier herTo To a I treat great extent the permanence ot of f he bridge I Mae eMI It is I attributable to tint the fact t fact rl that It U le I a game lIne log III kill which the average avenge woman can 1111 well aa is the mull man It dot does not oat demand that hut t of ot hu human humen men man nature which constitutes constitute one on of ot the chief fascinations of ot Poker K ker Attainment of ot n a 1 fair f lr degree of ot profi lentY III al l It tie de chiefly on the Memory which w Ieh WD can bo be lIi y trained l lo to mist melt the Mode mude upon It II 1 FOIt Noll IA The old stank argument for Dr the en enlargement of ot woman womans that wherever h In mill mans work 01 or pH thin ilIA sweet v et charm qt ot her slid lid superior morn moral and It Il has hai broken down dawn utterly with willi ipp respect tt to tu bridge In society Women fur far more readily thin than men tout fall victims victim to the th spirit to 10 which whirl it appeal and once enslaved by b It II they Ihy become utterly l reckless HH as to 10 the they make mRk to 10 obtain the th means of or e eIn In It II It II I is II LeAu they hava hn havas YI more mort Idle IIII hours on un t their heir hands hand und and him I HilI th s d Jy know the Ih K Here Her li Is u a 1 story for tor which the writer run can vouch tt that nt allow the sort nort of ut mills mid 1111 chief bridge U la i among this the III women wo women men mn There IH Is I a n man who up 1111 to IQ some name years fiRO an haIl H o hard to In keel keep himself afloat In business Now he lie own owns A 1 lovely lovel country place which hi he heis In is fixing up elaborately To u II friend l the cause of ot isle hiM ty It I he lie replied A few years ago ngo things were wpm going very ry with lIh me nil In lieu llou of nt of a I debt Ibl which I stool stood II I no other chance of realizing on I took look over oler some dorno hares in u a West Ing In and cursed he thin hard hardluck luck hick that compelled me Mme to 10 accept etch uch an inadequate io settlement HH as It reamed About that t L mo rno the UI bridge craze truck struck the tha country That turned the pawnshop Into Inlo a 11 on It Its II shores have gone Kono up JOO per rent cent Fash Fashionable women lock flock to the IlIe to their jewelry and other oilier precious In lit order to obtain money mOlley to lc play pin bridge K I Few ew w of them Hum redeem their pledges pledge When they RO KO broke broko new Hew feminine recruits In the namo RAmo take their places There Thoro Is ID no sign of ot n A lot up Jn In It U Those shares havo e me mo moIn In III the fashionable districts district not 1101 only In III London but In ht the big JIg provincial cities 1111 pawnbrokers ere me reaping a 11 rich harvest out of ot feminine patrons who have hl been smitten mitten with w Ith the craze rlue and meanwhile to mil roll everywhere com coil complain plain that they never before hind hAIl such uch sucha n a hard time collecting their bill belie English visitors have thin game nt lit resorts At Carla Carls Carlsbad bad recently an American millionaire was Willi wa s greatly astonished hert nt at being aroused from tile his bed nt lit 2 In iii the to see ce a II well known French countess with whom whon he lIe had only a uc ac With tears In ill her eyed eu 1 tho Ih I le unfortunate a lady y besought him hili to advance tier her enough money mOlley to discharge l her hotel bill hili and amt pay her railway fare home the Kho had hid succumbed to 10 the Ihl temptations of Ot bridge 11 two 10 days day nt at II t It had hACI em ll her hor puree to the I he last t tent cone Of Ot coOn cours she ahe lie 8 gt 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