Show lIE PLAYED A t They were talking about a n. ver very at attractive attractive at- at Young Fellow who hal harl I promotion tc on to the tho surprise of ot every ono one who knew him He seem d dISO BO ISO excellent a a. fellow He Ho Heas wa was as eo so o lov by- able He lie dressed so o w well II and such ouch delightful attention to women women- not ot the young women only but to th o mothers mothers' and to the very older older women Ho didn't drink a drop even at banquets While he was b by no means a a. sissy he simply didn't like the taste of or liquor and no o left it It alone They a. a all aU liked him ver very ery much In talking o of the matter a man man rather close to tho the power that did the promoting promoting and and didn't promote the Young Fellow in tn question said question said said- He pla played ed a 3 little poker And the wl wise old man In the company understood There is something about playing a poker that does more to heIp help helpa a young oung man away from advancement than anything else in tn the world A Aman Aman man may have hae no bad habits and lots of or good ones but if it he plays a little poker It comes conies to be bo recognised that there is a worm In the bud which will destroy the full-blown full rose rOQ of oC his opportunity The boy that plays a a. little pok poker r q really plays plas moro more than he thinks And while he Ite never nC loses loees much mone money hr ho loses more than he hc can afford There Is many a n. bill that he hc ought to pay promptly that ho he leaves unsettled be- be lie r really all came out rather short I t L f 1 l tJ st i g meT And And th re nr are times he would like to ha have w with Rh people he loves love and who love lovo him which he has to leave alone because because be be- be- be cause he misjudged an opponents opponent's d draw raw And there thero is another phase of or it While the tho young fellow does nut not drink chink the other othor fellows who vho play seem unable to get through a sea sea- Plon without liquor The They dont don't drink drinkall nil all the time They have to look at their hands some and once In a awhile while they deal If It the they dont don't forget torget It It and allow the tho careful man to work tho tho careful man who always deals denis unless ho Is challenged And as the game progresses and the be bee r r bottles are emptied and tho the hard liquor Is 18 visited moro more and ani moro more frequently the language Is vulgar vulgar gar car and lov 10 And the thoughts of or th tho young oung man get Into the rut of or coarse and aba abased ed by drunken senti senti- meat ment Furthermore a little poker brings out moro of or the bad qualities than anything else ciao in tho the world It Is said there arc aro good poker players payers who arc are square and generous and manly all the time but they are aro out of ot town Just no now In nearly every gamo game there thero Is at least east one ono sob and maybe two Th The i Young Fellow in question doesn't play for tor tho the mone money Ho lIo has none of ot tho gamblers gambler's instincts nor nece- nece slUes Ho lIo pa plays for the fun of or it And the other othor men cash tho the chips along In tho the weary morning when nothing is left tho the majority but tho the memory of or an exceptional hand and anda a Q phenomenal play that play that has been forgotten In the average Thero aro are a I good many things thinS's in th world worM that havo o power to hurt tho the young man But probably th thI the thu I most dangerous and most effective of or all nil for harm harms I s is the tho little game gamo C cf ef poker loker And tho young man who gets gels promoted leaves It alone alono |