Show FLIP BUG BUfi GAME fiAME STIRS UP YUMA VIA New G Gambling Device Makes Sensation in Society Circles I i I SCANDAL IN THE CHURCH I Quiet Gonic III In Cloak Room Boom nt at ln I Flag Pole Iole Social Cuu Causes s 1 Vigilance VigilanceS Committee to Act S o The high society of oC this town is all torn up over the he evil effects of the flip bug craze writes illes the Yuma Ariz Aris correspondent of the Ne New York Sun Not ot since Hill Dill Baker Dalier ran off ore to Sonora with nOneS Swans Swan's wife and s four children has Yuma had such a n ashal Us Its best est social set et It Is all nil due to Mrs 1 I Isaac c aL mother Sonora Chiquita y Ca Casablanca of Magdalena state of Son Son- ora era Mexico 1 and the common flip bug buS of oC It the Mojave desert Senora Casablanca Casabianca Is la a Mexican of or orthe the old Castillian lineage The flip Clip bug bugIs bugI I Is a species of oC beetle S nora Casablanca's Casa Cal blanca's blancas chief characteristic Is a love for COl rare forms of gambling The rhe flip bugs bug's only Interesting feature Is his peculiar ability to jump about two feet In lu the air when prodded l with ViII a tooth tooth- pick liCk About two months ago Sonora Senom Cn- Cn came up from Magdalena to toIla Ila pay a visit to her daughter and her son-in-law son lIce Ike who Is the well known an and l popular night clerk clerkIn In tho ho Golden Eagle agle r Hotel near the he railroad l station About a n week after Sonora Senora Ca Casablanca arrived Mrs 1 Step Step- pacher sent ent out cards to the society folk Inviting them hem to a n little afternoon affair On the bottom of the cards which were the lie best est specimens of oC the Weekly Scorpions Scorpion's fine engraving work worl were cre the he theor or word l Flip Bug nug In Old English Eng Dog englI lI lish h type MI Mrs Mis Jim Slattery wife of the proprietor proprietor pro pro- of oC the Happy Hal Hour said she had been reading the receipts page pago in inthe the tho Ladles Ladles' Little Monitor 1 an and l that she saw flip bug ug down laWn there as us a fa favorite favorite favorite fa- fa summer drink only she didn't want of It In hers If IC the nn any they were going to use any of or the Yuma brand of bu bug Juice in Its making Miss 11 Dais Daisy whose father fathel runs the county county county coun- coun coun coun- ty bank said ald she had read of or flip Ilip bu bug It was isas a guessing game Jamo vel very popular at Monte 1 Carlo She guessed Yuma was vas tired l of or stud poker an and l monte and Mrs mother was probably proba proba- bl bly thoroughly wise on Ol Old l World gambling games Guests Cn me On tho ho day da of or the reception the guests uc s came camo carl early Mrs Mis did not keep them In suspense After Attel passing parsing around the rapped mescal she Introduced tho the Indies ladles to her hel mother and then led them into the library In Inthe Inthe Inthe the middle of or the tho room stood a n rou- rou bite layout without the tho wheel There were chairs around tot for the tue guests and n. n n. or chips In front of or the bankers banker's bankers banker's bankers banker's bank bank- ers er's place Tho wondering guests were ivero each asked to bu buy In blue chips costing four Cour bits and the reds nn and l the whites In proportion Most Mont of tho the women had come well weB heeled heele l the lit others wrote I 0 O Us Then the they hey sat down lown and Mrs Mis mother produced pro pro- the flip bu bug The bug which Is a n beetle about as big as 38 a old three cockroach Is a ver very peculiar Insect When caught In the lingers It will play possum and draw all of Its six muscular legs les up close clos to Its Us abdomen When hen placed on eli a hat flat surface the bug remains apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap dead lead until prodded plodded in the rent rem Then It IL will ivill suddenly lean about aboul I two feet In the air all landing o l two feet cetor or so away sometimes on Its Us back sometimes on Its feet In the new game ame of flip hug bug as In Introduce Introduced introduced In- In l at nt Mrs recep lion Jon the ba hag bug Is placed place l In the centre of oC the board There he stays tays curl curled J Jup up while hile the players make their bets be One can bet on rc red l or black on numbers num nuni- hers bers odd or even and on Whether tho the Slip HIp bug uJ will land on his back tr II r his feet This last chance gives an added zest nest to the game How v Gnome Gunio Is When all bets bels arc are made the banker gently pol pokes es tho the flip bug Ho lie jumps Where here he lands there the Ito banker hanker pays pars tho the banker anker also pays on whether he lands right t side up or not hot Bets ets are arr then cashed the flip ilIp bug bUI is corralled cor car raIled and a new round of bets Is made When hen the bug hug jumps off ort the board boal l altogether the banker er gets sols his percentage e. If the flip ilip bug hug shows shots's signs ns of fatigue a u new now one must bo ho 0 substituted l upon unon a a. majority vote of the pla players ers exclusive of the tho bankers banker's voice ice Mrs 18 first flip hug Part was a success Mrs Moll Molly Hodgkins began to win steadily at nt the start and anti kept her hot lend lead until the tho flip HIp bu bug Jumped Jump jump- ed off ore the board and through tho the pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern of oC her waist TItan Then Mrs Mis Hodgkins went Into hysterics and the game bamo was stas delayed Maine Iamo ChamplaIn Champlain Cham- Cham plain played steadily on legs s and back a safe conservative c game bamo with chances even n. n and site bhe won As Ai a matter of oC cour course o flip hu bug became became be be- came caine tho the rage In the Yuma Yumna social set et Every afternoon for there was wasa a a. flip hip bug bug- party Popular matrons o othe of oC the town sont sent their little boys out on 01 onlie the lie mCI mesa a hunting flip bugs hugs Certain lames dames treasured their theil flip IlIp bugs as thoy they would a Mexican hairless do log dog am Ind carried them everywhere e they went scout In little cages cage made malo of cork and plus JID urn und 1111 su suspended on their theft chatelaines Big gambling g debts debt began hean to he be contracted b by the unfortunate and heavy orders order's for dress goods gou ls were sent to Los Angeles AngeleN An An- gales geles by the lucky ones Among tho the men of or this city began bogan to rise varied valle l protests and these protests grew as the tho IlIp flip bug hug craze In In- In creased Gimpy I was first firs to malto public make public hl his views on tho the growing grow glOW big ing feminine evil I cull call it too much mud of or- or ortho tho thu new woman idea remarked l Gimpy In the Happy Hour one night when a a. man cant can't sit It Into a n. quiet game Jamo of oC draw without knowing that hat If Ir he goes Joes home broke broko hell he'll Und hod hi his wife has hus used up all the rest of hi his months month's profits on a gray cockroach Anyway gambling's B out UIl and l out unrighteous unrighteous unrighteous un un- un- un righteous when a woman gets In to U. U Men leit Didn't Like It II Gimpy's Idea expressed tho ho sentiment senti- senti ment of all nil of oC the male citizens o of Yuma Mr Peter Stump editor of or In the lie Yuma Sidewinder came canto out next day with an editorial headed From He Hell to Breakfast t with a n l Flip lIp Bug DUb Our fair full ones who discriminate against certain unpleasant and domestic domes domes- tit tic bugs with powder ler seem seeni t to tolie be lie shedding all their lust dust on 00 the flu bug hu wrote Mr Stump And th the tho towns town's going to go so plumb plum to hell If this I un and l pernicious form Corm o ot of the simple pastime of roulette is al allowed al- al lowed l to flourish The scandal broke e out last Saturday Satur Satur- tin tIny day when the tho flip JIp bug u fiends tried to pass Parson Bacon Dacon a n gold old brick The church workers laid had planned l to give a social In Harmony Hall Halt to raise funds for a now new flag pole The rhe conscientious conscientious con con- women arranged grab bags ag fish ponds raffles and all nil the accepted forms Corms of amusement nn and l money mak i log ing Some of the ladles of the Coyote Coyote i Flat set IeL volunteered to conduct a con- con slon S and the par parson pardon on accepted their offer as a comforting sign Ibn of their heir re re- re generation n. n When hen the he social ocial came most mo t of the best people of Yuma attended but It was noticed l with some surprise that thaL the he ladies Indies who had promised l a special amusement not In evidence Billy Parks was the man nian that discovered tho the trick He noticed that In the course courso of the evening several sO ladles ladies would woul l go out omit to the cloak room as ns If it to get a handkerchief or powder up the tho smudged places Dill Billy who is a daring dang man fol- fol lowed hl his wife There ho he found foun two Ill Up ilip bugs buss working all tho ho time on one fino roulette bon board Id I'd and a n dozen dozen excited d women playing their theil money monc A 20 per I er cent kitty was maintained for th thc benefit benent of the now Hag flag pole Bill Upped of off his Ibid to Parson Bacon and ind he went around loun l the he hall and gathered l up all the hw husbands of the lie women In tho ho cloak room loom and antI the he game was raided It was a tremendous scandal Next ext lay day there appeared l in the Yuma Side Side- this notice Is hereby given en that hat commencing com com- with avith date the Insect known to zoology as the flip fill bug Is under closed season of the lie game laws of the thc territory territory- Any Au An per person on male or female found foun l with one In his possession pos- pos session Ses lon will isili bo be given warning warning- to Lo leave lea cave the town This means you Vigilance Committee |