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Show HIGH PLAY IN WASHING"! CN. Heavy Gambling a P.irt of tacUl Life of tho C.ty. Probably In no other el'y In America does this nlghtl) caul 1uIiib take on so much of the atmosphere of tho Illvlera as In Washington. Thero nre ninny foielgneis there, and they play tho gamo with that picturesque- f.-vor-lshness which Is t.vplcai of their naturo and training. Tho great mnjorlty of foreign attaches nre not equipped financially for the exactions of tho game, hut their position compels them to nccept ever. Invitation. Their urgunient whllo attneked by many ns one showing lack or moral courage Is quite satlsfuctoiy to thorn. Thoy sa they were not sent to this country to pin) tho part of a scholarly recluse. They must bo In oUdenco at all smart functions. What would bo thought of them, they ask. If they sternly refused to play bridge for ....a.; whin ih.i world they mo 'n, and tho w ' represent, r :'Li- ers It the r jln thing to do? Their mitmtois play! Mom' (t tho cabinet pluy! Thoy scaler-, un-l llko directing to themselves n.i '. to their legal In is the rldlculo and criticism criti-cism which would follow tho guest who slips nwa between dinner and bridge So they phi). If thoy lose on their small Incomes It becomes necessary for them tn lecoup, and tho only wny to do tills Is to go to moro bildgo parties. Washington U pn eminently n city of the leisure cl-is en, and tho almost continuous uncial season there raises bildge to Its iuom glittering height. Broadwaj Magazine. |