Show f JN THE CABINET A tf alic alio banut etelk loz abolt herbert toll talc grasham Gro sham said a prominent member 0 tho cabinet vainly Eo arching in his pocket for n nickel with which to pay his faro in tho last night car after n pleasant little evening at tho white house and who then gratefully thanked a newspaper correspondent for handing abo conductor an extra nickel grash am bays that lio play poker for the money there is in it but I 1 gotico that ho wins all the chips tho secretary was lost iu thought for a fow finally ho shook his head sadly sighed heavily and continued secretary grasham is in my opinion tho finest poker player in the country I 1 havo seen a great many stiff games in my life games played by men who had for years made their living atit and I 1 have seen somo pretty desperate chances taken too but never have I 1 a man thoroughly at homo at a game of poker so cool nod collected at every baago our secretary of state in this opinion I 1 am suro that I 1 would bo indor bod by every member of tho cabinet even the president him ecla would I 1 am sure second my views on this subject although lio thinks ho knows a thing or two about the gamo himself has tho president played tho game long tho man inquired oil no said tho secretary 1 I dont belies ho ever played at all until ho went down tho river hist year and rook grasham and carlisle with him when he camo bad ho talk about anything for months but poker hinted one day that if id como up in tho evening ho would civo me n few points about tho gamo I 1 went up tho next morning the president had to send to tho bank for money what did tho president pay when arose from tho game simply said that ft was easy to that id been taking n few lesions from grasham and then ho eald good night can all tho members cf tho cabinet play they can but like the man with tho diali of crow before him they dont hanker after it its too expensive the great poker players of the presidents official family aro tho president cebre taia of state carlisto Carl islo and morton they play for tho lovo of it morton i not what ono would say in the language of the street an out of sight player but he is a pretty good all around hand at tho gamo and then lie have to livo on lis babary carlisle is a shrewd player ant lacks nerve the president is a great bluffer and seldom stays out hes the biggest winner of the four except of course grasham Gre shara seems to win all tho time do they play often well they devoto about all their aparo time tu it ita become n hobby with tho whole of them I 1 dont want to be understood as insinuating that they play night after night or that very largo sums change hands its merely n game they like it it affords them tho necessary relaxation after a hard days work and its perfectly proper and correct daoa lament play poker well nil my friend goldzier would put it lament do play a few poker but its not his hobby politics is laments bobby how about herbert im not talking about him then ho tho other ayo and left the car washington cor post express |