Show card playing confined to men in olden times the lowly place held by ancient women Is indicated by the fact that early forms forma of playing cards had no queen in them archaeologists archeologists explain this by polli pointing ting out that the face cards a thousand years ago represented the court and that women were not half as important in court as the jester or joker says a writer in the new york times for hundreds of years women were not considered of sufficient importance to be included in the card games came played by the men for many centuries cards were exclusively a mans game canie women were too busy with their household duties to play cards now of the millions million ot of bridge players in the united states state it Is estimated that more than halt are women thus Is the history of the progress of womanhood portrayed la in playing cards playing cards have had many shapes and forms during tb the centuries a not until comparatively re r cent times have the various denominations of the cards been represented on them by numbers no tb values af pf alth the acal cardiero card represent id usually by trees tre es or jr vines vie e s with two up to ten leaves acorns or flowers instead of counting the spots the players counted the leaves or flowers |