Word: faro
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very clever though a little improbable. "Miss Legion" by H. H. Chamberlain, who has just been elected an editor of the Advocate, a society story, is well conceived and is written in an entertaining style. The "College Kodaks" are very good, except the one about the faro table which seems a little fantastical. The poetry of the number is far better than the rest of it. "The Mermaid's Song" is fanciful and rather pointless, but it has the merit of being pretty and flows along in a very easy and graceful style. "Moods" by John Mack is charming...
...those who wish to know how to win at poher, faro, roulette, and various other games of chance or skill, an article is contributed on "Gambling Sharps and their Tools." Of quite a different character is the Marquise Clara Lanza's "Women Clerks in New York...