Law Against Bridge.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43335, 9 June 1908, Page 2

Law Against Bridge.

Fashionable and diplomatic circles! in. Washington (says a recent New York despatch) are bemoaning ithe fate which threatens not only to deprive them of the liberty oCcasiOnally to risk a “ pony ” on a favourite horse, but also to render illegal tho favourite pastime of bridge and cardplaying generally. 4 .. Their despair is due to the Ann* Gambling Bill which the Senate has just sanctioned prohibiting, in the most stringent terms all possible forma of gambling in drawing - rooms no less than on racecourses. If .the action of the Senate is confirmed by the House of Representatives all people who play cards for the most trifling stakes, even in their own homes, or who bet on a horserace, boatrace, or any other kind of race, or on an election or any contest of any kind, will be liable to a fine of £IOO and imprisonment for ninety days. ’ The Embassies and Legations, which are ex-territorial, will alone be exempt from tho operation of the r law.