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Any new system is worth trying when your luck is bad, and yet it seems to us that there are fundamental objections to the scheme suggested by Mrs. Wilcox. At least, we don't think it would work well for us. If we drew a club to four hearts we might bravely push all our chips forward and say "Raise it," provided the risk was ours alone. We couldn't do that if we were playing for Uncle Albert. Our anxiety would betray us. ANY NEW SYSTEM IS WORTH TRYING WHEN YOUR LUCK IS BAD AND YET IT SEEMS TO US THAT THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIONS TO THE SCHEME SUGGESTED BY MISSUS WILCOX AT LEAST WE DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK WELL FOR US IF WE DREW A CLUB TO FOUR HEARTS WE MIGHT BRAVELY PUSH ALL OUR CHIPS FORWARD AND SAY RAISE IT PROVIDED THE RISK WAS OURS ALONE WE COULDN'T DO THAT IF WE WERE PLAYING FOR UNCLE ALBERT OUR ANXIETY WOULD BETRAY US
" Then comes the leap and the crashing of the great wolf jaws. It is the invariable tragedy of the reformer that, though his work has been accomplished, he cannot retire. First come the giants and then the windmills. XVII ALTRUISTIC POKER Although Ella Wheeler Wilcox's autobiography is a human document throughout, nothing in it has interested us quite so much as her description of her husband's poker system in the chapter called "The Compelling Lover." "In my early married life," writes Mrs. Wilcox, "he was much in demand for the game of poker," but a little later she explains, "Even in his love of cards and in his monotonous life of travel for the first seven years after our marriage, when card games were his only recreation, he introduced his idea of altruism. This, too, was a matter known only to me. He played games of chance only with men he knew; whatever money he made was kept in a separate purse, and when he came home he asked me to help him distribute it among deserving people. MS THIS IS A LIVER BOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERBOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JOYCE COUCH PIECES OF HATE AND OTHER ENTHUSIASMS BY HEYWARD BRAH CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ALTRUISTIC POKER ALTHOUGH ELLA WHEELER WILCOX'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS A HUMAN DOCUMENT THROUGHOUT NOTHING IN IT HAS INTERESTED US QUITE SO MUCH AS HER DESCRIPTION OF HER HUSBAND'S POKER SYSTEM IN THE CHAPTER CALLED THE COMPELLING LOVER IN MY EARLY MARRIED LIFE WRITES MISSUS WILCOX HE WAS MUCH IN DEMAND FOR THE GAME OF POKER BUT A LITTLE LATER SHE EXPLAINS EVEN IN HIS LOVE OF CARDS AND IN HIS MONOTONOUS LIFE OF TRAVEL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE WHEN CARD GAMES WERE HIS ONLY RECREATION HE INTRODUCED HIS IDEA OF ALTRUISM THIS TOO WAS A MATTER KNOWN ONLY TO ME HE PLAYED GAMES OF CHANCE ONLY WITH MEN HE KNEW WHATEVER MONEY HE MADE WAS KEPT IN A SEPARATE PURSE AND WHEN HE CAME HOME HE ASKED ME TO HELP HIM DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG DESERVING PEOPLE
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