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PARTIES 29 if so, how much. She did not know what to do or say and nobody seemed to care. "Ante-up," said Mack. "Gee/ it's hell to be popular." The game progressed. Jane knew enough of poker to keep up her play. Soon one of the women lost all her chips. Jane thought she would now learn what the stakes represented. She had heard of games where thousands of dollars changed hands in a few minutes. The losing woman stood up. Jane then 1 wit- nessed a remarkable performance. The woman calmly unhooked her shirtwaist and stripped it off her and threw it on the floor. She picked up her cards and continued to play, after lighting a cigarette. "Are you warm ?" asked Jane in bewilderment. " laughed the woman."Wait your turn. Quit your kidding." The other woman was the next one to lose out and she calmly removed her skirt and flung it away. Jane had never heard of the popular game of "strip poker," and consequently concluded that her companions were losing their minds as well as their s and clothes. She felt a sinking feeling as she suddenly saw her last chips gone. She noticed that they all stared at her, the men especially. "Pay your loss," laughed one of the men. "Strip off something." She said she did not understand. They explained to her that the game consisted of a system of un- dressing and that the losers had to strip off some garment each time he or she lost their last chips. Jane kicked off one of her slippers and smiled.