Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1920 — How It Started [ARTICLE]

How It Started

PLAYING CARDS. CARDS for games were used In Egypt in the time of Joseph, hot the' modern form appears much later. The Chinese Dictionary Chlng-tze-tung claims their invention during the reign of Seun-ho, 1120 A. D. They appear to have come into Europe either in the wake of .the Saracen invasion or with the Crusaders, who learned about them In their voyages to the Orient. The modern deck is of French extraction. (Copyright)