Mah-Jongg Exhibition at Museum of Jewish Heritage (NYC)

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Steven Heller, Recalling the Craze for a Game of Chance. New York Times, Mar
. 18, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/arts/artsspecial/18MAH.html?scp=1&sq=jews%20china&st=cse

Note:
(1) solitaire (n): "1: a single gem (as a diamond) set alone  2: any of
various card games that can be played by one person"
(2) Gin rummy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_rummy
("Gin, which evolved from 18th-century Whiskey Poker (according to John
Scarne), was created with the intention of being faster than standard rummy,
but not as spontaneous as knock rummy")
(3) habitué (n; French): "a person who may be regularly found in or at a
particular place or kind of place"
(4) Eddie Cantor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cantor
(5) I can only find the several verses of "Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jong"
lyrics:

"If you want to play the game / I‘ll tell you what to do / Buy a silk
kimono and begin to raise a queue / Get yourself a book of rules and study
till it‘s clear / And you‘ll know the game when you‘ve got whiskers down
to here

(6) Milton Bradley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley
(1836-1911; an American game pioneer)
(7) Parker Brothers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers
(game manufacturer)
(8) Battery Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_Park
(A public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of Manhattan Island
in New York City, facing New York Harbor. The Battery is named for the
artillery battery that was stationed there at various times by the Dutch and
British in order to protect the settlements behind it")
(9) riff (n): "3: a succinct usually witty comment
4: a distinct variation : take <a disturbing…riff on the Cinderella story
— Daria Donnelly>"

All English definitions are from www.m-w.com

(10) chinoiserie (n; French chinois Chines): ": a style in art (as in
decoration) reflecting Chinese qualities or motifs"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinoiserie
(11) bamboo font
http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=417492
(12) chop suey fonts
http://textwrap.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/chop-suey-fonts/

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