Bridge – Scandalous?

I’ve never really thought of bridge as being such a scandal. “Mercy, cousin Julia, don’t look at me as if I were trying to turn you against Lily! Everybody knows she is crazy about bridge” (127). I usually think of bridge as a kind of elderly activity. Apparently not. Lily’s “gambling debts” are attributed to “playing cards for money”, but I was imagining black jack or poker – not bridge. I never knew bridge could become such a problem.