News St. Louis City / County Metro, Breaking News 10/18/2009 03:00:00 AM 11/17/2009 11:59:00 PM They studied fading pictures of skinny kids playing cards, drinking gin and smoking cigarettes — themselves 40 years ago. STLtoday.com By Jeremy Kohler ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH If there is a photo, the caption/cutline would go here.