Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-20
Whist.


TIE or: il sd hi,.ury ol .ha mes: iatellecr
tusl of games, with the sole fxoptlou OF chess,
is piy.u 10 a isr issue OF ths Troy Fms Whist
rtu1ires great attention and 81 &C; heccs the
us.pe. TO be z good whist rlayer requires noe
ooly very high m=Gisl sd io,tiiectusl power,
but COZ sderSb @ study aud lyog prscics. This
| foe game has ,lwsys c,pmarded the attentloa
of neo of the ftut order Of mind. Whist Is
VI q1estiorsbly OF Eoglish crgn. though as to
the time aud place Of i,s brib we do not possess
any prec Sc evidence. Whist is not mentioned by
Shakespeare nor b. sDt writer vi toe El!z oethan
era, from which Sc ,uay lpfer that Tue gam"
vas then C .rctty ~ eXI:tcnJe. 1he game seen
10 have msGltescd Sc ual'e powers 10 1851,
for Ts, lJr, The Wst,r pOct, mcntl0ns WnlsL ss
inducing tbe prodgai 10 fDg Dis money Tree
wi q oYrressIcss.
r. p,vbsals that At this period the cherao.
ter aud fseuos Of whist were decl6rdIY low.
Whist even appears in the lick up" la The
q oaes,ionsbIe conpaoy ot JJtpathan Wild.
El, ldiny records tue. visa iageUlous Count de
Russ was domciIed wiib Geotftey Snap lwho
cpioved ufice uadcr the sbei,ff IT Locdou) hls
countsbip sought to bsguie tHe tedum OF bis
iadoor exi,teuc, BY rrcnurso 70 the smusemeuts
IF the dsy. MIR. Snaps Two dsughters beaeVo-
lsurly aided tin. aud chose }. Wld to make up
their Lar les Whist snd sWsobers. which IL oily
whist uudsr alias, wes then llboZ) greatly
10 poRu, sod the ladies were, ceUss q1eotly,
Obliged to lock out for fourth person. 10 the
memoirs of the Liv4s, lntrigues aud Uonlcsl
Adventure OF tbe Most Famous Ganea'ets,
from the tiue of Charles III to tbst oi Queru
Anne, we cJmo across sharper hamed Jonh'
SOD, whose last adventure Was that he was
h.nged 10 1890. OF hin it is written that he
.xcsled 10 tie art rf seculag EonorS Tor hlm'
self sud partner wkeu DlLylog at Whist.
We next hear cf Wist frequentlng public
houses in LiudoD, but il conlrved stter time
10 escape from its tagtro acq laintances. soa
early in the eighteenth century, though not as
yet fsshiooatle, it had. at les become reSpeo'-
able. lis pr.4cprl freo9s a. this epoch we're
oouo,ry souisss and cuuo,ry parsoos. Alexander
Pope 10 Ills all1des 70 wulst 10 c>rJ looIlon
wi. the .uulresrohy; snd S7i't IN his Essays
90 the Fa'es OF Cieryyuen,' 10 IT'S. says the
Q ergy ged 10 the oty OF whist inls
oatroosge dpes not seem 10 bsve been equal to
the task of sl,opetber retrieving whls! iron the
chsrlc er OF Vuigsriy. b tier days, however,
we're 10 store for II.
Abou, 1870 party cf Reu'lsmcn, Of whom
the fitst Liri FJik+sroue was ote, tf qnenteo
the Grown Coffee House 10 Bedford row and
Introduced whist. studied the game, and, ls IL
b4"ved, discovered suma nt l's principles. 10
I743 whist was adopted b7 K mund Hoyla.
Who ls called the father OF the game. Udder
his suJpices whist made the acquaintance or sll
the rack and fashion OF H .9!eui. ard Travelled
across the chahocl dunag toe AosIonaola
ghcn prevail. d 10 Fra.c, III too late: part OF
the erghterG,n c:uiurg. Ii Vas "Ven repre,
ssuted at Versailles. IL WAS w:'c1m at all
the chocols.e houses. club aud !A:hl1nsole as
semb!les. Il became the loo or the day IL
was talked abouf and written about. Oncs
really knVWn. IL was esteemed universal
fayorite, admired sni respected by all, and has
retained It's ssc .odeacy uoul NV.
DEAcoNEssEs in the Episcopal Convention
! in session in Nsw York on Monday JOINT COM
mit.ee, composed of 1t. Rev. Bishop Wilmer,
Kew. DR.. Dix, Rsv. DR. Huntington. Hon, Koot.
| O. Winthrop and s. Corning Judd. presented,
thrcus sh the chairman the Rev. DR.. DIX, the
| following report:
rThe iont co onmittea to Wann WAS referred
the sub ect uf 1e7conea'es an -l'l9rs, respecui
| ly report ,hh: thsy have daily consiaefea tue
whole question aud having Come to the colc'u-
son that it ls xpeties. 1T the proseht Tim TO
sttemu ut any speci6c ,e2i'la!i1n On the suoecs or
.isterhood, have c,nin.d tuen2eVes to the pre-
nsrstion of canon f de,conesse', Wh en- they
herewith eub1it. reccmnsndns the p sage OF
the following resolutions: The rssoiunJns set
forth that women If .ievout cn.racs7r ana apc
nroved Rtne.s msy Do set spart by s1y bishop OF
he church ror the work of ds.cole SOS. accord
irg to sucn form as shall be ~. lo'izad oy the
Rou,e of Bishops or, in ,:su thereof, 6y suca
form as may bs set forth By bsh'pss of lhs dio-
cese Cha duties of desconess cra dscl .red 70 %
,ha cnre If our Lords poor and sick, the educa-
lion If Ina Young, religious instruction OF the
nealec.ed. @ rsclsiming of the fallen. and other
| works of chriatsia chslr'y