The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-10
s,saIoN AND GOSSIP.
c.tiricaI Observer on Pro
''''I gressive Euchre.
,,s.xr PARTY AT THE FORT
u,;tv Club and the Keignfng
lbe Miss HoOper's Party
birthday Surprise.
pucnacious Euchre.

Is it, you ask? ostensiSly a
wa" a cards, in reality social prize
e'n' hat is, fight for prizes-which
.ompletely taken the iowa and
;" ' Y in polite CD circles every
nPsi, Moss of amusement. How should
cl' uI.,ed? That 1 cannot tell you,
f"f having seen IT played as it should
hs' tst might offer few hints to a
ner on the basis of how it is play
e. r1uertr-eight people, with scores on
left breast mot "scars," Mr..
p ns surround the same number of
I iIfs divided by four, giving four per-
' 10 a table. opposites are partners,
other card games, and partners are
- ~. often oppos5tes in every respect.
w. ancbre deck is furnished each table,
.ts hell at the head table rings and the
..Dtest begins. The struggle is for
mes for games mean glory. prizes,
s-omotion. Should it be your idea"
I'd GOOD deal eften depends upon it
.nn ask YOUR right hand neighbor to
l 'out y She cuts you dead, but you
nTst get used to it, for there's more
,-lere that comes from. Having dealt,
ss 4 yery quiet, say nothing and think
i.ss for the less you think the more
mi rou are to win. Above all, don't
chow Yourself to suppose that you came
there to have a good time. Do just as
ron see others do. Your best models
;rs the snappy, irritable ones; they
have mastered the science, and hold
amateurs in merited contempt Watch
them carefully, Knit your brows, COM
wess your Ii ps, and twiddle your toes.
I wouldn't advise you to trump your
partner's ace; players who dc that
never arrive at proficiency; they never
live long enough; it ranks next TO being
reasant and seciable, the unpardon-
able sin in a game of this kind.
Don't try to be funny. If you think
Of good thing take out your pencil
snd jot it down on your cuff, and laugh
over it when you get home. Don't be
loo long in writing it, or you may hear
more things than you could jot down
n day. Il you don't Sant your ears
cufed, be careful to finish one game
beiOre the next bell rings. You may
ihen, if you are one of the winners. go
70 the next table and run down the one
you have just Left, whose occupants are
doing the same thing by You.
Don't permit your word to be dis
luted, especially in your own house.
The rights of hospitality must be re-
geeted. and guests must be taught
their place. Be sure and turn up the
trump that will give all the others at
!0ur table ace, king, queen and both
NVers; if you fail to do this your
lbliTy as player is apt to be called in
queStion and you are liable to not hear
the last of it. When you lose at the
lead table, flOunce to the foot as if you
hsd been mortally insulted, and never
mind whose toes you tread on. The best
players all do this, and it looks exceed
ngy recherche, if not 6LGse, or even
rice terSd.
When the prizes are distributed, rush
forward, exhibit your gold
'~4S oiAN Oa0 hAdAAOlSf dltQ lnSlSI bl1dO
you have more than the one who took
the first premium. If you can't cabbage
The first prize by making "booby" of
yOurself, fight for the others. Never
cease struggling till the case is hopeless;
hen go home and talk about it till
morning and have it served up hot for
breakfast When you have your party,
a0nOt invite those who carried off the
przeS at the last one; it has a diseour-
;ssng effect upon those who have large
anihes to provide for.
believe this is all know about pug
haclOus euchre. 1t used to be called
progressive" euchre, referring no
gouot, to the various stages of progress
aO1I, from good nature to downright
,l!ilIness, through which the ordinary
Iln,d-very ordinary mind, passes
' 'nle playing it. That term is now OBJ
soele, ''pugnacious" being regarded as
more oOs apt and the meaning more obVi-
'u'' OBSERVER.