The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-17
FASHION AND GOSSIP.
wall From a Professional
Card Player.
- D1EHI SILVER WEDDING.
unights of St. Dennis-A Pleas
'Dt Affair-Knights of Pytkias
Othe- Notes.
The Hated Amateur.

II
n.o amateur card player is socia
that should not be reasoned with
s'" .ho,,ld be stamped out. He is al
IL 'ar m the euchre body polite. He il
''0 aad vart on the fair face of the 6ekl'
sdsss He is milestone around the
.sE Of Mr.. Hoyle. He is standing
~ onoce to everybody in the room; an6
mi. belIish penehant for trumping bis
-tner,s ace continues to assert itself
Piside Of four months the amateur
n hire player will either have to fight
mnor surrender.
" Intbe very nature of things this must
:. onrarent to all. Otherwise the en-
t-o social fabric of our commonwealth
-ronId be tumbling about our heads
IA instead of the brusque, business
1 sIo methods now in vogue at card par
t t;as we would be step nearer to chaos
snd ultimate SOcid6itty.
Then shall we harbor In our
,oidst viper who doesn't know
The difference between the Left bower
md little easino9 Shall we toy with a
6end in human form who can smile and
STnile and be a yillainous player still
Shall we brook an evil that threatens to
TaaFe boobies of us all. Heaven forbid
It would seem then to the candid
mind duty we owe to our partners, as
well as to ourselves, to rid society of
anv lardy dab young thing who is in the
habit of SAYING that he will pass when in
his accursed hand he holds the requisite
cards to 40 Il alone. But how? What
shall we do with our amateurs?
mind me now of a sunny-haired
str,pling who goaded me with his hate
fnl presence at a select card party, the
week before last. He was an intellec-
hal galoot with broad dome of thought
brilliant in his converse with women
and bubbling with mirth when others
we're sad. He wore an irksome
smile that broadened into a mellow
laugh whenever he made a misplay, and
A Prince Albert coat that fit him like
the cloth over a camera 0bscHrG. Ny
sell and several lady friends knew that
he BODIED as no good From the mo-
ment he entered we knew he was there.
Our genial host arose and in few
veil chosen words stated that we had
met to indulge in one of the most
fsshlonable-need he add, the most
sociable of modern pastimes-need he
state he referred to that pleasantest of
all games, namely progressive euchre,
With which he dared say everybody
present was thoroughly familiar. at
this juncture. myself and several lady
& A., :. &a1 81 ne orIo
at the Prince Albert coat, which seemed
10 say if we were its wearer we
would vacate the room. But not so,
Prince Albert. He only repeated
that gruesome smile that glad
dened every eye when it quit and
remarked in an Indifferent manner, that
though not very familiar with progress
i've euehre, in his younger days he had
been quite an adept at progressive smut
This, too, in the broad light of the
nineteenth century.
Our host continued that it was
scarcely necessary to state that the
rules Of ordinary euchre would govern
the game, and everybody present
seemed contented but the Prince; he
wanted to know what rules governed
the game of ordinary euchre. Can you
wonder at crime, can you wonder?
The game began. By cruel decree
Of fate, myself and two lady friends
we're allotted places at the same table
With our Nemesis-the hated amateur.
But with becoming fortitude we did not
get up and leave. There was too
much at stake. The prizes
that evening were perfectly lovely.
30 | contented myself with a
deep sscowl and the single ejaculation,
Oh Lordl'i while one of my lady
lIends merely remarked to the other:
This is nice beginning, must say"
At the end of the first deal when my
4t and lady partner we're painting with
NE flush and heat of victory, Ihurriedly
handed the cards to the guileless game
ser to shuttle and deal a new hand. |
imagine all our distress, when in fever
50 Tear that the bell at the head table
would ring any moment, he coolly be-
gan to draw one card after another |
tom the deck and. range them in his
9 % IN a row like a Japanese fan.
A0fe IN anger than in sorrow we de- |
handed in the name of Ceser's spectre
= Know what he was doing, and back
zane the answer from the lips we had !
Famed 10 loathe: drawing from the |
w UOne-ple." / reached, but there was
10 weapon near.
frequently that evening, as the mad |
SSeniag laugh of that bowling
SE ;.,; fell upon mine ear, l |
utterly yearned for stuffed club /
lug Jug an opportunity; but in the calmer
t sfsal OF subsequent reflection / am glad !
ISs after all l didn't STAY him.
Neither myself nor any of nav lady !
., %,snus got the prize that evening and |
Wv We sat together in a dark corner and t
animated .. the couple who did. After
SSSlelllly reviewing the whole situation
n.y. NJ tame to the unanimous conclusion
~ a' tne amateur was to blame and |
" returned verdict accordingly. /
f sOne OF US have ever spoken to him
Se, neither will we, till he apologies.
ds.i yen you have bestowed a great !
s ars1 Of brainy thought on the subject |
r saa am 10 free to confess that there !
v ra never be any true happiness at pro
S SIIS0slVe euehre as long as the amateur
b g5e eI, Is allowed to order you APP, when !
''oiuS not single face card.
PROFESSIONAL.