The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-05
FHR CANE OF HEARTS,
THE DESPAIR OF OLD HANDS
CARDS,
Pashfs Whist on the Table aud No.
nOpOl.zes Attention Everywhere
How II Is Play ed.


PLAYED may be learned from the fol-
lowing very SPIRITED and spicy article
from the pen Of III. G. O." in the
New Orleans States, who tells how IN
that city
THE GAME OF HEARTS WAS INTRODUCED.
In a certain club ia this city, whose
name it pieeEes me NIT 10 Fly, huJ
whose locale is not 1000 miles from
OauphiDe ana Caasl suee;F, roth
3te, a new gar --tae game Of Heats
--0as introduced a few nights a o b.
certain feripatatc j l.y 4, oil fsi-
iow," vino, f)r tie cums ATOMS, viii
rsquir,, to tom away tie wrath that
/. - Come, Lo.hiUg less lbsn the sum
pta II Ill his otherwise sGmirabis
rati.
The express agent OF the Spirit #
Mischief, ay, tlGt very spirit himself
THAT does prefer before Oh spor,
Tbs perturbed soul and damned
c,ulG n)g have achieve g eater To-
men alton Of t'ou5.ee, gisnatious and
all uncharitablsness among the whilom
gave and reverend senior, who had
heretofore nightly met il peace and
perfect dulness, within Il drowsy re-
cssses Vi tn ir club.
Did you never play Hearts? Hearts
ia p acies Ct whist, and / have Tea-
son to believe it was invented by an
xpeIt at that solemn amusement who
had always managed 10 cat In with
villainons partner, and flsliy invented
Hearts for purL oses of revenge. In
yhis. have noticed that expert play
r. are always marty,e1 by their part
hars.
BgARTs IS THE REvERsE OF WHIST.
Whist is peIfunctory in movement.
Ia Hearts q man is always BIO EsiDg
around for trouble, and generally &c e
u. In whist yo1 ltaA ont an sc3 with
rhe calm iearlessres5 with which q
New Orleans editor W / w1iie a lei >.
On the II )nd1res banana tr d., bl5 ID
Hearts your large caldi are az. to ge,
geu in!o l"ig'tio7, Ia whist mnn
spngers fol tilpiS, and the more tricks
he takes thu better he likes Il. In
this gcne the requirement OF tLr,e or
ur ticks well buttered with he Is
viii often make you with you had
never been born. In whist it is de.
liahtiul to unfold a hGndial Ct aces
shatifsd with smiling kings and
knock kneed Jacks, bat in Hearts a
man who knows when he is we'll Of
gets very dism al GA reviewing pane
rama OF leaders, and when ytu Sc.
him set his teeth and swear under mis-
breath you know he 10 loaded with
big i.ll5ws. Finally, in whist YOU
know you have two enemies, but il
Hearts, when you have bid hand
you ind out that all your friends rally
ald II ! you up with
CoNs)LATIoN-AND HEARTS.
The object in this phi osophiCa pas
lime is TO avoid taking any hesrt
yourself, and to unload those YOU hav
on your suspicious neighbo's To,
must follow suit, exactly IS IN whlst
but there are no tTumps. In three
> handed lme the deuce Of diamond
, l. removed; in five handed one, tn
deuce Of sfaies a!soe La a fou,
handed one the full pack is used, an
thirteen cards are dealt each p ayel
: Then The tio1ble begins. Each plsyp
bu, 8, say, fifty chips al 10 cents apit c.
aud Tor every heart he takes with
t lex he pays chip into the poo
which the robbers who have unlo ade
: theirs rake in and divide
Lat us suppose Oh the deal you fin
that fortune has favored you in fou
handed-eane with ace, king, nine an
deuce OF diamonds, nine, ten, jacl
; eight Of SPADES, Jack and ak OF club
= and deuce, ak aud rec Of hearts. 70
know you ar5 in peril from the Ion
D spsd3 suit, and also that three bea
leads will fetch out your ace and MAJ
: you unhappy.
= AL~o II SOME OTHER PIRATE HAPPRi
/. to have q short puis OF diamonds 20
9 may get in trouble. On the contiar
= your short suit Of clubs may prov
l your salvation by enabling you
|. throw of one Of the measly spades O
|, the third lead. These chanRes pro az
con occupy your mind afAbly viii
;. you sort Jour cards, and then yc
J, brace up and lead ont the Ick Of club
!, fondly hoping to bring short SD
4 into play st oace. It brings out Il
b king aud queen, which the buccane'
n on your right captures with the &C
O The return lead Is Q diamond. Ic
catch it with the ace and lead out vii
your last club. You think this is
good play, but It isn't.
- lHR OTHER BURGLARS RAVE, rHRoUG
< A LONG COURSE or MISERY,
aC0rired some horse sense at III
: game, and know that that second les
Of clubs signifes q short suit in yoV
y hand, and pleasantly reaS ouipg tn
70 you must have a long suit c1ncealC
about your person, dstermine to Il
! for You. Which 10 it? They will fir
! out Your club is captured and
IL spade is Led back at you. You thro
of your jack on the ace, which all
I gathers in the king and queen, TIL
= ascend spade, the elk, is led. Yc
% capture with the ten, Now eigl
sIaies are buried, and OILY FIVE a
.. ont, OF watch yoI hold tho two Ia g.
= You know tha, on the next spade les
=" you are bun d to catch heart fro
d. fome rpfi n. So you boldly came o.
u with the king Of diamonds to thro
y them of the SC mt. You get four Of
u monds. Then yon lead the bine. Tt
siuner On the left gives you the iiv
his partner in crime flvos you vii
y the four, and thenP Why then
THE WILLIAM ON YOoR RIGHT CHrCKL
J, and makes you q present OF a 4
5 crNs eyed king of hear $ that max
your hair curl. You see he happen,
+ ny a run of the csrde, to ba as shO
~, OF diamonds as you were OF club
II Cards will run this wsy sometimes
hearts-it is a peculia itv cf the gam
u Well, YOU have lesg yoUr own cham
OF salvation, ard f,e rial devi Is
&c ard your oae objeo. 10 life is to .
b somebody else in trouble. So v
y lend cut the deuce OF heart. He, b
% Somebody las got t1JGleIL IN, {
one cf the uuploesa features cf
, lelce. Now, The real buaiues5 b
ID begun, and everybody puts on b
, thinkipc-cGp AID immersos himself
. brown study The tishWayman
on your right feels particularly blu
a, Which, Of course, you are secret