The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-03-11
PRO OESSIVE EUCHRE.
IL ~ PROD More Popular Season
IVinter Than Ever.

lhlS WI the interesting game OF
progreSSll chro promises to be moro
popular thvcr. and hundreds of par
ties are niHing to play in many
parts OF th(untry. Its fascination is
lndependef that which, to some per-
sons, belo1b ordinary cuchrc, and
consists in hriskness and range of the
competitions we'll rs in the mcrri-
ment and p cal Ac: ''ity which it in
variably prdos. In order to give q
just idea of game let us describe q
particular lncc in which it was
played with less, not because this in
stance Is ~ 't'espcct remarkable, but
because beinfair average one, it will
represent m others. The host or
hostess. then! !nding in the drawing
room in the lence of, say twelve, six
teen or TIVE ladies and gentlemen
who have bcctvitcd for the evening,
holds in one " II number Of pieces of
paStcboard to (lrawn succcsSively by
the ladies. and the other hand sim
liar number todrawn by the gentle
men. Suppose number of players is
sixteen, or foul'rach one of the four
small tables, VII have been placed
diagonally acH the room, and on
each of which brrn laid card re-
presenting one four geomctrical fig
urcs, say squah circle, parallclo-
gram, or an ocbn. Each of these
cards has two dte eatcs, which, after
being cut in twok held for distribu-
ton in the hands the host or hostess.
The ladies procec, select each n piece
from eight pieces ii out to them, the
gentlemen select hike manner from
another eight hcl Nt to them, and the
1un begins by thrttcmpting to match
the pieces so sclhd. a gentleman,
for instance, VIII HAS drawn half Il
square. goes aroui TO find the lady
who has drawn II nilar pattern. and
10, when found, ZONES his partner
hat particular lie on which lies q
arc. In like nnner, two other
layers are sclcctcor the same table,
making the usual hrc party of four.
The table on whiclcs a circle obtains
its sittcrs in simii way, rs do also
the tables ON whicEc lying respective
~ the parallclogrfand the octagon.
The table nearest front door is said
to be at the head the row, and the
corresponding one tie other end of
the room is said toN at the foot. The
players being thu seated four at u
table. one of those the head table
strikes q bell, ar the game begins.
Everybody plays fast rs she or
he can, and the cNdment is great un-
I'll the sound of thcEll announces that
q couple at the hcaablc have finished
their game. Immcatcly all the other
players stop playinsand the winners
ut each table chan places and take
the table next abovhcm, the ultimate
object being to get the head table.
The losing couple ate head table &c
down to the foot, amt every table the
partners change, so at your partner
| in the previous roundccomcs your enc
| my in the round noweginning.
The delightful h;t and confusion
caused by this suddct change and ener
gctic effort to advand,rc accompanied
by much laughter, md the spirit O
competition is soon ifull swing. Th
couple at the hcadwho have won
game take from 4 sm, box containin,
waters in the shape otnd stars, one O
the stars and stick it their card to in
dicate the fact of thci triumph. Th
more stars any player Is on his car
the more success he ha%On. But tn
couple who lose at the ,wcst table {
all are compelled to in3ate their dis
grace by ai1iXing to thcicard half of
little red paper seal likdhat adjoinin
signatures in legal dtuments. Th
more OF these waters oreals any coupl
| has the greater Is their ircputc.
The game continues il this way unit
the time previously chosh by the hos
or hostess has expired. This time i
usually two hours or two hours and ,
half when the final rrck4ing is takel
and the prizes awarded. 70 the lad
and gentleman who havcS Son the mos
points prize apiece is a Nardcd, an
this mag be of any dcscripp pn I, cost
although good taste sce4s to dictat
that its pecuniary value b not largo
TO the lady and gentleI ian, on tn
other hand, who have ost the mos
while sitting at the lowest hblc, and O
whose card therefore, is lhc creates
number of half-scals, n mock pri2
apiece is awarded, consisting, say, of
cheap doll fantastically dressed, or otht
ludricous exponent Of unsuccessful ctfor
The presentation of these prizes is ofte
accompanied by humorous Speeches,
which the real or affected mcits of ii
successful or unsuccessful payers al
dilated upon in serio-comic fashion; an
when the persons selected to make IL
speeches of presentation is apt for til
task, the merriment often becomes hill
rious. Supper is then served, and dan
ing may follow, or the game nay be L
moved. Most young people, howevc
prefer to close the evening with son
fresh sport.
TO any person who has never playC
progressive euchrc. the pitch If excit
ment to which even our graEdmoth
and grandfathcrs often succeed in ol
waiting themselves would be almost pa
belief, but everybody at all familiar wi
this festive game knows that tho ply
cal activity and the buoyancy of spi
created by its requirements are unequ;
ed even by blind-man s-bluff. The
tellcctual conditions under which pr
gressive euchro attains its happiest co
summation are of high order ais
Euchre, like checkers, is an intcllcctu
game if played in the right way. 1t il
mistake to suppose that whist or che
has monopoly of the intellectual @
ment. There is as much difference
the methods of players Of ordina
cuchrc as in those of the players OF or,
nary checkers; and when, to the usu