The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-13

n AIRY IL, 1890.
gresses on every hand, and has IN ito
mem bership some OF the best players in
the CITY.
Mr.. and Mrs. LewisDr; and Mrs. W. L
Dr. S ana Mrs. West Dr. G'T and Mrs. c. B.
Mr.. and Mrs Sumner P. Mr.. and Mr.. Ross
Hunt Clark.
Nj, ana Mrs Wesley Nj, and Mrs. P.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moreland, Mt and Mrs Reed,
! Mr.. and Mrs Walter j. Mr. and Mrs. I. D.
Hughes, Stlmson.
WEDNESDAY EVENING CLUB.
Still another club. that was organ
lied early last fall. holds its meetings on
alternate Wednesday EVENING"; it has
no rules. dues, officers nor fines; the
hostess provides her prizes az she en-
tertains the club. and the member-
ship ia:
DR.. and Mrs. Jay H. Ut-lMr. and Mrs. Frederick
ley, T. Griffith,
Mr. and Mrs Wesley Mr.. and Mrs Henry
| Clark, O'Melveney,
Mr. AMI Mrs. John Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
scott. Elliott,
Mr.: and Mrs. Shirley Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor,
| Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Mrs. Thomas Brown, Vail,
Miss Mary Russell.
AS to the game played in all these
clubs the fundamental rules Gas second
hand, low third hand, high. etc. etc.,
are followed. But the subtle intricacies
OF the game, the means whereby part
nere may converse through the play OF
their hands, the real intellectual posi-
blities of the game and the mental
stimulus resulting from a deeper and
wider knowledge of those possibilities Ia
little understood. Nor does there seem
to be much interest felt in acquiring
such knowledge on the part OF the aver
age whist club members here.
And vet it ia only those who have
studied the significance of the "conven-
tionap and forced" leads; of the
meaning that each card, large and small,
bears to other cards or com bination oil
cards in the haud OF the advantage to
be derived from echoes" and cub
schoes; )" OF the power placed in part
ner's hand by "unblocking" that his
suit may bs moro quickly and firmly
"established," who can realize the value
that lies in the legitimate aud scientific
game Of whist. NOT only as a pastims.
but IS an important factor in quickening
the intellect, strengthening the memory
| bio Auohboi idSuisiSs'
A MISTRESS OF WHIST.
Mrs. Henry Krebs, who is whist
player and teacher of the game in San
Francisco, spent several days in Los
Angeles last week visiting her son, @.
E. De Camp. Mrs. Krebs explained to
HERALD representative that she was
on her way to meeting Of the exscu-
tive com mittee composed OF IL members
OF the American Whist league to be held
in Indianapolis during the week conn
mencng January 2lst; during which
time members OF the executive commit
lee will play match games with India
napolis teame, Mas Wheelock of Chi
cage formerly Of Milwaukee) will play
in one OF the match games as the part
ner Of Mr.. ChattersoD, prominent
whist PLAYER OF Indianapolis, against
two OF the executive committee.
Charles +. Coffin. the author OF The
Gist Of Whist, who lives in handsome
style in INDIANAPOLIS will. with his wife,
entertain Mrs. Krebs, aud q reception
will be- given to the visiting committee
and their friends.
The first whist congress met at Mil
Yankee through the efforts OF Eugene
5. Elliott, the president of the league,
in 1890 the aecond was held in New
York ia '91 the third in Chicago during
time of the world's fair i'll '92, at which
time Mr.. Cavendish snd NJ. B. Trist OF
New Orleaus, who invented the Ameri-
can leads. were present. The fourth
congress was held at Philadelphia last
year, and next May the fifth may be
held at Minneapolis. Ii is hoped that
the congress next year may ba held in
California.
WOMEN CAN PLAY WHIST.
Mrs. Krebs is charming little wom-
an, with vivacious face, clear gray eyes
and soft, sivsrv hair. that ia evidently
not the result Of age. She expressed a
strong belief in the capacity OF her sex
to hold their own 10 tho silent game. II
they will only turn their serious and
earnest attention to it, She even went
30 lar as to say no one factor in the edu-
cation of growing girls and boys could
produce better results in their mental
development than the study OF whist,
She has class of girla in Oakland, all
about IA years of aye, and they are clever
aud prscecious in their understanding OF
it's su bite intricacies She has number
of classes in Oak land and San Francisco.
of women, both married aud single,
that sre all doing WE'LL and although
her husband laughs at her for teaching.
she perneveres, because she is fascin ased
with tho game herself, and realizsn by
her own experience with it how much
good il does, and how proficient women
may and have become in it.
The founders OF the American Whist
league and the prominent players every
where are accom- plished gentlemen and
pentlewomen: and while to a beginner
the obstacles to be surmounted in &C.
curing perfect knowledge of what the
game really is may seem insurmount.
able, science 10 simplifying what has
seemed too complex for other than ad-
yanoed thinkers or constant devotees to
the game, and, by spending no more
time nor energy than has heretofore
been spent in playing at the same, q
proficient knowledge may be accom~
plisbed that will give keenest intellectual
pleasure, and can only result in good.
E. M. O.