The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16

Don't say to your partner at the end OF
deal, "Why didn't you do so-and-so?"
Don't attempt to memorize the rules of play.
Get the theory SO you can make your own
rules.
Don't speak above whisper at the conclu-
sion OF the play OF deal which others are
playing.
Don't hesitate in playing at one time and
play quick at another. Always play with the
same cool deliberation.
Don't think you can ever get q trick back
that is once lost, so don't worry over it,
Don't fail to combine your thirteen cards
with your partners and play the twenty
six cards against your adversaries' twenty-siX.
Don't give your partner piece of your mind
If he don't play just as you expect him to.
Don't lose two tricks in trying TO make one
IN catching an honor turned by an irregular
Don't lose sight of the TACT that you should
make tricks in your partners hand as well as
your own.
Don't forget we are all human and liable to
err in whist as well as in other walks of life.
Don't straighten up in your chair and ask
what is the score when you have good hand
dealt you.
Don't forget that whist-player never grum-
bles at his partrer; it is those who play at it
that grumble.
Don't jump on your partner with both feet
at the end of each deal; you generally make
the mistakes, not he.
Don't take your eyes off the table during the
play of deal except when it is your turn to
play.
Don't custom yourself in saying: at mace no
difference my playing SO and So" the reverse
is generally nearer the mark.
Don't exult over victory or be glum over de-
feat; you will hav e to experience both as long
as you play whist.
spread them out so you can see every one and
hold them still.
Don't count the cards on the table or the re-
mainder of the pack in dealing, if so, you lose
your deal.
Don't discuss the playot deal, even in a
"stage whisper" If any others are still playing
in the ROOM
Don't blow up your partner at the end of
every deal, it won't cover your own blunders;
Don't thinK that the lead of a singleton is
lot good play. oftentimes-after the origina.
lead has been made.
Don't imagine you can learn to play whist in
one day. one week, one month. or one year; it
takes several.
Don't discourage your partner if he is be-
ginner; If he is willing to learn assist him.
We were all beginners once.
Don't look at the bottom or trump card be-
fore the deal is competed; If you do new
deal can be had.
Don't say eight spot or nine spot; you might
as well say JACK spot or queen spot. The cards
are not spotted.
Don't blow up your partner when he makes
a mistake; he generally knows it and feels
worse over it than you do.
Don't touch or turn card belonging to your
adversary; if you are entitled to see it ask to
have it turned.
Don't play card If you think your partner
sure his play was intended.
Don't ask your partner to draw his card; the
laws don't permit it. You must ask all the
players to s'place their cards."
Don't look at your cards after the opening
lead, except when it is your turn to play.
Keep your eyes on the table.
Don't bring up daughter in ignorance of
the game of whist Ii you do it makes her
stwallfower'' in after life.
Don't cut unless you take of at least four
cards and leave at least four. If you do you
have TO cut again.
Don't fail to tell your partner how many
cards you hold in the suit he originally opens
whether in trumps or plain suits.
Don't try to make all the tricks in your own
them in your partners.
Don't play your cards on the edge of the
table in duplicate. The law SAYS play them
toward the center OF the table.
Don't imagine your ability as whist-player
is ever measured by the amount of steam you
let off in scolding your partner.
Don't fail in duplicate whist to announce the
number of tricks you take before you touch
your cards after the play of each deal
Don't spread out your cards at the end of q
SO and so from that hand?''
Don't lay down the two or three last cards in
hand because you think you can win all the
rest. 1t often costs a trick.
Don't forget that card led cut of turn must
be taken back into the hand and is not "card
liable 10 be called
Don't ask your partner if he has card of tn o
suit led If he renounces, should he have one.
Asking the question establishes revoke.
Don't ever play card with peculiar twist
or snap, then look straight at your partner, as
much as to say, II am calling for trumps."
Don't ever ask what was the trump card.
Any one naming 1t after once taken up can