The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-14
CHARITY EUCHRE.
.,oor OF A GAME IN BROOKLYN,
WHERE IT is POPULAR.

'-,,v-An Amusement That Almost
-.a,ced q Riot - A Simple Way OF
awarding the Prizes.
prorv one in Brooklyn plays euchre. 1t
,nncb characteristic of Brooklyn as
boor drinking of Hoboken or wearing
,Aber boots of the struggle for existence
New Rochelle and similar suburbs.
puootlvnites contract the habit when
"nng and it usually grows on them.
INV authorities believe 1t to be contagi-
as there are cases on record where
USrsons who have played euchre while Wis
i,,ne in Brooklyn have scattered 1t broad
w. about their own homes after return
nr Women seem to be more affected by
:. shon men. Ii is of mans life thing
".art. tits woman's whole existence in
Prooklyn. In the very virulent cases they
evan play with joker In the pack
For the benefit of the reader who Is ig-
norant of what progressive euchre Is Gf
INV sucb exists), brief diagnosis may be
r,vcn Progressive euchre is that form of
The game where many persons play, four
at table, the winning pair progressing
each time to higher table, while the los
inc nair stays. The first table, usually
Known as the king table, plays five points,
at the conclusion of which gong is rung
and all the other games stop then and
there. the count reverting to the last COM
Melted deal At the conclusion of the per-
formance the person having won the great
est number of games gets prize, and fire.
ouently there are number of other prizes
for those finishing near the top.
For each game won the player pastes a
little star of colored paper on his or her
card. These serve as counters and afford
an adequate basis for accusations of cheat
ing Recently there was a large and typ
zeal progressive euchre contest for charity,
open to ladies only, held In public build
ing in Brooklyn, at which a reporter was
present. Being unarmored, he sat In the
gallery, where he was out of dangers way
and could see everything. Explanations
of the movements were furnished to him
BY q young lady who wasn't playing on
account of injuries to her feelings received
a week before in a game In which she had
been wrongfully, maliciously, illegally,
mechanically and devilishly deprived Of
third prize.
snow they're going to begin" said the
reporters mentor as somebody rang ing
gong several times.
Immediately about 500 women on the
floor began rushing unanimously about
the place, while the air buzzed with the
inquiry:
(which is my table9"
A red haired woman who sat ut stand
near the door seemed to be In charge, as
sisted by eight young women wearing
badges.
"They re the scorers, said the mentor,
"and before this Is over they'll wish they
were dead"
A few moments were consumed In the
distribution of playing and score cards,
after which the manager called out:
"Play will now begin at the sound of
the gong and continue until the gong
rings, when all hands must be thrown
down. Are you all readyY"
,,Xaitl wait I" shrieked little woman
The rI2aek hssp 7 any Joker in it. "
here, " replied the manager in witnsr
tones "We will proceed"
I'D like to know where she com
from, " commented the mentor, "to wa
to Play with the jokerl''
Clang went the gong, and the gan
commenced. For five minutes there w
comparative silence, broken only by SIP
radio wrangles over tricks cropping up
various tables. Then somebody at Il
king table cried:
"That'sflve. We're out. Ring the bell.
Again the bell sounded, and this time
was the signal for pandemonium.
Play the hand out" "No; play stol
now. "No, it don't" "We're ahead.
IL isn't fair; you ought to play out.
When the trick is on the board, you hay
10 take 1t up. y" 1.-THE hand is finished.
hriy fbs,c & A..
We won that hand.'
Five hundred separate questions wei
fred simultaneously at the manager, viii
the scorers tried to unravel the snarl
gaunt woman finally obtained rccognitio
ny standing upon chair and waxing h,
arms.
when diamonds are trumps, does IL
rlght bower take the left bowerY" Is whi
sne wanted to know i'm thunderous tones
DIT DOWN. called score of voices, an
she subsidized under a load of explanation
Would you rather manage that or un
pire football game?" said the reporter
mentor to him. CHATS the way it wi
Dc after every hand"
IL was, only it seemed to grow wors
each time At one time there were 10 le.
tnan 70 women who, having rushed u
manager and demanding that justice [
oohe though tho roof fall, which it SCENE
very hkely to do. Then four players gC
in!o SO animated discussion that they a
uurst into tears and left the game, vowin
.nat IL served them right for entering
pubic progressive euchre game, where 20
never could tell what kind of people 20
we're playing with. 1t was quite vain &c
sne scorers to try to keep order, but |
s svne way or other they managed to g,
.no tables rearranged and tho play to pr,
.oeu' Once the king table made itself III
POPULAR by absentmindedly playing o
pasV .he i've points, which, when it b,
saihe known, caused all the losers in ths
oft
=, ms sort of thing kept on for two hour,
Ne number of players diminishing afte
sacn hand. At tho final hand there wa
almost a riot, and it seemed likely for
u'no that the police would have to b
sai,eu In to save the lives of the manage
uHu scorers. Quiet being finally restored
was found that the statistics of tn
game were approximatelv ms follows: