The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-31
DIDN'T LIKE THEIR TRIES.
Trouble In W~illiamsbur Over n Big Pro-
gressive Euchre Party.


All Williamsburg and half OF all the rest OF
tho Borough OF Brooklyn are talking about tho
big progressive euchre game that was played
at the Pouch mansion. in Clinton avenue.
near Greene. on Wednesday afternoon. The
Pouch mansion 10 to the fashionable folk OF
williamsburg what the Waldorf-Astoria or
Sherry's is to the fashionable folk OF North
Washington Square. Murray Hill and York
villa. 1t may be hired for social entertain
ments by any one who has the price and whose
name Is In the Williamsburg social register.
The progressive euchre game played there
on Wednesday afternoon was arranged for the
benefit OF the Hebrew Orphan Asylum by the
Ladies' Auxiliary ~ that institution. The
Chairman OF the Committee Of: Arrangements
was Mrs. 1. Leo Bamberger. and she was as
sisted by a dozen or more other women. About
700 tickets. at 81 each. were sold. and about
$50 persons. mostly women. were seated at
the tables when play was called at 3 o'clock. IL
was the biggest progressive euchre party ever
given in BROOKLYN. The multitude OF players
may be accounted for by an advertisement
that promised the $50 PLAYERS having the
highest scores at the end of the play a partic-
ularly handsome prize. The play began quietly
enough. but It ended in the ~liveliest kind ~ a
row. and that's what all the talk Is about. The
players are calling the members OF the Com
mittee Of Arrangements and one another hard
names. such as cheat" and fraud" and rob
ber.' and all because the.award Of prizes vas
not satisfactory.
Among the prizes. which were given ny la
dies interested in the hospital and other resi-
dents OF Brooklyn. were easy chairs. lamps:
table linen. In order to avoid complications in
ne award, the rrIzes were annraised by q com
After the dppraise rlent the prizes we're done
up, and the one adludged &c, be the most val
on1l ths sn isa ,se saiSa6 BE- being i; 0s t rs. i H5tzs' f Pp9 iu so
Their insure good feeling over the awards. a
committee Of twelve was selected to assist the
Committee Of Arrangements in keeping the
At 5 o'clock play was stopped and the com.
the Drizss could be awarded. Then trouble
began. The plan Of the com to figure
up the scores in private was not popular. and
This Is a fine idea. I consider 1t an out
by themselves. Such a thing is never done in
our club. We figure up our, cards lust the
brother was was" once an inspector Of election and
t he to WaI me sys how sib to DO We Il; a nj stand Ws bare sreS do1; the It
and we can see lust what's going on, don't
'h Swa Sn the w" Mam wnas star EelanE followed Sn . by nf-
teen or twenty more Of the PLAYERS, The com
mtttes hal had mot Ssrs closed ssT 1.-The the door dOa % OF , the mo Toom
the doorway was blocked by the persons who
had made the scores. In little while the
| ltosu6V. lohulhb ~ tHo woo uaio' 'io' HOh
In looking over the score cards. 1t was found
that some had been punched with the points
OF lead pencils instead Of with the official
punches This discovery led somebody on
the committee to remark:
There's been some irregulaFpunching here.
AMI l suggest that We throw out all such score
cards"
This was agreed to. and when the decision
became. known a wild protest went up from
some nf tie PLAYERS.
Why don't tI..y steal the prizes and be done
with it," exclaimed one.
The shoe seems to he fitting some feet" re-
marked another woman calmly.
Finally the scores were figured out and the
awards made. Then here was moro trouble.
The prizes didn't suit some OF the winners.
One woman got II dolly. She exclaimed:
That's a fine thing to give as a prize and to
one who sold:hfteen tickets! l wouldn't carry
the CHEAP thing home"
Another woman got q l!ttle rocking chair
and when she examined It she said:
Il wouldn't put that in my servants room
They better take that to the asylum. won't
have it,"
Nearly everybody In the company went away
In a temper. tho only persona that were serene
being the lady manaRera Of the egvlum, whose
treasury, was richer by about 500, 1t must
be eaid. In justice TO the Score Com mittee. that
not even the most disgruntled prize winner
was willing to saw out and out that tho COM
mittee was Intentionally unfair.