The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
TEE SEVEN DEADLY SINS CONTESTED
mr. 4 FRENCH PLAYER

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go his luct nv taking 0reoter cbancoa and
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conieseof ih'o no e 90
his repentance that 1t came to be the general
Ue.nel , Sia no, 10 =" 10 sw,ndIins The w,dou nod
epenU ho nfo ~
The abbot. however. seemed to think differ
Ill To- tha novice was sbortIv renewed IN m
agyllm and then the secret CAME OUT. UnueF
his pillow was discovered a confession Of the
savon deadly sine for which he had soupbt to
atone. which he declared were the only crimes
he had ever committed. Freely translated from
the French. these sins were as follows:
Switching suits.
Finsssing partners original lead.
Describing your oest suit "hen your partner"
leading trumps.
r,n...iSs cam. vour psrtnsr. sseond hand.
F r%I," to n1sv one Of the second and third Sev. on
Playing the adversaries' game.
This being New Years Day. IT will. Of course.
be duly celebrated with appropriate cere-
monies. swearing off being one of them. 1t is
respectfully suggested to the faithful hat after
they have foresworn all such trihing matters as
they should take a vow. for six months at least.
TO avoid the seven 0ea0lY Sins Indt BeDJ our
noes h-athora Iu;on, - ,n o,u,,n,
gooa orother Oh Alnlens u an asylum.
b LONGS AND SHORTS.
II ia three wears since the seeds of the abort
suit heresy began to take root in this country
aud we are now reposiDg under the shadow OF
a good sized mustard tree, beside which the
tiohssSsuit vegetation looks like sage brush; It
q q rwbist tbat wine The tricSs We tnoI mora
about the value OF position now. We read the
cards better. We see the possibilities OF hands
as they were never seen three years ago. yet
ali OF us do not make top scores. The fact is
that one must have more than a good partner
TO make high scores in a modern COMPASS
game. The great thing is to get the adversaries
to play some OF the hands for you. II they will
only do this it is surprising what scores you
can make. no matter what system you play. 1t
ssaid by some persons that they will bite more
freely on short-suit bats. while others think
Whist PLAYERS start on a new year to-day.
$ 81; i$?;:s s sSsf' 5 ss Il ss &c $ $s s$s$ s I e$ $$ $: $% IS; $s ;S $$ :