The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-23
BRIDGE WHIST FAD.

New York Correspondence of Pittsburg
Dispatch.)
No fad, no folly is too extreme TO win
favor with New YOrk's smart set if il be
costly enough Life is mOnOtOnous when
1t continues on one plane, whether that
plane be high or low. The ennui of the
rich requires to be relieved by startling
innovations and novelties, something that
none But they can afford.
Bridge whist appealed TO the million
aire cOterie because it was new mode
OF making money. 1t carried with it all
the excitement and faScina ton of other
forms Of gambling, and in manner yet
untTied and unvulgaTized, although such
a plebian game as poker is not beneath
the Indulgence OF some of the most ex-
elusive members of society.
This game OF bridge whist, or bridge,
as II II popularity called, over which mil
honalres, men and women, sat up until
the gray dawn on many night at New
bort last summer, and when the exodus
took place from Newport this tall went
with them 10 the Hot Springs, in West
Virginia, involving the losing and win
ninS OF sums whose magnitude would
feaze a professional gambler The higher
the stakes the greater the fun for the
Jaded folk who are only too willing to
pay high for any fresh excitement. Thou
sands OF dollars, sums that look like
fortunes TO the ordinary man and woman,
are a ba-atelle to those who can draw
checks in seven figures. To vary the
game stu further, jewels, favorite dog
or some other costly possession frequent
The instructors OF the rich in this no.
bic game Teaped their share of the out
pour OF gold One who was especially
popular and skllful enjoyed a consider
able social prestige as one OF her per-
qulSlteS, although this did not discount
her money returns. She is said 10 have
reaDed $1,000 in fees and indirect profits
from the game during the Newport season.
She could not be dispensed with when
her patrons departed tor the springs, but
t-aVe!-c N state in the luxurious pro-
ceSs1On OF swift trains made up OF special
and private cars that set in for the south
when the weary children of wealth felt
IL necessary 10 recuperate from the social
stress Of summer entertaining before
entering their more strenuous winter
campaign.
An expert has just published a 1S6-page
manual on bridge whist. in the introduce
ton 10 which he SAYS that this game
mirrors the present attitude OF the Amer
-e--s; mand .n the conduct OF business al
fairs 1T is the era of trusts. OF COM
binauons of such strength that they can
absolutely dictate terms 10 their COM
petftOrs. If unsOund they are expensive
errors, but If founded in good judgment
they OVerWhetm everything condition
AGAIN ne says that there Is no game IN
which you can win so much when in
luck, and that no one ought to attempt
10 play VINO cannot afford TO pay for a
loss OF at least ] ESQ points in an evening,
The game is played by four persons,
two TO side, and the object is to TAX
trick points, the side having the majority
at the end of the hand announcing II by
TWO by cards. three by cards. etc
This is multiplied BY the value of the
trump suit. the other side getting moth
ing Tor trick score Thirty wins the
game. but everything beyond that on the
deal that makes this is credited to the
winner.