Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

reserve, leads from weak trumps with
nothing in suit-any and every sort Of lead
and follow that the most inveterate fad
monger could wish to see
To one who played whist ii made very
little difference, but one who attached i'm.
portance to rfgidity Of system and arbi-
trary conventions could be excused for get.
| ting badly ratified.
One Of the New York players was paired
for one Of the mixed pair games with A
taay with whom he had never played be-
Tore He Is common-sense player and
so, OF course, has use for conventions
or any kind. Still. he thought 1t Just az
wen to take his partner apart for quiet
talk before the game began. so that they
could post each other on the details OF
their systems Of play. The conventionless
system OF play required such an elaborate
explanation and they talked so long that
when they were through they found the
play had started and they were too late
for the game.
A little tot had her attention attracted ons
afternoon by the pitiful crying Of a child I'm
one OF the smaller rooms. Her mother
thought that the opportunity was a good
There. Mabel" she said, "you hear THAI
little girl crying. Doesn't 1t sound badr'
'Dreffui," said Mabel.
Now" said her mother. impressiveIy,
mats just how 1t sounds when you cry"
Mabel pondered for a moment and then
as an expression OF concern stole over her
face. said:
Poor little girl 1 'spects she wants hsr
mamma-and her mammals playing whist"
And 1t dawned upon mamma that there
are times when object lessons like curses
come home to roost."
There was some curiosity expressed az to
how Talcott fills UP his spare time between
congresses. Winning buttons is evidently
his business, but what does he do for amuse-
ment?
Deal 8. in the second round Of the Mime
apolis pairs. must have been one OF the
most remarkable pianos ever played and
we were exceedingly sorry to find that the
cards had been changed before we could get
record OF them. Twentyeight pairs were
playing. and between them all they played
has ever been heard Of And yet there
was not a variation OF single trick.
At the entire fourteen tables every N and
B. pair made and every q. and w. pair
made 5. 1t was one OF the most curious
score slips we have ever seen.
Little Miss Texas, at the International.
was playing with her dolls. They were
ranged in semicircle and their mistress
was carrying on the whole of the CONVEX
sation. impersonating as many characters
as star comedian. Presently she retired
for moment and then came rushing back,
clapping her hands most enthusiastically,
as she cried:
ooh, goody goodyi Just think ef tive
got a seven pus!"
That girl win make a whistler some day.
One day w. III. Barney was being impor-
tuned to find a player different partner.
He was unable to comply with the request,
but expressed his regret, for he said that
such q request always reminded him Of
what old Judge Clarke Of Rhode Island
used to say about divorce cases. He al
ways took pleasure In granting decree of
divorce, because 1t always brought happi-
ness to two people, often to three and some
times four
1t is not often that an anecdote is so clev-
erly apropos.
VardOn and Taylor Matched.
yardon, the former English golf cham
pion, will play against Taylor, the Ameri-
can expert, on the links of the Newport
Golf Club during the invitation tourna-
ment, which begins next week.
The match will be seventy-two holes, fer
a purse of $780, the winner taking $500 and
the loser $500