Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-25
WHIST.
FUNN1 EXPERIENCE OF 'TADY
LUCKY" FROM AN EXCHANGE.
THE WHIST SCOWL AND
OTHER THINGS - SOME
GOOD WHIST ADVICE.


makes a conquest of you. But it is
not those who have bowed to the yoke
and are in the leading strings Of the
tyrant who are to be pitied, but the
innocent victim" who chances to fall
into the hands of the Philistines. "Out
of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh," and as have passed
through the school of experience feel
that / am fully competent to speak
from the innocent victim" standpoint.
My hostess came to my rom one
morning, her face beaming with such
pleasure that I never dreamed she had
come to announce anything less impor-
tant than that peace had been declar-
Z ed in the Philippines; but instead she
said 1--WE have been invited TO whist
party; you play whist, Of course?"
ooh yes,' / replied; Il just love
whist"
THAT is fortunate.Do you make the
Hamilton or the Cavendish leads?"
me? Oh, / make the Hamilton
leads" replied at venture, because
Hamilton sounded more American and
easier to understand. And then, too,
/ was afraid she would think 1 was
trying to appear English if l said
Cavendish.
That's good" she replied with great
satisfaction, "for we use these. too,
and it would be very awkward if you
should not play like the rest of us. l
felt certain when l sent word that they
could count on us that you could be
depended upon
YES" l said feebly. "You could de-
pend on me. When is the party?"
''In the morning. We begin playing
at 8 o'clock"
cat 8 o'clock?"
Eyes; don't you have morning par
ties l. Texas?"
Eyes; oh. yes. We have morning
parties very frequently. but I don't
remember of any quite so ecrly as
that. Half past believe is All early
as any we have ever had. Are people
always on timer" I asked meetly.
Certainly. l really think there can
be no greater breach Of etiquette than
to be late at a card party, unless it is
a dinner"
We'll have to start abb at $40
o'clock" / said very timidly.
''Just the pleasantest hoir of the
day. want to show you What a fine
volume of Hamilton on Modern
Whist I have"
- prspars6 to seize it likSr a drown
Ing man catching for a straw, but,
bless Moses, she handed me 4 book of
over 500 pages. I was crushed.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again." but in this respect didn't re-
semble truth.
Some one has said the way 10 sleep
is to think it is time to get up" I felt
lntuitively, although no one told me
so, that / had been highly compliment
ed in being invited to rise at this I'M
seemly hour and attend whist partS,
and knew if I made a breach OF
etiquette on this occasion r,y social
prospects were ruined. So of course
thinking by spells all night that it
was time to get up, and when the prop
or hOur did arrive T Woo co,ipd aoIooD
They say the lunatic asylums are filed
with early risers. The truth OF this
statement never seemed so real To me
as it did on this morning. I maintain
ed my mental equilibrium, however,
and arrive at the party on time, and
so did everyone else.
People talk about the "housemaid's
knee" and the bicycle face" but
have never heard anything said about
the whist scowl. It's an oversight, I
am sure. 1t should be down in the
same catalogue. The moment the
women got settled and the rustic OF
silk petticoats died away the patter of
the cards began, and scowl, which is
the indicator of earnest thought, settled
on every face. How quiet everything
was. passer-by might have mis-
taken it for church sociable. 1 felt
quite out of my sphere. l got
through the first hand all right
think, from the look of satisfied APP
prevail on my partners face, that 1 fol-
lowed Hamilton" to dot. / really
felt very much elated and / am sure
in another minute my head would
have been completely turned, but
pride goeth before a fall" 1t was
my turn to lead, and l noticed a look
of surprise come into every face as
the card fell. 1t deepened with the
second lead and the lady to my right
said: "You can't f1nesse with the jack
on that hand"
Cant what?" I said.
"Finesse with the jack"
eyes, I see that I made a mistake.
1t is always safer to finesse with the
ace"
/ inferred from the giggle which
greeted this remark that it was very
evident my partner began to grow ner-