Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05
Whist World Notes.

When you hold five or more trumps you
may safely regard all above four as cards
of re-entry.
Calculation, observation. position or ten
ace are the three things to be kept con-
stantly in mind.
for want of any other name is called card
sense. Some very few people have it in a
high degree. They are fortunate.
At the meeting of the American Whist
League at New York resolutions were
adopted in memory of N. B. Trist of New
Orleans and P. J. Torney of San Francisco,
two prominent members of the league, who
had died during the year.
At the recent congress ]. Fl. Smith held
this hand: Spades, A 10 4; hearts, A 3:
clubs, A X Q, and diamonds, trumps, and
s. He made "kilI' on the deal by open
ing the eight of diamonds up to the jack
turned and continuing the trump when he
got in on the queen of clubs The strange
thing is that everybody else didn't open
the hand the same way.
The congress of the American Whist
League held in New York during the last
week In June again demonstrated that the
western players are stronger than those Of
the east The Northwestern Whist Associ-
alton won the Brooklyn trophy and the
Faber trophy. Racine captured the Ham
ilton, Detroit lost the Associate by only a
fraction of a trick and Scranton won the
Minneapolis by scratch--Detroit Free
Press.
Observing the games at the late congress.
a visitor was heard to remark that he Won
dered at the enjoyment that is derived
from so intense a game as whist. The I'M
initiated may be amazed at the pleasure
thus found. or agree with Ruskin'S senti-
ment when he speaks of men and women
Of fashion as those who spend the pre-
cious hours tramping through stale pleas
ures" This may be true Of some amuse-
ments. but not of whist. for In this noble
game every hand is delightfully."- fresh ex-
r,itH all 70 rln ne uv
problems to solve, new battles to fight. new
triumphs to win and new defeats to de-
velop fortitude.-Minneapolis Times
Holding king, queen or knave and one
small card second hand, to small card led
in plain SUITS the order for play advised by
best authorities Is the small card. AS a
matter of making tricks 1t is almost an
even thing but 1t is conventional to play
wish to call for trumps and partner so con-
strues the play. The king simply guarded
is more frequently of late played upon
small card rather than in former days.
from fve-card suit OF small cards to the
ace. The play of the queen second hand
upon small card may be reckoned as
meaning one Of three things-that second
hand holds no more Of the suit. that he
wishes the lead or desires to have trumps
led to him.-Detroit Free Press.
We have had the automobile. bicycle
yachting and hunting "eye." but Of all evil,
s0ui-Searcmng, cruel colo, MALICIOUS OPP
tics the whist eye stands unequaled Nd
matter what its size, color or beauty. the
expression is always the same, combina.
ton of the mathematics glitter and an cleo.
trio dynamo. The question is. Does this ex-
preston merely last during the card orgy.
or is IL permanent? Du Maurier must have
acquired his idea Of Svengali from watching
some such eye in action. It is only when
the odd trick has been turned that the ex-
preston changes Then comes the look OF
confidence, to be followed later by the ex-
ultatiOn of triumph when four or Ave tricks
over the book are scored, and by the depre-
eating smile when congratulations are Of
fered.-New York Globe.