Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-16

degenerate into n display of selhshness.
greed, ana bad temper.
Sometimes il seems that the frui,
sportsmanlike spirit is q thing Qaite mn
known 80 the ma jOrity of WemcA
hat Jovlal good nature which takes
suck as II comes. without disappointment
or undue JOY; which plays the game as
Il game, honorahly and chatrfuliy
Whichever way victory goes
\ man may feel disgust when he can
not get single good hand in an evening
but how'll not stoep to anger, spite. aud
A!eanhtSS ON that account, as 40 so many
OF the weaker sex
W hen a woman plays cards SHE sits
Gown 70 1t as if II were 4 matter Of great
personal Importance. Equanimity is Il
thing unknown to her. she is reGdy 10
shout for joy when hands are good or 10
cry With disappointment when they are
had In the same event she looks upon
til" woman who dealt her the hand as a
mean cat and those who have good cards
hofrid creatures whom she almoSf hates
The masculine card player locks upon
the game as pleasant way Of passing
the time, but many feminine players
seem To think it is a matter of moment
matter OF worry and extreme nervous
excitement.
80 impressed she sets to- tooth AMI
nail to win: and, being 50 much in
earnest and her Self-control of a mini
mum voltage. she il ready To stoop To
ANYTHING to gain her point
She openly hints of her cards; She
frowns when her partner makes Insult
able trumps; she sits like an anxious
child when she has one or two important
cards which she is wild To play: for the
time she is absolutely vindictive and
merciless toward those who are her oppo-
nentS; and if one of them happens to be
her husband the fact seems to stir her to
still greater venom.
Most any feminine is restrained by
mans presence-hates to give herself
away before his coolly critical eyes
" hove all are women. however. this Is
licking. and here unScrupuloushess runs
rampant. Bad temper is exhibited, self
1SnneSS has its way. Unfortunates are
81 arply and loudly questioned. WHY on
earth they played such and such a card 2"
ana TO ger the paltry prize of cushion
Lrlc-a-brac or silver article pOliteness is
forgotten. friendships broken and many
go nome to there repeat the battle Ger
and DER.
1t seems too bad that so many wopl-
ca card clubs are battle-ground OF
words. wills and unworthy weapons
rather than opportunities for pleasant di-
version.
Until a woman can play game even
as man plays it, honorably, good-na-
turedly and without fretting or grieving
over the outcome, she should leave it
alone
There are many women. ii is true. who
can so play, but when they are confront
cd by Il nervous. anxious player who
speaks her mind and lacks equanimity
to conceal either her good or bad luck
the sportswoman' patience is strained
to the breaking point
When clubs show 4 predominance of
such unworthy members they should be
discontinued; when there are only few
Of them they should he demonstrated
with, fined and finally expelled If they
do not reform, before their leaven com
pletely upraises the tempers of all the
rest of them.
Cards and card games come in for I'M
mcrited reproach because Of the faults
of many of those who play thcm.-Phil-
adelphia Evening Telegraph.