The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1907-06-21
A Bridge Whist Suit.

The celebrated suit begun by Mrs.
/ G. A. Greene against other club
women Of Pittsburg for damages, /
growing out OF the writing Of an
anonymous letter, which she was
I accused Of inditing, a charge which /
/ she strenuously denied. has at last .
/ been decided The Friday After
noon Club met at the residence OF i
the various members and devoted
1 the afternoon 10 playing bridge and .
other things, but mainly bridge /
+ The usual friction cropped out and .
7 the club soon became divided into
two factions-the winners and the
hard losers. Each meeting day
a collection was taken up to provide .
the prizes, and finally twas charged F.
that certain IF the ladies We're
pinching' trust funds given for
the purchase If prizes holding
out, 80 To speak-while others
were charged with manipulating the
cards So that either they are their
friends won. Four years ago one
Of the ladies received a letter in
which she was described as % card
sharp ana thief and liar, language
usually called supplementary IN
clubs as elsewhere, and distinctly
unladyhke
Mrs. Greene was charged with
having written this letter, and her
fiat denial was not accepted by the
friends Of the recipients She de-
clares that she was ostriclzed and
prosecuted to such am extent that
/ she was compelled to resign from
the club, was made nervous and
cxcitable, that her heart was af-
fected, and that the fourth toe Of
her right foot has disagreeable
habit Of twitching neryously when
she saw any Of her prosecutors. The
/ lady swore positively that TINS
faction of my heart and this twitch-
ing in my toe was (sic) due simply
and solely to the uufouuded charges
made against me.
The disregard Of the rules Of
grammar in this testimony can not,
, Of course, affect its strength, and
lady is not to be contradicted under
any circumstances. Nevertheless,
/ it has generally been believed thata
, woman : shoe was generally SO full
p Of foot that there was no room for
the twitching complained Of. We
have not been advised here
tofore that a Pittsburg woman
Z shoe differed materially from those
Iof other women, but are quite will
ling to accept the statement without
reserve. The jury did, in any event,
for it gave the lady six and quar-
ter cents Of the S25, 900 damage She
! demanded, which will not seriously
: swell her bank account, but which
. nevertheless carries with it vindica-
ton and places the costs Of the suit
/ on the prosecutors who are response
t Die for the twitching
Just why the quarter cent was
: added to the damages does not ap-
: pear, but the yagaries Of the juries
e are quite beyond the scope of the
average mind The court may find
some difficulty i'm securing payment
: in full, but that is beside the ques-
T ton. The lady has been vindica-
i ted, aud it is to be hoped that the
= fourth toe Of her right foot viii
I witch no more, however ample her
p footwear may be. The case is cited
{ simply as presenting one Of the
= horrors Of bridge, which it appears
e leads to anonymous letters charging
it unladylike practices on women who
d are so fortunate as to hold winning
hands either by accident or 10y ma
S nipulation, as charged The charge
Of pinching' the money voted for
n prizes is not considered for mo-
+ ment No dead game sport
' would resort to such unethical
g practices, when a cold deck would
n answer all practical purposes
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