The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-19

And the latter answers:
PRAY do"
This is positively the only time
that prayer and bridge whist get
into the same room together.
When the game really starts. a
most important thing happens. The
Dealers partner spreads her cards
down on the table. face up. neatly
arranged in suits. and retires from
the game. leaving her partner to
play both hands. This provision has
been found necessary from the fact
that the game affords 400 times
more chances for getting mad than
ordinary whist. BY giving each
player in turn chance to go out
on the porch and cool of. by kicking
the spindles out OF the porch balus-
trade, the wise inventor OF the game
has made II possible for four mad
people to play through an entire
evening without biting each other.
Having everything his own way.
Ike the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the dealer goes
saily through the game. playing both
lands with a confident "I-know-
whab-you're-going-tog et-next' ex-
preston that is most disconcerting
Formerly bylaw "a, section 6, pre-
scribed that If the dealer led from
mis- own hand when he should have
led from the dummy" hand he
must be penalized one trick. This
rule, however. led to so much ner-
vous prostration and temporary in
sanity that It has recently been sus.
pended from all bridge whist that
is played on the low gear.
When the hand has been played
the winners add up their extra tricks
multiply the score properly and en-
ter 1t in the proper place on the
scorecard. Both sides then quarrel
over the question of "honors" for
court cards, and the side which wins
enters its honor score Ia afother
part of the ledger. Thirty points
constitutes a game and two games
out OF three make a rubber. The
winner of the rubber gets 100 extra
points for its honor score, which is
not included in the game score
When the evenings play is over the
players retire for refreshments. leav-
ing their secretaries and tellers to
post up the books and complete the
returns. When the game is played
merely for amusement this ceremony
is often omitted, the books being
balanced once a month.
Bridge has become immensely
popular in society circles for several
reasons. In the first place, It does
away with the necessity for CONVEX
sation. thus putting the rich and in
telligent on an equality. In the SET
ond place. it provides polite and
comparatively painless method of
distributing wealth. into which theI
Socialists would do well to look. In
the third place. a good knowledgel
OF bridge gives the player unlimited
facilities for showing calm superiori
D., naughty disdain. amused con
Tempt and other expressions which
bargain conDter brigade.
AS a rule a special costume Is |
prescribed for bridge players. In
London. however. women are sun
posed to play the game in tight-ft-
ting costumes with short sleeves.
Formerly when long. fowingl
sleeves were the style. il was found
IN certain circles that when a So
'iety leaders hand was very poor she
generally managed to sweep few
ards of the table with her volumi-
lous cuffs, thus mixing up the game
md putting the auditor under a.
great disadvantage Long. flowing
lleeves We're abolished in poker
Games in the West many years ago.
,ut for a diffrent reason. Whereas
he London sleeves got the cards of
he table, the Nevada sleeves got