The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-09

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/ other sort of entertainment, upon the
/ guests themselves. And although the
| laws they should observe are, IN a
/ nutshell. all obtained in a generous
j reading of the good old golden rule
vet they are often forgotten or ignoT-
/ ed. Let US hope that they are Just
! forgotten and that little gentle
| jogging of the memory VIII recall
/ them.
/ In the first place, remember you
| are not playing a game Of solitaire
| Of course, you want 10 enjoy your
/ self. but at a card party the only SaIe
and sure way TO do this is to try TO
| help the players about YOU to have
a good time.
A story is told of a we'll known So
Ciety hostess who was one night CIV
! ing a dinner party. Because OF the
brilliauCy of the company gathered
she was using some almost priceless
wine glasses. While talking TO her
the guest at her right inadvertently
touched one. 1t tODpled TO the floor
and. Of course it was shattered in a
thousand pieces. The hostess smiled
Don't apologize" she said, lightly
these glasses are so fragile. The
meTest touch-there. I've broken one,
too. So gracefully mad she purpose
y tOppled her own bit OF priceless
crystal to the floor that her action
had seemed quite as careless as thai
Of her gUeSt-and, indeed. he never
knew that just TO save his feelings
mis- hostess had smashed a second II
her treasures
The spirit of this hostess Is the
spirit that every one should have az
q card party. We might not add 10
our popularity as guests, to be sure.
if We went about smashing china and
glass in other peoples houses Just 10
make our careless or awkward lunch
or dinner partners feel at case. But
a game Of cards won or lost costs
our hostess nothing. and many an
awkward situation can be saved If
the good player, whose partner re-
negS OF fOrgets TO return tTumps.
makes light of the mistake
The player who criticises others
plays, who looks annoyed when her
partner makes pOor lead, who dis
gustedly says she never could play
in such 2 babbeI. ought either 70
amend her ways or else, somehow,
by hook or by crook, find a plausible
excuse for staying ut home. or
course, to a scientific bridge player,
the partner who doesn't know the
down and out echo" from the echo
in a seasheII, who plays through
TO play UP to it, or who doubles just
to see what viii happen-sUch a part !
neT is sore and grievOus trial But
all you can do is to say-tO yourself |
with CeFVantes. Patience. and /
shuttle the cards" To act annoyed !
at a partners ignorance of the rules |
of the game would be out of place; |
10 criticise her playing would be IN
pardonabIe.
AS for the Hght-hearted. happy-go- !
lucky. she who invariably fOTgetS |
trUmps, who suddenly giggIes ana
asks whether we're playing bridge
or eUchre," who looks bored when |
her partner makes a good plat-in
brief. the player who doesn't try, she
IS no better in her conduct than the
one who errs in the other extremes. |
Next of the pitfalls always ready |
to catch the unwary card player
come the prizes. The player who |
doesn't play a good game, and the
player who plays too good a game; |
the player who insists on taking II !
lightly. or even the player who takes |
# seriously. may be forgiven. But |
the player who works for a prize IS
beneath contempt. Nevertheless, |
some persons consider the loss OF a |
possible prize as they would the loss
of some precious possession, and they /
literally make life a burden for the /
partners who are unfortunate enough /
to sit opposite them. It is just for
this reason that some hOStesses give /
favor instead of prizes to each /
guest. Then there are no gIOweTing 1
and disappointed aspirants for hon. |
Ors, no hurt and offended partners /
who have helped TO lose"
On the whole, il is the card play
er who always has a good time, /
whether she wins or loses; who takes .
defeat like success, with a smile; ]
who plays carefully and wins OCcas- /
fonalIy- who is willing to help the |
player unfamiliar with the game, and /
who never, never criticises, who Is a /
favorite at card parties
Although much depends on the /
guests at a card party, something T,
does DEPEND on the hostess herself /
She ought to invite persons that she /
knows will be COngenial and she
ought to cut from her list of guests
anv one who, either by reason OF her /
HipUancv or seriousness, makes her
self A bOOr. NCr should the hostess |
aftemDt a more elaborate card party /
than she can manage. In q small /
house or apartment three or four /
tables comfortably placed in the two 4
or three available rooms plenty OF /
served bring much better results |
than more pretentious plans only |
half accOmp lisbed.
AS for the tally cards. they can he !
as elaborate as your pocket book will !
let YOU buy But the plain little |
cards with gilt edges answer the /
purpose Just as well as those that |
are hand painted and. Of course, they !
q
Won economic. even If you serve just !
lemonade and keep the tallies on
slips of paper, do have clean playing |
cards. In the DAYS when these were
handmade painted bits Of ivory
there was some reason for using 1
them for a life time and then pass /
Ing them on 70 ones children and /
grandchildren. But in these DAYS 81 /
two packs for quarter there is no 1
excuse for the tatteTed assortment |
of fraved and frszzled cards one /
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