The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
EFFECTS OF BRIDGE OECLUDS
AFTERNOON COCKTAIL NOR 4
RARER THING.
TAe Game Develops = REGARD ~ Olnevs,
fer HAD caFd Manners mar the oWOer
From the Game Tea DFtahing aioge
Csmmoa -nFtige Widowera' Refuge.


Ter Bad Gard Manners mar the oWoer
From the Game Tea Driahing slOTe
Csmmos Drhige Wldlowera' mefuge.
Bridge has already had various effects
ON club life. and some Of thsao elects
have been good '.-.'.. e..
Men who 60 20 the club, say At sO'oboOR
from business, said enc Of the uBma IN
a club Just on Firth avenue. whsTs there
10 a game eli afternoon. and thoBa who
have no other business than TO- enl0y
themselves and who are there for a game
Of bridge by or O'Clock know perfectly
veil that ia will he impossible for them 20
play with any credit To themselves or
any eniOyment TO their Associates "
they begin 20 drink highbals, or for that
matter cocktailA. Tor 20 long a aeBiOn.
Very few men, however. are willing 90 sit
through an afternoon with only the aid
and comfort that oogne from a cigar.
The cOnNeQtqnce w that tea has made
itR appaaranoe in the card rooms Of clubs
that never aaW h bsGnre. Men who are
playing bridge are perfectly wiling 20 be
eheered. although tlney don't want Co be
insbriated 40 early IN the act!ru. Nothing
answers this purpose % well % aea. and
there IN no longer a surprised loCk on the
face Of the club waiter Whan q Guess
tella him that he wants tea He laquite
accustomed to receiving this order IN
SIthoush fewer men take addltlsnal
refFsshmrnt with this aflernpom sub
stitlfte Tor q stronaer hqMl4 u pne ~
frequently hapynna tAat eoaH So
found on a table neRr ne u'NVelae ~
u usually soon AFTER tAal ~ ~
| ~ fgst appearances. The SnnEa e4lh
I toned beverages a. club lite ar14pe la8
\ N they are ordered at all. J. ~. n
sIt 4 interesting 10 nOties ne naaI "a
| that bridge has wrought IN the appa
anca &c the card ROOM IN our club 81
! a Ioan whose club admits no otisaleMt4
| 10 any of its ~ ivileges beyond The Gil4@l
room. especially about S in tbs aftaf.
noon. Formerly the little gFoups e
/ frisnds who used 20 meet hege. eyeE
, Afternoon had no common pursuit olNV4
/ fha0 the cocktail OF TIE hiRhliNal ts
| furnished the occasion Tor De aslpl -
/ gathering. which u now m4ea eeef
I 70 the game Of BRIDGE Dye
I wool. hard ahelled cinhmen mlAt4 F
/ that Il was the mark az 4 deellN4 'E ~
/ true spirit Of club life for ~ manbes4 ~
need the eEoltemsnt % bFidNB ~ QFg9
/ them az their clubs. Il looks Truu ~
/ aspect of the club to-day. however, ~
/ n II were better 90 have bridge ta4B Ne
bar the incentive that bring the enae
here" 80 s.. = 100
{ Bridge u a VIGOROUSLY ,gocd reses
/ Of divilging q persOn's real ckafaetalestics
! and there y no better way Of tsaching
4 men TO restrain their natnnal lmpulses
than PLAYING the game with thew Fellow
memharS. Too great an indication ot
Z salfnhneaa or unIairness so0n mak9s u
/ dificult for q member 10 ggt plafe W
an open game. however much in derand
player may he.
under way one Of the crack bridge
DlaVera N a club with a semi-athlstic
character said the other day. apart
from the special games that members
NAV make up when they do not want
70 40 az the open table. After a man has
shown the clOven foot few times az the
table he will not hnd his welcome very
cordial when he wants % get IN again.
He nav have rOwed too much with his
partners. or criticised his opponents
playing or showed the disposition 20
unfaimess which 20 many men cannot
help reveal because Il Il their natural
desperation. On the other hand thu agroe-
abls bridge player can always find a
hand.
This % COURSE tends 70 make . man
thoughtful a. 20 the way he plays. He
a likely 20 he congiderate II others for
tho sake of his own skin. and he viii try
10 play a gentlsmans game,
with the increase 10 consideration
and manners n ita credit and a diminu-
ton of intsmpsrance 10 he attributed 10
ita influence the advent II bridge in the
clubs was 20 be regarded ~ a fortunaee
incident e..
The open games at the different cllibs
vary in regard b the amount Of money
played for. The open game at the Rae
duet and Tennis Cluh, In West Forty third
street, II usually fixed az ave Oents . point.
In the University Club the usual rate n
two cents and a half. while in one u the
other clubs it not infrequently soars 70 a.
much as ten cents, which Il q considerable
sum for any open game. The average
stake 10 FIVE cents, with anything from
q cent point up 10 twenty-five for those
who prefer % arrange their own game
rather than accept the table FSile4
The clubhouse has Also helped % pro-
vide a place for those tictims u the game
who might be solitary or homaleaS. These
men know that on CERTAIN days their wives
are entertaining their bridge clubs at
home and that the members are not likely
to leave before half past g. AZ Other
times IL IL the wife who has gone ~ play
AZ some other house and viii probably
not come home before Z 80 there n
nothing for the husband b do but take
refuge In the card room II his club. where
he u certain % find some companions
IN lust the same situation. g
There are a. many bridge WidOWeru
In the clubs nowadays" one member u 4
club composed principally of older bust
meas men said the other day. as there
ever were golf widows when the game
Was new enough 10 attract fBen and help
them OF the links ell day away from their
wives Nov the latter are avenged,
for many a man who drifts into the Gard
room explains that he IL there because
he knows his wife " playing bridge and
it's no use for him 70 60 home yet q while,
So he sits down and has an hour or two
Of the game also. II you don't believe
that bridge has been n great thing for The
clubs. just Try 70 think what that man
/ bFidge-