Evening star., 1923-03-25

people seems 10 lnlHk Iild l
the science OF auction bridge
L has reached its hight and that
| the present system OF signals con-
ventions and etc makes 1t a cinch
! for partners to understand each
other unlest / or both of same Is a
| n wit.
When a couple of strangers sets
down to play partners why one OF
them genally always asks couple
questions like for inst. do you want
to be took out on a double and do
you want to be took out of a no
trump bid with a 8 card major and
eta, and when these matters has been
settled between them they feel like
| they can go ahead and play as
smooth a article of bridge as Mr.. and
Mrs Hoyle
Personly however I don't believe
the majority Of bridge experts has
more than scratched the surface off
the art Of team work and a couple OF
people that has got d vision enough
TO see the real possibilities of the
game can make all kinds OF a monkey
| out Of the so called experts that
thinks they are up to snuff to use a
slang EXPIRE ssion.
| A example of how far a pair Of red
blooded quick thinkers can go VS..
team of conventional pork and beam
ers took place at a exclusive Sd. ave.
card club in N Y. city and as took
| part In same am in a position to re-
late the Incidence just as 1t come off.
| VIII state that vile not q member
| of this club I have carte blanche in
regards to the entree of same as the
regular members considers 1t q lib
eral education to set behind my chair
and watch me man handle the paste
| boards
On this occasion as I made my en-
! tree 7 was siezed upon by Col. and
Mrs. Gloot who was looking for a 4th.
for their game. I was led into the
card rm. and introduced to my part
ner for the evening young lady of
about my age name Lucy Weasel as
she was a gal from the middle west
Instead Of asking did I want to be
| took out on so and SO and this in that,
Miss Weasel merely asst me was I
| familiar with old songs and I caught
on to her meaning and nodded my
! head yes.
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ssx7OC know" she said. that have
got a habit OF singing during
the game which I hope Col. and Mrs.
Gloot will excuse me-"
The Col and his wife nodded their
head yes and the game started and
+, when we quit if hr. later, I and
Miss Weasel was some $1,000 ahead
though we was only playing for a
nominal s1.00 per pt-
| Col. Gloot dealt the 1st hand and
passed as did my partner who was
| setting on his left Mrs Gloot then
bid q 1 no trump and it was passed
! around.
According to the conventions it
would of been my cue to lead the 4th.
! high from my longest suit which was
| a club and I was about to lead from
same when my partner begin hum
ming the refrain of q old song which
! I recognized as Mandy Lee and she
hummed the 1st. . lines and then quit.
| So all Of a sudden the wds. to the
| I'd. line come into my head namely
Your eyes they shine like diamonds
love to me" So instead of club /
| led a small diamond which we made
a grand salambo as my partner had
| the other IL diamonds and the ace Of
spades. Had 1 of led a heart or a
| club we would of been up the spout
| to use a slang phrase.
"How did you happen to lead dia-
mond?" was Col. Gloot's remark to
me.
| I give him a disarming smile.
| "It was one of the suits that had
not been mentioned" was my reply.
BY this time they must Of been 3
people watching the game. Miss
Weasel dealt the next hand and
passed and again Mrs. Gloot bid a
l no trump and it was passed around.
"All the darkeys am a weepin',"
,hummed my partner, "Massas in de
| cold, cold ground"
SO 1 led her a spade and another
grand slam was the result as she held
the ace Of diamonds in addition to
the other IL spades BY this time the
Col. and his little woman was furi-
Gus but they was no recourse. What