The Washington times., 1933-07-08

AS Mr. Work is humanitarian in addition to being
bridge expert he that every mother should
much attention her youngsters training in bridge she
does to his dancing lessons. That's modesty Dancing
lessons indeed! Pay much attention to bridge to
table manners morals and arithmetic It will pay better
in the end.
Fun for All
When Mr. Works gets going he is in fine form. Girls
should begin at the age of eight boys at eleven (The
of girls developed earlier perhaps the girls
dumb and need years of tranng You should be
serious about this bridge training.
A Scent piece "a bright pencil' should be Of
fred reward during the first few weeks of learning
systems illnesses bids informative bids and the like. And
to Mr. Work is pleasant thought that ga mother and
father and their children spend dverting and in
terestng evening home together around the bridge table
And all enjoy it,
On the training of children I put myself in the hands of
the Children Home School with supreme confidence If
the tricks you want to teach tots to be bridge
tricks you 60 to Mr. Work. But his first premise,
that without bridge you cannot be at in social fe
competent tell Mr.. Work something
In word it is cnch to go through life without know
ing how play bridge Hosesse fall your neck. They
love you for your ignorance They say, "Lets invite
Soandso (or this case Selde) least he doesn't play
bridge" Mr.. Work will be glad to know that my whole
social is fundamentally based the fact that
play card game.
Wreck of Society
The fun you get of life by not playing bridge is be-
yond measure You at lunch hot Saturday in the
city you say, "Lets drive Coney Isand,' and
two people sgh 'FOh we've got date to play BRIDGE
So all the way you refreshed by the thought Of
them stewing the bridge table, And, Mr.. Works
says, "enjoying it," You two stop drinking
cool Tuesday evening because they have to be fit for
bridge game Wednesday afternoon You society wrecked
because people have to play bridge. And you do not
have to.
Assume just for argument that you bunder into Of
those homes where bridge is actually played. What hap
pens? Someone has to entertain you (were taking Mr..
Works soca lfe seriously now and the game breaks
up Two of the four players your friends for fe be-
they winning and wanted to quit The other
two you need bother abouthey only bridge play
er Or if that old system Of the dummy persists you
have series of four charming chats succession drinking
smoking, and totally at eae while the other three labor
the game.
North, South, Etc.
The foundation society not to play bridge
Ten years the cornerstone not to do crossword
zes engage any sort Of paperand pencil There
was grand in 1929 (about August if remember
correctly when you could far in the best Long Island
Westcheser and Lower East Side circles you had
stock margin. But that passed rather rapidly.
You must merely not play bridge to be topnotcher in
society You know how to play it and actively
fuse play Ignorance drawback to the perfection Of
your triumph. You must know what you giving up;
which Messrs North and East and Mesdames South and
West are perpetuay engaged in endless games But you
play. There probably why you should
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