The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1897, Page 30

THE by Mrs. J. M. Williston and will be in the main composed of members of Excelsior Lodge of 0dd Fellows and their lady relatives. Grand Sire Fred Carleon has ssued a memo- 1 day prociamation, requesting all suborai- | nate lodges 10 assemble on the second Tuesda: in Jure, or such day as may be more couveni- ent, 1o éngage in snitable exercise in MemOry of their deceased brothers. Anclent Order United Workmen. On Saturday evening, 10th inst., the board | of corporate directors met at the office of the | was considered at length, King Solomon’s Lodge. ee of King Solomon’s 1., which has under its di- rof building a new hall for d a corporation under the e Western Addition Hall Association ollowi ned directors and ot- president; George R. Wiiliam Filmer, ry Baehr, secretary; W. C. Wise, H. Goldman, L. Schilling, A. Toe borrd o for pians, and it ork in & short time. nusually busy of late stdegree on eight work enough on hund busy for several months vice-president; 1. Kayton, Blade and sirectors will exvects tos This lodge Order of the Eastern Star. Semper Fidelis Chapter of Livermore w ave a district mee thy and matron ii1 bo present the w on of the members of King new chapter of the order d in the Western Addition. ould be instituted sence in this City of and the wortay ing of the R e Grand Commandery wi the institutio of Ok Leaf Chapter of ext. ursday n e and usiastic ing in Golden Gaie was pre Solomon L will be inst xpecied that it of San Lean- Golden Gate, iepters. There were d Matron Mrs. ary Mrs. Kate | worth n of "Wave Daniels, e wereseveral initie- | as 50 well done tnat it omment in glowi meeting, around the festal ell-nt menu had addresses by grand matron, Mr. Damels | ne Star Chspter of rse er adaress, felt praise for the e most worthy grand the closé of the th she w be absent for some time on al off adies who are to give the min- ment for Golden Gute Chapter he past week rehears- aselves for the event to the last day of the currentmonth | Gate Hall. The s wil be “sil v, and will appear under s, therefore it wili be difficult 2udiy 10 recognize the par- strel entertai The Odd Fellows. Last Tuesday Golden Rule Encampment paid & retur it to Uniy Encampment. It was the occasion of & gathering of & large number members of the order, and at & banquet that llowed the closing of the lodge there were scitous addresses by M. M. Estce, J. F. Cros- n, , D. Sewell, W. H. Barnes, ns; J. H. Young, chief patriarch of . Crosbic, chief patriarch of Uaity, | Gault, chief patriarch of Goiden campment. On Wednesday evening Oriental Rebekah | Lodge tendered & reception to Mrs. Marion Greenwood, president of the Rebekah Assem- | 1 Graud Masier Warboys of the Grand ge T. Shaw, noble grand. pre- ted herself in & mauner that There were present: sided, a dents Mrs. N. Fox, W. H. son'of Valiejo, Judge A. During 1he evesing there nce, music and song, iments were served. he lodges of Alameda and picnic in San L ion of the anniversary was a great deal o 1 initiate five can- its next meeting. kahs will soon be in- It is being organized | H. Joraan, William Vinter, | Califernia shows the larg: | forn ia Parior Grand Recorder. This board consiitutes the committee on extension, to whom is intrusted the extension work of the order. The matter and steps were taken to push the work vigorously during the present year. The board consists of William A. £. Mackay, G. H. Bahrs, D, S. Hirshbers, Samuel Booth, Frauk S. Poland, Willism Broderick, L. M. Manz:r and J. L. Mayon. The grand master workman has announced the following appointments master workman, F. 8. Polaud; grand lec turer, ¥4 Danforth; committee on apren: and grievances—F. Adams, J. O. Lovejoy of Tu- lare, and A. D. Jordan of San Diego; com- mittee on Inws and amendments—Guy H. Sale isbury of San_Jose, Jumes Booth of Los Au- geles, W. W. Morrison of Oakland; buard of arbiiration—Wiiliam H. Jordan, C. H. Danton, James N. Blotk, Hermau Schaffner and C. ¥ the h inst. the grand medical ex- .r pussed upon 293 applications for the 1th of Apri. s observed by the report of the upreme order just atband tha the jurisdiction of t gain of any juris- diction in the United Siates for the month of February, and the fizures for the month of ch will undoubtedly show that this juris- diction is waking a more rapid progress than auy other in tn- order. Harmony Lodg: No. 9 will give a “smoker and joker” on Thursday evening, May 6, at Social Hail, Alcszar building. The committee having the matter in charge are Thomae Ryan- C.’S. Penn and Dr. F. F. Lord. Grand Recorder Hirsnberg has been ap- pointed to represent the supreme master workman at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, which will convene at Reno May 15. He will be accompanied by Grand Master Workman Vinter. Ed Danforih, supreme representative-lect, left for the Eust on Wednesday evening lnst and will be present at the meeting of tae Su- preme Lodge, (0 be held fu Milwaukee, Wis., on June 8, Prosperity lished during the meeting of the Grand Lodge, initiated & number of candidates at its last meeting and has & large number of app.ica- tons pending. Degree of Honor. Alida Unohurch Lodge No. 6 will give ar en- tertainment on the 19th iust, Mertha Lodge No. 39 of Fresno added seven new members to its roll in March. The sisters 39 are taking advantage of tne large | increase in Yosemite Lodge Nu. 171, and have succeeded in conferring the degree of honor onmany of its new members and their wives. Golden State Lodge No. 50 in Fores: gained eight naw members in March. and are in- sing the beneficial membersh:p also. rown of the Vailey Lodge No. 47 of Pasa- u, Alida Upchurch No. 6 of San Jose, Ivy No. 4'of Oakland, and Siiver Spray No. 3 of San Francisco initiated candidates lnst mon th. Atthe recent meeting of vy, April 14, one of the sisiers secnred the names of twelve others, who signified tieir intention to take out beneficlary certificates before the next meeting. The growth in this department has been encouraging during the past few months, The Native Sons. The following shows the stanaing of a num- ber of the parlors of the order from a financial and_membership standpoiat: Mission Dap. lor 286 members, amount of cash on hand $13.483; California Parlor, 458 mempbers $12,596; Pacific Parlor, 248 members, §11 330; stockton Parlor, 263 members, $10.534 Piacervilie Parlor. 136 members, §7003, X tional Parlor, 190 members, $6948; Eden Par- lor, 77 member ., §6769; Sucramento Parlor, 275 members, 86030: Nanta Croz barios. 144 members, §58G3, and Siantord Parior’ 347 wembers, §5787. 5 W. R. Mitler of Stockton having by reason of inability 1o attend 1o the Guties of his cfes in consequence of business engagomenie ¢ sig1ed as grand marsnal o1 the Grand parine, H- R McNoble has been elected o 1 the vt cancy. Caitiornia, Sequols, El Dorado and Yerba Buena parlors had initiations lasy week During the last two held meetings Redwood City Parior added thirly-five 10 1is member. 5. rand Inside Watchman C, 0. Past (é!lnd Marsnal L. W. Jull this City iast week in the iuterest of Santa Ros? as the place in which to Lold the next Admission any ce ebration: The Golden Gate Drill Corps bas got out some very artistic posters calling attention 1o its excursion and picnic in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 1o be given on the 25th jns Tne indications are that the s ssion of Cali- L which lifornia Camp of the Decree of Argonauts is to be put iato fui operation and the degrees conferred on uwearly sixiy candidates, promises one of the grostecy eveuts that have ever taken place {n a local parlor. The Argonaut degree has beem pro- nounced by those who have witnessed its ex- Dunbar and jard were in emp ification to be superior in beauiy of sen- | | timentand language and in the excellence of Deputy grand | Lodge No. 309, which was estab- | its symbo.feal work to any other side degree oW being conferred in the order. The reports to be presented at the Grand Parlor meeting will show that during the past term there have been 1212 initiations and that the {0:al membership ut this time is 9327. During that time 923 members were the re- cipients of assistance and the amount thus ex- pended was $33,819 40, making a grand total expended by the order’ for relief of $285,000. During the session of the Grand Par.or (here will b2 but little legisiation and there wjll not be any cuange of ihe ritvallstic work. George ®. Clark, the vice-president, will be chosen president, Judge W. M. Conley of Madera will o the vice-president, Frank Mattison anta Cruz will be the grand lecturerer, C. (), Dun- | bar isslated tor grand marshal, Henry Lun- stedt will, it is generaliy admitted, be re- elected 1o the office of grand secrelary, which | ne has sbly filied for u« number of years, but | he has an opponentin the person of T. G. | Eilers of Sacramento; J. D. Norris of Center- ville, now grand ouiside sentinel, will be ad- | anced to ihe position of grand insidesentinel. | here will be a contest for the office of grand | orator between Frank L. Coombs of Nopa and Judge R. C.Rusi. Taere will be s great con- | test for the office of grand trustee, seven of | which are to Le chosen. Everv partof the at= will have n candidate. M. D. Gurratt, P. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Zausla and F. Sabicl, incumbents, are candi dates for re-election. . Dorado Parlor conferred the owl degree on several cindidates, and Alcatraz Parlor | conterred the curly besr degree on & number | of candidates last week. The Native Daughters. Buena Vista Parlor will celebrate its ffth | anniversary in Native Sons’ Hall by a grand | fivitation bsll on Tuesday next. Arrange-| ments have been made 10 have this one of the | swell entertainments for which this parlor is | noted. The grand march will be led by Past | President Miss Annie Hahn and President Miss Anna Westhaus, Oro Fino Parlor is 1o give an anniversary entertainment in Native Sons’ Hall on Thurs- dey next. Sans Souci Parlor, recently instituted in the Western Addition, has ten candidates for 1n- itiation at its next meeting. This parior promises to incrense its membership rapidly. At the last held meeting of the current monti the severai parlors will elect deiegates 1o the Grand Parlor. Mrs. Mary Morse of Marysville Parlor was in this City last week and was eiccted grand warden of the Grand Council of Chnosen Friends. At its last held meeting Fremont Parlor was visited by Grand President Mrs. Mary E. Tili- man, Grand Vice-Presiaent Mrs. B. W. Conrad, Graud S-creiary Mrs. George C. Ryan and_the Misses Delahide of Ursula Parlor No. 1 of Jackson. The visitors spoke kind words of encouragement to the members of the parlor and advised them to use their best efforts to bring the parior named for the great path- finder into prominence. After the close of the meeting refreshments were served, Young Men’s Institute. F. J. Murasky will deliver the lecture before Phil Sheridan Council on the 28th inst. Columbia Council has changed its meeting- prace in the Alcazar buliding and wi.l here- efter meet in Stanford Hall. This council has appointed a commitiee to make Arrangements for an enteriainment in May. Manogue Council of Virginia City is now Cing its meetings in a hall donated to it by | Mrs. M. Lynch. S Rev. Father J. M. Gleason will deliver the | lecture before Ignatian Council on the 11th of May. J5im P. Moran of Los Angeles was in this City last week. Arrangements are belng made for the deli- ering of a lecture shortly beiore Cathedral Council. Rev. P. C. Yorke will soon leave for Virginia City and Carson City to deliver lectures under the auspices of the lecture buresu before the councils in those cities. ‘Wednesday night the fourth district meeting under the auspices of Ignatian Coancil will be neid in Stanford Hall, Alcazar bullding. | The board oi managément will meet this eveningmud on tne 24th the board of directors Wwill meet. All the arrangements are eompleted for the instituiion of theenew council in the Sacred Heart parish. Young Ladies’ Institute. Tne members of Young Laidies' Institute No.7 will give & social and banquet 1n Losola Hali next Fridsy iu celebration of its ninth | anniversary of organization. The committee | of arrangements has prepared everything for a pleasurable evening’s eiiterlainment. Woodmen of the World. Mission Camp of this City has secured new | quarters in the building at the southeast cor- | ner of Valencia and Sixteenth streets, The fourteen camps of Alameda County are making arrangements for the snnuslunion | picaic, but the time and place have not yet | been fixed. Itis expected there will be a large attendauce. Ala recent meeting of the camp in Martinez fifteen candidates were initinted, the work be- ing performed by the Onkind Camp dogree team. A banquetin the leading hotel followed the ceremony. A new camp is being organized 1n Ukiah by Special Orzanizer McGuffin. The camp at Eimnurst will ini | candidates at the meeting April 28. te seven | The Chosen Friend; | Germania Council will initiate ten candi- dates at its next meeting. Golden Gate Council tendored areception | last Friday night to the recently elected offi cers of the Grand Council, in Soclal Hail, zar bullding. There was an address of come by Mrs. A. Boehm, then by D. J. Hartley, G. V. | vacal solo, Mrs. Neale; recitation, Frances | | Buckland; sonz, Mrs. E'la Howard; a sketch | | by the Misses Hoerner and several other num- | bers, efter which foilowed a dance and & col- | | iation. During the evenins the grand officers | were presented 1o the iarge vumoer of peuple | present by J. 8 Thompson, past_councilor of | olden Gate Council. The committee which | baa charge of the affair, which_was carried | | outto & successful issue, s M Boehm, | Miss M. Noounn, Mrs. M. 'Downing, Mra Elja | | Howard, Mrs. C. Cator, J.S. Thompson and D, | H. Damkroege wel- short adaress C.. of Sacramento; | The Vatican contxins 208 staircases and | | 1100 different rooms. | depths | face prospects,” says Mr. Newhouse. SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1897. The Panamint mining district, a hundred miles or £o eastward or southward Irom almost soywhere in California, in the of the Mojive Desert and perched h'gh above the western wali of Death Valley, is the newest gold min- ing district in California to claim a rush aud space for frequent wila stories in the newspa- pers. All the delightful charm of desert ter- rors, desert desolation, desert tragedies and nearness to the king of evil surrounds the Panamint district from a picturesque potnt of view. Leaving the assay of the ho: desert rocks out of consideration the heert of the Mojave Desert comes (o the frout ready to sup- Piy & new chapter and new pictures for the varied story of the search of gold in earth, These goid-finding stories must come and go Iike visions. They depopulate the newest mining camps and start hundreds into a blind and feverish rush &nd get up the rest of the symptoms of that aurifero-hysteria which everywhere marks the goid fever when made acute by & tale of & piece of gold found in & new place, The Panamint district hes been prospected for many years and has been known as & gold repository for a generation. Reports of recent discoveries, reinforced by the effect of the Randsburg boom in the whole desert region, has resulted in the recent flocking of some | bundreds ot prospsctors to an almost inacces- sible region. There is gold in the Panamint region, but | there is hardly a place for gold in America where the limit of minimum profit demands | 80 high an assay per ton. Water is scarcer than gold, transportation is at fabulous r and of fuel there is none. Last fall E. A. Wilisee. the mining operator, went there with Mr. Newhouse, his expert mining engineer, looking for prospects he cared to invest in. Three hundred samples from thirty or forty claims in the neighbor- hood of Pleasant were carefully assayed, ac- cording to Mr. Newhouse, but nothing con- sidered worth buying was found. ““We found nothing but unsatistactory sur- “The | bighest sample ran $27 to the ton and a few reached $20. The next showed traces to a few dollars.! However the latest reports of prospectors from the Panamint range are booming ones, with occasional stories of rock assaying $3000 to the ton. The State Mining Buresu has been broad- ened out—inside —during the weck. State | Mineralogist Cooper has stepped into the of- fice to find the worry about the appropriation over, and to find the bureau secute again on a $25,000 & year scale of operations. So more room has been tuken by renting the remaining half of the third floor of the Ploneer building, giving the institution the enmtiro two upper foors. The new quarters will be devoted to the library and to office room, the old library quarters being turned into private workrooms for the deputies and other employe Mr. Cooper has still larger hopes for the housing of the institution, however. He is hot after the top floor of the new ferry-build- ing at the foot of Market strect. The question 1sone of the big rent entirely, and the bureau may or mnay not go there.: Aside from finan- cial consideraiions the location would -be highly desirable for the bureau. The way similar bureaus are carried on in the gold-produing British colonies comes fore- 181y to 1100 bFSuggestion. The departmen s of mines of the colonies of Britisn Columbis, New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria and West Austraila are more Interesting than valusble as examples in many things, however, for the paternalism they display wouid not all be wel- come nere. ‘Ihese departments of tne provin- ciat Governments are run on the theory that the minerals in the ground will add wealth, population and prosperity to the colonies to the extent 10 which they are dug out of the ground, and that departments of mines are es- tablished to hustle up the digging. Hence they take the initiative in exploring the re- sources, in stimulating prospecting, in_luring capital from abroad, in improving processes, in bringing the best processes into use, in ad- vertising the mineral resources to the world, and o on. The prospector must precede development and he is cherished. In New Zealand and some other provinces the minister of mines is 10 him a rich, kind uncle who has no children. They fairly take him out'end show him where to dig and how to do it. Here and there “fos- sicking” boards will take him to the gold fields and set him to work if e 1s unemployed and nasw't a red cent. The Department of Mines is ready to teach any man the A B C of gold huntivg. Pubiished informstion 1s ready and courses in elementary assaying, minera ozy and geology are free iu well-equipped lab- oratories. In some of the colonies the Government will | lend hulf the capital needed for developing new mines. Mups and practical handbooks aro issued. The locations and publications of the departments are advertised with invi- tations to call. Annual reports are bustled ont three or four months sfter the close of the year. The new Derartment of Mines—one year old—of British Columbia proposes to sdd to its present overations student laboratories and a piant for metaliurgically testing ores. In the booming province of West Australia the gold mining industry has been hustled along quite weil, but now we read of the Govern- ment proposition to equip a school of mines, metallurgical works and public assay office, 10 subsidize smelting works, establish pub.ic stamp mills and 50 on. An interesting publication on the mining industry of Victoria is just at hand. Itis & sixieen-page supplement to The Leader, and is g sent throughout the world with the in- dorsement and compliments of Hon. Harry Foster, Minister of Mines. It s a valuable history, exposition aud prophecy of Victoria's gold production. We read: It isno idie brag of the Minister of Mines when he avers that the promises of Victoria’s gold supply are fac and away better than those of any other col- ony of the Australian group.” We find that the present mining development act allows the Minister to advance to pioneer mining companies this year a total of £50,000 under stringent conditions. No company may re- ceive more than £10,000. For mining roads £15,000 a year is provided. | For advances to miners for prospecting £5000 a year is given. Four or more persons may form & combination for prospecting and boriow up 10 £250 of the Minlster if they can satlsiy his many inquirfes and put up as much themselves. The Minisier bas £3500 & year for a metallurgical plant and £2500 a year for races to convey water for sluicing. The act gave him money for an exhibition of mining machinery and appliances, which has just closed at Victoria, and empowered him 10 send to England a lecturer t0 convince the British public that Vicioria is tne star goid field to put money into. The act provides £140,000 to run the department this | way for three years and the Leader says that itisa very small thing fora colony that has | spent £800,000 in the encouragement of the mining indusiry in the past few years. Since 1851 the colony of Victoria: has pro- duced nearly one and a quarter billion dollars worth of gold, within £300,000,000 or so of Catifornia’s production. The product for 1896 was £3,220,348, a iittle less than Calliornia’s procuct. The increase has been steady since low-water mark was reached in 1891, Victoria is far uhead of any of the other colo- nies as a producer as Californiais of rival States and provinces, and like California has newly discovered flelds, undeveloped districts and lodes rich at great depths. So while Vie- toria keeps up and increases its total product by reason of its large producers and 1ts con- sideravle development, it is suffering a loss of population by reason of the dazzling reports from rival regions, with their mad rushes and the magicof & boom. To return to the less excitine operations of the California Mining Bureau, it may bsstated toat Mr. Cooper has decided to publish by counties the mining map, the planning of which was announced last week. The field deputies will locate existing mines of all sorta on county maps, together with water power, piants, etc. The Sierra Railroad from Oakdale through the mining regions of Amador and Mar- iposa countier, which Prince Poniatowski and assoclates have begun to build, is a signifi- cant and encouraging enterprise. The mining reglons of Calitoraia have suffered tremerc donsly through lack of transportation faeiii- ties, and onc reason of it has been the bsence of competing ifnes in the State. Competition has _started the trunk lines of the Northwest into prompt prompt racing to the new British Columbia districts, aud the presence of the Valley road and the coming of other rival trank lines will hasten the building of feeders t0 many mining districts. During the past winter the mining regions a few miles from rafiroad stations have been Awailing everywhere the opportuaity to haul in mining mwchinery and supplies Which developm-nt of mines o ope them has depend-d. The western slope of (he Sierra Nevads Mountains has been dotted from Mariposa to Plumas County with stamp- mills, bollers, engines, electrical appararus, water pipe, and mining appliances and sup- plies of every description, which, when the rains and snows of early winter came, were on route to mines. The bad mountain’ roa is at once became next to impassable. and these materials for activity rested to await the dry roads of spring. Many mines shut down because fuel could not be economically transported. The Sierra Pacific wil. make the director of the mint write the bigzer figures in stating thgoll production a.d so will every one of the nceded brauch lines into th ghe e e “‘mining for the “Women's Gongress.” ion FASHIONABLE GAMBLING IN WHIST.. from the yresident of the Kate Wheelock Club of Port- land, Or., Mrs. L. W. Sitton. We heartily o the sentiments herein contained the Hotel Walton en whisters of Am; an institution that we hope over the entire countrs, to be as the “Women Whist hove they will take upo the questio; forward by our correspondent Ceriainly there is nothing that degrades the | game of whist like gambling. No club should be allowed 10 join any league that wil for one moment countenance the game being ylayed for stakes. The letter s as follow PORTIAND, Or., April 11, 18 To the Whist Editor of The Gill—DYAR ~1R: ot Ing in” Bos on papers (he gr at excliement tha lias been created L and about that city concerning so-callid “fsshionable gambling” amonz the women’s whist clabs of Waltham, Mass, T d sre 1o call the atten fon of vour reade:s towhat I have no doubt has been greatly overdrawn and exsa- gerated, but which, nevercholess, b s attracted Juuch attention to and adverse- criticism of our niuch-loved gaue. To quote from the Boston Journal of March 23 +“The Watch Uity seems to have a new fad evers winier 10 occupy the (ime of those women who | have plenfs of that articie on han to dispose of and this year piogressive whis: has taken such & strong geip on the soctal-loving women that even the faces of s rong men blanch and wonder where 1t 18 ROING 10 €nd. Common whist has lost its i tractio : it was ot exciting enough. There must be prizes: an incentiveto play, etc.”” The women are accused of jealousy aud fil will, tempiation to cheat In order 10 wiu prizes. of neglect of )ome duties to the discomfort o the aged and the chil - dren, and are very strongly criticized and de- nounced by the pulpit and the wom:n of the W C T.U. Fditorlals appeared In the daily press, and fhe A flerent Whist clubs have nad a b 1opic of cony -rsation. \ hile | cannot conceive how women who love whist can so far debae the game as 5 do and to be all that these women are nccused of, 1 wish to Taise my veice in prociaiming a:ainst prize-play. Sug. Let us play whist for the pere love of i, for aci-tevelopmert, for an innocent recreation, for rest wnd geifef from the many demands of a sociul d domestic nature that come to ail busy women. any prizes given regularly in social clubs are &il¥ 0f no value and are oniy a ten porary sati« 0 to the fortunate wizmer. Mon 4ended, particularly in these times of di: pov Ton The following letter we recef in- on Phila- | ica wili cet 10 0 will spread proba bly League known We thos ex- ress and could be u:ed for a better pur,ose. € Lhe b gliest score by honest nieans and selenific ressoning is of ftself a satistaction. and 0 ambitlon to secure it 1s & just and bonorabl- one. But to be paid for making that score is, without doubt, an incentive to many fOr Using umfalr echo to show four or more. means to that end. Will not the women of onr i80a join In an effort to keep our beloved <ame up | 1o the highest standard, free from ail unj cisnis, and abolish prize-giving not onl: from vur homes, but also from clubs? Le: us discounte- vasce any and every thing that Is detrimental to noble prineiples and to the development of hon- esiy and jus:ice. The Three-Trump Echo. We have been asked several times of late 1o €Xpress our views or opinion in regard to the “‘three-trump echo.” We have in preparation 1 article of considerable length on this sub- ject, and expressing not ouly our views but the views of others as well. We will say this much, however: We believe the meaning of the present system of echoing should be reversed. On a “call” for or s lead Of trumps the partner now s asked to ‘“echo” if you hold four or more, and sub-echo if he holds exactly three. Our idea s to ccho o snow three exactly, and sub- A great deal can and will be written on this subject, but In the ovinion of the writer 1t will eventually be- come the recognized system of piay. To tell JOUr partner cxacily how many trumps 50u hol when he leads or calis for them at the errliest opportunity possible is Informatiou that is notonly very valuable, but trick-win- ning and what he is most anxious to get, Every whist-player knows that tnree trumps ere held oftener than four by the trump-lead. | er's partner, and be.ng able to read this hold- ing the trump lead can oiten be stopped or coutinued as the urgency of the case requires. Making this change will not permit faise card. ing fu trumps to be of as much vaiueas it is at present. Three Three-Gard Suits and Four Jrumps. Judge George L. Bunn of St. Paul, one of the best whist-players liviag, in one of his last ar- ticles to the St Paul Globe treated on the original lead from hands contaiming four trumps and three three-card suits. He says: We do not intend here to enter intoan analysis 1 th- comparative merits of the trump lead and the forced lead {rom this charscter of hand. We fuvor the trump lead. as we have frequentiy stated n commenling upon the play of various deals pubiished fn this column. We allow some excep- tious to this rule—such short. suits s king, queen, jack; queen, jack, ien; queen, bine, and occasion. ally where the tramps are very sma'l, queen. Jack and any smali card, or jack, ten and a smail m: be opened, where the balance of the nand is weai We object 1o the lead of queen from queen and one | small, or ten at the head of two or three, and more particularly to the lead of any smaller card at the top of a three-card sult. The iesd from ace. king, or queen and (vo others we regard as disadvan- tageous. We huve Iudicated above our chief argument in favor of the trump lead. It is not that it 13 a good lead In Itselt, except where the piain sults are atroug, bu: that a lead from a short suit Is worse, It Is choice be. ween evils, the lesser of which we be leve to be the trump lea. We ure well aware that our views in this respect are not shared by all wriers or expert players, but we are not entirely without support. Cav- endish. Hamilion, Trist and Brigss are a quartet in whose compauy we are Dot ashamed to be found. Their views on this question are, we be- Meve, identical with those above expressed. Mr. Work Is the only great modern writer who advises against the trump lead, though there are | many fine yla_ers who are with him. Our opinion is not, however, based upon thoss of the gentie- men mentioned. We experimentel for years witn both lines of play, and discarded the short suit lead only after becoming convinced from the re- sults of exp riments in actual play that the iead of thetrump was_better. The old ides that a trump lead must (nvariably be returned finds no placewihus. It is senseless, especially in the «ase of an origlual lead from four trumps. The decision of whether Or noL 10 return the trump maust rest In the sound discretion of the lealers partner. With four trumps aod a sult of four or more cards, the lead of the piain suit is generally to be oreferred. Where the plal suit is estublisbed i ma: besiown, & d trump led then; where the trumps are ace. king, queen and one small, or ace, king, jack and one sm: tabiis:ed, ons lead of tramps sollowed by the leud from the piain sult Is good play. Where the hand ts strong in all the sults, an original lead of u trum,1s often better than the plain-suiviead A lead from three trumps or less is justifiable only vy strengin 1o ali the sulis.or by one great suitand protection in each of the others. What W have sald applies only to the original lead from;a hand. Whist Gontest Abandoned. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph of April 8 announces the fact that tney have abandoned the great whist contest recently instituted by that pape; The Attorney- General of the United States informed the postal suthorities that the contest is in con- travention to the statue concerning lotteries and having been notified of this decision the journal at once abandoned the same, The Attorney-General evidently has been reading the biue laws of Connecticut. We think it is hair-splittiug on the part of the authorities. The whist world got lotsof good, valuatle intormation out of the same kind of contest held last year. We would suggest that the Evening Telegraph go on and give us the re- sult without any prizes. The whist-players don’t want the prizes as much as they want tho pleasure, profit and whist information. Portrait of Eugene S. Elliott. The whist editor of THE CALL wishes to acknowledge receipt of & besutiful life-size portrait of the founder of the American Whist League, Eugene S. Elllotr, of Mil- waukee, Wis. The following letter accom- panied it: M1LwaUKEE, Wis., March 36, 1897. Whist Editor Call—DEAR SIR: The members of the Miiwaukee Whist Club feel grateful to you for the honor you paid them aud Mr. Kugene S, Eili- oLt by your attendance at_the presentation of Mr. Ellioit’s poriraft to ihe club, and they therefore take pleasure in sending You & reproduction of the portrait asa slight token of thelr gratitude. Very truly yours, EDWIN S. MACK, : ecretary. Whist in Santa Rosa. A. L. Harris, one of the directors of the Paci- fic Const Whist Association, kindly sends us the foilowing: A sories of contests between the different whist clubs of this city was begun last Mon- day evening in the rooms of the Santa Rosa Wheelmen clubkouse. The contestauts for tue first match were the Santa Rosas vs. the ‘whee.men. H.G. Hatman, P. T. Hahman, W. C. Hill and H. A. Brown represented the former, and Oscar Mathews, H. G. Mathias, Wiil Mobly and W. W. Skagg represented the Iatter. The match was conducted on the inter-club two-table dup icate plan, same as all the caal- lenge matches in the A. W. L. and Pacific Coast Whist Association. The crack Santa Rosas found thelr oppon- ents worthy of their steel, and won by the small margin of & gain of two tricks, the final score sianding 14 to 16, The next contest will be between the Sania Rosas and the Mr. Harris isa little too modest to say that he was chosen to conduct and referee these matches. We all know what a labor of love it is; at the same time it needs a person thor- oughly conversant with the laws, and no bet. ter man could be selected. Answers to Queries. One of the members of the Vallejo Whist Club asks the following question Holding ace, 9,7, 6, 5 of trumps, your part- ner leads trumps, you win with the ace, wou d you return the six or five? Answer—We think the correct blay would be after winning with ace to return the low- est. You cannot show number or the posses. sion of five trumps originally to a certainty by the return of ay oue card; from such a hold. ing the drop will no doubt mark every remain. ing trump. WHAT 18 A PIANO HAND? A plano haud is one easily played and which in a duplicate match would probably produce the same score at every table.—From *‘Whist of To-Day.” We have an inquiry from Sunol, asking “What is the best textbook on whist 7+ This question we cannot answer. As near #s we are able o find out there are about 500 -different books published on the game, and they are no doubt all gocd, If our correspondent wants 1o be right up to date subscrive for “Wnist,” a monthly journal published in Milwaukee, Wis., costing $1 year. Sample copies furnished by THE CaLy iree. Whistlets, A junior team of four from the Junior Whist Club of Philadeiphia beat a Hamilton Ciub four in & tournament now going oa in that oity. Tnis Junior club is the first and only one that we know of in this country. The ages of the boys are from 14 t020. The son of Mrs, T. H. Andrews, the promoter of the Women League, i8 its president. The demand for the “Whist Donts” sent free by THE CALL is steadily increasing. Last week we sent out over four hundred., The =1/ (=== NEW TO-DAY. SIS 3T SrIrSrIrSrIIr I I Is3IILIT =1 == =333 ZiEsy AGATE- WARE. 2 qt. Coftee Pot...43c 2-qu. Coftee Bigging g -.A2 = == 1l-ineh Wash Be- sin. 5-inch Cuspidor. 5-c. 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Forty-eight deals will be played, twenty-four in the a:ternoon and twenty-four in the evenin The Americus Duplicate Whist Club of Oak: 1and recently finished & club contest. The Wednesday Evening Club, and will tske pisce next Wednesday evening. winners were Mra. F. R. Noyes and Mrs. E. Gray for the Iadies, snd Edmund 5. Gray and George 8. Meredith for the gentiemen. 2E3IE3IEIEIT3E I I i week. bargains. this week. SUff Hats. ~Dring Derby. Initial Handkerchies. Boys’ Velocipedes..... vonderiul Jomping Frogs. The “King” Alr Rifle....... Satin Finish Crape Paper... 200 Titles, for +oys and Handy Volume Or 7 for 81 Dickens' Works, 15 vol.. Bulwer Lytton’s Works. 18 vol wverly Novels, 12 vol Webs er s Unabriiged Diction: 'Thrbngscfi PLEASED PEOPLE And 4-qt. 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