The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1897, Page 23

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1897.. CHURCH NEWS OF INTEREST | | T0 ALL DENOMINATIONS, The Ladies’ Aid Society Is Preparing a Novel Enter-| tainment to Be Given at Central | M. E. Church. | COLONEL HOLLAND TO LEAVE TUESDAY. Miss Resalind Young to Lecture at the First Presbyterian Church. SALVATIONISTS TO GO INTO CAMP. The Devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration Will Begin at St. P_ter’s This Morning. day evening, May 28, the Ladies’ Society of the Central M. E. Church will give & new. novel and instructive en- tertainment—a grand excursion to Wast ington, . C., and return—add en route will stop at Los Angeles, Ei Paso, New Or- leans, Nashville Exposition and Washing- ton, D. C., time permitting taking in New York, Pniladelphia, iagara, returning via Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake, then ho to San Francisco at 10:30 . M. At Washington tourists will be tendered a reception at tha White Hou-e. Train will leave Central Church at 7:57 P. ., Sunset route, under the control of that aggres- . faithful conductor, Thomas Hodge. The pobular tourist excursionist, R. V. Watt, has generously consented to person- conduct the party throngh all the »f intereston the route. Watt, having visited nearly all the nterest on the above route, will, personal experience and observa- tion, convey to the excursionists much in- tion, pleasuce and p: No stop- tickets; no passes. kefreshments ed at Washington only. Babies haif- e. Lunching on the tr probibited. All complaints should be reported to the president of the board of managers before the train staru Tickets for the round trip oniy 10 cents The W. C. T. U. meets at Central M. E. Church Thurs 'ay afternoon. The King’s Daughters of Central M. E. Church are planning a *‘moonlight garden for June 15. v. Dr. Dille has returned from a short t the neighborhood of Mount visited Sissons, Yreka, Fort na, preaching and lecturing. ireshed and reports an a ble time. Women's Home Missionary Society will meet at Central M. E. Church to- morrow atternoor The programme for the C. L S. C. for May 25 is as follows: Scripture reading, Miss Kraeger: invocation; response {0 roll ecall—quotations from Greek phil ophy; a roper on *History ot Greek Ar:,” chapter IX; a general discussion, subject, Are there any features in medern c.vil- aiion which are likely to pre erve the ries enlichtened by them from sink- » the decay which has befallen all uity ?”; constellations Draco and Sagitta,” Miss Mary Tippett; ate, “Resolved. that Hawaii should be nexed to th ar Curr ; criticisms. . Dr. Dille takes for_his subject this The Prodigal’s Resolve and Re- negative, J. W. Hen- Unijed States—affirma- | | Miss Perkins, a missionary from India, | will address the young people’s meeting of Central M. E. Church this evenin, She will appear attired in the native cos- tume. The Monday night Bible-workers’ train- | ing class at the Y. M. C. A. bas for its! subject “Repertance.” Dinner at 6| | o’clock. Rev. S. A. Steel, D.D., general secretary of the Epworth League of the M. E. Church South, will address a meeting for voung men at the Y. M. C. A., Mason and liis streets, this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Steel enjoys & most enviable reputa- public speaker, and his address s sure to be most inieresting. The | service 1s for younz men only, and all such are cordially invited to attend. Company F, Boys’ Brigade, of Howard | M. E. Chureh will go into camp on June 2 returning June 29. Los Gatos has been | chosen as the place of encampment. |~ The fiith_anniversary entertainment of | Company F, Boys' Brigade, of Howard M. | hurch will be held next Friday even- commencing at 8 o’clock sharp. There will be a meeting of the third vice-presidents of local chapters of the Epworth League at the Y. M. C. A. Tues- day evening. This evening the choir of Howard Meth- odist Episcopal Church will be assisted by Miss Ethel Till-on, soprano, and an or- chestra composed of the following play- ers: Iurst violins, Miss Susie Blair, I Ba- ruch; second violins, G. H. L. Beckedorff, G. Wahlheim, W. T. Pidwell; flute, Miss Carrie Ernest, Joseph Armos; clarionet, C. F. Stone; first cornet, Dr Walter H. Fearn; second cornet, J. Klein, George Hollister, W. E. Morgan; trombone, Asa Traw and Gus Vohnt. The following is the order of service: Opening voluntary by the orchestra and organ: Priest’s march Dr. from “‘Athalie” (Mendelssohn); “Hymn | No. 699,” verses 1, 3 and 4, tune “Em- | mons'’; prayer; anthem, “Cantaia in G” (Buck); reading of lesson; “Gloria from mass, in G” for orchestra and or- ' gan (Weber); anthem, “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing'’ (Onseley); hymn 66, verses 1, 3, 4, tune *‘Duke Street”; an- nouncements and oftertory; soprano soto, “Tpe Everlasting Day’ (Bevan), Miss Kthel Tillson; address; anthem, ‘“‘Be Merciful Unto Me” (Sydenham); cornet solo, with orchestra snd organ accom- paniment, “Forever With the Lord™” ; hymn 332, verses1, 2 6, tune long meter doxology; bene- | diction; organ postlude, *‘Processional March” (Scotson Ciark). Professor Martin Schultz, organist and musical director. | On Sunday, the 30th inst., the Kinder- | garten Mission, under the direction of | | Rev. Dr. Morgan, will open at Academy | | Hall on Mission street, between Fifth and Sixth. Wednesday Major Winchell of the Sal- vation Army and ex-Mayor Ellert go to | Salinas to look at the land for sugar-beet | raising. They will be gone two or three days. Colonel Holland of the Salvation Army leaves here Tuesday evening for Salt Lake City. To-morrow afiernoon Colonel Holland | and Major Winchell will visit San Quen- | tin, ‘This evening Colonel Holland, National secretary of the Men’s Social Affairs, will with Major Winchell and other staff offi- | cers hold a meeting at Bethnny Church. | Trestle Gien, near East Oakland, has | been detinitely settled upon for the mon- ster camp-meeting of the Salvation Army. | | They will go into camp July 15, and camp | | will last until Auzust 1.~ Some of the | | leading officers and speakers of the army | | will be present and 1t is confidently ex- | | pected that it will be the largest and best | camp-meeting ever held by the army. Decoration day will be celebrated by the | Salvation Army with an all-day meeting | and a banquet. This meeting and the banquet wiil be open to all who care to tour with his phonographic outfit, in the interest of the Mercy-box League. The third opening of the Balvation Army’s mercy-Doxes will be celebrated with'a grand meeting this evening at their hail on Market street. Statements of the receipts and a graphic description of work among the destitute will be given. This opening will be celebrated in every town in California where the Salvationists are stationed. The recital which was postponed owing to the illness of Miss R. Frances Luse, the elocationist, will be given on Tuesday evening at the First Curistian Church, on Twelfth street, near Howard. The Knickerbocker Male Quartet will assist, and promise to render some of their most popular songs, among which will be a number of solos and duets. Miss Luce is an elocutionist of rare talent and ability, and will recite among other popul: pieces, “The Buffalo Hunt in Chicago, cut from Grace Livingsion Furnes: famous farce especially for her. The ad- mission will be 25 cents, the proceeds to go to the '07 Endeavor fund. Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi is now lecturing in this State under the aus- pices of the W. C. T. U. The next session of the Southern Cali- fornia Conference 1s to be keld in Simp- son Tabernacle, Los Angeles. The date is the 22d of September. Rev. Marsden Wilson of St. Peter’s Ep1s- copal Church is gradually recovering from a severe spell of fllness. Tuesday evening an entertainment and social under the auspices of the Women’s Home Missionary Society will be given at Trinity M. E. Church. Tuesday afternoon the Women’s Home Missionary Society of Simpson Memorial Church will hold a monthly meeting at the church. . The Women’s Home Missionary Society of Howard M. E. Church will meet at the residence of Mrs. H. J. Lask, 1610}4 Cali- fornia street, Tuesday afte There will b+ special musical services at Simpson Memorial Church Decoration day. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stephens of Simpson Memorial Church expect to leave on their vacation trip to the East & week from to- morrow. After visiting varions points in the Eastern Btates they will attend the great International Epworth League Con- vention at Toronto, which begins July 15. This is expected to be the greatest Methodist gathering ever held. Nearly a dozen Bishops, two Governors and many others of the greatest thinkers and speak- ers of world-wide Methodism have places on the programme. Reyv. C. A. Anderson will hold a service for Scandinavians this afternoon at 3 o’clock at Fifieenth-avenue Church. On Saturday evening Miss Kelleher will give her illustrated leciure on *Pictur- | esque California” at Simpson Memorial Chureb. The Mortgage-iiftine Society of Ep- worth Church mee:s Tuesday evening at the church. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First M. E. Church meets Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. E. Johnson, 110 H street. Mr. Plummer of Angel Island has in- vited the Epworth League to visit the idand. They have accepted the kind in- vitation and will go July 4. The circle for the study of municipal government will meet in the study of Grace M. E. Cburch, on Thursday evenin, Friday evening the members of the Ep- worth League are all invited to attend a sociai at First Church. The young people of Simpson Memorial will also be present. The Intermediate League ot Potrero Chaurch is preparing ior an entertainment the 10th of June. The league will be as- | sisted by the Ladies’ Aid. Miss Rosalind A. Young of Pitcarin Island, South Pacific Ocean, will lecture on her people on Tuesday evening, May , at 7:45 o’clock in the First Presbyterian Church, Van Ness avenue and Sacramento street. The history of the island is unique and Miss Young tells itin ber most inter- esting way. The ladies of the Auburn church bave undertaken to raise the funds necessary for the building of guild hall. The devotion of tnezforty hours' adora- tion will begin at St. Peter's Church this morning at haif-past 10 o’clock. Solemn nigh mass will be celebrated followed by a procession of the st blessed sacr: ment. To-night and to-morrow evening sermons will be delivered by two of the most celebrated preachers in the City. The concluding devotions will take place on Tuesday morning. The sacrament of con firmation will be administered by Most Rev. Archbishop P. W. Riordan at 88. P:ter and Paul's Church, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, the 30th inst Supreme Director Frank J. Kierce of | the Young Men's Institute is expected home from his trip to the Eastern coun- cils of the order this week. The closing exercises of the College of Notre Dame, San Jose, will be held on Tuesday, June 1, at half-past 9 a. . On Weanesday evening, May 26, the graduating exercises of Sacrea Heart Coi- lege will be heid at Metropolitan Temple commencing at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. J. J. Sullivan, pastor of 8t. Joseph’s Cburch, Alameda, will leave on Tuesday, June 1, for an extended tour of Burope. Father Sullivan will visit Ireland, Scot- land and England and will also ‘spend some time in Rome, Paris and Lourdes. He may aiso continue his journey to the Holy Land, The second special meeting of Rosarian Society of St. Dominic’s Church will be held Friday evening, May 28, at St. Domini¢’s Hall, corner Pine and Steiner streets. The meeting will be held for choir practice and all members are re- quested to be present at7:30 o’clock sharp. Applications for membership should be banded in to the director, ?Lov. Father Clancy, O. P., before the next regular meeting. On Memorial day: the members of Com- pany A, League of the Cross Cadets, will unveil 8 monument at Holy Cross Ceme- tery over the grave of one of their de- ceased comrades, Private Hugh E. Mee- han. The urveiling will take place about 2 o’clock in the afternoon and will be ac- companied with appropriate exercises. An address will be made, selections will be given by the Comvany A glee clubana the ceremony of decorating the grave with flowers and firing a volley wiil also be car- ried out. Private Meehan was one of the charter members of Company A, and the monument will be erected by his comrades of the company. A testimonial concert will be tendered Miss Katherine Black at the Metropolitan Temple on Tuesday evening, May 2. The programme to be presented will be an ex- cellent one, and includes among other numbers sclections by the Pre«s Club Quartet, cornet solo by Miss Pearl Noble, tenor solo by Aloys Werner and a bass solo by Mr. Wood. Revs, Mr. Banks aud Mr. Morse have been invited to occupy tie pulpit of the .l'fim Baptist Church one Suuday each in une. The anniversary of the First Baptist %}nday-scnnol will be held Sunday, the st. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. German Savings and Loan oclety to Jane Lewis, Tot on S line of Golden Gate avenue, 145 W of Oc. tavia street, W 37:6 by S 157:6: $10. Oscar Lewis to same, same; gift. Jobn 8. and Katherine A. Adams to Peter To- pint, lot on E Iine of Steiner street, 82:5 S of Buah, 827:6 by k. 100: $10. Joh.nna Sengstack to George Walcom, re-record 1434 d. 382, lot on N line of Cumberiand straes. 55 X of Dolores, ¥ 24 by N 114; grant. James W. Hanna to Marie Hanns, lot on N line of Hill street, 205 W of Sanchez, W 25 by N 1145 it &'Marie Haona to Falfmount Loan Assoclation, same: $10. Lee You Pan to Lee San, 1ot on X 'line of Com- street, 108:1%% E of Dupont, & 347454 by & Samuel Davis to Birger Erlandson, loton W line of De Haro street, 250 N of Nevada, N 25 by W 10): #10. Bridget Farrell to Patrick Moore, ot commenc- tug 92 feet. I of 1llinofs sireetand 300 S of 1 wen- tieth, S 138 by & 25, and also includes a pirt of Shasta streer Iylng N of middic of Shasta sireet: $10. William C. and Klizibeh A. Watson to L. P, Drexler, vt on 87 coruer of H street and Third avenue. k 57:6 by & 100: also lot on NE corner o Hugo street and Thiidavenue, = 182:6 by N : 810 X llie Scott to John H, Sco:t, lot 479, Gitt Map 3 $10. unnyside Land Company and California Title Insurance and Trust Cowpany to Laura J. W 000s and Huldeh Mallect, let 18, biock 47, Suinyside; 10. Jiles J. Fourquet to V. M. Ritter, lot 17, block 36, same; $10. Gdd Feliows’ Cemetery Association to Johanas Ehrmanu, lo 15, plot 6. San Francisco section of 0dd Fellows® Cemetery: ALAMEDA COUNTY. Joslah Champion to Bethulia Champion, lot on W 1ins of Alice sireet. 964:6 N of Twelfth, N 6116 by W 150, O $10. Bertha ‘M. and Willam E. C. Beyer to J. V. Bedesen, 10¢ on N line of West Fourieenth sireot, 76:6 E of Union, 5 38 by N 105, block 586, Oak- lniid, subject to & mor.gage for $1200: $10. W. . Hawkett to kmma F. Hawke:t, ot on N line of Thirty-first street, 100 & ot Grove, 1 100 N'140, lots 22 and 30, block 2036, Rowland Tract, Oakisnd: giti. . V. Badesen to Bertha M. Beyer (wife of Wil- yam E. G, lots 63 10 v, biook D, mup of new Town ot Lyun, subject 10'a mortgeze for $1250, East Oakiand; $10. Rl Pacific Const Loan Asscelation to Dr. C. L. boc. , 100N SW corner of Grand strect and Santa Clara avenue, S 40 by W 160, Alsmeda; $2600. Builders’ Contracts A. Jeffries with Johu Flaherty, to erect a one- story building-on N 1lue of Bulte street, 76 K of Texas; §8.0; R. H. walker, architect. Mrs.'George T. Davis wiih Kichard Eice, plumb- ing, etc., in residence at corner of Ciay and Baker sireets: $925; . F. Oakey, architect. Charies Kiein with Allen de Falr, to erect a two- story frame building on K line of Lyon street, 62:814 S of Jackson; $1675: Samuel Newsom, architect, THE BENCH SHOW - WAS A SUCCESS The San Francisco Kennel Club Will Put Away Some Money. A Large Crowd Witnessed the Going Home of the Dogs. The Judges Will Leave for Their Eastern . Homes on Monday. The judges of the dog show, who fin- ished their task of handing ribbons to the owners of prize dogs yesterday, will now get ready to take their departure for their respective homes in the East. The attendance yesterday and last even- ing was very large, and among the many who witnessed the final awards were sev- eral members of Ban Francisco’s four hundred. H. T. Payne’s kennel of prize-winners attracted large crowds during the day and evening. The little Aogs which were benched on the south side of the Pavilion were greatly admired by the ladies. The performing dogs amused the ladies and children, who watched with interest the different tricks they performed in the ring. As the time for the closing of the show drew near owners of dogs were here, there and everywhere, and as the big and little canines were led from their respec- tive kennels to the street by the men who were engaged to look out for the interest of the dogs the growling and barking of the canines that were snxious to end the show in a free-for-all fight could have been heard for blocks. The officers of the San Francisco Ken- nel Club state that the show was a suc- cess financially as well as otherwise. They did not clear very much money on the venture, but they expect to realize a nice little sum, though they cannot say how much it will be until the accounts are settled. Tt must be admitted by all sportsmen tlat the initial show of the new club was splendidly conducted and the arrange- ments perfect in every detail. The own- ers of the prize-winners are delighted with the handsome prizes that were given by members of theclub. All in all the bench show was a great success and the club can feel justly proud of its inaugural attempt at bench showing. The following prizes were awarded yesterday: The gold medal or $5 cash offered by the San Francisco Kennel Club for the best kennel of {uur or more of all breeds was won as fol- ows: Best fox-terrier kennel, Joseph McLatchie; best Great Dane kennel, Roncovieri kennel; best poodle kennel, Marquis Kennel; best Yorkshire kennel, E. B. Grace; besc collie kenne!, Verona 'kennel; best bull- terrier kenmel, W. D. Mickle; best cocker Spaniel kennel, ‘Pastime Cocker ken- nel; best Dachshunde kennel, W. H. Mc- Kitlnck; best Griffon kennel,'W. & Kittle; best greyhound kennel, E. V. Sullivan; best mastiff kennel, Mrs. J.'P. Norman; best fox- hound kennel, W. L. Prather Jr.; best Irish setter kenuel, A. B. Truman;.best Euglish set- ter kennel, Verona kennel. The goid medal offered for best collie, oppo- site sex to winner oi_Oelrichs medal, was won ¥y Verona kennel’s Fiora May II. The 100-pound box of dog cakes to V. H. C. St. Bernard, in open class, was divided be- tween Otto'Schrait’s Duke of Teck and Wil- liam Poole’s Columbus. ‘When a Trappist monk closes his earthly career his form is enshrouded in the habit he wore in life, and this 1s his only cover- ling in the grave except the earth. No | coffin is usea: ————————— A “mummified man,” with a skin like parchment, and bardly an ounce of flesh on his body, is astonishing Paris with his heavy weight-lifting feats. How Whist Knowledge Must Be ired. “How can I improve 'here are several other that one frequently lar es in irying to answer ut to crack. When you 1 find there 1s only one way or one road to travel to get to f & mediocre not to say a first-class you do mot want to travel r road, do not start out, for you ver get there. I1f we should ask Judge one could become a lawyer, or ask how one could become & physician, eral A. W. Drayson how & man 1 become an astronomer, they would all 1t give us the same answer. They would advise us to begin at the beginning and a thorough student, and that we must herd. »ther words, it means that you must get & amount of knowledge from an ex d teacher or from the textbooks. It be foolish for us to say that some will ask e are any textbooks written on the ci of whist. 1, we will anticipate it by saying there 1 hundred different books on Don’t et this scare the reader to not nscessary to buy butone of m, at & total expense of six bits to a dollar. ren, as we eaid before, begin at the begin- ning, learn the A B C of the game. First come the proper leads and follows from every combination of cards possible to hold; then second aud third hand play; then come the discard; finessing; the call for trumps; tue echo and subecho of the cal Jearn how o show number in partner's suit; how to unblock. When you have this much knowledge of the game, then and not until then should you sit down ata whist- table to attempt to play. And when that time t for yOUr pariner some oLe who s much 1f not more than your- 10 sif n, you w find those that will tell you they “are good whist-players,” thgy “know all about the game,” drop them Mke & hot potato, or in other words, don’t take such & person for a partner. They are no good as & rule and know nothing of the game. Find one that is satisfied in say- he “‘plays atit,” or one that says he is a tudent. When you do find such a one freeze to him. Then climb up the hill togother. m the time you ket you are mot piaying alone- you bav formed a copertnership—and always try at least to_combine your hand with your part- ner’s. Play the two hands as one, 1f possible— six cars against your adver- -six. t player and writer of his day, the world-renowned Deschapelles, says *‘a mu- tugl understanding between partners forms the very spiritof the game and the basis of all improvement.” This can only be done by adopting the same identical line or system of play from A to Z and sticking to it. Your original lead of ace, king, queen, juck, ten, nine, or any card down to the: deuce, should not have a dual meaning—it should always mean the same thing. It you willfuliy deceive your partmer once confidence is shaken; the sscond time you do so confidence islost. And whist confidence is just as sacred as any other kind—always speak the truth by the card you play. When you are “sezond in hand”’ player you should conform in 99 cases outof 100 to what the textbooks tell you to do. 1f you studied law or medicine the time would naturally come when you wouid be sdmitted to practice. Then discedd you, ‘How can I ever | As the question Will be | quired | In bunting around for & partoer, if you | rt in to play never for- ! to the above. | | books; throw them in the fire or put them up | high on the shelf for reference only. Now you are ready for your first client or patient; in | whist ready for your firet game. This is the | time to exercise your own iree willand juds- ment. | It has never occurred in the history of the | game that the cards in two deals of whist were ever dealt alike, conssquently they can | never b played the same. We know several | professional men in our whist clubs of San | Francisco who fail to know all the proper | 1eads and tollows, or the conventional second- hend play, who pride themselves in saying | | they never looked into a whist book in their | | lives. Think ofit! It they practice their pro- fession as they play whist, what § horrible mess they must make of it. This class of peo- | | ple, and they are numerous, stand in. their | own light. As long as they entertain such | ideas they can never become even second-rate players. One of the great faults of our teem play in the clubs of this City Is that the play- ers are not properly coeched. They have no head, and one will not yield to the other— each one is certain his way is the best. Hav- ing no uniform system of play, no agreement | is ever reached. "Of course, all are anxious to | win, but without realizing it, they ail pull in opposite directions. A beautiful example to the whist world isghe great Albany team of | Albany, N. Y.—the'team that made such a | wonderful record in the A. W. L. trophy con- tests during the past six months. They com- menced to gain their National reputation at | Philadelphia in 1894, again in Minneapolis in | 1895, and came within one-halt a trick of winning the A. W. L. trophv in 1896. They | | have one head, or captain, and follow his ad- | vice implicitly. In team work they play as a unit. In practice they are up to date and try &li new ideas, etc. We intend soon to publish their entire system of play, with illustrated deais taken from the great Albany-St. Paul match played at the midwinter meeting of these two teams at D:troit, Mich.. when Albany | won one of the most interesting whist matches | ever played. | lead From King, Queen and Two Small. | Of all the original leads made at a whist | table we believe the sbove holding isthe poor- est one to select from. In order to satisly our- selves in regard (o the matter we consulted the great master of the game, Major-General Drayson. To our communication he kindly : sends us the following: 20 ASHBURTON ROAD, SoUTHS¥A, ENG. My Dear Sir: 1 sendyou herawith a partial enalysis oflead from king, queen and two small, say 3and 2. Which is it better to lead, king oF deuce? H N w E casE 1. Suppose North ho'ds jack and 8. East holds 10, 9. 6. West holds A, 7,5, 4. Lead small. Result, “outh wins two tricks. Lead king. South winsonly oue uniess North gets lead and leads jack. CASE2. North holds 10, 8, 5. ' East hoids 9, 7, 6. West holds A, J, 4. South will win two if small card ls led; one if | king. CASE 3. North holds 10, 8, 5. East ho'ds A, J, 4. West hoids 9. 7, 6. South wins one If he leads king and will win one if he leads the 2. CASE 4 North hold 8, 7, 5, 4 East holds A, J, 9. West. holds 10, 6. South will win none if smail card 1s led; one if Kking. caSE 5. North holds J, 5, 4. East bolds 10, 9, 8. West holds A, 7, & Same result if 2 or king 1s led. CASE 6. North holas 4.7, 6. East holds 10, 9, 8. West Lolds J, 5, 4 Same result if 2 or king s led. CASET. North holds 10, 9, 7. East bolds J, 8. West hoids 4,6, 5, 4. South wins none if 2 is led; one if king. 1 have gone into several other cases and find the result gives a very small percentage in favor of king lead, though it Is a nasty lead and (o be avoided if possible. A. W. DRAYSON. Answers to Queries. The deal given below was played in & match between the Trist Duplicste Whist Cluband the San Francisco. We ask your opinion on the play? 2-10,7.3 0-K,10.8.4,2 Q'8 4,2 —K.Q,8,6,5, a-94 a-x.Q | =2, 9—-Q, 9 W E/&—6, 3 *—K,J, 10,9, 5| ‘o—-:\. K, Q 1,10, G—None 28,2 Spades trumps, North to lead. North opens with 4 of hearts. South puts up the ace and returns the suit. East trumps the trick. Two_ questions we would like to ask ou: ¥ First—Should West, with this holding, call for trumps ? Second—If West does not call for trumps, what should East lead at trick 3?7 In answer to the question, Should West call for trumps ? we think it would be good play to do so, for two reasons. The first is, West is very strong in trumps and has one good, strong, plain suit, With more than a fair chance of making it. The other reason (and with us it is a weighty one), if West did not +call” East might come with a losing dia- mond, compelling West {o trump. Because West calls for trumps East Is not askea to lead them more than once, unless he leads & win- ning card and holds the trick. To the second question: “If West does not call for tramps, what should Eart lead at trick 877 Astwo full rounds have been played, East hassome valusble information. South must be weak in trumps and has no stronger suitof hisown. When he returns hearts he expects one of his adversaries to trump. East must know that the trump strength i with West and North, with balance of power in favor of North, for West not calling. East mighttake a “fiyer” or a 100 to 1 shot and lead a trump, with a forlorn hope of making the diamiond suit, but we think a more con- sorvative line of play, although a very dan- gerous thing to do, is 1o lead the jack of dia- monds, then switch according to develop- ment, WIHAT 5 THE BEST LEAD? SCRANTON, Pa., May 12, 1897, Whist Editor Call: I held the following hand lately, and am snxious to know your opinion a8 to best lead. Will you kindly oblige me? J. W. DUSENBURY. The hands are as follows: . Spades—Ace, 5, 2. Hearts—Ace, Kig, 9, 4 Clubs—Ace. Diamonds—Ace, jack, 8, 5, 2. Hearts declared trumps. We are now and have been for several years advocating the lead of the fourth best from a sult of ace and four others. We don’t think there is any question about lcading from the diamond suit; the question is Which card. Our answer wouid be the 5. When the sult is es- tablished lead a trump; not before. Tormey’s Rotary Discard Used in Baltimore. Mr. Beverly W. Smith of Baltimore writes for the News of that city a very Interesting article on the subject of the discard. After giving a general description of the usual sys- | tem of discarding he calls his reader’s stten- tion to the above-named discard in the follow- ing words: Another form of discard which is now recelving much attention, pariiculariy from local players, is that termed the rotary discard. For the pur- pose or making this discard, the suits are arranged in the tollowing relative order, viz Spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. After diamonds would come spades again, sud then hearis and then clubs, and 80 on. This arrangement, which gives name to the discard, should always be borne in mind, and the p:ayer wishing to desiznate his suit by his origisal discard throws & card from the suit immediately preceding the sit Intended to be In- dicated, the trump sult being aiways e.minated in the calculation. Thus, hearts being trumps, the discard of & club would show diamonds the discarder's best sult, the discard of o diamond would indicate spades, and of a spade clubs, the interveningsutt, heurts, being disregarded because it 18 the trump. This system of discard, thoagh 1t affords the quickest und most precise information of any ever suggested, 1s also 0pen to grave objections. not the least of which is that hands will occur where the necessity of following its exact and lireral de- mands ma cause the sacritice of a valuable card, & guard to an BOAOT, OF, WOTse sLiil, a0 houor iiselt. This rigidity will probably prevent the general adop:ion of the rotary system of discard by whi ‘ers of the hrst cisss, although in many hands it would be the Vvery best thas could be devised. In the opinion of the writer the old system of discardl § srength or weakness according as trumps are decared agaimst or with the discarder (and his partner) with the modifica- Uon. that when partner is the original leader, and opens bis hand by leading trumps, the rotary dis- card is subssituted for weakness, in view of the importancs under such circumstances of being able to Indicate to partner by a single discara the discarder’ suit, is, all things considered, the most sati: ry system of discarding which has been yet sugzested, although this is not a perfect one by any means. Trist Duplicate Whist Glub Recep- tion. We have received & handsomely engraved Tinvitation from the Trist Duplicate Whist Club, presenting its compliments and request- ing our company Saturday evening, May 29, at 8 o'clock sharp. Duplicate whist will be the amusement. Several nice prizes wili be awarded and refreshments served. The deep and growing interest in the game of waist is spreading so that the lady or gentleman that Qoes not know how to play tne game has neglected a part of her or his education. It is an accomplishment second to none. The Lead From Ace and Four Small. In another part of this article we are asked our opinion in regard to a lead from a certain holding. Since answering this question we have received a copy of the Field of London. The *Master,” “Cayendish,” is its whist editor. On this subject he says; The lead of ace from ace and small with great numerical strength is a casein polnt, and although 1t has nothing to do with sequence leads it de- mands examination. The conditions are exceed- ingly complicated. It s mot necessary to enter into them hers, as Mr. Whitfeld has aiready treated them exhaustively. Ho finds that, as & mere matter of trick-making, there is & slight ad- vantage In the lead of a small card from ace and four small ones; but this is nearly compensated for by the chance of the ace belng subsequently ruffed if a small card is led and by other Indirect consid- erauons. The probability of subsequent ruffing appears to me to be the objection to the lead of & small card mainly present to the minds of those who lead ace, for & small card is unhesitatingly led in trumps and also 1n plain suits after the adverse trumps have been extracted. On the whole, having considered the case with some cere, 1 prefer the lead of ace, from ace and sour smail In plain suits, at the English straight game of short whist, five up, counting honors, ex- cept when just strong enough in_trumps and othe sults to refrain from leading’a trump unul it is known whether pattner can help in the five-card ace suit. Atduplicate whist, where honors do not count, and every hand s played out to_the end for what 1t I worth, the conditions are somewhat different. and Tam inclined tothe lead of fourth best, with five of the suit exactly, but not wich more than five. Imust confess, however, that I have not played duplicate often enough to make any opin- fon of much vaiue. It will probably be found, T think, tnat at duplicate there is not much to choose between ono lead or the other. The ad- vantage of showing & minimum of five by the original lead has not, in my opinion, been suffi- o ently considered in regard to the duplicate game. No doub: a solutiou, or, atall events, an approxl- mate solution will be worked out in,the course ot time. Whistlets. There is a movement on foot to get & team of iour from each of the City whist clubs to enter & prize tournament (o take place in the rooms of the San Francisco Whist Club. In- ter-club play of this kind is what is needed for good feeling among our whist-players. The Vallejo Whist Club will probably play tne Petalumas for the Rideout challenge tro- phy on Saturday, Juae 5. The Sacramento Whist Club starts in with 409 charter members. This is the largest gtrietly whist club in the United States. The Trist Duplicate Whist Club has sent ina challenge fof the Rideout tropky. The match cannot take place before the middle of June. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. 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