The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1897, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1897. LTED SGOTS WILL GO FREE The Glorious Fourth Under the Auspices of the Thistle Club. Here Is a Unique Chance for the Lover of the Land o’ Cakes. Games With Oash Prizes, Fireworks and a Concert and Ball in the Evening. The one hundred and twenty-first an- niversary of American independence will be c elebrated in an elaborate manver by the members of the San Francisco Scot- tish Thistle Club at Shell Mound Park, Berkeley, Monday, July 5. It will be the fifteenth annual festival given by the club | and promises to be the greatest gathering ever given by the society. Nothing like it has ever before been witnessed on this ceast. The programme prepared for the occasion embraces some thirty - eight events, all of them interesting. Interspersed throughout are many amusing ones, which will tena to dissi- pate any weary feelings that may be pro- duced during the hoiding of the heavy contests. The committee in charge have | endeavored to put up aprogramme that | will eclipse all former efforts. Some $3000 in cash will be distributed to the successful competitors in the various | everts. Besides, eiegant and costly med- als will be awarded to the winners in the amateur contests, All the ueavy-weight champions will be present and engage in the heavy events, | snd some phenomenal exhibitions of | trength may be expected. The greatest dancers in (he country will also be pres ent and give awe-iuspiring-and pictur- | esque_exhibitions in the :erpsichorean ari. Thechampion runners, both profes- sional and amateur, will Lotly contest in the various races. A feature of (he day will be the great mile and two-mile bi- cycle races, in which the crackerjacks of the United States, Cansda and Australia will engage. The sturdy tars will be given an opporiunity of showing their expertness in agility and grace in the celebrated and far-famed sailors’ horn- pipe. The Irish people wiil slso have an | opportunity of ywing their great prowess in the Lrish jig and reel. It has beea decided tnat no Scotehman nor | member of .he ciuo shall ve allowed to | compete therein nor act as judge. | The celebrated exponent of the Irish | National Union bagpives, Professor T. | McCarthy, has been specially engaged and | will provide music for those who desire to | while away the hours in jig and reel danc- ing. Another feature of the games will be a grand chalienge tug-of-war, in which te | champion athletes will participate. The club this year has departed somewhat from its usual custom of holding only a day celebration, ana has provided 2n elaborate programme for the evening as well. The park will be handsomely illumin- | sted witn electric lights, etc., and will | present a most gorgeous spectacle. Be- | sides a grand ball thers will vea grand | open-air concert and elaborate display of fireworks in the amphitheater, embracing many sei piecesand beautiul pyrotechnic effects. The music will be rendered by Bennett’s celebrated band aua a full corps attired in | the *‘zarb of ‘auld Gaul.” The games will | start promptly at 10 o'clock in the morn- | ing and continue uninterruptedly untit 6 | | o'clock in the evening. Every society in the City, a8 well as the neighboring towns, has been cordially invited to attend, anu judging from the numerous acceptances received by Recorder Paterson large dele- gations will be preseni therefrom. The games commitiee has grown very enthusiastic over its work in connection with the approaching festival, and feels assured that it will not only be the great- est ever before given by the club but will far eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted on this coast, thus render- ing it an event that will long be remem- ber-d. The prices cf admission have been fixed at nominal rates, the holders of day tickets being entitled to evening exercises without extra charge. All persons ai ired in the Highland costume will be ad- mitted to the grounds free of chargi WEDS A HEADMASTER. Miss Bessie C. McAllister and Francis Dunn of Berkeley United in Matilmony. The wedding of Miss Bessie C. McAllis- ter, daughter of Archibald McAllister of San Raiael, 10 Francis Dunn, formerly in- structor in the English department of the | | University of Cahifornia, and now head- | master of the Peraita Hall School at Be: ley, took place yesterday afternoon at 2:30 | o'clock at Calvary Presbyterian Church, The ceremony, which took place in the pre-ence of only and relatives of the coutracting parties, was performed by Rev. Jobn Hemphill. be bride, a cbarming blonde, is very popuiar in San Raiael, and the groom is well and favoravly known in university and educational circles. Mr. and Mrs, Dunn leave this morning for the north. Afier returning from a thres weeks’ trip they will reside at Berkeley. THE BRYAN RECEPTION, Plans Adopted for Greeting the Orator in San Fran- cisco. He Will Shake Hands at the Palace and Speak at Woodward's Pavilion, Frank Goula, Max Popper, Marion Bigge Jr. and John Markley, composing & | quorum of the committee of arrangements appointed by the Democratic State Ceniral C mmittee to arrange for the reception of W. J. Bryan in San Francisco, met at the Californias Hotel yesterday and di-cussed some features of the proposed demonstra- tion. The general plans hitherto adopted were not changed. Some of the enthusiastic admirers of the Nebraska orator wanted a series of meetings on the same night They thought he could speak at North Beach, the Mission and South San Fran- cisco and then enjoy a serenade a: the Palace Hotel. Frank Gould did not fancy the plan of rushing the orator from one quarter of the City to another. In his judgment such & display of Mr. Bryan’s agility was not demanaed by the exigencies of the ccca- sion. Moreover, Mr. Gould thought that it would be undignitied to trot Mr, Bryan around in that manner. According to the plan now accepted, there will be a reception at the Palace on the afternoon of July 7, a meeting at | ‘Woodward’s Pavilion in the evening and a serenade at the Palace after the meeting. Roncovieri’s band of foriy pieces will sup- ply the serenade music. —_————— Easeball To-Day. The games scneduled for to-day are: The Columbias vs. Manhattans and United States Regulars vs. S. N. 1 0ods at the Presidio Ath- | ietic grounds; at Central Park, California Markets vs. Vallejos and Bakersfleld vs. Oak. land Reliance; at the Sixteenth and Folsom street grounds the Will & Fincks will play the Union Irou Works, e Frances H. Wooster's Estate, The estate of the late Frances H. Wooster has been sppraised at 652,559 78, NEW Y0-DAY Our competitors : the high class tailors RO0OS BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post We are about to modern- 1ze the store front—the inside is up-to-date. Who likes stdewalk bridges, carpentering and confusion ? This might be sufficient to keep some away who would really like to come. Hence we give more inducement to come here than usual; usual quality, style and guarantee, but unusual prices. Men’s all wool suits at $8.25. Good enough for any body, don’t turn your nose up at them because of the price, ‘Seasonable, n ew goods. About 200 suits at this price, not complete sizes in all lines; but can fit nearly everybody. Lower prices on everything but one brand collars and cuffs Agents for Brokaw Bros., and Rogers Peet & Co.’s Clothing, New York the immediate frienas | HALE BROS. ! | | SPANGL JETS, 1 MIN cand 1 Oc_‘{ard. 14 inch wide 35¢ w yard. Sale Gl 40c; 135 to 1inch wide. Sule pr 20c Yard. Ll 2 DRESS GOODS SPECIALS. 500 YARDS OF REGULAR 75¢ PO 9290090 T0000000000B08 - | | | 10N CKS—A modest ifitie sik | 1o sirijed check, one of the neat | 1S rics ou our counters, sold for | to lus: night, full 45 inches : |19 b greers, hellotrope, blues, | 1o myr ie and olive. Your cholce for :g): 5% days 2 X 900 YARDS OF COLLEGE CHECKS— | | s This ine sold at 50c, the most popu. R lar dress and skir. material in_ihe o marse', every color & good one. The enire line un sa.e he above items are hona-fide reductions. will be s0ld a: the figures we quote mere ertiseme 4 | | SCOTCH MINTURES_A sof i e R T [ HIGHLAND CHEVIOT-A very e | a very swell sirect gowo, 50 luches O ‘ e AR s (e e e RSl L Binch: At Haws CHECK TAFFETA STLE—The neatest FANCY GROS DE LONDRES SILK - trimmii.s, colors and designs pe wani, his was our dollarlive sale (his week (INCORPORATED) SAN FRANCISCO. & [y 12 DEBIORS ABE INSOLVENT {J. G. Johnson & Son Go toi 3 the Wall With Heavy ‘ { Debts. | Other Business Men, Unable to Meet Their Obligations, Begin Bank- | | ruptey Proceedings, | | —_— | | Several noteworthy business faitures | were recorded yesterday, the most impor- | 1ant being the voluntary inso!vency of the wholesale buichers, J. G. Johnson and Charles H. Johnson, whose office has been | at 831 Kearny street, in this City, the firm | name being J. G. Johnson & Son. No reason 1s assigned for the failure, but the character of the items of indebtedness would seem to indicate that the firm has | been running behind in a business w for some time. Many of the company’s creditors live in Butchertowr Following is a ful! list of the creditors, | with the amount of their several c/aims: W. M. Gifford, $152 96: Legallei-Helburg Tanmng Company, ¥3778 85; South San Francisco Packing Company, 1252 60; C. | Nounermann, $1000; k. Krager, $3000; J. B . ¥300: Mra. H. R Muzzy, $530; J. Calin- wno, ¥500; Jobn Dippél, $120; J. Stumpi & Son, $307 07 Fraucitco Lumber Comprny, Whitney & Co., $15 40; Caliiornin Transporta- tion Company, $5 83: J. . Hare & Co., O’Brien & Son, % Cuffes Bros Pacific Telegraph Company Transportation Com Bag Company, $6 John W. Hewey £5000; C. Nonners 0. Crammev. $49 65 ghan, $536 75; H. M. L | Johnson Benjamin Jonuson | McGurths ; P. Newman, $190 $ Knight, $6: Troy, ¥45 10; M. MecCor- | mick, $50 J. 0. Behr, $17 15; W. Young, | F13; 64 E In addition to the firm’' | H. Johnson nus amounting to $146¢ | The assets of the company ars consider- able, though somewhat incumbered. | | Their real estate and personal property | amount to $23,997 27. against which there are outsianding claims for $12,500. Bills due the petitioners on book accounts | amount to $12,754 21 rollowing on tiis comes the failure of | the Bay State Mining and Development | | Company of Amador County. Sylvester Gardner, secretary of the company, pre. sents a list of the corporation’s creditors, many of whom were empioyed as miners and mechanics. The liabilities foot up $13,837 93 and the assets are nominal, con- | sisting principaily of the mining claims and mining wachinery of the company at the town of Enterprise, Indian Creek, Amador County. | Other bankrupts who seek release from their debts are as follows: Eugene Piaeffle, grocer; debts, $2106 56 assets, $50. | Joseph Simon, business not stated; debts, $1504 §7; asset+, nominal. John Mulhoiland & Co. and John Mul- bolland individually, the liabilities being | $8(6 10 for the firm and $29960 in his in- diviaual capacity, | et | By Trick and Devico. A warrant was Issued yesterday for the ar- rest of Pairick O'Connell on the charge of petty larceny by trick and device. The com. | plaining witvess is John Dohrmann, propri- | etor of the New Ferry Exchange Saloon. Yes- | terday moruing Dolirmann alieges that Fat- rick visited his saloon and paid for a glass of whisky with a $10 Confederate bill, receiving | $9 90 chauge. rles 'D. Knight | debts Charles | individuai labilities The Lost Fouund. | Itwasreporied to the police yesterday that George H. Bowman, the eievator and beil boy at the 8t. Nicholas Hotel, whose mySsterious dissppearance puzzied his friends, has been heard of in Los Angeles. This is the second time Bowman has caused his friends consider- able enxiety by disappearing mysteriously, OUR ENTIRE STOCX OF BEADINGS AND PASSEMENTERIES, TO-MORROW. LOT IT-COLORED BEAD AND SPA 1 LOT TTII—COLORED BEAD and SPAN- TRIMMING, Iridescent effects: was | (These are guaranteed bona-fide reductions. These deepest cuts we cver made in this department.) nd (v make things hum in thi Il eores| | 937-945 Market Street, | | New York Awakens From ! HALE BROS. ED DRESS TRIAMINGS AT LESS THAN COST. COME EARLY FOR CHOICE. MAIL ORDERS FILLED IF | 1 OT I—SPANGLE SCALE TRIMMING, | LOT IV—A MISCELLANECUS AS- 11 14 inch wide; worth 10c; was7c. Salé| SORTMENT Sik and Bead, Spavgle | price | and Bead, Tinsel and Bead. sl Bead Sc Yard. and Jewel comb:nations. 14 10 1 inch wide; was 75¢, 80c and $1. Sale piice | B5c Yard. (Thesercductio s are guarauteed t o be SLAS We suy they are.) was 20¢, price for | jp, \ LOT V—A MISCELLANEOUS AS- SORTMENT Beaa and Spangle, Bead ana Siik- also combination effects in evening shades: was $1.3 ce $175a yurd. ale pric | S50c Yard. 5, $1.50 and | NOTION SPECIALS. SEE WINDOW_DISPLAY. EXTRA HELP TO StRVE YOU. RECEIVED IN TIME. LOT VI lLoT vii- K CLIP IN CAMBEIC EMBROID- S—Embroered edge, exira qual- HALE BROS | SALE BEGINS AT 8 A. M. TIN BEAD AND SPAN- GLE TRIMMINGS. 135 to 215 inthes wide, il suades: was $225a yaid. Sale prics 85Sc Yard. PANGLE A DALLIONS, good co menis 10 a yard: was $3.50. $1.70 vard or 10c Ornament. | EN ME- 17 orna- Sale price LOT VIII-TAFFETA SILK TRIM- MING, Ap)liqued and Spangled; 2inches Wide; was $1.25. Sale price 25c Yard. goods sold at the regular prices up to last night. They are the | FURNISHING SPECIALS. CHILDRE HOSF ty : pair, pa.d cash ull White and Co'ored, 2 inches wide 5¢ Yard Huish, Lariow rit, bish-spl ced : White, 214 to 3 inchies wide 2¢ Yard neels, double toes, wizes 5 10 ()C 8GC | Whie 7o 8 tuchesw Yurd 814, anti-tear, ou finy { 3L White, 8 (0 ¥ inches w 3¢ Yard A'Stap il (he ot is sold - & oPam Yara (3Cur pick from the tables unti, sold). 185 LADIES DIMITY SHIRT WAINIS_Six separate lots 10 | LADIES’ TWO.CLASP EM- | odd sizs. some were §1 | " TBROIDERED BACK Kib | ouhers £1 50, detac GLOVES—AN sizes, browns, | and sixty withdetac s | oxbioodyaud the lighter shades 77C | mi coors “and puerus Tnd QCC | oireds. A speciut price for | entire lot on the vargain count. I | ehs week.... : e e | ers at 5 Each They - | :NTS' FLANNELETTE 5| LADIES cHAMOIS GLOVE IGHTGOW No-Good and big | 7 ¥or outing drewses, two clasps e e e embroldercd ba k, gray or | Biuae, n 4. 1ar's worth of Wear 500 | whiie, guaranieed wash, g 1.00 aud @ hundred dollurs’ worth or © | & piece of chamots cleaning 1" Comort a | for wee Each | soap with every puir. Pr.ce | (ol mrC - INT s [ FANCY STRIPE GAUZE RIB- wh Yard BONS—AIl pure silk. nearly 5 an. embroidery trimm d yoke | iuches wide, good coiors, very 3 aud'cufts & et ilule gar 9OC | el tor nedc vbbous” baws e o helias RO Vers e B | tiediree durivg this sale. Tae 2O | ks B e e Wi + Yard | GENiS BLACKSILK ORSATIN 10¢ 1°°| Lapres’ sik LiEs—coub 15¢ HOW Tiks, with elastic—For Yo | “striog. rand bows or anieid ) turudown collars. On sale. Each urd | pows. Your cholc . Eabh | LADIES' BLACK (OTTON | e HERMSD( RF DY D HOSE— | LADIES SATIN BAND BOWS— ©=C An imported stocking, bes: of mc| bl stock, fasten in front, red, &0 Muco varn, foli finisned, bigh 70¢| mavyorbiack A S T spiiced becie, double no's md | 5 | zio a regular 25 stocking. Ou ] < Yard | CORSET STEELS — 1hompson's 3 z Pair | “” vabrenkable, saecn covered R e S | corset’swels A Stanaard 1uc CUTION Viere_vhleur o5 article on sale Lo S i b _— T = B [§5) Yera | YELLOW KIDS. [ The funniest (bing of the season. Send one to your friends. No Gee fear that they have one «s Ha'a’s have the exciusive right to sell o ) this coast. Like @ siuffed rag dol. More laugh anl more fun than Yard | the same money usually geis } 16 Inches High - - - . DS5c 8 Inches High - - - - - 1O0c (In the Pazaar) MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT. Business rapidly inecre: Order anything we advert e ing In the Mail Order Department We will purchase auything ior you | in San Francisco and pack it Free of Charge. HALE BROS able muslin. satisfaction. PILLOWCASES. ol 7 2-inch hem, 45x36. 10c ea 7 2-inch nem, 54x4. 15 1ge eac Hemsdiched, AN ICTRCH BEDDINGS, SHEETS, CASES, COMFORTS, BLANKETS, SPREADS. Our Sheets and Cas:s are all torn by hand, dry ironed, 2-inch hemmed, no dressing, stour, heavy, dur= Carefully made and guaranteed to give We claim leadership in this departmeat. b b A These prices are absolutely the lowest in ihe city, quality con- sidered. SHEETS. Plain hemmed, 72390..... 45c each P.ain lemmed. 81x90...1.50c each Piain hemmed, 90x90 Hemstitcaed, 7:X90...00. Hemstitched. 81x80 Hemstitched, 80x90 65¢ each All sheets and cases guarantee perfect after wash.ng. Dest heavy musiin. O ed The very | HALE BROS BEDSPREADS. A_very heavy fall-gized MAR. 1 | SEI LES SPREAD, bought for cash from the manutacturer. Sale price. 75and $2.25 each | CROCHET SPREADS, hemmec and ready to us | terns. zood and 1 | 72x81 Slxss ncbes... inches .50c each 75¢ each COMFORTERS. Filled with Cotton good and henvy. | For a3z For For | FIVE -POUND WHITE WOOL | BLANKETS. made In Catifornia, | sizes 66383 inches. This bianket | s commonly sold as an ail-wool | bixnkee However, it voniains & very smail per cent cotion. which cannot 2 9.90 Hetaored by inexpexistiost DO eyes Price........... Each ' DOMESTIC SPECIALS. }.mm yards of ASSORTED PER- | CALES, aeood fall yard wide: | \CLOAK DEP'T. |SPECIALS. HALE’ S GEEAT < = = LEADER—-A Linen & Tin et ningibom 15 caima’ EEthe Guting Suit.. the nebblest littte affaip -3 litlew rines, chicrsmnad Mbains you ever saw, up-to-date in ever: ol in most any culor; ~ome patterns | ticular, wide hem, seams all lap, fOr wrappers, o hers for dresses, cloth bound, carefully made and psr- apr.ns and chil re '~;ul\‘(m!vll & 1c | fect fit, all sizes. At Hale’s e The entire 3000 yards on \l-:] $82.49 Each. dren’s “play d RC " = ol o = | our TURKISH TOWELS, | ihis stock just arrived. pricas each @)-50 | oL i vkt isL 1.50, $1.85, $2.00 and D& — | satisfactor: owel that makes ] € C| (We can show you the largest stock of Separate | abaihaluxuy; 23x50 iucaes. 2 Ou.ing Skirts 0 Francisco. Prices absolute | Special = . Each | peiow competition.) i 5N 8 cen! RC = = ] der, 15x15 inches. At Ha i S.e Dozen ctly fitting tal or-made .00 FOUR LEADERS IN LACK CUR- suit, very stylish, sizes 34 .10 40. At QDO — ' INS, uvery one of the four a Hale's. A o Each Lot'Ti, Notingham, 4 ¥ards fong e R Lot 1II or Nottingbam, Just th (' ng T summe | Bl y ..%2.50 Pair / i il /7 2 | ok é/ B HOUSE-FURNISHINGS. | C//CLLEAS/TTY. | Heavy Tin Stew Pans, 114-quart size.....4 (INCORPORATED ] | Heavy Tin Stew I 2 art size | Enamel Lip ~auc quart size. .2 - I} 50 Cake | lear Glycerine 10ilet Soap. . SAN FRANCISCO. The Gall's Whist Donts Appreciated Our whist editor has just received a very flattering memorial from the Kate Wheelock Ciub oi Philadelphia, which reads as follows: PHILADE 27, 189 Cali—~DEAR SIR: We, the Kate Club, offer you our most PHIA, Whist Editor Wheelock sincere | thanks for your autographed Donts, which we have Individually inscribed on our hearts. If we are ever found. guilty of violating a single injunciion,may we always and hereaftor have Bumbledogs for pariners and a Yarbor- deal. Very respctiu ly yours: Wager Smith, Alice M. Wager ough in ever: A. Elzabe | Smitn, Jennie Griffiths, Mary Griffiths, Anna | M. Clyde, N Lillian Wallace, Mary Fite, N. R. Beatn, S. E. Kirk, Mrs. Habicht, A. W. McKin- ley, Charlotte Heister, Elizabeth Erwin Herr, Sarah Mac Beath, Inez E. Walsh, Laura Simp- son, Ella Simpson, Louise R. Buil. | Petaluma Loses to the TJrist Duplicate. The match for the Kideout trophy was played in the rooms of the Petalums Whist Club Saturday last. June 19, and resulted in & victory for Trist Duplicate Whist Club of this City. Petaluma put up her same team, John Camm (capiain), Lee Falkuer, A. Morstadt and genial George MeNear. The Trist Club wes strengihened considerably by puttivg in Jouathan Curuis, otherwise the team was same as played before—Professor C. H. Howard (captain), John G. Suttou and J. H. Lewis. A little practice was all the Trist Club wanted to assure them of victory. The San Francisco club is next on the list. The full ecore of the forty-eight deals is 0 below: gl wpvd wowgl S. PETALUMA. ~Deats_. | 1] 21 31 41 6| 6] Trist, N 5. 5 3| 8B 610 7 Pets, N& S| 3] 2| 7] 8] 9 7 ~ Deats 9] 10) 117 12) 13| 3% Trist, N&S..| 6| 8 6] .| 6] & Peta, N «8| s| 8] 7| 2| 6| 7| Deals 17 18| 19) 20 211 22 Trist, | i 4| 4] 8|1 Petu., ol 6] 4 o] 8|10 N Trist C.ub :otal gaius. Petaluma Club total gain: Net for Trist Cla Its Dream. The great State ot New York In whist mat- ters is just three years behind California. In the summer of 1894, at a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the American Whist League held in the Manufacturers’ Club rooms after the adjournment of the Fourth Whist Congress, the writer of these lines sug- gested to the committee that the time had come for the jormation of intersectional | leagues, ali to be under the protection and guidance of the the A. W. L. The president of the league at that time, John M. Walton, ap- pointed the writer a committee of one (with power 10 2dd to same if desired) to formulate & plan o1 scheme to carry out the writer's ideas and suggestions and to report at the midwinter meeting of the committee. Since that time tweive or thirteen whist associations have been formed, and on June 5 ! the | } | | | pete for the Brookl:n trophy now held by Iast the State of New York awoke from its dream and fell into line. The Brooklyn Eagle says: | The New York State Whist Association was furmed at Albany last Sa:urday. Officers elected were as follows: Presiden:, E. Leroy Smith of the Albany club: first vice-president, C. A. Hen- riques of the Whist Club of New York: second vic -president, Kobert H. Weems of the Erooklvn Whist Club; recording secretary, rdwin Rath- bone of the Albany Chess and Whist Ciub; tre C. E. Pratt of the Fort Schuyler Clud of : corresponding secretar:, Howaid Earle of the Breoklyn Whist Cub. President Walter H. Baraey of the American Woist Lexgue, who was present, was elected an honorary member of this association. A trophy for pairs was offered by Utica The N. Y.S. W. A. expecis 1o send & team 10 the next congress of the A. W. L. to com- the New Engiand Whist Asscciation, and it 1s probable that several of the other auxiilary & sociations will be represented. Ghanges in the Gode of Laws. On the overland train to-morrow evening P. J. Tormey, director of the American Whist League and president of the Pacific Coast Whist Association, starts on his eighth pil- grimage across the continent to attend the whist congress to be held at Put-in Bay, com- mencing July 5 and ending July 10. The most important feature of this congress will be the revision of the code of Iaws governing the game. This code has stood for four years. and the few changes that wiil be made at this meeting will, no doubt, be the last for many years to come. Mr. Tormey is chairman of the commitiee on laws, sud our whist editor will know at once from him the changes that take place, and the same will appear in our whist news. Original Lead of a Singleton. We have been asked & great many is ever permissibe 1o lead & “snea gleton as an original leader. Answering such aquestion’ to an uneducated whist player is like answering some questions that your chil- dren put 1o you—you hedge until they grow older. T. E. Otis, whist editor oi the Newark Evening News of Newark, N. J,, in a late arti- cle says: The question whether a singleton plain-suit lead is ev-r justifiable in the original opening of a hand has frequently been asked. The answer de- pends upon the ability of the inquirer. It may seem strange to many ihat the question should | not be answered in the same way, regardless of tne whist knowledge of the inquirer, but the play 15 one seldom wise o0 use, and the power to dis- cern when to make i Tequires a high Order of whist abilities. Give a chitd & knife and generally he wil! injure Bimseit. Permit a poor whist-player to think that the lead of a singieton is justifiable, and the result | will be as signally Injurious, in a whist sense, to a player of this grade, as tbé knife to the child in a physical sense. The analogy between the two is sirong, aud the reader can readily see that unaer 1o condition siould an afirmativeanswer be given to this question uniess the person seeking informa- tion fs one whose whist knowledge is of & desree qualifying him 10 be able L0 recognize (he condi- tion: of & hand which warrant operning with ihe sing'eion of a piain suit. Here isa hand recenty held fu a game for the State trophy, which gained three tricks by the sivgielon openiog: * pades, 10, learts, 9, 4, 2 Clabs. 8 7. 4, 3,3 amonds, Jack, 5, 3, 2. To add & word or two to this, after the orig:. nal leader has opened his suit any subsequent lead can be made from & singleton oftentimes to very great advantage, and it is a play that is very often made. Kate Wheelock on the Three Trump Echo. Twice in the last few months we have written articles on the subject of the three echo, and we are persuaded to say s few words on tne subject owing to the receipt of & personal let- ter from Bennington, Vt. | reads: “If you have any influence with the writer of whist articles in THE SUNDAY CALL do have him give us his article on the three-card echo, i the best way to teach it. Miss Wheelock teaches echo not attempting to take the trick. Boston teaches (so 1 am told) echo to show three whether trying or not trying to take the | trick. Which way do you advise We bave, in the language of a politician, gnite n “pull” with the whist editor of THE SUNDAY CALL, auid on the subject he says it is & very dangerous instrument to fool with. The little lady who wrote the lines above isa whist teacher aud if she has scholars from the kindergarten up it would be well to teach the ““turee echo’ to advanced pupils only. In & nutshell, the way that Miss Wheelock teaches this play to her advanced pupils is this, in her own words: “'If after your partner has called for or led trumps vou refuse to echo the firsi opportn- nity you deny ex:ctly three. Msking a sub- Orie paragraph echo the next opportunity shows more than | | | three, refusing 1o sub-echo shows: less than | theee. | “If trying to win the trick you echo it shows more than three; or, i in response to partner’s call, or returning his lead, if you re- turn or lead a high card, giving positive in- formation you have not four, then sut-echo | means three.” | No whist teacher will be very tar from the | mark if they follow the advice of Miss Whee- lock. We always prefer to give the opinion of others higher in authority than our own, but | on this subject we expressed our own ideas in | THE CALL of March 7th and April 18th. | PAnswers to Dueries. SacraMENTO. Cal., June 22, 1897. Whist Editor Call: W+l you Kindly inform me ‘what cumpass whist ? Also what a ‘Gambit lead” is? And greatly oblige. A BEGINNER 1IN WHIST, The eppellation “compass whist” came from Philadelphia. When the whist players of this country commenced 10 use e polnts- of the compass to designate their positions at the whist table, in the. movement of the players, the Philadelphians christenad 1t “compass whist,” and it applies to auy game whete you | move from table to table. A ‘“gambit lead” does not apply to whist proper. Some whist writers who want to let us know tnat they play chess, use the term *‘zambit.” The definition | of the word is ““a mode of opening a game of chess,” which would be considered a regulsr | opening whnen applied to whist. We suppose the wiiter means a regular opening, according to the system used by the players. CYCLERS’ ROAD RACES. | Programme of Events to Be Contested | This Morning Across ! the Bay. | The Acme Club Wheelmen of Oakland ] will inaugurate the first fifteen-mile road | race conducted in this State to-day over a | new course which has been officially sur- veyed for the California Associated Cy- cling Cinbs. The starting point is on the main road from San Leandro to Haywards, 428 feet east of Lincoln avenue, which is about one-eighth of a mile west of San Lorenzo junction;’ thence following the course commonly known as the Triangle to Ash- land junction, to San Lorenz), to Sanders. street in San Leandro; thence through Sanders street to Haywards road, repeat- inR over the same course, finishing at the regular finish of the C. A.C. C. twenty- five mile course, eighty-sight feet east of Parrott street in San Leandro. . The race isa handicap affair, and the rider who makes fastest time will estab- lish a coast fifteen-mile road record. The | | distance promises to | | | | perials, at 10:30. !‘**fi¥;kkifii¥¥¥*'ki*fifi*tifi*i*tt*tt;*fit*k be popular with those who cannot stand five or ten mile “dash’’'nor a twenty or twenty-five m1 “grind.” The association will provide five ofticial timers, so that the record may be properly authenticated. = Captain Georze H. Strong, chief consul of the North Calw fornia division, League of American Wheelmen, has consented {0 act as one of the timers,'and the etbers will probably be G. P. Wetmore, C. S. Myrick, C. A. Adams and J. A. Sharp. The entries and handicaps. are as fol lows: Scratch — G. A. Wyman, E. J. Smith, T. Schleuter, G. A. Nissen, M. F. Rose, J. R. Samp- . A. 8. McDougall. > min . H. Staples, P. M. Lefevre, L. H, Woli. Taree minutes—J. A. Clymer, G. Westphal, C. Werner, E. Ponce. Four minutes—A. H. Bullion, A. Schutt. Five minutes—W. Greaves, H. Phillips, E. Wuizen. Six minttes—F. Anderson, L. 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