The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1903, Page 12

9 nake examples one soul from the burning, as the sed to term it they want to ca the neighbors from the highways and byways to bear witness of most Itberal often proves the Getamed Ebe has always a kind ner is gracio assurance of o mission being to re prudish sisters worldly woman with garbs herself up to HE Col @NE the compli- always appear- e to meet such a womaa. . she has a pleasant of her own liftle maid who does, per- ores in her kitchen. extreme weaith, who circu- topnotch of soclal themselves among those favored as they Such women are rep- ol a clique rather than a class. of extreme wealth been so environed by for- prejudices that little of life as 1s they do from a sphere too 1 to be a faithful exponent who know life are those who, trick of fate, hav amut of worldly experience, who e up and down the ascending descending scale of prosperity, whose waves of fortune and tidal waves them adrift and tide of the many who strug- ive and who live 1o struggle. The woman reared in affiuence who aft- side of life with h untrimmed edges learns many Bible classes, and is to judge human nature and ations and the aftermath of sor- the woman erward ‘sees warmth of prosperity. of kindness and con- . the other untraveled nows nothing of its byways. CO3C006C00000000000006000000000000600 06 Great International Novel . . i [ - world {s most graclous. Too well-bred to discriminate—too tactful to wound. Wemen of extreme wealth are apt to fancy that smart speeches, epigrammatic and pointed cynicisms even poisonously tipped, can pass muster for wit, but the woman of the world has no such long- ings to pose either as a wit, nor to in- dulge ilf-bred rudeness that leave a sting beneath the apparmit suavity. The woman who is good herself will judge others from the standard of her own pure self. She does not wan. to know evil of others, she prefers to think good of every one and is lenient in her judgments, The woman who always tries to Im- press you with the fact that she is the most perfect thing that ever happened is the woman who has little generosity in her heart for the faults or foibles of others. She is a combination of prude and hypocrite with an overweening con- ceit as to her own superlority and dares to judgé others. The prude is, generally speaking, foo plain to have had the experience that comes to her more attractive sisters; con- sequently, she knows nothing save from the standpoint of’ what little a plain woman sees and enjoys of life with its passing variety shows. The more attractive the woman of the world may be the more kindly will she judge others She knows the tempta- tions that deceive youth, aided by its in- nocence and ignorance, and has a yearn- ing sympathy for the unfortunate. You will never hear such a one criticising or condemning as will the plous crank whose plain face is her protection if not salva- tion. % The woman of wide experfence 1s, as a rule, the safest confidant for a young girl, for the reason that she does not repel by any show of horror that would freeze the tell-tale words on a girl's lips If the woman herself is good, and at the same time broad-minded, her first thought will be to shield the girl from the con- “TAINTED GOLD” which By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON. “his remarkable story, which the author considers much stronger than even “The Mystery Box,” 25 published in these columns last year, will begin in .Next Sunday’s Call.. Here are some of the chapters that will thrill you: THE LETTER FROM SLOANE STREET. A QUESTION OF COSTUME. 2 THE REST OF THE BARGAIN. THE LION’S DEHN. THE JEWEL IN THE TOAD'S HEAD. THE EYE OF THE MOONSTONE. THE MASKED MINSTRELS. SHE RTESTE,S WEL 7 AND Y Goor L THHSTIE - e THE WOFLZL, WZSE WQAA47 . L2 T e GLOWZ7Y it. and when the loveless years of child- hood have passed and the awukened long- ings of the dangerous period that crosses the dividing line between childhood and womanhood approathes she |s stranded. If at this time her soul is awakened to love, if the object be honorable, she is If, on the other hand, the love be such as will leave her heart dching and her life scarred she will seek any one rather than her own mother whom to unburden her overladen soul. It is then that the woman of the world 18 the safest and best friend of the un- She listens patiently. matter how dreadful or absolutely shock- ing the recital may be she betrays none of the repulsion she may feel, but with kindly sympathy listens to the whole story and if possible tries to undo or at least to mitigate the consequences of a wrong, an indiscretion or an act of folly, as the ‘When the fear of conse- sequences of her own untried soul, her next to ind a way to help her avoid fur- She never starts in with a lecture that would only tend to wound ther temptation. preaches afterward Many girls are driven to destruction their own mothers. of mother-love i{s often the verfest sub- There are many noble mothers, there are hundreds who are just about as sympathetic as an All this prating most fortunate. whom a girl would not dare go with the heart-rending stories: mothers who have frozen up all the child love long before the tiny vie- tim was old enough to know anything save that mother-love was not part and parcel of the home. The daughter of such a mother is one pitiable of creation’s mis- She longs for love, but never knows case may be. vice tPix may prevent a recurrence. when sought as a repository of confid ghe takes good care not to divert censure that would do more har good If there were more older women kind disposed toward young peo men who would make themselves com- panionable for young girls, there might be fewer cast adrift rudderless into life's stormy currents, Unfortunately, older women have little sympathy for inexperience, and women even in the fiftles want and expect as much attention as the girl of 20 In ail the freshness of her glorious youth and beauty. Girls may at times lack level heads, but I question If m of the so-called quences has passed, then is the time to warn by gentle insistence and homely ad- e, more wo- soclety que s are not more glddy and the way of wholesale her all just as you were to blame, where celved. She n not be ak as she wou sure of one derness and you would moral ay cra; An Easy Lesson in Whist. BY MRS. E. P. SCHELL. HE trump opening from hands con- taining four jtrumps has long been confined by the majority of good players to two distinct classes of hands—I. e., those containing four trumps, an established suit and one card of re-entry, and those generally referred to as split hands. There are, however, many players who take the risk and make a trump opening from four trumps, an established suit without re-entry. While there are many possibilities In this opening, It is certainly not advisable, except, of course, when circumstances, such as the condition of the score, de- mand that the risk be taken and the full possibility of the hand be played for. When there is an average distribution of the cards and a player is nul called upon to pl to the score by assuming that the conditlons most favorable to the accom- plishment of his purpose actually exist, the lead of the established suit and its continuation until one of the adversaries is forced to trump will found to be much more conservative n the end is a better play. Gener en a player holds four trumps, even when he holds an established suit, unless he also holds a sure card c? re-entry In one of the side suits, his first effort should be to force opponent. The chances are that the leader will force the strong trump hand, and when- ever a player is too weak to lead trumps he Is not too Strong to derive benefit from forcing the adverse strong trump hand Of course a good player aiways varles his play, as Mathews says, “according to the set they are engaged with,” and when opposed to inexpericnced players will do* many things which they would not dare to attempt if opposed by more skillful piay Again, the gogd player looks for -his ns on his four-trump hands, because he has confidence in his abliity to make the most of them on any development He appreciates fully the value of his possessions and with a steady nerve e refuse to trump and ‘will keep his strength Intact, even if he has to pass one, two or even three or more tricks to finally bring about and accomplish the slaughter of the innocent So far we have considered four trumps, in combination with a strong or an estab- lished suit. A not infrequent distribution Is four trumps and three cards of every piain suit. Such holdings are termed split hands, and are of three kinds. They are very ably defined by Leonard Leigh. First—Those in which a queen or higher card is held in each pla The trump leid has long been recognized as the proper opening from such ding. It is a he and hold a winning card in every suit and has more than the aver- ze number of trumps the partners are likely to have the balance of power in the deal on thelr side and an aggressive game is advisable. Furthermor h of the suits will be more advantug ly led to than from, d#nd the trump opening has the advantage of throwing thg-lead Second—Hands in which the plain sults have hittle or no high card strength The practice of recent years has tended toward the extension of the prineiple | volved in the first example to “split” hands of every description, regardiess of composition. Pole and “Cavendish™ indi- rectly recommend the lead when they ad- vise adherence to the long suit opening in clear that if one hands which co: n no four-card sult but hand h offers strong one or leader dete leads from *sg han, ifledly recommended supporting lead there seems ta be a tion, but, belleving that the ber opening in such ple will be ¢ the last exa vantage ac ng m practice, the authors advis invariable lead of trumps from a “split™ hand an original opening, and this has rece the indorsement of many of t players. The following hand Is a warning t rash trump lead aeshar 632 3 5 4 4 3 5. % Hearts trum cad Tk. N w. 1 \ Th 2. *As Qe *Ah 7. *Qh s 8 o .y 9 s 10 P ps 12 Ke 13 L - North and South 1 West Trick 1—-This is ce h Trick 2—West cun case he duce a continuation of the trump lead after his spades are established Trick 3—N ries to pro s and shows a long diamond s > his partner, who 1 North with four trumps and cither the king of clubs, both or no more clubs rick 4-West pounds away spades. North again refuses tq tr begins a reve liscard In his long whic circumstances is sc 1 e \st makes a small t and West's spad are established Trick ) casion. He sho foreing his par trump one trick one doubtful A his ace of ch ) instead of this South to be forced a finul attempt May a sirong game with his deme ha Trick 7—W . ie 'firat force. North may take the fores fir as last d starts to make a few tricks 10 diamonds. Tricks §-10--West shuts out the dia- monds and brings In three spades instead and is willing (o lose the seven of clubs and North and South take but (hree tricks.