♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Oct. 16, 1885. 



(2Pur WBl)iit Column. 



By "Five of Cldbs." * 



W^ 



the score of the other side, or to be paitl> 

 and partly added to the latter — is remor-. 



is impossible to d^ ■ ' \ 

 it is a good plan tn < 



ract three from the bi.\.ic ul li.i i^w.KHig 



;he score of his partner. This puts the chief 



but properly inflicts a loss on liis partner, 



s a trick is gained wrongfully by a revoke. 



more than a trick is gained, and' sometimes 



effect to a gain of two by each of the 



by a loss of three by the actual revoker, and of one 



i very fair average compensation for the effects of 



> not lead as > 



player, and one fro 

 loss on the revoki 

 because in most c 

 Sometimes, of cour 

 nothing ; but what 



by his partner, is 



Lastly, so far as the Whist code is concerned, let home players, 

 if they wi.sh to play a decent game, and avoid an annoying and 

 mischievous practice, give up the privilege accorded by Law 91, 

 that a player may demand to see the last trick turned, at any 

 time before the current trick is turned and quitted. Let players of 

 Home Whist determine that if, through inattention, they find 

 themselves unable to remember the cards which fell to the last 

 tricks, they will put up with the consequences, and play more care- 

 fully in future. 



A few words here on tlie etiquette of Whist, which I regard as 

 more impun.i: ■ ! , •-!; ilio laws, in the home game. Nothing 

 more disiiin :i:ie lover of the noble game of Wliist 



than the i:ii. ■ ■ avoids anything which can give his 



partner iiitim . ;< ;,- )■ i ■ :i\able from the actual progress of the 

 play, and aiiuhiuy hv uhich the adversaries may be wrongfully 

 misled. The offences "to be specially avoided are these :— 



1. Looking gloomily at a bad hand, or the reverse. 



2. Smiling complacently over a good oi 



3. Expressing disapproval when part 

 wish. 



i. Expressing approval when he does. 



."). Pretending to hesitate when you have but one card you can 

 play, or when you can have no doubt as to your play. 



6. Showing by any movement that you know how a trick must 

 fall, when you can only know this because you hold a particular 

 card or cards. 



7. Showing by any movement that your partner need not take a 

 trick which you know (but he may not know) to be yours. 



8. Looking at the opponents' cards. 



9. Letting your own cards be visible. 



10. FOEGETTINO, OE ACTING AS IF YOU HAD FOBGOTTEX, 



THAT Whist is a game intended for rela.xation and 



DIVERSION. 



With regard to the method of playing, I would make the fol- 

 lowing remarks :— It is well to keep a score, not for each evening's 

 play only, but running on from day to day ; and in this score the 

 number of points made by each player should be entered, as also 

 the number of revokes, exposed cards, and other like delinquencies : 

 such a record has the effect of keeping the play strict and metho- 

 dical, without the degrading tendencies which money stakes, how- 

 ever small, necessarily have. It it well to count only half honours 

 in home play,— that is, one instead of two for three honours, and 

 two instead of four for all the honours. Omitting to count honours 

 at all eliminates still more the chance element, and is in my 

 opinion better yet, considered by itself. But as players ha\e 

 often to be met who count honours, it is necessary to keep 

 in the way of noting them : and in the long run the influence 







:> in this matter equalises 

 lay for rubbers in the umi 

 ore the enemy has scored 



noticed that wlieu tlie full number of players cannot 

 ,'rther, single duiuniy is an excellent card game for 

 ible (Uiinmy a capital ^rauie for two. Both games are 

 isome in the extreme when played, as they too often 

 attention to the principles of Wliist strategy. But 

 t interesting when played properly. Nothing tends 

 •ove the Whist-player "than an occasional turn at 



Mr. B. A. Proctor's Lecture Tour. 



.. LIFE OF WORLDS 



!. THE SUN 



I. THE MOON 



I. THE UNIVERSE. 



Suhjeets : 



5. COMETS AND METEORS 



6. THE STAR DEPTHS 



7. VOLCANOES. 



8. THE GREAT PYRAMID. 



Each Lecture is profusely illustrated. 



Communications respecting terms and vacant dates should be 

 addressed to the Manager of the Tour, Mr. JOHN STUART, 

 Royal Concert Hall, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



Oct. 17, Malvern; Cc'.19, 22, 28, Salisburv ; Oct. 21, 26, 2P, 

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