AN IMPROVED METHOD OF KEEPING THE SCORE IN 
DUPLICATE WHIST, COMPASS WHIST, STRAIGHT WHIST AND EUCHRE, 
Since Duplicate and Com- 
pass Whist have come into 
fashion there has been an 
rmprecedented revival of in- 
terest in the game, due to 
the fact that mere luck is to 
a large extent eliminated by 
The one thing needed to 
perfect the new method has 
been a convenient device 
by means of which the score 
made on the first round can 
be concealed until after the 
replay of the hands, as a 
knowledge of the first score 
often enables a good player 
to make a decisive gain, and 
matches are lost and won on 
just such little chances. 
A Washington player has at 
length invented and put upon 
the market at a very low price a 
little device which admirably 
answers the purpose, and at the 
same time serves as a pretty 
and useful table ornament, 
marker, and pencil rest. It is 
called the “Cosmos Countkr,” 
and consists of a little polished 
wood tablet with a metal key- 
board that can be clamped down 
on the score in such a way as to 
bring 24 little metal plates over 
the 24 spaces in the “ score ” 
column of the card, for use in 
concealing each first score as 
.soon as recorded and until the 
hand is replayed (in duplicate 
whist) or the entire series fin- 
ished (in compass whist). 
Whist players will at once see 
the advantage of this new 
method of keeping the score, as 
it effectually prevents their op- 
ponents at the same or another 
table from taking advantage, 
either by accident or design, of 
a knowledge of what the hand 
is capable. The trouble with 
duplicate whist, especially, is 
that the replay is liable to be in- 
fluenced by memory of the cards 
and .score, and anything that 
helps to confuse such recollec- 
tion is a great gain to fair play. 
The “Cosmos .Score Card,” 
prepared for use with the 
counter, shows .several new fea- 
tures, such as a heading for both 
Duplicate and Compass Whist 
and (on the reverse) for Straight 
Whist, Kuchre, &c., thus ena- 
bling the same counter and score 
to be used for any game of cards. 
Cosmos Counters, with tablet 
of quartered oak, maple, or 
birch, and metal in either gold 
or silver finish, 50 cts. apiece ; 6 
for $2.75; 12 for |5 ; by mail, 4 
cts. apiece extra. Cosmos Score 
Cards, 25 cts. per package of 50 ; 
12 packages for $2.50; by mail 
free of postage. 
Ask to see samples at any 
stationer’s, or order direct Irom 
theiGcueral Agents. 
a comparison of the scores 
made in the play of the same 
hands by different players. 
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