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A WOMAN'S BRIDGE PARTY.
"Bridge.afternoon?" said my friend, doubt. fully. All women, or mixed p
**** Mixed," I replied Four mon and four women. Why do you ask?"
mon play just na well as aen, so I'm sure ungentlemanly thing think it was a most
"In the vary Urst game she revoked bare- facadly, and when this was mardonically pointed out at the end of the hand by Mrs. Hardua ske looked pathetic. Are you really going to
said. claim the penalty? she
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Jay imply farions, and was furicus, simply
am sure yon Oh, then, I'll come," said my friend, with an will all agree with me, rightly so.
is jai
I was play- air of relief. But I vowed the other day ing with two men and another woman, and 1 whom I had sight women at my own house rosakad, quits innocently. I had no intentiou that I would never have, or ga ta, another of revoking at all. And do you know the mau
who wa entirely hea Bridge party again."
Jaying against me insisted on taking Why not
skod indignantly. Wo three tricks. Don't
do? If wo had been all man it would have been another thing. But women quatred and share oach other over it far
for a man to play with women and then behare less than men do."
Yes-than men do when thing'ra alune, likethat-well, I think it was simply scandalous. though women uro Fair hands at it if When the game was over I got up and left the know a little and fancy themselves a lot table, and told my hostess I would never play at But each acts as a restraint on the other. The the Rare table with that man again."
[ Original!" gronded my friend.
"I never women act as a beaks on the men's language,
I would't and the men as a drag on the women's inconshad Muel an afternon ip my life. Hongkour, 26th March, 1906.
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Three sharp," I replied, and went on freting rally grateful to the lama-though I was suspicious of her play for I did not know where lo lay my hands on snother good player at a moment's notice,
Adres o'clock my original six guests arrived I started four of them at an able, and said we three others would wait for Mrs. Flitters, who, I was sure, would not be many minutes. We sat in dead sileney, for 5 u know seriously, and I know the players would hata us the women I generally play with lake Bridge
if there were any talking in the com My two employed guests at and look at mis re- pronchfully, consulted their watches ostana- tiously,
generally made us feel I had mad
na
day.
But if you h
ved you from Mrs. Flitters." I protested.
No, that's true, But they wou'd have helped me bear it, instead of rubbing it in as if | it was my fault.
Well, I think you ought to be vary grateful to Mrs. Flitters, I said," for in these days when women take Bride as seriously as if it were a lito problem and tack, and play so mas- caliusly well, it must be quitas relief to cama across augons who regarils it merely as an masem at sad a pastim If any ons drops al for next Monday, I shall wire round to Mrs. Flitters."
Then I pray that I may the dropper ont," ejaculated my frinud piously, as she bule me good-yn-Pall Mall Gazell
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· Well, we sat down, and Mrs. Hardan, thù
a dull heavy feeling, and loss of appetite for might protest against colonial Act indieting track player of our sat, cut Mrs. Flitters as either faad or work; both were a trouble to me, disabilities on her subjects, and, if the
question partner. Mrs. Flitters taraing up as are. She 1 sense in the
mornings with my tangua thiekty were regarded by her as of sufficient importance, dealt, and found she was one card short lifested and a nasty sick fueling too, which quite might meu metalitle on Englishmen in thin course, we hagan to push our carde into the spoiled my desire for breakfast. Then I began or on English trade. Very serious injury to middle of the table, when she sail, cheerfully have gains after food, and became fairly Imperial interests might follow, and the
Oh. noed we have a fresh deel? Just conal blown up with wind. your cards, won't you, and whisever has Corleon I lost strength and became very thin. No by disallering the Act. Ons wonders whether I could not sleep for it, fight of protecting hutsalt suit and angers
herself against such can give me one of them
CROWN ... You
can picture the look on the faces of PO
SUFFERING Imperial control over legislation affecting the the other two. I know then what I had lot abscesses began to form all over say body, and Chinos in the Trausvad could be brought ourselves in for.
do what I would I would not get rid of them. ander this theory. I will say
Mee. Flitters is a good-natured But I went on using medisine from my docio little thing, and she dealt again gaily when I aud trying advertised remedies, for four or five said I feared we must have a fresh deal, talking years, and getting worse instead of better all estatically the while about Captain Masun's the time. At last I took Mother Saigel's Syrup new car, until we all wanted that car to smash and that, was the beginning of relief. The itself into little pieces and find its death Home abscesses sosu left me and I began to eat and Low→we didu't care has.
From the other
the pick up strength T kept on taking the Syrap table came a long-ering but overe Ssh and in a couple of months I was entirely free and Mrs. Flitters, turning to them mid, apolo. from the absens and in fact quite cared. I getically. I'm so sorry I'm afraid my talking have usver siled sincs, but I always have puts you out. I'll t
Is it really, now Let family medicine." IO FAR ...shall I go No Tramps? No, I don't. think I dure Partner. I love it to you.'
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"Oh, there's one thing 1 forgot to full on by Mr. George C. Perkins, one of the Cali. Bary funds for the Colonial Administration to CHILDREN OF FAR OATHAY: "
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Social and Political Novel, by.C. J. Halcombe
You must have had some pregilent Bridge | run Qu nOTTLE CONTAINS THREE
AS MUCH AS THя 1,13 SIZE. nt your tuble! I said with a checkle..
Wasn't it
[494 awful said my despairingly. You know, she really didn't play so very bady on the whole when she was ance started uff-oxcept that she would keep lesling out of the wrong hand, and you know how maddening that is. She took a trick in Dummy, and immediately led ont of her ove band. It's Dummy's lead, I sail repressive; E course it is. Let me see. She sorted
hor times, and then led again from her own hand, It's Dommy's lead, I siti, still more ropras sisely, while she giggled as though she had Dear me, how silly of HOGG something funny. me so it is
dwells en before we started, when Mrs. Hardus asked a member of the Senate. Mr. Perkins foster and develop the agricultural pursuite of
racial aloofness of the Chinese the
tropical possessions her if she played the Heurt game, she looked and the ororpowering advantage in the lowest
Alfred Sir
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I always declare lont te if I bave plenty of Labitual and hereditary poverty. With an not help bat go ahead when they wOLD SO them.
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British No naless I have all the four Being with them slavery, concubinge. prostitution for their West African THE
ally matter what you Mr
Hardnu said, with
raised the opium rice, the disease of leprosy, the West Africa needed British capital, British ofteas ve and defensive org misation of claus brains, and British methods, and tremendors eyebrows. Do you mean you would
and guide, the lowest standard of living prosperity would scorso all round. dombia Ko Trumps with one very long suit and know, and a detestation of the people Yan 5,000, all the others protected?
2,600,00
mong whom they lica" The saggestion of Not unless I had wil the four ares, replied this frightful stto of things owes something. Mrs. Flittore, cheerfully. And I'm quite sure doubtless, to experience as well as to antici no one should. There's one thing I do know, and that is the plain, eimple rules of the game, pation, and the ace to civilisation of a But then, of course, I ought to, for I live nox: labouring set of strong vitality, fow wants, door to the man who wrote one of the best Bridge books..
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To aspirations is obvious enough. Mr Perkins makes a minor complaint that the investment of Chines svings are not made in the country of adoption, and to this, per- Laps. may be partly traced their want of 00
more formidable denger public spirit. "Well, we got on fairly well after 8. cousi lere, their trade-naion or gaili Flitters' doul was ever, except on one occasion system, compared with which the merican when the call had been left to her and she went system is child's play." The power of these Diamonds, and put down four diamonds to this illustrated by reference to the boycott of 4 geen and a per-ral sort of spade hand. It was. the last hand of the rub, mas as the other goods in Chins, but paruaps the illustration is Al,
not quite convincing. Her at least we are very table Anished their rubber at the same much in the dark as to the eff cts of this time we stopped for tea: Mes Flitters was Very full of au approaching trip to the Scully, it is said, made no clear distinctio
between foreign goods, and it must be noted of France, and was asking my advice as to that the borrel cinciled with an abnormally what sort of clothes she ought to get for hor little boy, who was going with har. Before large trade with bath Great Britain and the Satos. Probably the possibilities of the byoott I had time to reply Mrs. Hrdun pat in are not yot exhausted, and it weald certainly be
I should give him a light relicult to reeucile Mr, Perkius grare word suit if I were you-it would be appropriate !
with the ragno, pleasant things that have That was rather neat" I said, apprecia- been said by American traders who wish to
Did Mrs. Flitters see the point? maintain their position in Calas. tively."
"No," said my friend; I think she merely thought Mrs. Hardan was a little unath. Well, after tea I thought I had better take on Mrs. Hitters myself, and proposed that she and I would play any other two who would take up our challenge. My dear, there was a perfect serimmage as to who should not play with us; bat eventually we divided up as we were before, except that Mr. Flitters was toy partner.
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