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THE BAD BRIDGE PLAYER. | HONGKONG SKETCH CLUB-

We have all met the bad player and probably ment of us have had more to do with him than we altogether appre- einte wys a writer in the Pioneer" However, he forma an interesting study if only as a warning as to what to avoid: There are, of course," bail: players of all sorts and descriptions, bet four if the chief offenders are :---

(a) The excitable playor.

(b.) The player with a bad memory. (c) The careleas player.

(d) The toe deliberate player.

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The Annual Meeting of the "Sketeb lab was held at the Helene REMY" Tal atituto yesterday evening, when it was announced that the sum of $870 95 had been mised for the Red Crema na n result of the late Wxhibition at the City Hall.

It was remarked that a similar exhibi- rion this year could only comprisa work of the current year, and consequently a sm-lier number of pictures world he waible. It might be an advantage thurefure A Committee interested in photography could be formed, to work In conjunction with the Sketch Club, for the purpose of a joint exhibition of Painting Drawing, and Photographie Art, to be h id next December.

Pech Cinh Meetings will be held onco every ten months this year. instead of monthly, and it is hoped that this will "nable more weeks to be sunt in, as it has

boen und that spell of bad weather has sometimes caa-ed the monthly entries to be nosatisfactory.

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The value of helpful criticism was men- tend, and a hope expressed that members will send in their work in good time for this purpose.

The systems of voting has been altered to encurage galar contributor, and, with the ruggee Aurusl Exhibition to work' for, it is felt that a successful season should be awared.

(a.) The excitable player is not to gat carried away by his emotions when declaring and often them not know whan to stop. If he has a suit of six or seven with four inmouts in it, he At anch of these maostings there will be cannot boar to be beaten la niverse two climes of exhibits, vix one subject ret declaration in superior air. There isy the U nimittee,programme of which a case in point. My partier was on thewil be circulated sheetly, one open dealer's left and held the four major honors in hearts with seven in the suit, ne and one mall diamond, queen and two.mall clubs and a singleton spade. The dealer declarer que diamonel" and my partner want two hearts. Two sparles" said third player "Three hesrts" returned my partner, "Three apades cried third player. Four hearts."—"Four spades This was too mnch for my partner, whe promptly doubled. "Redouble," the third player promptly retorted, my partner was by this time in a frevf excite ment and shouted Five hearts." *Doable," cried third player. Re double" said my partner, and the de- elaration fcally stood at this. The result was we only made seven hearts and the nce of diamonds, and were 600 down.co. the band. Very sorry" said" my partner at the end of the band, "I know I ought not to have redoubled, but I could not help it with such a glorious heart hand."

The excitable player lets you doan in this kind of way occasionally had he a good fellow as a rule ant a cheery partner, who frankly acknowledges his mistake, and it is enar to forgiva lim

(b). The player with a had memo y is a very dangerous partner-you never know where you are with him, and in any critical situation be is nearly sure to let you down.

There hays been, say, threegoends of a auit in no trump, it is dummy's turn to lead and he has the nine and six remaining. This is the occasion when the man with the bad memory will anddenly forget if the ten has been played or not. He will pull out the Live from dummy, and held it in the middle of the table for about a minute, į throw his eyes up to the ceiling, and¦ exclaim in a voice of agony," really esnot remember, partner." Finally he pushes the uine back into dummy's hand, and lenda another suit and so missos game, the ton baving been played in the second round.

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Avo e o thanks to the Hou: Sceretary and Hon. Treasurer terminated the pro. coede

BOATS DUE TO ARRIVE AND DEPART.

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VESSELS DUE TO ARRIVE, -

JANUARY 27. TAIAN MARU, NY.K, from Japan, with mail.

SHINCHIKU MARU, S.Y.K/ from Japan, with mail

JANUARY 2 HTSON, B. and S., from Japan

JANUARY 31.. CYCLOPS, B. and S., from Singa KOOKU MAR. N..K., from Fin,spore, with 'mail.

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FEBRUARY 5. PYRRHUS, B, and S., from Liverpool. COURAGEOUS, Pacific Mail, from Sant Fraccisco via Vladivostok.

FEBRUARY 6.

NOVARA, P. & 0. Iron London. TENYO MARU, TKK., from San Francisco, with mail.

- FEBRUARY 9. ATREUS, B. and S., from Liverpool. FEBRUARY 10. HOKUTO MÁRU, D. & 'Co, from Japan.

FEBRUARY 11. HECTOR, B. and S., from Liverpool. FEBRUARY, 19. ESFRESS CF RUSSIA, Canndiaz

FEBRUARY 18.

BANSI MARU, D.. & Co., from Java. ELPENOP, H. and S., from Liverpool.. FEBRUARY 18. " COLOMBIA, Pacific Mail, from San

Or sgain, in the course of the building Pacific, from Vancouver, with mail. you have declared a diamond, and the player on your left a heart, and the adversaries are finally left in with two no trumps. As soon as your partner with the bad memory nets in. be promptly leads a heart, and it is small consolation when he afterwards Bay, Sorry, partner, I quité forget your declaration. I thought you said one heart."

(c) The careless player usually makes his mistakes because either he is in too much of a hurry or because be commits the opposite fault and goes to sleep. Such & player will sometimes get wikily excited when be has an exceptionally good band to play. He dashes out his cards with lightning speed, he hardly pauses to gather the tricks together stilli Je to pile them neatly, and finally he lays down bis lust five or six cards, and say "Four tricks in hearts which make game, and sixty-feur in honours." Would you mind playing out the hand? says the fourth player quietly and it is found that the careless player has for- gottor to draw the last, trump, and he only naks three tricks.

The opposite fault of going to sleep equally common. The player has had hard day's brain work, he is tired or worried over acmething or other, and cannct corcentrate his mind on the game. This is the state of mind which leads to revokes. But spart from the heinon offence of revoking, a man in this misleepy condition will" ofter play in a mechank al way without think ing, and war, like the excitable player,

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FEBRUARY AGAPENOR, B, and S.,from Liverpool,

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DEPARTING VESSELS..

JANUARY 28.

SHINCHIKU MARU N. Y. E., for Calcutta via Singapore

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JANUARY 31. NINGCHOW, P. and S. for London. SIBERIA MARU, T. K. K., for Sen Francisco.

FEBRUARY 1. KOSUKU MARU, N.Y.E, for Japan. GROTIUS, J. C. J. L. for Son Francisco.

FEBRUARY 3,

NIKKO MARU, N. Y. E., for Sydney, WILIS, J. C. J. L., for San Francisco. CYCLOPS, B. and S, for Seattle, vis Japan.

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PYRRHUS, B. and S., for Ja

Japan, via

cisco, via Japan and Honolulu.

go so far as to pull out the wrong card. Shanghai.

I have seen such a man play the nine

of diamonds to a trick over the king, and begin gathering up the trick as if it were his, patil the adversaries pro- tester when be wokë with a start, stared i in a dozi rert of way at the nina of diam a land aid, Sorry partner. pulled out the wrong card." I thought I bad played the are."

(d) The too deliberate player is a Duince to the whole, Table. He wastes, bis own and every nao olae's time, make the rubber ng dreadfully and take the life out of the game. With all bis expuliture of thought, be is generalls, a bad player. Too much deliberation sever pays, and just-as the over miretul golfer who adresses bis Bill for five minutes 18 rly always doozles his drive, so the o deliberate ward player very often ends by playing exactly as he shou'd not have dose. Perhaps it is a spreation of whether as third hurt so fuess or not. The too deliberate player gazas earnestly at the two cards which have been played and abumba ill the wards in his own hand

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FEBRUARY 8

TENYO MABU, T. K. K, for San Francisco.

FEBRUARY 9. NOVARA, P. and Q., for Yokohama.

FEBRUARY 10." ATREUS, B. and E., for Japan, via Shanghai..

INDUS MARU, 0.8.K., for Marseilles.

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TENYO MARU. TEK, for Sap Francisco.

FEBRUARY 15. Aires and Bio de Sanaizo.

SUMATRA MART, 0.8.K, for Buenc

FEBRUARY IR. ELPENOR, B. and B., for Japan, ris Shanghai."

FEBRUARY 18.

BANEI MARU, D. and Co. for Japais

FERRUARY 20 COLOMBIA. Pacific Mail, for Han Francisco.

FEBRUARY 21.

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trico aver. He then asks his partur AGAMEMKON, Band, for Liver- what the score is and aunts he carda"), pool. FEBRUARY 23.

in dammy and the trip which be bas

mindë. He pulls, a oird ba'feat of his NORE P. and O., for London, vis band, but he totes, pula it back, casts Marseiller

a denjaling lok at his partner, and

mayn.“), in really very difficult,

AGAPENOR, B. and B, for Japan. via Shanghai:

partier. I don't know what to do," FEBRUÁRY 25, -He then goes into a beswmarady for a fall minute, again glances at the score," Cabambe his cards all over for the third diman and finally plays the wrong card.

„TEIRESIAS, T. and B., for London.

FEDRARY 17, EXPRIEST RUSSIA, Canadian Pacifc for Vancouver.

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I am back in the office. again. On the first day of my retura, the un- dermanager seemed at a loss to know what to do with me. You sco. I was! just one of fifty ordinary young clocks before I went, and all the work of this class is now eutirely in the hands of the girls-crowds of then. I was rusty, too, after four years in the Army, and there had been changes in the system.

Let me see, Smith ? he said reflec tively. You bad better go on your old

The C.M.S.S. Co., s. "China" arrived edger work. Miss Thomson!" he called to at Madils on January 27, and will a demare-looking young woman of about be dispatched for Hongkong on twenty. "Just show Mr. Smith now Thursday, January 30..

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Ouvrira, 84." REVILLA - $1.39

I opened a drawer. I remembered it | used to belong to "Panch" Smith, nów.

On sale at Messrs. A. 3. Watson somewhere in the Balkans. In the old Co., Hongkong & Kowloon, Barilly Co., days you generally found a boxing glove At the Soldiers' Clab last night, com- cr so perhaps a few golf balls. Now menced the competition for the Garrison there were a manicure caso, a sentimental, Cap. which is competed for by the novel, and a little vanity bag shut it various regiments and corpa, with trazig

Hongkong, and leading stores

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not grumbling. The company.

of eight side and id on the knock-out bastily Around me, na I pushed my kept my job open for me, made my principle Play was slow but this was, unaccustomed pan along, was a constant

the fault of a new cloth and a doubtful babble of excited voices. I caught Army pay up to my salary, and my "Jerel". As the rest of the three snatches of whisperings about hate name on the notice board in the Ent games played last night, the 88th Co-rings" of blouses and things that of the gallant members of the staff who R.G.A. enjoy a lead of 84 over the Rogl

Engineers. The best brosks were 22 by wore the awful for anything! gained, distinction. So I must back up "Curtis, endi 19 by Bell. To-night three Iiceted towards the little glass boxes and try to do a girls job among the girls moro games will be played and, the wherein dwelt and worked apart the Until I am fit for something better.

remaining twa on Wednesday night.

That is quite Bil right for a man with.... last night's anotes follow:

men who held the lower administrative

& mechanical foot. 89th No.R.GA Royal Engineers.posts. Most of them were occupied by

Still, when "Pasch" Smith, little- But. Enakings 200 Ret heath 178

anmmie-looking 's" about my own Thorndike, D. C. M,Bally Green," ↑ Or. ·4.artīg 400 C.. Tindlay

147 Gr. Donaldson 210 Syt. Bell

191ogo-we had not thought much of them D, S., O., and the rest of the boys come in the old days. While we had bear back, after fours years of real life, are 518 away they had been pushed into the they going to settle down to be educated up to their jobs again by young things positions girls could not occupy they in blouses Are the anamic 03 sce STRAIGHT AT ITMA

were the only ones left to choose from.to hold the administra ive: posts and THERE is no at our "beating The war has been a great opportunity perhaps be promoted "til higher to

around the bush." We might as

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them A weli ont with it flat sa last. We want for the duds" in large offices. And make vecansier in the lower posts for you to try Chamberlain's Conch Remedy they were rather patronixing to me Will all of them be content! I dunno

-Clerk Again, in the * Daily Most.“ the next time you have a cough or cold." | now, There is no ressori so" far as WE CAN BOG' why you should not Ao go. This prapar- stion by its remarkable cure has gained. & world wide reputation, and people everywhere speak of it in the highest terms of praise. It is for sale by all Chemists and Storekusperu?“ →

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