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EXAMPLES FOR SIMPLIFY.

ING PLAY,

[BY LADY FLORA HASTINGS.]

QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER MINISTERS.

INTERESTING LIGHT ON AN ANXIOUS PERIOD.

70. 7

OF THE REIGN.

NEW VOLUME OF ROYAL LETTERS.

Exceptional interest and impor- Many conventions introduced to tano attach to the volume of Bridge in recent years have added Queen Victoria's letters, which is

decided fillip to the game published by authority of H.M.

the King Edited by Mr. George and, in some cases, have materially Earle Buckle. It is the last in- simplified it, because, by contorn. stalment of the royal correspon- ing to certain of them, players learndence which is likely to appear for mucin valuable information concern. ton down to the close of 1955, at The letters contains ing their partner's and opponents' which point; as the editor states.

a natural break occurs

bands..

Naturally, to be beneficial, all the players must start the game with full knowledge of the conventions that will be employed.

It is worth while, therefore, to remark "I suppose we play to the usual conventions 1-to the table in general, so that if nayone is un- certain, he or she then has the opportunity of verifying the coNVER- tions referred to.

Sometimes players who are noti expert become confused in deciding which are definite and most general ly used conventions.

Doubling One No-Trump. One very useful and much sod convention is tho-American one of doubling one no-trump. This means that the doubler has a strong hand and he expects his partner to take him out into her strongest suit. This convention has done a great deal to popularise the 'one notremp call, which formerly was only gives when one's hand was very strong. The convention makes it possible for the call to be made from a hand of moderate strength.. If the no-trump call is doubled, the bidding will not rest there, the convention making it imperative that the doubler is superseded by a bid in another suis Doubling a suit is another useful convention. Here, if sag, one spada is called and the eldest hand doubles, it may be assumed that he has three strong suits but is weak in spades. His partner, if posses

good guard in spades (per-i ting sonally I think a double guard essen tial), will then call one no-trump. If she also is werk in spados ske will take her partner into her longest suit.

A New Convention; -

A new convention with which I do not agree, and consider too risky to employ unless circumstances are exceptional, ia that of showing a suit-of cards to 3 honours when the hand contains an outside açe, I must say in its favour, however, that I once played when a man, whose partner had doubled ou trump call, showed a 3-card suit-1 and justified it: The only time I would employ the convention would be if my score was about 28 in the rubber game, and even then I should not show the suit unless I held the top honours.

It was in the winter of 1883-6 that Mr. Gladstone definitely adopted the policy of Itish Home Rule, and by so doing changed the

face of national whole polities; and it was just after 1593 that there emerged, some stafésmers who are happily still with-a-natably Lord Rose- bery and Lord Balfour,

This volume is edited by Mr. Buckle with the same judgment, self-suppression, and skill us he has revealed in his treatment of the earlier portion of the corres pondence.

There is always about its pages and the letters which they contain the note of tragedy. For the years from 1879, to 1953, with which it deals, were marked by a sanics of calamities that shook the prestige of the British peoples throughout the world. The death of the Prince Imperial of France in Zulu- land: the massure of the British Mission at Kabul; the disasters to British forces at Ixandulaon and Majuba Hi!; the despatch of Gar- don to Khartum to perish there; the Phonix Park murders; and the crimes of the dynamiters, all fall within this anxious period

and all tortmed and distressed the Queen.

Beaconsfield And The Queen. So long as Beaconsfield was in office, as Prime Minister she had confidence in her Government. though there pages show that there were many occasions when she did not hesitats sharply to criticise Conservative Ministers. The let tefy exchanged between her and Beaconsfield are peculiarly in- teresting ne illustrating the extra- ordinary esteem in which she held him and his chivalrous devation to her. Thus in 1970. when she be came a great-grandmother at the. nge of 60, he "Wrule?”

Raising Your Partner's Oall' Raising your partner's call in a convention about which many play." ers are not clear. If you have strength in the suit your partner has called, but all your other suits are weak, it is better to wait to support him until the second raund of calling. If without your sup- port your partner still carries on with his call this will indicate that he has other good cards: then it will be safe to support him if still

neccssary.

The free-double convention is fre- quently used "but i extremely annoying because it so often is un- successful. It is never employed until the bidding is high, and the double should never be made unless one has three certain tricks in one's own band, the fourth being judged,' from previous calling, to be in one's partner's hand.

Indicating A No-Trump Hand. Calling one club to indiente that the caller can support no-trumps if This partner can call it is a well- known and useful convention which gives desirable information to his partner.

7

Lord Beaconsfield members the birth of the royal

great-grandmother herself. and little did he think then that I should be her servant and counsellor!

Your Majesty has become the mother of ranny nations,' and your Majesty is still in the freshness and full- ness of life Your Majesty has yet much to do and to me. May all that now occurs be for your happiness and glory!

Complaints Against Mr. Gladstone.

In 1850 came a general election in which, to the Queen's dismay, Beaconsfield and the Conservatives were utterly routed. plained bitterly of Gladstone.

She

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She considers his whole conduct since '78 to, have been one series of violent passionate invective against and abuse of Lord Bea- consfield, and that he caused the -Russian war (of 1877-8], and made the task of the Government of this country most difficult in times of the greatest difficulty in times of the greatest difficulty and anxiety.

She told Gladstone when be came

to her to form a Government:

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I thought that peace was bless-indigaation knew no bounds. ed." He replied that he cap Though Gladstone strove to ex- sidered all violence and bitter-cuse himself, the verdict of ness "to belong to" the past.”

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An Important Point In Leading. Leading the highest card you hold

With Beaconsfield the Queen of the suit your partner has called is a convention that is so essential carried on an affectionate, corres as to become almost a rule; and pondence even after his retirement. alna! is one which is often ignored. She specially deplored to him the The only exception to this play is Burdett-Coutts. In r Journal. marriage of the elderly Baroness when the call is no trumps and it may be better policy to lead from your own strongest suit to inform your partner where your strength lies before leading his suit, unless you hold an honour in the latter. If your partner has not made any call against a no-trump declaration the conventional lead is the th highest of your longest suit.

Under-Calling..

Another convention concerns under-calling. If a player absent mindedly under-calls, the bidding is decided by the player on the left of the under-celler. The former enn do one of several things, the most usual being the following:—

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