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Every yard of those goods is strictly all wool , $7,50 $ FIRE STOCK. 35C&50C
in plain goods , checks , all wool suitings and , .U Thousands of dozens of all kinds of handkerchiefs , hemstitched '
Al' ' tlio inon's alilrlsfrom ,
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with colori'il bo-oins.i'Dloroil slili'l with
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1 ' children's plain and of lace edged
N Dress Goods at 25c. fancy bordered hemstitch Handkerchiefs
ed hand Kerchiefs go at
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gent's plain and fincy bordered
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The entire lot of Silks from Every Styles.
In elegant plain goods or Brocaded. Boucles in plain One immense lot of [ jOne immense lot
the Fire Sale , in Brocaded colors and two toned effects many of them worth $10.00 ladies' muslin draw of ladi.'i' nisrht
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worth to . )0o each
up
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and colors , actually u orth 75c and
a yiircl , on sale at 39c yard.
FIELD AND TRACK ATHLETES
Y/cstcrn College Men Busy Tninius ; for
Spring Events.
OF CLQ3ER COMPETITION
5 Quulll > of lln > purl \ TI | mi llpllft-
Jf IIIK InlliiriirrVlili > li MlKliI He
Kuiiiul in mi luli'i
, i Assueliilioii
\ < jl > rasKu has an ablebodlcd swap on thu
pennant of the Western Intercollegiate Toot
U.ill association. U It n clutch thnt la cs
close an thu Southern I'aelflo railroad , anil It
U \\nirnntoil not to html ; , ilp , trar nor
ravel.Vo got back that pennant where
wo hail it onto befoio , " anil what'B more , wo i
mean to Keep It for a while. Hut It Is not i
incot tlmt u < > should now gio.it over past !
nuccensfH , nor look too far forward to dis
cern slfiiw of fiituro triuiiiphu , for v.'c hnvo
liottor work nearer at Imml. Tlio mall of
tlio editor of the department of poetry '
plainly lnilc.itea ) that miring In appro ir-iilng , | 1
and our iiinatciir athlotCH a o toitl'iinj them ! :
solves for Intercollegiate romcsts on Iho
UUKJ I/all dllinoiuV iiiul on thn alhlellr track I
and field. j I
Of Xubwska's pronperta on thu dlaiuaiid ! !
The lleo hm already spoken. Though cred- ' I
I
llHhloork Is lioliiK done In practice. U In
foari'il Hint tlio plinncm for brilliant aelilino- , |
liuniti In track and field ath'.itlcs c.iimot he i '
painted hi meh rosy colorH There Is great !
1
Inlcnvit In ( ndoor praetlco work In Held .
eyeiitu at Ihu UnUerslty of NebiMskn this j | I
Winter , the preliminary trials In the hlsh
jump , In0,1 il jump and pole \aulllnn having
tin n esperlall > gnuil. Hut manner tlila Im- j
provomenr , there U not the enthusiasm In
'tho tu > rk of thn track nnd Held utlilrlea |
nihom ; the students that there ! a In the
woriCwCtho foot ball or eu'ii In that of the
\ns bn nlayer > . This Is not ( surprising.
It Is .1 I'onJlllijn ( hut exists In neatly every
iinlvyiiUy. riil'tm > and school In thin coun
try , when ! aili'oilcs ' Ar.e encoinaKed , or toler
ated In some
Thn track athlMle trom Is the pool as
It eu > . Into which mery Ntiulont In the nnl-
vorhlty ulio tblnkti ho hax braun or can
< ln\Lnp | suine , llctwu. A man may be too
nniiH lur foot ball or the eren. too clumsy
for Uisi ball niul too slow for tennis , but lie
novei- sots oxer Iho Idea tlmt he o.m run.
jump or tluow the weights , until ho ha *
trltil ? a Cow year * for the track team. Thus
< oj nuuy nnialcui- athletes and those In-
tersitol in tlu-lr work argue ' Hut It's not ,
altogether the correct vlc of the track |
titliletlo ff.im lu take. It is to be admitted ,
hammer that thlg view of the situation Is
1lu- ore that \\e are all prtne to take and It
Is I'sperlally poyul.tr In InterrolU'Klato clr-
clo § In this part of the country
T''lR fact has led The Tee lo study the
rai fci s for the la K of Interest In field and
ti irk < n''htl-s and | i Mas coino to the opln-
I -i iI'll It Is dui principally to a lack of
I 'T I "t i " 'i | " > tl'ipn Nebraska u > ay excel
I'i\\j- n f--"jt ball , and \ve hope to win out
l'i ' ktati * that hail < liu honor of proluelng
t iy i h" ivum hat
y nrroinrllsiied brt-
' > - > - 4 M < tl. . .
I most eastern states. It does not require a
vi i y great student of athlctltB to see that
the Intcrtolleglate games among the many
louR collcgaa have done a whole lot toward
bringing to the front the star innncrs and
thii crack field athletis of the state that llca
between the two big rivers. If competition
has dc'.io this much for Iowa In the de-
\elopmcnt of track and Held athletics surely
It cannot do le.ss for Nebraska.
But why stop at state Intercollegiate asso
ciations for track and Held athletics ? The
foot Lull association that includes the foot
ball ee\on ! of the- state unlvera ties of Ne
braska , low > i , Missouri and Kansas has been
more or leas of n success and promises to bo
n greater biicceoi than over before during
the coming year , la thereun.v . good reascfi
for believing that on association for pro
motlng healthy rivalry In track and ( le d
events In the funo state universities would
not be Just as buccecaful. or more so ? The
Hco lo firmly of the- opinion that a meet of
the best track and Held athletic in the mutes
of Nebraska. Iowa , Missouri md Kansas at
eomo central city during the spring of each
> ear would do more to develop track ' -eld
Held hports than anj thing that has ever lap-
pened in westein Intercollegiate circles Not
only wonlrt the spring meet Itself be of such
great Intenut an to draw a large atte-irtance
end probably product ) a few iccoid-bruikera ,
but the preliminary training imong the ath
letes In the colleup. ? and nnlvcrsit'es ' In the
four states would certainly bo widespread
and productive of results that would abnn-
dantly Juatlf > tbft efforts that would bo rn-
nulled to Irmngurale-fluch a movement an la
BUKgeMed.
Much Is being- said In the papers these daja
lolatlvn to the lesumptlon of athletic rclu-
tloitb lictweon I'rlnccton and University of (
I'cnnajlvMila. during the coming spilng , It i
can be definitely slated that absolutely notliI I
Icig lus been donit toward the eonsummatlon I
of hui'li a proceeding so far nt leaat by
I'rlnceion. ' Manager \Vlltiii : has a 1 mint completed - '
pleted his Ixaeu ball schedule and no allow -
niicihss been made for the pasdlblllty of
any extra game * . In regard to the attitude
of I'rlnrctnn toward .such a game , it can h"
\ery uisllj btated. The undergraduates gen
erally would nmineitloit'jbly look with ravor
upon the Ww of playing PounsjUanln. and
thu utlleiaU of the nine spedk unequivocal ! )
in favor of euch a imposition. Indeed , it Is
< = 2ld that Captain Ilutler has even Impor
tuned certain members of the faculty to allow
Princeton to > ! > iy the Ked and Dlue. It will
bo remembered , tiowover , that after that
memorable game In 18 ! > l , the Princeton fac
ulty ( )3 > > ! > ed a law la which It wa stated that
the students of Old Nassau should uigage In
no form of sport with Pennsylvania MI long
< is thu clatM of 1S ! > 8 was In college. Well , the
clasd nf 'US are now sMilora and the law still
stands Furthermore , the fuculty shows no
dlspobltlon whatever to revoke that resolu
tion , nnd It Is altogether likely that such a
revocation will not take plucu during the
coming spring , and that consequently no
game with Pennsylvania will be pu ! > eil. <
Whether the faculty will relent next fall so
tint tluvie old foes may play foot lull against
each other Is another question , and one
upon which oven a member of the faculty
could scarcely venture to prophesy with ac- ,
curacy.
A dliiatch from New Haven nays' "Vale
( list of all wants to row Harvard , and any
other race la 5 minor eutuMefatlon. "
To bo sure. ! No one who Is familiar with
that charming old relic known As "Valo
policy" ever thought for a single "to ( u cut
that Vale did not consider all Its races ,
those with Harvard , uf minor Importance.
Most awjureJIy , and uhy not' Hasn't Yae\ !
long had an cany tMng with the Harvard
crews' \V1'U one exception , hasn't Yale ,
simply run away from the crew a sent out I
' jjjgnast ? Is It
> Yale ehouM
iicgard lie races with Harvard of supreme
consequence ? Isn't an assured victory ul-
\\ajs of llrst consideration ? Yea , Indeed ,
and therein may bo found the essence of
that much vaunted , perfect Idea of true
sportsmanship at Yale ! It Is truly In accord
with the "eternal fitness of things for the
Yale ciew to suddenly discover that all other
races eave those with Harvard are of minor
consideration. Why shouldn't a race be
tween Yale and Cornell bo icgardcd as of
minor Importance , that Is around the old
Yale fence ? Didn't the Cornell crew badly
defeat the Yale crew last year , and thnt
after Cornell already held the three-mile
recoid for the New London coureo and the
w 01 Id's record for four miles ? It Is not at
all surprising that Yale should attempt to
bcllttlo the Importance of Its meeting with
tlio Cornell crow , hut If Yale Is so foolish
us to think for an Instant that Jt can de
tract from the honors now enjoyed by Its
victor by designating another contest with
Cornell as of "minor consideration" H should
Immediately take another RUCSS. It really
hat ) another Riicbs coming.
The vlctoiy of the fencing club of Cornell
over the University of Pennsylvania last Sat-
uiday will do much to popularl/o the sport ut
the New York State university. The club
haH been In existence hardly two yeara , nnd
dining that tlmo has had a very preeaitoua
life. At the opening of the fall term n few
of the enthusiasts , after bearing the burden
and expciiuo of maintaining the Cornell
Fencing club for two > ears , made strenuous
efforts to get tlio club on Its feet again , with
the result that Cornell has at last a repre
sentation In this sport of considerable H/.P |
nnd of much promise. The club will very
shortly journey to Annapolis and cross foils
with the naval cadets , who are. said to ho
past masters at fencing and broadsword
woik.
Some progrerfi toward a revision of foot
ball rules tippuu'H to be emir at hand. Al
though the movement among western teams
to chnngo the rules xvafi confined to the Uni
versities of Chicago and Illinois thcro Is
no ilouut a general sentiment among western
foot ball men 'n favor of a revision of the
rules. In the east t-nmcthlcig toward re
vision will probably bo done at New York
next month.
Representatives of tlio leading eastern
universities will meet at the University Ath
letic club In New York on Saturday , Feb
ruary 19 , for the purpose Indicated. It la
likely that the pamo men will bo called upon
to serve as leprciientatlves on the tulcn
committee as composed It during the last
two meetings , when the following were members
bers- Walter Camp of Yale , Alexander Mof-
fall of Princeton , John C. Hell of Pennsyl
vania , Jofccph H. Sears of Harvard , h. M
Dentils of Cornell and Paul Daflhlell of the
United States Naval Academy nt Annapolis ,
and -i graduate of Lehlgh , as the delegate-at-
large.
Attention will first bo given to the rule
governing mass plays. It seems probable
that mass plays will be abolished , thus doing
away with tlio so-called turtle-back wedge ,
Pennsylvania's famous guardback Inter
ference , and all other formations that are
directed at one opponent. This will neces
sitate the rnds tackles , guards and center
remaining In the line and only the two half
backs , quarterback and fullback will be
allowed to make any sort of formation he-
hind the Hue Another suggestion U , that
there be more open play and the quarter
back be allowed to run with the ball the
same us the others 1 > ck of the line Some
of the , uli'8 will probably be rewritten , as
they are so vague in mean ng that different
Interpretations were made of them la-it
ason , notably the one abojt the kick-off ,
'ft pro
verslty of Illinos were sent out after a
I I final conference Tuesday. Alterations In tlio
'rules ' are less sweeplmr than many expected.
1 Tle ) vKal change Is ymt radically altering
i the present system of scoring. The goal
j after u touchdown Isxed ( to count for only
I ono additional point , the drop kick for four ,
the place kick for three and tbo safety for
two. '
There Is no requirement for seven -men
In the line , but It Is provided that If two
linesmen are drawn back of the line they
Khali bo outside oftlpo line of scrimmage.
Another safeguard against roughness Is
that Imposing a distance penalty for laying
hands on opponents before the ball Is put
Into play. An Important alteration also Is
that permitting to tire side. scored on the
choice of kick-off. Other changes suggested
are In defining the safety , allowing fifteen
yards Instead of tendon tlio kick-out after
a kick for goal on fho first down , permit
ting only two mlnutea of tlmo taken out
for Injuries , and modifying the penalty of
Impositions when the ball Is close to the
goal line. Tlio committee reserve's several
suggestions on duty of officials which will
bo submitted if the committee Is continued.
OMAHA . \\7 V iTXsTT II VII , TUIM.
I'l-oNpct'lw fur ( InV 'Hlrii
liOiiKtii * I.oi-nllnpr Here.
Well , it Is now a 10 to 1 shot that
Omaha will have a ball club this year and
by the iyimo token It will be reic In which
the fans cau happily pride themselves. The
vMt of President Ban _ Johnson of the West
ern League Thursday In company with H.
H. Schuman , and M. ' J. O'llrlen. who are
now the owners of the Grand llaplds fmi-
ehlse , was the most [ significant event In a
base ball way that hra occurred hcio for
years and that It will result In the loi-Ulon I
of a flrst-clss Wcotcrn League team hero is
almost certain. Inact an tbo situation now
stands It would be illlllcnlt to br'ng about
any other icsult. It' IMS been well known
for fcoino time , ami the fact vv-s confirmed
by President Johnson the other day , that
it has long been th/j Intention of the league
to Include Omaha In its circuit. It has sim
ply been a question as to when It would
bo most advisable \ lanneh the enterprl.-
end there can be no question that that time
has arrived. Omaha hah stiuck the up grade
and no ono knows It better tli.in the men
who are at the belm of the league. Presi
dent Johnson was undeniably enthusiastic
after ho had spent a day lo looking over the
city and that bis strong attitude In favor of
Omaha will have great weight Is obvious.
More- than that Mo position Is endorsed by
nearly every city In Iho league St. Paul ,
Milwaukee , Minneapolis and Kama * City
are openly for OinaliU Indianapolis and
Columbus are also vv.el ! disposed , and In fart
the only apparent dwcultlon that could pos
sibly materialize * ould bo from Detroit
which would iwturnll ) favor fir and Haplds
on account of Its easy reaching distance
Hut oven at that Omabi would still bo fairly
satisfactory to Detroit. That city Is as
much Interested as IndlanapolU and Colum
bus In breaking the long Jump between Kan
sas City cad St. Pull With Oiraha In the
circuit the necfcalty of losing a day every
trip would 'be eliminated and the value of
the change Is apparent. In fact there Is
every reaton to believe that Omaha has won
the prize. It will be selected because the
league contltlera It the best town In sight
and bee use It believes with us that U has
started on a period of business prosperity
It Is surprising liow the loal spirit IMS
bncci revivified by the news that a franchise I
wan almost secure J , In the pressure of exposition - |
position rnd other Important , matters haee
ball tisn N'ci allowei to fo b > the board , j
Peoplr have No- Inclined to look on U cts >
sow * > ilng which would be very I
' " - It n n > hut whlth I
an effort to secure. Hut the visit of Preal-
dent Johnson and his associates nnd the fol
lowing Ecmouncemcnt that Omaha would un
doubtedly be selected has developed more
base Lall cnthuuilaam In twenty-four hours
than ras been known in the last five jenu ,
It has been the general topic of conversation
on the- strict ever since and the opinion Is
genera ! that such a club as Messrs. Schnman
and O'lJrlcn propose to establish will re
ceive a liberal support. The sort of ball
that the league Is putting uji will be espe
cially welcome after two or three years of
fourth rate Lail followed hy none nt all , and
the old brigade of fans will receive numerous
accessions before the season opens.
As a rule the selections of players that
Imvti been announce ; ! nro warmly com
mended. Tommy Tucker Is Just the sort
of a man that pleases an Omaha crowd
They like lo see n player who Is In the
game all the time and Tommy's fog horn
voice and original coaching would bo n
drawing carl on the local giounds. There
Is Homo difference of opinion In regard to
Fred Pfeffer as a managerial candidate. It
is MiRgested that his personal character
istics are not such as would make him
popular with the local fraternity , but the
opposite view Is held by others who are
equally qualified to Judge.
Thcro Is ono thing that mint be berne In
mind by any ono wjio proposes to put n
ton in In Omaha , and that Is that this Is
no town for lushcrs. The public Is quick
to discover If any of the players are losing
their rye an account of 1/lbulent habits
and thcro Is nothing that will sacrifice In
terest moro certainly than this discovery.
More than ono hall player has lost credit
hero on tlih score , and If the prospective
Omaha management can ( secure u team of
sober and reliable players whoso deport
ment on and off the grounds wilt com
mend them to favor it will bo n better In
vestment than a moro pretentious aggrega
tion of men who will play brilliant ball
vvhon they nro sober , hut uliosc sobriety Is
uncertain ,
The Western association seems to bo
about the only base hull organization In
the country that Is without the mcst flatter -
tor Ins prospects for the piesenl beason.
The St. Joe franchise t-ecms to be n drug j i
on the market , Des Molnes has been torn ;
up by Its ambition to got Into the Western ' I
league and now It Is announced that
Qulncy hns thrown up the sponge. There
Is eald lo bo a chance thnt Sioux City will
assist to fill up ono gap and Ottumwa Is
making a hard hustle to secure the other
place , ivlth fiood prospects of success
Cadwallader , the big Yale foot ball player ,
has taken to pitching and shows cort-ldor-
able ability.
Von der i.Mio has announced that ho will i
return Crooks , Gcnins and Daniels to the J
Columbus club next month. I
President Soden of tlio Boston club cm- I
phutleally denies that the Ileaneatcrs will I
play Sunday ball cither now or hereafter.
Philadelphia ban disposed of 11 vo of Its
thirty-seven players. Hhugart nnd OelKcr
gu to St. Paul. Miller to Montreal and
Hulen and MtTttti to Columbus.
Pat McAuley's hatting average last year
was .2.r.3. The principal feature of his buck-
stopping was his H'lnarkjblithiowlng. . which
netted him an cxtr < ioidti ary number of
assists.
Among the pitching < andid-trb fir the
Brown I'nivcrsll ) b.iae ball train are Itlcli-
ard Croker , Jr , and Frank ( 'raker , both
sons of Illrhard Croker , thn famous T&'m-
many leader. The two lads are nne all-
round athletes ,
man , who will follow the franchise to
Omal.n , If it comes here , ranked ihlrt > -
thlrd In the Westein league batting list
List year. His average was .318. He was
down near the foot In fielding , with .821.
The question , "Wheio Is Ansun at ? " Is
still unanswered. It is pretty definitely
understood by this tlmo that he will not
continue to mnnage the Cells , but further
than that no one Is able to go In fact , It
is dollars to cents that Alison don't know
hlnibilf.
Mnnagei W. II. Wntklns of the Plttsburg
club believes In keeping a good catcher be
hind the bnt as long as ho can do good
work Hu docs not believe In tbo formcr-
fabhloned scheme of alternating catchera ,
putting In a backstop over ) other day. Nei
ther does ho bellevo tlmt pitcher and
catcher should bo coupled up into stated
batteries.
An examination of tlio sixty-nine leagno
players who batted over .300 last ) ear
shows that the left fielders lend , twelve of
them being among the heavy batters. Thcro
are eleven catchers , ten flist basemen , eight
right fielders , seven cpntor fielders , seven
third hasumen , t > lx second basemen , four
pitchers and four shortstops. Tlio three
ontflelil positions produce twenty-seven of
the "Muggers" and so do the four Infield
positions.
M1 YTTiillil : V n.M'ICIITSM ) < J.\Mi : .
luitn Men Mil.ciu WlilliI'rril fill ! I
Cui\s lln * l MHltM'ii CriirKH
Tim week Is a blank for tlio local marks
men , nnd as far as known there Is noth
ing In sight for the Immedlato future that
Is worthy of attention. Dining the last
month tbcro has been qulto n lively ri
valry between Omaha and Council Illuffs
marksmen and this has resulted in u num
ber of very pretty races , lint the Ne
braska cracks have walked off with the
money on each occasion , rind It lu sug
gested that Hit : Iowa men are laying low
for a whllo to Improve their form before
they get tangled up again.
According tn the American Fluid , Fred
Ollbeit's recent achievements have con
vinced even the crack eastern shots that
their reputations uic liable to suffer If
they go against him. It says , that when
Mr. ( jlllvrt was In Now York lo ehoot bin
race with J. A. U. Klllott for the Dupont
cup Captain Jack Ilrewcr and binne of his
friends suggested tlmt they would like In I
arrange a match with Gilbert for a big !
ilal.o. Ilrowor declared that hn would I [
not shoot for $100 nor a tin cup , and the I
Iowa man'h backers ut once replied that If
ho wunted a raeo with Gilbert ho could
cliallcngo him for any ono of the cup *
that he now holds. If ho would do so nnd
shoot Iho match In Chicago , they would
accommodate Drawer with a side but of
$1,000 , and If one race was not enough he
could have two or three. lire-war made an
appointment to arrange terms , which he
fulled to keep. The same authority now
suggests that Drewer and Ills friends should
either put up their money anil shoot or
? | BO quit talking.
Hello Holkeu won first place In eight out
of nine ovoiiU at a recent Mioot .U Day.un ,
Ohio. ,
It Is staled that the tournament that will
l i given at Hot Springs , Aik , February 15
to IU proinlkt'ti to be one of the bent atundtd
ll&ooting event * that has evil In en pulled
off in the n'ate ' Aside from lei al marks
men n number of the crark shots fr m other
states IIHYO Indicated an Itrentlgn to bo
present.
I IMlokles ,111(1 ( Hello Mi-ikes of Dayton O ,
for ( In ra-t lion im l.il In mil of the evi-nM
which uro siheiliiled for in.U mun'li IKIUs
Is 'hi present holder of lh < > nu-dal having
wen Jt fiom C W ( ipinin Du'tmbir C H nl
again Januaiy 1.
Charley Iludd has a big trap shoo ) sched
uled at Des Molnes for four days , beginning
\pill ill. Theie will lie lln > usual purses ,
with ? IOO added. Of HbH $ : tOO will be added
to the target evt its of the first three days ,
Jr'0 Ifor thi ) beta nveume and $ . " 0 added for
tbo twenty-five live bird Imndiiap , on tbo
last day. A number of tbo local marksmen
will probably go lifter u Mice of the money.
The Waterloo , la. , gun club will give n
tournament May IK , 1 ! ) nnd 20. The club
now has eommodloiis grounds and n eom-
foitable club house within e.iby distance nf
thu city and It is expcded that tintonrtia
incut will b ( > siifllclontly successful to com
pensate for the financial faIIuro of the ono
which was given a year ago.
The sportsmen of Iliirlington , la , me
heading a movement In the direction nf a
number of changes hi the game laws which
they bellevo will bo bi'iicll.Jal . tr > the sport
They want the open season for quail made
twenty days later , closing December 20 , In
stead of Dieember 1 as at present , and tin y
nlhv ) want an open season for doves They
will usk for the repeal of 'tho hertlon of tbo
giimo law which prohibits tlio transportation
of gnmo out of the tatc ! fur fear that thu
Illinois legislature will \mK \ u rttullatory
lav/ .
Il is said that no hsH'llian ' six IK w styles
of liammcrlfus. breech-loading guns will bo
placed upon the imtrKit this year by Ami-rl-
eiin manufacturers This number , added 'o
tlinau wo already h.ivn . , ought to enable the
wort ) ' , of gun clunks to llml tainuthlng that
suits bis fancy.
WITH THU IIVOTIIS : oruisr. .
Tliiiiicli'r n f Aiithorllj llnrli-il ill
Trump Sluill | mill llx Triiln ,
A recent rovlow of the the ami uroijiem
nf the trump signal lemaikh thai. lil Iho
love or money In life. It ban In en the rjut
nf all evil In piny. Fium It las fpmnn up
I'.mt iiulsonous giowth of jnlva rnv.i ,
tlonn tlot has c'huked up the linlmliali j ,
the dash and brllllaiiiy Iliat Is t > r < ' < r (
rames Although ut llm it watIn In. . I i >
bit a benefit to i ; > od an 1 bid ( ilujfiolik <
Its Injurious Influence was hoon n < i > ; ! / 1
and no one regretted Its In trail u > t.nn n ; o
then Id * Inventor.
"Thu Krcji objc.-tlun to the signal > > a.x
n writer of thirty jeiirs ago , "Is that i lius
tin i It nut of the game the piilnt tlmi re
quired tlio most judgment , CUUI.IKC un 1 d < s-
crotlui when to lead trnnijs i.cid HO lias
brought all ( ilayr-is down to the same level
Thin erltlelsm Is equally trim uf all arbitral y
conventions , most of which seem to liavo
been Invented for the benefit of bungleis
Jiimes Clay , ono of the finest pljjtis of hm
time , tegardc-d the trump signal as an un
mixed itvII , Dr. Polo thought It wan Im
moral , proctor said It wax dlshuncKl which ,
was alsi the d.ilnlon of "Mogul " The New
Yolk Sun has taken up thellc.it against
thecu private conventions and says , speaking-
more especially uf the lotary illsctird limb
"II Is ono of the most contemptible pieces
of eard-slmujlng itvt-t IntroilineU ul llio whiHt
table" In Hngland the mlis are niuru
hirlct In thl regard and ( iluycJH arc bound
to draw no Inferences except those | > rri > cr
from the ratuul full of the cards U I *
n ported that In one * of the most fuutilonabbi
( porting clubs In Ix > ndon even American
lends are forbidden and any ( ilayer uslm ;
them at th wlilst table would bo disciplined.
In the days of Matliows whl.it was played
L'jion very simple principles. Original
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