they are apt to be tempera and if a series of fortun.." occur, they seldom face and. fortie tude of a good man-player. They ually romembee every card played with the utmost exdetness, In card niemory and. in quickness of percep tion the women can usually beat the men; ut in strategy and enterprise the men are generally super-
Some women are very critical of their partners: and th the reason why some men to playing with them. It is more amusing to criticize than to be eritielzed; and among waine! men do not feel free pored to the full fury of ticism, But after all, what does matter? It is an excellent tonic for the clubman, normally confined within the narrow purview of his! own small group.
The important port, with a woman for a partner, is to get on good terms with her from the start, and let nothing shake the mutual friendliness of the partnership. Above all, never argue. It is the ratest_ mistake one can possibly make. To begin with, women are very apt to be right when they' argue. Secondly, if they happen to be wrong, all the dialectic of Socrates and Plate would fail to con-futile with a woman even than wit Mixed bridge is always rath: different from ordinary club bridge. It is another-type of bridge, often worse, bat sometimes far bette and serves to break up the cob-which so many club players encrusted.
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