BRIDGE AXIOMS
AND LAWS
WITH THE CHANGE THE SUIT CALL
REVISED AND EXPLAINED
BY
J. B. ELWELL
Author of "Elwell on Bridge," "Advanced Bridge,"
"Bridge TournamentHands,"
"Bridge Lessons," etc.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
31 West Twenty-third Street
1907
Copyright, 1907
BY E. P. DUTTON & CO.
The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
BRIDGE AXIOMS
The best Bridge players are undoubtedly those who can draw inferencesquickly and correctly.
Observation is an art enabling one to discover what other people's playconceals—as well as reveals.
Observation always infers, and one inference will lead to another.
Each card played speaks through its silence, and its language must beunderstood.
To converse intelligently through the medium of the cards, each must beseen as it falls with eyes that grasp its meaning.
Failure to note the play of a card is not lack of memory, but lack ofheed.
Situations are kaleidoscopic and constant, and success may only beachieved by being perpetually alert to note them.
All time at Bridge should be devoted earnestly to what confronts aplayer, not to what is past.
It is better not to play