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Show Bridge In the Country. "If you want information on tho spread of the bridge whist craze," said the exile ft 0111 Vermont, "Just borrow-some borrow-some country papers from people who still hanker after home news, and look over the society notes. The correspondence cor-respondence from tho most sparsely settled four corners is composed largely of bridge Items. This change In the tone of the social gossip In country papers Is the growth of tho last few months. A year ago the weekly letters from tiny villages still spoke of old-fashioned parties, quilt-Ings, quilt-Ings, and missionary meetings. .Now, wheu Mrs. John Smith entertains, her guests play bridge. To any ono who knows these prlmitve hamlets the echoes of metropolitan customs sound ludicrous. Imagine the dear, prim ladles whoso social gatherings have been dovoted to fashioning flannel garments gar-ments for the heathen these many years, now scrapping over bridge. Hut notwithstanding tho Incongruity of the fad tho news of Its prevalence ought to bring to tho devotees of the game, which, according to present reportB, threatens to become our national pastime." |