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 Tournament Hands, 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.

The best Bridge players are undoubtedly those who can draw inferences quickly and correctly.
Observation is an art enabling one to discover what other people's play conceals—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 be understood.
To converse intelligently through the medium of the cards, each must be seen as it falls with eyes that grasp its meaning.
Failure to note the play of a card is not lack of memory, but lack of heed.
Situations are kaleidoscopic and constant, and success may only be achieved by being perpetually alert to note them.