WHAT A FIND !..........( Book review by Bridgemeister Gibson )

 The other my local bridge club were off-loading a lot of old bridge books in a bargain basement sale. But there.... in a rather drab and grubby khaki-coloured cover I found a little gem .....worth every penny of the 50p I paid for it. The book was priceless....and now it is all mine.
" Bridge Without Sighs " by Reginald Arkell ( illustrations by George Whitelaw ) is packed with very amusing poems........and wickedly funny cartoons. Some of them are so good I feel duty bound it to pass some of them on..... via this blog.......to an appreciative audience. So here is a peach of a poem I'm sure you will enjoy.....by this very gifted author, whose astute observations of bridge players long since departed seem equally relevant today !  

YOU KNOW THIS MAN ......

Beware the man.......you know his name...
Who says that Bridge is " just a game " ;
Who , every time he plays a card ,
Must introduce it to his " pard " .
When he has got a certain Ace ,
He always calls it " Mossy-face " .
If he is dummy.....sitting out.....
He can't sit still : he prowls about .
He plays with an impressive frown ,
And bangs his winning Aces down :
He is so anxious to convey
The false impression that his play
Brought the desired result to pass .
Beware of him.....he is an ASS .