Those Swinging Swiss; or, a "Jass Club" in 1905

[Chris Waigl]

George Thompson wrote:

>SWISS OBSERVE NATAL DAY.  Anniversary of Confederation at the Heine
>Farm.  Societies of Washington and Baltimore Unite in Basket Picnic --
>Games and National Music.  [headline]
>        At Heine's farm, north of Brightwood, several hundred people
>participated yesterday in the celebration of the 614th anniversary of
>the Swiss Confederation.  The affair was under the auspices of the
>Washington Gruetli-Verein, a Swiss Society.  The Swiss Society of
>Baltimore, the Ladies' Swiss Society, and the Swiss Jass Club, also of
>Baltimore, were represented in the gathering.
>
TLFi has an entry for /yass/, "also spelled /jass/ or /jasse/",
"regional [French] (Switzerland)", "an originally Dutch card game played
with 36 cards".

Chris Waigl