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

[George Thompson]

The problem explicated within 5 minutes of being posted.  Only at ADS-L.

Thanks, Michael.

But I am sorry to give up the idea that jazz wa invented by a gang of
Swiss bell-ringers, though.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael McKernan <mckernan at LOCALNET.COM>
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2005 5:13 pm
Subject: Re: Those Swinging Swiss; or, a "Jass Club" in 1905

> George Thompson   wrote:
>
> The Swiss Society of
> >Baltimore, the Ladies' Swiss Society, and the Swiss Jass Club,
> also of
> >Baltimore, were represented in the gathering.
> >        The members of the Swiss societies . . . until a late
> hour last
> >night continued to enjoy the music and the other forms of
> >entertainment. The singing of Swiss patriotic songs was enjoyed by
> >all.  ***  [5 more paragraphs, on the speeches and the games played.]
> >        Washington Post, July 31, 1905, p. 2, col. 5
> >
> >How can this be explained?
>
> Check out, etc.:
>
> Rules of Card Games: Differenzler Jass
>     This is a popular Swiss Jass game (see the general rules for
> SwissJass), in
>     which the players must predict in advance how many points
> they will
> take in ...
>     www.pagat.com/jass/differenzler.html - 3k - Cached - Similar
> pages     [ More results from www.pagat.com ]
>
> Michael McKernan
>