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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
Whist
Edited by J. H. Hemphill.
New western whist Ideas

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The common sense, or modified game, as
any deviation from the old standard, long
suit system is now called, is much used
and, we might also add in strict justice,
much abused name. All the fads Of the great
game Of whist, most of which have originated
among the eastern whist players, are called
by this pet name; each of the authors SEEM
ingly thinking that his or her fad is the only
the west has been very free from any Of the
eastern fads, Minneapolis exceptionally so,
and the announcement of ones membership in
the Minneapolis Whist Club to an easterner
is generally at once accepted as certainty
of ones being strict long suffer. How
ever, some Of the leading players, both here
and In st. Paul, seem to have been tainetd
by their friendly meetings with the eastern
players at the annual trophy contests of the
American Whist League ami to have brought
home some of the freak ideas of our friends
from ''way down east.
I refer particularly TO some of the plays
made in the challenge trophy matches last
winter by members of both the St. Paul and
plays have been published and commented
on in these columns from time to time.
I These plays arer-ill advised and almost in
yariably costly to the maker and his team;
plays that cannot be readily recognized are
almost always poor plays and our long-suit
player, who now and then" makes play
! that he "thinks'' belongs to the short-suit or
common-sense theory, is poor whist player.
CA man cannot serve two masters"
| Two players, playing together night after
night, finally grow SO familiar with partners
| conception of the, game that many rules can
safely be broken and many liberties taken
that would otherwise prove disastrous to
the best of whist players. This, however,
which are always representatives In trophy
/ contests. No matter how successful a GER
/ tain pair may be-, no matter how strong q
! game they play, unless the team game g
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
JOYS OF SCANDINAVIA
"Father EndeavOrer" Clark Write
of Winter Travel There.

"Father EndeavOrer" Clark Writes
of Winter Travel There.
OF the pleasures Of winter travel in
Scandinavia. "Father Endeavor" Clarke,
the founder of the great Christian Endea-
vor movement, writes most glowingly in
special letter from Stockholm under
date OF March 10 to the Chicago Daily
News. He finds much more comfort and
Joy in Sweden and Denmark In winter
than in Italy, and makes his point very
clear. He says:
My purpose in coming to Europe at this
time, which Is to help my friends in many
lands to extend and establish the Christian
Endeavor movement, has led me to take this
journey in February, of more than 1000 miles
toward the north pole from Italy to northern
Sweden, a journey which otherwise would
not have thought of undertaking. So 7 write
not out of superior wisdom. but to tell of
what fortune has thrown in my way, for had
it not been for this kindly fortune should
be shivering in Italy to-day instead of enjoy
Ing a warm and comfortable ride through
Sweden. It is total mistake to go south to
get warm.
People go south to catch cold, to SILVER in
damp picture galleries and moldy churches.
They go south to warm their cold hands over
! an Intellectual brazier Of Goals to blow with
blue lips feeble fire in defective fireplace
where all the heat goes up the chimney, while
all the time they blow the fire they are haunted
by the uncomfortable thought that wood costs
rs cents a basket. They go to Italy in winter
| to paddle through wet and slippery streets,
with the rain ceaselessly beating upon their
umbrellas and soaking their feet. They go
south to be cheated at every turn by over
shrewd cabmen; to be bounded at every land
ing place for tips and fees; to be chased by
loathsome beggars; to be imposed upon in a
| score of nameless ways.
! They Igo north to find warm rooms in the
humblest hotels however frosty the air may
be outside;y to find steam heat in every room,
Or, better STILL the great white porcelain
monuments that extend from floor to ceiling
and that give out such genial warmth. They
go north to find the railway cars becoming
more and more comfortable as they journey;
in Germany better than in Italy, in Denmark
better than in Germany, and in Sweden best
of all. They go north to find the cars heated
by steam from the engine, instead OF chilled
by the farcical water cans, which our friends
in England and southern Europe rejoice in.
They go north to find people honest, self
respecting and kindly, and the crowd of har-
pies that prey upon your pocket and your
patience in the south grows smaller by de-
grees and beautifully less. But if you say,
respected fellow countrymen that you go to
| Italy For art and music, for the galleries and
churches, for the paintings and greater stat
ues: have not Munich and Dresden and Ber-
! lin their picture galleries, too? Have not
Copenhagen and Stockholm and Lin Hoping
and Upsala their great cathedrals? Are there
not ice-joys and snow beauties that are quite
as great as anything the summer south can
! offer?
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East VS.. West.
Problem No. 20
By IS. Lloyd.
Black,

Brer Spencer Of the St. Paul Dispatch is
doing heroic work In championng western
course, however, his scoring. of the interna-
uonal cable match managers because no west
ern man was put on the American team
scarcely applies, because the cable match in
question was supposed to be between the
| Brooklyn and London chess clubs. It is
true, this club membership is rather literally
construed, SO as to include honoraries, like
Pillsbury and Showalter, who hailed original
! ly from Massachusetts and Kentucky. At the
| same time, these honorary members do occa-
sionally drop in at the Brooklyn club. More
over, they have achieved national and in
ternational fame which makes their presence
| in the team strenuously desirable The west
may yet turn out Pilsburys and Showalters;
but we are compelled to admit that the dem
| cnstratiOn Of their presence on the national
and international stage is not yet complete
N M Mcleod of St. Paul, Max Judd Of St.
Louis and Messrs. johnson and Udemann Of
Chicago have. perhaps, done the most thus
| far toward achieving a national reputation
They are among the very few westeners who
| have contested with eastern players, but their
In correspondence chess, the west has made
| a good showing. What is needed is a national
| tournament or team match betWeen east
and west. The last national tournament,
barring that at Buffalo, was in 1889, when
Macleod and Judd were among the entries.
The 1903 tournament at the ST. Louis eXpos1-
ton is in the right direction and should be
literally patronized by western men. The fact
is, the west, up to date, has been too busy
and hard working to produce professional
players and careful students of the game.
players from the Buffalo tourney. Strong
players are developing however; and, by way
| of aiding that development b u n
proposes to the Dispatch:
First~A team match between Minneapolis
and St. Paul, to take place the present month.
Second-A team match between the twin
cities and Chicago, to take place next month
Do we have second to the proposition from
the Dispatch?
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A NEW NOVELIST
OttiIie u Liljencrantz Wins Praise
From Reviewers.


Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, daughter Of
we'll known Swedish engineer in Chicago,
seems destined to win an enviable place
in literature. John N. Crawford, the re-
viewer, says OF her first novel. THE
Thrall of Left the Lucky:
Here Is story that has all the glamor Of
old romance. Here move the heroic figures
who were world -compellers and conquerors
and of whom never tire Of reading, either
In history or romance. Here we see the men
even as they lived, who harried the coasts Of
England, who discovered Greenland centuries
before Columbus was born, and carried the
gospel thither, the Vikings, the stalwart
Norsemen, the masters OF the sea a thousand
years ago.
The north breezes blow refreshingly through
these pages, and we carried back to that
antique and heroic age when men contended
with the fercest elements Of earth and sea
and sky, laughed at winds and storms, made
the hurricane their servant, and harnessed
the blasts Of the tempest to their ships, They
were mighty race of men, and Miss Liljen-
crantz has entered upon an almost untrodden
field Of fiction in portraying their character
and deeds and the scenes in which they
moved.
1t was bold undertakings and the author
is 10 be congratulated upon the achievement
Of great success. The period of the tale Is
the tenth century, when Olaf Trygvasson was
King Of Norway. and when the present old
Norwegian city Of Trondhjem saw it's begin
nings in the kings new city of Nidaros.
We need but to read the opening paragraph
to feel that we are being invited to q great
feast
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AID OF THE PARTY
Norwegians Come to 1t by Organic
ing Republican State League.
ITS PURPOSE CLEARLY SET FORTH
Expected to Bring Norwegian Re-
publicans to Livelier In
terest in Politics.

A number of republicans of Norwegian
extraction have organized the Norweg ian
Republican State League. Many MEM
beers OF the legislature were present at
the organization, but no active candidates
for state offices were invited to become
charter members.
The authority of the league will be
vested in an executive committee consist
ing Of one member from each county.
The constitution provides for county and
city organization. The leaders in the
movement were prompted to the step by
the realization that their people had lost
prestige as political factor in the state
and that 1t would be most desirable
thing and distinct advantage to the re-
publican party if previous conditions
could be restored. The objects of the
league are briefly expressed in the CON-
stitution as follows:
The object of this organization shall be to
advocate. maintain and promote the principles
OF republicanism: to direct and Interest in
politics those who have hitherto been more
or less Indifferent to their political duties
70 encourage attendance at the primary meet
ings in order that honorable and capable
men may be nominated and elected: to guard
and defend the purity of the election laws,
and to perform such other work as may best
promote the interest of the party, national.
state and locally.
c. H. Biorn, 318 Globe building, Is the
secretary OF the new political organiza-
ton.
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played all the while they are playing tor the
team, they are not valuable members and will
pairs In the local club have adopted the fol-
lowing style of play and have proved quite
successful with it. The Journal, how
would certainly consider it very poor policy
for any but the Oldest and most experienced
players to consider it at ALL Their rules.
which are very simple and very few, are as
follows:
Rule American number-shoWing leads are
Invariably used. when leading trumps.
Rule 2-Echo three trumps on partners lead
otherwise echo four trumps. Do not lead
when five or more are held.
Rule S-Unblock partners suit when you
hold exactly four.
Rule 4-Do with your hand what you think
will make the most tricks.
Their usual leads from the ordinary COM
binations in plain plain suits are as follows:
The king is led from all combinations when
either ace or queen or both accompany it, no
attempt being made to show number.
THE QUEEN LEAD.
The queen is led when it is the top Of a
THE JACK LEAD.
The jack is led from queen, jack and ten,
THE Observation-Disclosures NE sER F + LEAD LEAD.
When ten, nine or eight is led it is either
the middle card or top Of weak suit and is
warning card, and practically says: Partner,
! this Is the best lead can make; if you don't
| like it, do something else.
LOW CARDS.
When low card is led, it is usually the
| bottom of the suit, but sometimes the regu-
lar fourth-best card is led, or perhaps the
bottom Of long, inferior sequence.
SHORT LEADS.
| singletons are led, but not frequently, and
only either as secondary leads or from hands
in which the best suit is considered worth
| less or, perhaps, SO long that it would be
necessary to abandon it entirely after the
| first round.
| SUPPORTING LEADS.
Supporting cards are led from hands which
contain good supporting cards, such as queen
jack and ten. ten and nine, and are never led
| from hands which contain strength enough te
warrant an aggressive game being played.
From the foregoing it will be observed that
the rules provided are extremely simple and
require no feat of memory to master them
Still they cover multitude of sins. The
| playing Of each hand, under this system, i:
left almost absolutely with the player; and
upon his Judgment depends the success o,
failure Of the play.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
Checker Chatter.

Checker Editor Journal.
In the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph this
problem appeared. It is by G. H. Slocum,
Chicago:
Black men on 20, a. kings, i, %.
White man on 3d. kings IS, 10, 27.
Black to play and draw.
At first sight 1t looks certain White win,
but the draw is sound, though there are faults
in the published solution.
~ 1910 252s(e % 22- e s5-Ss 2s-1s
Z ga 2S-32(b 2o-24 26-s1 22-1s
(a) Loses; 1925 is the correct move to
(b) why this? 1923, 1918, etc.. wins by
second position.
(c) Miss IS the draw again by 2o-24
(d) 1921 and White wins as in 90.
Play 22-17. 2s-25, 17-l3. 2 81 ls-s, 24-2s.
niea BY a 5s1 Wrsy eASGa9p5 Eng q
Under the nom de plume Of THAT Heather
Chinee," draughts player contributes the
course, understand that, as the club cham
pon, many are the efforts made to take me
down peg, and one Of the most FREQUENT lep
LENS. Professor Boxers latest in this line
as fs1ows % Blask TO- l. H. White 49,
then played 3-s, remarking, II don't see how
you will stop me getting two for one II
that 1915, 1919; now take these two, 1914,
by frst position ''All right" said l; now
1T pteas s wf su sharp
came the answer, 1914, 1873, 49, and again
L had to own myself worsted "You have
nice little problem this time, professor, ;,
Ssan st Has 1sS very draw ssS ha
problem?'' with black cam he said. 80,
I'll take white and force win,'' answered;
and this is the way to do it: 1916, 2-1a
1914 l0-17, 1922, 1925, 3o-7, $40, 2o-16. +"
Amt you going to give it up?' said Boxer;
give it up replied; 81 undertook to force
win, but it is you shall force to win, pro,
fessor" 70 that is your game is it,? said said
Boxerefound he had the losing move.
| Friend Titus is in favor of a tournament
between the city and all other players in the
sana will Of f {he team
Of leading the Minneapolis boys to a glorious
defeat-Editor.
"Fat Bishop" was carcature Of an eeele-
l1nents'' such as the mastership Of the Savoy
and the deanery Of Windsor, and that the
Black Knight was satire upon the ambas.
sador from the court Of Spain, that Of JAIME:
H. Not only was the play suppressed, bu
| the unlucky author was, sent to prison, ane
remained there for some time, obtaining nj:
| release at last by the following peIltion -
| the king:
| A harmless game coined only for delight,
Was played 'twixt the Black House and tn
! White;
The white House won; yet still the Blacl
doth brag,
| They had the power to put me in the bag.
| Use but your royal hand, twill set me free;
| IT'S but removing a man-that,s me.
| Celtic Times.
A gentleman by the name of Collins was il
the city last week looking for checker. game
| By the twinkle OF his eye should say he wa
! ali O. K Did any OF the boys meet hun?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
NORMANNAHEIMEN

union and all will doubtless attend the
sangerfest. Itwould stimulate the inter-
est in the fest and in Scandinavian song
II these six should organize for united
work. A similar plan was carried out
previous to the sangerfest of 1891 and it
proved an unqualified success:
Viking Singing society at it's meeting
last week decided to participate In the
sangerfest of the Northwestern Scandi-
navian Singers association, to be held at
Sioux Falls. July 11-1S The society has
twenty active members and ASel Kringel-
bach, the musical director, is drilling
them on the sangerfest choral numbers.
"A fund has already been started and the
society viii unquestionably make q very
creditable appearance in Sioux Falls.
Apollo Singing society has arranged to
hold bazaar at Dania hall, April 1920,
to raise funds for its proposed trip to
the Sioux Falls sangerfest.
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LocaI Items,

Gustav Hedwall merchant Of West Swed-
en-, Wis, has been visiting his brother, G. j.
Hedwall of this citT.
The last concert of the Minneapolis. mill.
tary band will be given tomorrow evening ct
Swedish Brothers. hall. A particularly fine
program has been prepared by Oscar Ring
wall the director. o.,
| The eleventh anniversary ball OF TnorWaid-
sen lodge of the Danish Brotherhood will be
held next Saturday evening at DANA hall,
Freya lodge. No l. Daughters Of Norway
celebrates its fifth anniversary this evening
with a fest at F'orester's hall on the NORTH
Side
concert will be given at the Trinity Nor
wegian Lutheran church next Wednesday eve
ming under the auspices of the Young Peo-
pies society Among those who will contrib
ute to the program are r. Meius Christian
sen, w. w. Ellis. Miss Ackerson, Miss May
belle Olsen, Miss Mary D. Weir, Miss Mag
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Checkers
Edited by w. H. Grimshaw.
Black
Black

The black men will cover squares from 1 to
II. The white men will cover squares from 81
to 80. The black men should move first.
The astersks indicate the essential moves
to sustain the terms
All communications for this department
should be addressed Checker Editor.
Matters for current insertion Should reach
this Office not later than Wednesday,. Prob
lens and games at all times welcome.
The Flour City Checker Club, 300 Nicollet
avenue Strangers at all times welcome.
Send $3.50 and get T b Q j ournal con-
tanning checker column every Saturday for
one year.
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Commercial Club Chess.

c. E. Thayer, the grain and elevator man,
having gone to Winnipeg tor the week ne the
Commercial Club for the first time in two :,
there was resignation in twenty two moves.
Mr. Freiberger was captain for the Whites
Dreisbach and E. F. Elliott, the coal man.
Captain Williams for the Blacks chose hos Nc Nc
The game was a Ruy Lopez Of the Franklyn
X. Young variety.
Blacks defended on the approved Young
Morphy scheme Of Sc P to Rs Whites also
tried the Young Morphy campaign by s
to O., instead of the book move, castles,
Mac" chief counsellor, and Warner, first
Fade de-camp, scratched their craniums but
I, could think OF no book recipe. Then they
played the safe to O. and followed with
i Kt to ORA, attacking the bishop. This looked
good; were they not playing the attack them.
| selves now instead of acting on the defensivei
But they overlooked little move, 90 to Q5
which Whites were hiding in their sleeves
melting piece and shortly the game as will
be seen from the score. which follows:
! RuY LOPEZ
I n,,kH to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
Heard Royal Poems.

At the iOdeon in Paris it is the regular Gus
tom on Saturday to have sort OF dramatic
and literary entertainment Of novel kind.
A recent Saturday was devoted to royal poets,
and the program consisted Of reading from
the works of Carmen Sylvia, King Oscar and
the Prince of Montenegro Romeau recited
three of Oscars best known poems and Sc
cured hearty applause. The program ended
Ingrid," set to music by Hallstrom. The en- :
tertainment was such a success that the au-
dience demanded a repetition for the next
week, which was granted.
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es-Jennison
A New Whist Book.

One of the first copies of. the new whist
book, entitled 1.-The Principles and Practice
of Whist by Leonard Leigh and Ernest
Bergholt, has just reached u.s. 1t is work
of considerable magnitude and covers very
thoroughly, from every. standpoint, the mod
ern, scientific game of whist. The authors
to the principles Of the game, rather than to
rules which are very liable to be local in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
SOLICITORS OF SNOW
Collect Funds for the Poor +
Christiania.


It has been the custom in Christiania
for several years to collect money for
the poor by means of snow figures sup
piled with boxes in which passersby
could drop their contributions. Often
these figures have been quite elaborate,
and though modelled in snow have been
very artistic. A group raised in Dram
mensveien has attracted great deal Of
attention. 1t represented family with
their hunger pinched faces grouped to-
gether and behind them the angel of
mercy with outstretched wings. The
angels face looking at the distracted
mother bending over her sick child was
indescribably beautiful and attracted the
attention Of all as we'll as extracted
money from the pockets.
The designer was a young sculptor
| named Rasmussen. who, though only q
years old, has been in America and has
tried almost everything from being 6
stable boy and bakers apprentice to pho
Biography and sculpture.
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RECOGNIZES NORWAY

Crown Prince Gustaf Will Live
There Half the Time
Grown Prince Gustaf, who will carry on
the government while King Oscar is alb
sent at Biarritz, says he will spend half
his time in Norway and half in Sweden.
The news is interpreted as the an
nouncement of the princes future policy
as king and gives immense satisfaction in
Norway. where the king, on account of
his permanent stay in Sweden, has always
been considered lacking in consideration
Of the susceptibilities Of his Norwegian
subjects.
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Money for Z. NJ. C: A. Congress.

The municipal council Of Christiania, Nor
way, has voted 5000 kr. for the International
Y. M. C. A. congress, to be held there Aug.
20-24. The association is strong in Norway
and the members will endeavor to make the
congress one of the most memorable events
in Y M. c. A. history.
The storthing will make a considerable ap-
preparation, thereby causing the entertain
ment of the delegates to become a national
matter. Every possible accommodation will
be shown those visitors who may wish to
tour Norway, and if they do not have de-
lightful time. it will not be the fault OF the
hosts.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

instead Of the regular 6-Castles. It. leads to
spirited game not analysed in the books.
%? Looked good, but Whites had move
in their sleeve.
,(c) What Blacks took not into consideration
at move five.
(d) Blacks now try coup, no less than
trap to catch Whites queen.
(e) Ho! Blacks fear to spring the trap!
| But they might better have done it, for they
would have stood better drawing chances with
! Q and r against two Rs and three minor
pieces than plain two pieces shy, as now
occurs. Resignation is the strategic man
euver now,