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II 10 whites move. The usual msnne,
the mon and ask . knot OF chess players
whether white can win or not. II they
say white can win the one who knows
how to play chess proceeds to draw.
After they have admired the ingenuity
Of the draw the man who knows oders
70 bet the cigars that he oan take the
What lines Of play does he ADOPT in
each cass-to draw Tor black, or to win
for whitef
Tho solution to skat problem No. q
dependA on tho Inference that mittelhand
10 bidding on q club colo with two and that
Il will therefore be necessary for yorhand
md n T ct Cub la up y 70 70 sSs & s"arasd sso ID
The majority OF solvsrs thought II
safer 70 put away the two tens and Ia
two aces and tie tsa d spades, but the
better Discard is undoubtedly to put
the two Diamonds hack into the ssat
what the one who played the hand did
with II.
In the actual game v lost. getting
only 50 points, This makes another sksi
problem for US.
sxAr PnosLxA NO. 7.
vorhAnd held the cards given in
problem No. .. printed two weeks ago
and disoarded the two diamonds, after
which he led the jack Of diamonds. How
SS.na S 81 l s. ten %0ss md A:n :.
j A X @ 81 Of clubs. diamond ace and
spade jack. HintsrhAnd's cards arc dc.
ducible from this. What was the plays
TnAr Y1sHrso roLx.
The Heometrical ehArps had . lot ol
fun trying 70 push nshine poles Of varioul
lengths up that chimney. Many sent Ia
di.ETsna. I r =. piece: q E papsr. .. and n, o.rdbesrd
demonstrations. ode methodical engineer
sending = blue print Allowing the wholf
thing.
scns worked 1t out BY calculus. soms
BY algebra. some bX geometry. and som.
BY experiment. The simplest method
submittsd was to start with the fact that
the yo srans' ,hs sslsw sod and .S1ys a r.:
% 70 angles. and thersfoes II ono werl
known the other could be calculated By
Starting with an assumed length fos
one hypothspuss and calculating the
other some solvers worked from = lnChsl
up, advancing BY hundredths until they
sot % 70 ths s ,asfl vnsrc , re ~ asurss bs.sss .s
W uV<Vu1os WnIOAA hOAhituo9 Ob0 VCt hu0uu
of watching the sun through Q Ssxtant
On one thing they eoesn 70 agree, that
the lsnSth Of he pole bsfors i was clt
down Wps about hundredth OF an inoh
moro than . fest ~ inches.
Correct sqlutlops from =; vAnsyeksl.
p. {. w. y: Z. siddl.. Philip =: Nser
doG:aa.r dSsn a pGSSl'. 81 hs1.,i hEss1 = q. TssaSp'Hs
". Hopkins. Algsrnoa Dfay. 3. r. Barnett,
Charles hAuchf0so. ", Y: Kaiser. n. D.
Nams, ". w. Dudley, ". b. o. @. ".
Marstop, ". D. 0ardn1r. ". D. Rueglel
and n. r. BetSmaA.
A nunbsf rot within an inch Of two
of The oorrsot lsasth, but that u not
olots enough 10 count.
Hsrs b anotAes little problem whiok
may Interest fsw, q tho msnsufatsof
sharpe.
TIE TAAnPs TnlprAr1oN.
4 tramp stopped end beggsd . mar
for enough TO 6uy drink, and sAid tha'
ne bad ssen better days, having beer
grAdustsd from college. The man tols
Elm b would give HIN All k> se..M Afini
and 3 new VaK q clothes a. veil u b
would ten him how much whisksy Z
certain vessel would hold.
The problem wsS this: 0lven . piect
q gissS SIX iuoAee equare, whiok " 70 b
blown Into . hollow globe With Z skin
Suastet y - a lses tAjsk. how much wills