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The score was rubber game, love all
South declared one heart. West ana
North passed East declared one royai
and South overcalled with two hearts.
West was satisfied with the heart dec
laTation and passed. East bid another
ROYAL. South now passed, as he cons!d-
cred his TWO bid on the second round
tri1e high. West did not wish to inter-
ferc with the course OF the bidding as
vet and passed. North then declared
three hearts, and as East favored an
approvimate two suit hand, declared
three royals. South passed. and West
thought il was the psychological mo-
mont to take some action. He inquired
his hand carefully. concluding that az
East was bidding without hearing from
him he must have some strong SUIT 10
hiring i'm. and with his strength and the
heart suit stopped at least twice even
with the other aces against him. q no
TRUMP declaration seemed to offer pet
ter chance 10 go game than royals.
At that stage Of the bidding no trump
declaration by West should act as
WARNING to his partner not to continue
bidding ROYALS unless he held an almost
iuyulnpTabl suit.
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REASONS FOR SYMBOLS.

We have remarkable number of COM
munications containing both favorable
and adverse comment upon the use Of the
symbols n, r. and w to designate the
players In auction bridge clinics.
Our reasons for their use were con-
sdered very carefully at the outset and
seem to far outweigh any argument adj
vanced for the use Of A, b. y, or any
other combination Of symbols.
In the first place whist duplicate is
still extensively played all over the coun-
Try and will surely continue to be played
in all whist and card clubs OF any stand
Ing or size. The Knickerbocker WHIST
Club, OF New York, IS one OF the large
clubs that holds regular weekly contests
al duplicate whist for trophies and @for
the right OF teams TO contest for the varl-
Gus trophies and prizes given at the vari-
Gus whist congresses and associations,
and may be justly said TO be worthy
custodian Of the fame and honor of that
great game. Forty TO fifty Of the best
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BY GEORGE Killing

trick IN South's hand, and Easts queen
was saved This prevented North's twice
guarded jack from making later in the
play of the hand.
After winning the king Of spades South
led the jack of hearts and North played
low. East winning with the queen. He
then led the queen Of spades and followed
with the jack Of diamonds South would
not take any chance and went right up
with the ace. South then led the ten of
hearts and took the finesse. ON East
winning with the king. he led another
diamond. and West was in with the king
OF diamonds and ran off his four re-
naming spades.
North and South thereby being defeated
on the contract by two tricks.
Had East upon the first trick played the
queen of spades, without giving proper
consideration TO the situation, tho final
outcome of the hand would have been far
different.
South's continuation would nave been
the same, but East and West would be
one move behind in their spade suit. be-
sides the jack OF spades would have made
in the dummy hand. After the hearts
had been cleared up in North's hand,
East would have led as before After
winning East's jack of diamonds with the
ace. South would lead a club and North
on winning with the ace would make his
two remaining hearts. This would have
given North and South their contract.
Quite a valuable card this queen Of
spades! Playing il In one instance, los
ing game and rubber, and holding off in
another instance and defeating the con-
tract.
Here Is a hand which was held by II.
II. r., Of Albany:
spade-A.
Hearts-l0, g.
Diamonds--,J. 10, :, 6, 2.
Clubs-l0. 8, !, 3, 2.
Score, q to 0, North and South's favor.
Rubber game.
South, the dealer, bid one no trump.
West, second hand, declared two royals.
North held the above hand. What would
you do with this holding?
This holding caused considerable discus
sion. and some enjoyable repartee ap-
peared in the letter inclosng the hand.
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MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS.

Nine. Bell-Ransk and the members Of
the New Assembly gave reception 10
Hans Merx, the German hsder singer, at
the Stuyvesant Studios, No. 50 West Ath
street. on December 10. There was a
large gathering, including many promi-,
nent artists and musicians. Mr.. Merr
favored by singing a programme Of Ger,
man lieder. Paul Gundlach was the ac-
companist.
The Hulsmann trio are having a sue.
cessful season, filing important concercl
engagements. On December 81 they WIN
appear at Vassar College before 'heI
American Music Society, when they will
render special selections in both piano
and vocal. DR.. Frank z. Miller, the
throat specialist, will also deliver a.
lecture
GLADYS Gilmore, soprano, a pupil OF BY
ford Ryan, will give recital In New
York during the month Of February. Miss
Gilmore has been invited 10 sing several I
new songs by c. f. lie Masena.
Miss Greta Torpadie, soprano. was the
soIost at the reunion last week OF the
Cercle Franco-American. Her selections
included the Shadow" aria from Dino
rah." by Meyerbeer and group OF
French modern songs.
Miss Loretta De Lone's engagement as
solo harpist i'm Hartford last Sunday ne
cessitated her refusing several church
enga gements offered her In this city. She
played at the two Christmas services at
St Thomass Church on Wednesday.
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AT MUSIC STUDIOS.

Miss Audrey Laundee. pupil OF Hen
rletta Speke-Seeley, was the contra;,o
soloist in a special performance of THE
Messiah" which was given in the
Yonkers High School on December ~.
Miss Iaundee is member of the quartet
of the Park Hill Reformed Church.
Jennie Beasey. Of No. sol-s0S Csrneg.e
Hall. will give a pupils recital in her
studio on the evening OF January -.
Among those who will take part in an
interesting programme will be Miss Edna
Aver. who has been studying with Miss
Beasey. and who has shown unusual
progress in her work
Inga Hoegsbro. director OF the New
York Conservatory Of Northern Music,
presented her pupil, Lorenzo Semple.
twelve years old, in recital last Saturday
at the school. No. 216 Madison avenue.
Before the recital Miss Hoegsbro made a
charming speech. Beginning the new
year. the school announces regular pupils
monthly recitals will take place.
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"ELIJAH" AS AN OPERA.

Mendelssohns popular oratorio ELI
tah.' given as a sacred opera, will be
sung AZ the Broadway Theatre this after
noon and evening at 2:3O and $50 o'clock
oy company numbering, with chorus
ana special orchestra. one hundred. with
inc principal parts taken by Madame
ilortehse pArblay, soprano and Bernard
fsrsos, barytone. The other important
singers will be Eva Vera, mezzo- soprano;
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000" |1' Corne9ze HdH

Among other numbers Nine. Butt Will
sing Schuberts Der Wanderer," Schu-
manu's Der Nusspaum" and a reclta-
tive and aria from Debussy's IL Enfant
Prologue" while Mr.. Humford's numbers
will include. among others, two songs OF
Richard Strauss, Grieg group. Vaughan
Williams's THE Roadside Fire. and two
old Irish melodies of {. V. Stanford
The English singers joint number VIII
ba Goring Thonas's Might Hymn at
Sea
Miss Kitty Cheathams last Holiday
Matinee will take place on Friday after
noon next. January 3, at the Lyceum
Theatre. at three o'clock. Ten new
manuscript songs and stories Including
some charming new clvldrens things,
will be heard for the first time. Anatole
Frances lie Jour de Catherine 0rom
Mes Enfan,e') will also be an interest
ing novelty and there will be enough Of
the popular fayorites Gncluding the Old
Negro Songs to give the programme a
suivcrsal appeal
Julia Culp's American debut is to be
among the musical affairs of the week
after New Years. The singer arrives in
New York three or four days before her
first recital, which is TO take place at
Carnegie Hall. Friday afternoon, January
10. Nine CUP is to sing six lieder by
Schubert Eve by Schumann and six by
Brahms.
a Of no l.
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Continued from Second Page

) Anna Case. soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, will be the soloists At
the concert TO be given on Wednesday
evening. January s. IN Carnegie Hall. by
the MacDowell Chorus, of the Schols
Cantorum Kurt SCHNEIDER, conductor OF
the Schola, will also have the Barrere
Ensemble and a selected stringed orches-
ira to assist his chorus on this occasion.
Choruses and soil from the operas King
Arthur" by Henry Purcell; lie Bour-
geois Gentilhomme, by Jean-Bapt. Luliy,
and "Alceste," by Gluck, are among the,
works TO be performed at this concert.
George Harris. the American tenor, will
give a song recital at New Aeolian Hall. I
Wednesday evening, January 9, in which
he will offer a programme containing,
many novelties.
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LUCK, SO CALLED.

OF course. after all is said and done
The fellow who holds the cards at auc-
zion bridge will generally win. some
PLAYERS seem to have the almost deNiIiS"
trait Of holding such good cafdS o"E III
and day out that their luck approaches
the uncanny. They can 'slop' trick OF
two on each hand and still keep on the
plus side of the ledger
The word luck is more often aSso-
dated with cards than almost any single
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Musical Notes and Comment

Grisvold will sing Adolf Rothmeyer VIII
direct the orchestra.
Die Walkure" Will he given at the
academy of Music. BROOKLYN. on SatuT-
da, evening. with Mime. Gadslu as BrunIl-
hide Nine. Frcmstad as Sieglinde' Nine
Natzenauer as Fricka. Mr.. Burrlan a.
Siernund. Mr.. Ruysdal as Hunding ana
Mr. C,risNold as Wotan Nj Hertz VIII
conduct.
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THE KNEISEL QUARTET.

The third concert Of the hneisel quar-
tet will take place at the New AeolIah
Hall on Tuesday evening. January ~
The programme will include the quintet
for strings by Charles NJ. Loefiier, In the
performance of which the members OF the
ouartet will have the assistance OF Sam
mol Gardiner
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f.rer from tonsillitis. has been called to
conduct the concerts during the last three
weeks Mr. Track was engaged as the
succcssor OF Alvin Schroeder In the ceiios
and also as assistant conductor to take
Dr. Muck's place In case the latter was
at any time incapscitated. Dr. MUCH
houayer IL about recovered
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THE BOSTON SYMPHONY.

Boston has had the pleasing sensation
n, having discovered a new conductor in
ono Track. ;he assistant conductor Of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra VINO
through the Illness OF Or. Muck, a SUI
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HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS.

There also seems to be an historical ht-
ness in the use of North, East, South and
West. The actual invention Of cards has
been lost I'm the mysteries of the ages, but
history traces a remote connection be-
tween the very ancient Oriental game Of
chess and cards.
In the Oriental game there were four
contending armies, foes and allies. Each
army had It's own color and was dis
oersed about the board thus: North,
black; East, redC South, green; West
yellow. These colors also formed the
ground Of four suits OF an ancient pack
Of Hndustanee cards. Also, in the fif-
teenth century the Germans used a pack
OF cards to convey the knowledge Of
geography and the points Of the COM
pass.
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NINE. sEMBRICH's RECITAL.

Nine Sembrich will give her second re-
cital for this season in Carnegie Hall next
Thursday afternoon Ina the arrangement
of her programme she has returned To her
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Marie Louise Rogers, contralto; .Nath-
crime Lee, soprano, and Sebastian Bur
netti and A. Novich, tenOTs.
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O~v1He .Horro1o,, >Oo'2s Pe:lEI
D~o,o, o ..A~.1.--' ll,:;,o Hlppoaror'e>

old plan of presenting classical airs in
the first part, but varied it by prefacinG
the operate selections with songs by
Beethoven and Mozart Novelties in her
list are songs by Schilings. Wolf. Franck,
Rachmaninoff. La Forge and Foote. Here
is the programme:
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% AUCTION :BRIDGE: CLINICS @

Therefore. 10 our friendly crltcs'
beg to wish a most joyous New Year Oh
grand slams with one hundred aces.
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MUSIC NOTES.

An oneratic concert will bc given at tho
Hippodrome this evening. under the nla'
apement OF oscar and Arthur Hammer
stein Tho two stars of the occasion WIZ
hc orville Harold, who Will make his
first New York appearance since his APP
nearance at Mr.. Oscar Hammersteln
London Opera House, and MISS Emma
Trcntini. who is now starring at tho "a
s,no Theatre, under the management Oh
Arthur Hammerstein, in The firenS'
Roris Hamburg, 'cellist, will also appear
and the entire cast and ensemble Oh i"'
FREELY" production will be USED. One VI
tho special features OF the evening VIII u"
q ..Valse Jubilee" composed by oscar
u.mmerstein himself, which is described
nc musical oddly containing twelve
yalses not published az yet and played i'i
tho first time. The orchestra or slAtS
nisces will he under the direction of Gaze
tano Merola The programme follows:
Overture "Menon'' ..:..........-'''''''' no'''"'
Orchestra ,..,
Beautiful Ship from Toylandi ,r.,, NM
From the comedy opera me fHenS'
Henry Vogei and male chorus ~.
Eo, N,dreI for violincello. Max Bruch
Boris Hamburg ,,ord,
NeieSt6 Alud s.s.s''"'"'"' n
Rid Pasliacci.
I'm railing in love with some One Herbert
Orvilie Harold. .-,.,
Rarcarolle. from THE Freely ........--. fi'n'
Miss Vera De Rosa and chorus. ,,,o1
Jewel song from Faust :......'.''.'"TpuIiI,rV,i
Giannina from 1.-The FIreny .......''.''i rum
Miss Emma Trentlnt
Nalsc Jubilee ............... oscar Hanncisteh
Orchestra. -
Elves Dance ...................D David Papper
Boris Hamburg. ma.
Duet from Carmen" 80. biAot
Miss Emma Trentini and Orville Harold
Dance Of the Hours from La Gloconda ,,,
" ~ Ponchielli
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,,or.s, sonr ............. Reginald dc Koven
ro'''' ' sophie Traubman
Etude. op. %. No. ;.........'.'''
Etude Op. 10. No. t2D..........''' Chopin
Norturne, Op Is. No 2....'''' '''''
"e'"'' Manfred Maxim. ,
Morgenhymne ........''..'' iiiio,,scbci
T,nS DIetrich ................... Hehschei
jung pie'' Holger Birl<orod.
Duet from "Flying Dutchman *, VIZ ssi''
Sophie Traubman ana hoiscT bih'''"'
The Board of Directors OF the Scho'a
Cantorum announces lecture to be
given ON January g. at the Hotel Plaza
nv W. J. Henderson. music scritic oil
"Tbe New York sun The subject ol
the lecture, "The Infancy OF opera Is
= most appropriate one. selected to pre-
face the first subscription concert ON
January 8. OF the MacDowell Chorus OF
the Schola Cantorum.
Nine Clara Butts Carnegie Han ap-
naarance Tuesday evening, January A."
,,,u nreseut the English conlraito as
soIoist with the Volpe Symphony Orches-
,ra Two of Sir Edward Cigars sea PIC
lures sabbath Morn Al Sea ana
..yybere Corals Lie will be Nine. Butt
offering i'm the first half OF the pro-
pramme. while in Part she VIII SING
peetbovsn's I'm Qesta Tomba' ana
chicks "Diylnties du StyX.' \ long list
of songs IN German, Italian and EnsIlsh
,yiu he sung by Nine. Butt and her nus
h.rd Kennerley IIumford. the English
barytone. at their joint recital ~ 'd'''r'
Hall Tuesday afternoon, JdnuaI! Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
USED ON DUPLICATE TRAYS.

In all whist games the symbols \, h,
and w North, East, South and Wesp
are used upon the duplicate trays TO
designate hands and players, and they are
perforce as fixed in the minds ana re-
called as readily as anything ever memoir
lied at mothers knee. One does not have
even the slightest mental effort TO re-
call that toward the top is North. toward
the right East, toward the bottom South
and toward the left West" Of the good
old geography days, when we all learned
the points of the compass and now 10
bound the United States One can look
away from a card problem or hand on
paper and always retain the relative posi-
ton Of hands and players with the geo.
graphical or compass symbols.
While on the other hand, with any other
SYMBOLS or arrangement, one has some
mental effort and difficulty when his at
tention is attracted away from the actual
view of the cards to recall the location or
the various hands, the deal, the declara-
tons, leads, etc.
We put test up to twelve expert auc-
ton players separately on the question
Of easiest manner to Symbolic auction
hands. and the test in each case proved
that the deal, declaration, lead, location
Of cards, etc. were more easily recalled
by the use OF n, f, and w than by
any other sy stem of symbols.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29

whist players in and near this city con-
test every Tuesday evening at the knick-
erbocker Whist CLUB. from October to
June for the choosing of pair to contest
for the Minneapolis trophy at the Ameri-
can Whist League congress i'm July. each
year.
Three important contests for the Ameri-
can Whist League trophy have been held
In this city within the last six weeks; the
competing clubs being the Scranton Club,
of Scranton. Penn; the Huguenot Club,
of New Rochelle; the Elizabeth Chess and
Whist club, OF Elizabeth. y. j., and the
Knickerbocker Whist Club.
The women's clubs~o of New York, the
New Amsterdam, the Cavendish, the
Metropolitan Whist Association and the
WoYen's Whist Club of Brooklyn. the
women's clubs of Boston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other Eastern cities all
play duplicate regularly. All of these
leading clubs and hundreds of others are
taking up duplicate auction bridge.
Hence one good reason for the use OF
the symbols y, F., 5 and W is very OBJ
NiOtIg
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subject or game. Perhaps properly 50,
for the ancient card players termed them
luck cards and they were used i'm their
earliest history 10y the rowing bands of
Moorish gypscs that overran Europe in
the fourteenth century for religious rites
and foy the reading Of the future.
These customs have followed down
through six hundred years. and even to-
day one can hardly Join a card party that
either Lefore or after the game some one.
generally lady. fails TO lay out the
deck and tell your fortune about getting
your wish" "A dark man will cross your
rath," the light lady" ETC. ad inhnitum.
You can see her Ghe one telling the
fortme) this moment The jails of the
country are not large enough to hold the
takers who gain a precarious living at
fortune telling.
There are two subjects connected with
cards that some day may be better under
stood. Each has evoked the greatest
thoughts of brilliant minds. and history Is
loaded with discourse, edicts and bulls on
their luck and morals. However. those
subjects are not exactly within our prov
ince. Auction clinics rather tend TO set
before our readers such soundness of the
oly and play at the game that their skill
may overcome the elements Of bad luck,
so called.
\ certain member of club not four
miles from Central Park is said to be
writing d book of seven chapters upon
the subject of auction bridge, each chap
ter beginning as follows: mo suit with
out an ace is worth a - mill site
one method of skill that overcomes So
, called bad luck is by stepping in right.
STEPPING IN RIGHT.
We have illustrated several positions
| showing assisting bids on the first round
of bidding. Another interesting phase OF
/ bidding sometimes occurs when the part
ner of a declarer has good trump strength,
| but worthless suit cards.
Against strong suit bidding by the OPP
ponents the partner holding the strong
hand persists in bidding, Notwithstanding
his partners silence. The partner OF such
decarer should infer that the declarer
| must he taking the chance Of a favorable
fall of trumps When the bidding
| reaches high contract he should be
prepared TO step in at the right moment
and show his partner where the missing
| trumps are located.
! An apt illustration of such bidding rs
shown in a hand played at a Brooklyn
club:
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Cndsr The patronage and auspices OF 1t
number-of prominent society leaders
headed by Miss Annie Leary, John McCor-
mack. the Irish tenor. will give his third
annual New York recital at Carnegie Han
on Sunday evening. January >. Besides
arias by Mozar, and Puccini and several
favorites like II Hear You Calling Me
and THE Snowy Breasted PEARL Mr.
Mccormack will sing a group Of songs by
the modern school Of Gaelic poets and
composers which have never before been
sung.
This il the programme Of Miss SOPHIE
Traubman's song recital, in which she
will be assisted by Manfred Malkins,
pianist, and Holser Birkerod, barytone. at
Aeolian Hall this afternoon:
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Hector Dufrsnno. the basso of the Chi
cago- Philadelphia opera Company, and
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-14

know you need their help to win. Tell
them that the success of your efforts
during the past five weeks depends up
on Their subscriptions. Put up your
proposition to them strong and make
your work bring big results. Make a
noist like a live wire. -now your
friends you are a winner with their
backing and they will stand by you.
The campaign has reached that stage
where those desirous of winning must
leave no stone unturned if they gain
success.
The race for votes is drawing to /
close. The reward for your efforts ci
'-.e past few weeks depends on the
work of the present. If acquaintance
supposed to be friends try to dscour-
age you in your efforts to win, look
skeptically at their utterances. They
may be wolves in sheep clotning in the
interests OF some other candidate.
Interest in some otner pace makers
Progress may prompt tneir pessimistic
tal-. When person gets out ham
mer in your interest learn why he IS
driving nails. Seek to find the motive
Of casual acquaintances, personal In
terest in your affairs. People are not
IN the habit of preaching sermons to
their fellow kind or offering advice not
sought or asked. When a stranger
gives advice not asked for or sought,
find out whose axe he is grinding. II
would indeed be remarkable for anyone
to seek to advise another at the ex-
pense Of personal sacrifice of time
and energy if there was not something
in it for them. When these preachers,
sooth-sayers. speak look at them with
questioning eyes and say: "Whose
meat do you eat; whose wine do you
drink. and whose cause do you greet? ?"