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with the queen. led his remaining spade.
With the king and queen out OF the
way. both having fallen on the initial
lead. West won South's eight with the
nine.
West found the suit stopped on his
next lead OF the jack but received val
liable information By his partners dis
card of the nine OF hearts. Correctly
reading II as the beginning OF any echo.
West unhesltatingly led low heart
and as a result three tricks were made
I'm the suit
The same number of tricks scored
previously gave East and West enough
10 set their adversaries for two tricks.
At redoubled value the handsome total
OF 400 points was duly recorded above
the line for East and West.
This hand well illustrates what small
reliance can be placed upon a partner
whose bid was made under forced condi-
tions for assstanc, at another make.
II chance is 10 be taken (as I'm South y
case), why not take II on partner =
declaration which has an established
value though made under forced con-
ditions
Any doubt OF the value OF Norths bid
should have been removed when on his
own Initiative he increased his bid.
Had South allowed his partners decla-
ration to stand, y could have been Just
fulfilled.
The following hand particularly illus
trates the result of play and double
dummy criticism above mentioned. We
watched the hand In play. and the point
made by the expert about result players
criticism certainly seemed well taken.
The hand
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bors with song. Noteworthy arc the corn
songs which are sung IN the harvest
season to stimulate the gathering of thc
grain. The efficacy OF these songs Is 80
well recognized that the owners ui the
plantations pay extra wages to singers
capable of leading the chorus Of labor,rs
These songs. however. have uo distinctive
character: they are religious hymns. IN"
same holds true Ot the songs sung hN
negroes for their diversion. when AT rest
in their cabins. in the family circle ol Tor
the dance Such use need not surprise
us when We have seen their religious
meetings degenerate into dishc|clIed
dances under the Influence OF Oh" same
songs II is the hymn which must "uct-
IS the dance. Carefully do they guard u
against any admixture of tho ptoian" 'le-
menti \ superstitious dread lu TINS re-
gard is another convincing proof "i now
completely they have forgotten their Al
rican origin. They would believe them
selves damned were they 10 repeat the
songs Of pagauism 10 do this would. iu
their eyes be 10 commit original and un-
pardOnable sin.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

South. selecting his hvc-card suit OF
higher value. declared one royal. West
oyercalled with two hearts.
Having a valueless hand outside OF
trumps, North passed.
South now showed his other tlve-card
suit. declaring three diamonds. West
passed. North. declaring three royals,
changed the declaration 90 the one prom
ising better 10 serve the partnership in
terest.
East declared four hearts, and South
made II four royals. The bidding. OF
course. was too high for West. whose
original declaration was perhaps a little
strained. so he passed.
Five losers In the suits bid by the OPP
ponents caused East TO be apprehensive
OF the safety OF the game. This was
shown moment later by his declaration
OF Ave hearts. lie no doubt spent several
anxious moments waiting to see how the
opponents would take II. but the bidding
closed without the adversares doubling
the declaration.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
POOR JUDGMENT BY WEST.

West, declaring three royals, showed poor
Judgment I'm overcalling South's declara-
ton With four cards of the opponents
suit declaration in his hand, one force on
the strong adverse trump hand would
probably put his trump holding, In point OF
number. on even terms with that Of his
adversary Should his partner be the for
tunate possessor Of the ace of spades, the
essential card TO bring about the fore
going result. it would act more potently
in defeating the opponents at their
declaration than at advancing the value
Of his own bid.
North. forced to a higher declaration,
bid four hearts.
Had West left the decision TO advance
the royal declaration to his partner the
above result would have obtained just
as a declaration Of three from East would
have followed.
East passed. This might have been the
result either of n slight debit balance
from an elaborate system Of counting or
skepticism OF the value OF a deferred
declaration. He should have supported
his partner.
West by taking the initiative showed
that the adversaries' second declaration
had not changed his views, and East,
having sufficient strength. should have
dispelled any lingering doubts in his part
ners mind as TO the value Of his hand.
The bidding closed when West unwilling
10 pursue his declaration further without
proper announcement from his partner.
doubled the adversaries' four-heart decla-
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brings out streams OF perspirauon'
Sometimes they dance silently, some
times as they shuttle they sing the chorus
of the spiritual. and sometimes the song
itself is also sung Ia the dancers. But
more frequently a band. composed OF
some OF the best singers and or tlred
shouters. stand at the side OF the room
10 base the others. singing the body
OF the song and clapping their hands to-
gether or on the knees. Song and dance
are alike extremely energetic. and often.
the night, the monotonous thud. thud OF
the feet prevents sleep within half mile
nf hn nra lan hnnae
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

Score-Love-all, rubber game.
South declared one club This would
seem to be rather conservative bidding
on South's part but later developments
showed his purpose in inviting free bid
ding on the hand.
West declared one royal and North
supported his partner by declaring two
clubs East made it two royals. South
declared three hearts, and thereby
showed that, in his judgment, the worth
of the hand was TO be better realized at
a suit make than at no trumps.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
RELIGIOUS ORGIES OF SLAVES.

The "dishevellcd dance" 10 which NJ.
Tiersot alludes Is the shout which in
the days of slavery 1ourished chiefly In
South Carolina and the states south Of
IT, 1T appears to be found I'm Florida,
saws Mr. Allen IN his preface TO slave
Songs" tut not In North Carolina or
Virginia" have hymn taken down
from the lps Of an old slave woman In
Kentucky which the collector Miss Mil
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EXPLANATION OF HASKELL.

Writing in "The Century Magazine for
August. 1893. Marion Alexander Haskell
said: The musical talent of the unedu-
rated negro finds almost its only express
sion in religious song, and for this there
is a simple explanation. A race strongly
imbued with religious sentiment one
rarely finds among them an adult who
has not gone through that emotional eX-
rerience known as conversion, after which
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SONGS OF THE RoUsTAeoUTs.

A generation ago songs OF the character
described here were still to be heard from
the roustabouts of the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, and two Of them, together
with a paddle song dating back 10 the
time of the Acadians, showing unique
characteristics. will be included in the
present collection.
NJ. Tiersots generalizatons on negro
music, to which, IL may be said. he de-
nies ali African attributes because the
blacks have forgotten the language and
customs Of their ancestors. were based
chiefly on reports Of plantation life in
which old French and Spanish influences
were less potent than English. He rec
ognzes the existence OF a species OF dance
song in which French influences have
been predominantly formative, however,
and discusses them In an interesting and
instructive manner. They are the patois
songs of the black creoles Of Louisiana
concerning which | shall also have some
thing 20 say in due time. They are SONGS
of sentiment and songs OF satlre-the lat
ter characteristic, | believe, a relic OF
their African source. There is another,
ligious domain 10 which the sp!ritua.s give
expression which would, am convinced,
have been OF large value in proving the
persistence OF African idioms In exotic
American songs II 1t had been possible 70
obtain a sufficient number OF them 10
make a comparative study possible. I'm
fortunately. this Is not the case, and
very much question whether it will ever
be done. The investigation has been
postponed too long. The opportunity
would have been intellectually greater haf
q century ago. when the subject was new.
/ made an effort TO get some OF these
songs thirty-fve years or so ago. when
much more OF this music was In existence
than now. and. though l had the help oi
so enthusiastic folklorist as the late Lay
cadio Hearn, they eluded me. few
specimens came into my hands. but they
proved to be OF no value, chiefly because
it was obvious that they had not been
correctly transcribed.
Continued on eighth page.
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THE PLAY-OFF.

West opened with the king of spades
10 the first trick and South was In with
the ace on account of the almost even
division OF trump length Of the opposing
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
POOR WORK IN PROBLEM.

The same problem was presented in the
play Of the following hand at a local club
and one Of the result players missed the
point. The hand
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Some Questions OF
Judgment Discussed
and Illustrated by
Situations in
Point.

unwarranted height. North did not dare
10 double for fear OF ceptring the op-
ponents' attack on his twice-guaroeo
queen. Easts free bidding lent color
the belief OF his possession Of one oi 'n0
two trump honors higher than Norlh .
Those who found fault in terms OF un'
warranted timdity" with South ior ~,
doubling overlooked a more fertile hei,
for criticism. IL was East whose hi'"
declaration made him properly the suo'e,'
for censure. He should have resleu Us
case with South's declaration OF four iV'
ais. With some promise OF SUIT "'e~'
with his high honors In clubs, MS oD"'.I
for success were better In lendlhs '~
hand In aid of his partner TO comoa' %
adversary. whose individual hand pfo"'
ised virtually the only means for u'eNN
than in pursuing his partners deciara"o
further The result OF the hand '"V.e
showing loss somewhat smaiIes
that commensurate with the saVihs
the rubber. only accentultes the point
actual loss was there. though the oPy
ent's opportunities were not fully reai'1s''
where an excellent chance to oeieA'
adversaries at their declaration eAs'
plainly To be inferred by the bddihs'
QUERY HAND.
Here is a query hand that brought iOa ~,
a loud protest from one OF the '''
school: vast
South declared one no trump .A
overcalled with two royals No'""
the following hand:
Spades K-7-4S
Hearts K-e-9-6.
Diamonds 8-7-S
Clubs 81. "a
What action should North take
why?
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Camp Meetings and
Shouts Some
Working Songs
Weird Woo
doc Chants.

We have succeeded In obtaining only a
very few songs OF this character. Our in
tercourse with. h.the colored people has been
chiefly through the work of the Freed
mems Commission, which deals with the
serious and earnest side Of the negro char
acter"; and. discussing the civilized"
character of the songs which ne prints he
says: "It is very likely that II we had
found il possible TO get at more Of their
secular music we should have come to an
other conclusion as to the proportion OF
the barbaric element" Then he makes
room for letter from "a gentleman from
Delaware" who makes a number Of
shrewd observations, as thus:
We must look among their non-re-
igious songs fof the purest specimens
that they have themselves transferred
the best Of these 10 the uses OF their
churches | suppose Oh Mr.. Wesley's
principle that 1T Is not right that the
devil should have all the good tunes"
Their leaders and preachers have not
found this change difficult 10 effect, or
at least they have taken so little pains
about il that one often detects the pro-
fame cropping out and revealing the
origin OF their most solemn hymns" IN
spite OF the best intentions OF the poet
and artist Some OF the best pure Tsgro
songs | have ever heard were those that
, used TO be sung by the black stevedores,
or perhaps the crews themselves Of the
West India vessels. loading and unload
wg at the wharyes in Philadelphia and
Baltimore. | have stood for more than
an hour, often, listening 70 them as they
hoisted and lowered the hogsheads and
boxes OF their cargoes, one man taking
The burden of the song (and the slack Of
70 and the others striking IN With
the chorus. They would sing In this
way more than a dozen different songs In
an hour, most Of which might, indeed,
be warranted TO contain nothing re-
ligious"-a few Of them, on the con-
trary. quite the reverse"-but generally
rather innocent and proper in their Ian
guage and strangely attractive in their
music
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
EAST ON THE ALERT.

In the early play Of the hand East was
alive TO the situation whep he refused to
cover dummy's ten Of clubs. II was fort
innate for South that he viewed Vests
justification for a double just as he did.
Had lie placed one club in Vests hand
and accordingly played his king the con-
tract would have been defeated. South
should have led a small diamond at the
second trick instead OF the jack. An ad-
ditional re-entry greatly Strengthening
his position, would have been made with
the jack Of diamonds, providing. of course.
that the opponents ace would fall TO the
trick. With re-entry In South's hand,
froer play would have enabled South to
defeat the adversaries, though five trumps
were massed In Vests hand.
Although game could have been easily
made at clubs, North showed good judg-
ment in increasing his partners second
declaration. A combination of cards such
as South held I'm hearts will not often
times be the nucleus OF a deferred dec
laration. On trick, the result OF a dec
laration played at a minor value suit
might cause the loss of game and rubber.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

forces South proceeded cautiously with
the development of the hand. He led
the Jack Of diamonds, TO remove the ad-
versaries' ace both for the purpose OF
STRENGTHENING his hand and weakening
the opponents.
East upon winning with the ace Of dia-
monds led low spade South refused to
ruff, discarding "A small club and West
won the trick. West, now making the
strongest play possible under the circum-
stances. led another spade. Dummy was
in by a ruff with a small trump, South
discarding another small club. The ten Of
clubs was led from dummy. and both East
and South playing low. was won by West
with a small trump. West now repeated
his former play, but this time the ace
Of trumps was played from dummy. y
low trump was now led from dummy, and
South. continuing the lead when in,
brought all of the opponents trumps
down. The balance Of their suit cards,
now made good, gave North and South
their contract.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

Continued on eighth page.
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2s-rhe office OF Representative J. w
like sorting OF big posofce
his recent speech on
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at n faithful
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the time the next meeting is called to
order Wednesday night, for while
there are many using every effort pos
sible to land their candidates, there
is no telling what Patterson will do,
and some in support OF this argument
recall his appointment of Rev. Wat.
kins as a constable last summer, not
outstanding that Patterson does not
like Mr.. Watkins. There is a well
founded NJ OF late to the effect
that Patterson has Mr.. Watkins
strongly in mind for the position to be
given out on Wednesday nigh. Other
parties who have friends exertins iu-
fluence upon Mr.. Patterson and othe"
members OF the commission are Chris
Johnson, Chris Martineson, G. K.
Downing. S. s. Clifford, George For.
tune. Mr.. Nathan and S. NJ. Ferris.
t is safe to say hat the friends of
the various candidates will immediate.
ly get busy and that there will be
some hustling within the next two
days-and nights-for The Tribune Is
OF the opinion that no one. not even
the members OF the commission have
any idea who the lucky man will be.
The Lucas bomb has shot all candi-
dates, likewise members of the com
mission, In the air and they are now
looking for Il place to light.
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u charge Of ten dollars per day and
hotel and travelling expenses shall be
charged for such investigation, which
fee is to be paid by the applicants
into the state treasury. This esOlu
ton shall also apply to all applica-
tons for bank charters In inland
towns along protected railroad lines.
Another important resolution adopt
ed by the board at the meeting Mon
day is as follows:
at is hereby made the duty of the
state examiner to at once call upon
every state banking institution, state
trust company, or state savings bank,
to furnish him a list of their stock
holders, together with the %stockhold.
ers' p%ostoilicc address and the mum.
Der of shares Of stock held by each.
Further. That each and every in
stitution Of the kind as named above
shall, whenever any stock is trans.
ferred upon their books, to at once
notify the state examiner as to whom
the stock is transferred from, the
number of shares of stock transferred
and the name and postottice address
Of the party to whom the stock Is
transferred.
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SPEEDY ATHLETES TO
attend S. D. MEET
Especial to the Tribune

HURON, S. d., May l9.-Everctt G..
Brown, director general of the Ameri-
can Olympic Games association Of
Chicago has been secured as referee
of the big Northwestern Conference
meet at Huron, May % and "a. 1t
is announced also that other big men
in athletics will be secured for other
officials.
Manager c. W. Hochstetler is put.
ting up a bath tent for athletes, with
both hot and cold water connections.
a separate tent will also be provided
for each, competing team. The local
committee is now busy securing
rooms in Huron :Or every visitor to
the meet. rtl
Track fans have it doped out that
the meet will be SO close that as
low as fifteen or twenty points will
win. The three states contain the
speediest athletes in the west, 50
some records are sure to be smashed.
A. q. Spalding & Bros. have offered
a large cup to the winners of the
meet.
President H%ochstetler has been
billing all the important towns within
one hundred miles of Huron, which
with the special railroad rates and
various, special trains will assure a
mammoth attendance. 1t is expected
that the state fair grounds. will be
the scene Of the greatest crowd Of
sport lovers in the history .of the
Tri-state Conference. Many plan to
eome on May 20 for the Christine
Miller recital.
Already, there is, some discussion
Of where the big meet will be held
next year. One town is already bid
ding for: the event and has made a
handsome Offer to secure It. This
matter will come up at the next con-.
ference meeting.