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Game all u dealt and hid one heart
There Is not the slightest excuse for
such bids as this, but in many cases
the consequences are not apparent In
this instance they do not appear until
away along in the bidding, by which time
Il is probabl that the original call was
forgotten.
A bid two clubs, although he should
have shouted with such holding bid
ding three. supported the hearts,
There is no justification for this, y has
not single sure trick IN his hand until
perhaps tho third round OF spades, and
convention requires three to support the
partner on the first round of the bidding.
1t Is the old story of a bad answer to a
bad bid. h had confidence enough in his
partner to go two no trumps.
Now Y. who can rum the clubs and is
much encouraged by his partners bid,
goes to three hearts, AS 4 did not bid
enough OH his clubs the first round he
cannot say anything more about them
now. or he would indicate that the suit
was not solid but Il had confidence
eonugh to go on 10 three no trumps. ex-
pecting the hearts to be led up tn him,
Had A called three clubs on the first
round would have been even more sure
OF his ground
Now we come to the curious psy.
Geological fact that z, who had deceived
his partner by his own original call.
places absolute confidence In the. sounI-
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|NFLAMEO LEG
|TCHEO AND BURNED
Three Times Natural Size. Kept
Awake at Night. Could Not Put
Stockings On or Let Clothing
Come Near It, Bought Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and vas Cured,

2ie Himrod St. Brooklyn. y. " vo'
. few months my mother was trcuhled WITH
IN infismed leg which started At the ANKLE
and went ~ far t,s the knee. 7, Vas thre.
times the natural sire, itched and burned
all the time and kept her awake ~ night
She couldn't put her stockings on Or lev
Any clothing come near "
" She tried - and linimert but moth
ing seemed ~ do any good. My broth"
told US to try the Cuticura Soap and O!r'
ment. I bought Just one cake OF CuHcu-s
Soap and a boz OF Cuticura Ointment she
irst washed her leg with real warm ~ste'
and the Cutic,irA Soap and then applied m.
Cuticura Ointment. After the second az
piication she found relief and In two veeis
her leg was perfectly cured and she hAsr
besn troubled hncs" Signed Miss ClDs
Bender, May 20. 1918
For pimples and black heads the follo-fns
Gently smear the Afyects 81 parts with Cut,cu-~
Ointment, on the end Of 'he finger. but do ncs
rub. Wash OF the Cuticura Ointment In I've
minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot watew
and continue bathing for come minutes. his
treatment IL best on rising and retiring. ~
other tinaes Use Cuticurx Soap freely for -
toilet and hath. tn Asstst In preventing imam
nation. irritation and closg.ng cs the pores
Sold everywhere Liberal sample OF escs
mailed free with Sap. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticurs, Dept Boston
~Men whn shave and shampoo With Gu
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GERMANY's CHRISTMAS TREES.
Pays More Than aU.OOO.OOV Ever,
Year for Trees aud Decorations.

NuEENBUEn. Germany. Feb. - During
the week preceding Christmas at least
~, o0o. zoe was spent for Christmas trees
in Germsny--probaby tho sum was rnuch
more, even double that figure. In Nurem.
berg. city OF $4,000 people. $500
Christmas trees we're offered for sale b.,
23s dealers. and more than 10000 OF then
We're sold. This means that PRACTICAL,
every household in the city had a Christ.
mas tree. The prices ranged from ::
cents to sl.a5, the average being not less
than IS cents.
The custom of raising a Christmas tree
is universal in Germany. In every cit,
In the empire week before Christmas the
public squares are given over 10 the Christ
mas tree markets and become yeritasls
forests Of symmetrical little mrs and pines
which have been cut from near by forest
reserves. About 80 per cent OF the popu-
lstion Of Germany dwells in cities and
there are thus S.0U0,0UU or more families
who certainly buy Christmas trees at
these markets. Twenty-Five cents each 10
a very low estimate for the Az erage price
Nor does the rural population--the
dwellers In villages OF less that 1000 pop
ulaton--go without Christmas trees
While to large extent they 80 to the
neighborine forests and cut their oUu
trees. they may hot do so without psyir:
therefor, and the 100000 or 5000. goo
trees needed TO supply them do not cost
less than 10 to Il cents each.
Every Christmas tree must also he deco
rated, Expenditures for decorations Jft,r
run into much higher figures but taluar
the lowest figures, stO0Q.0OO o. s5,00o.-
600 are spent annually for decorations
alone. Ii is safe to say that Christmas
trees and their decorations cost the Ger
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Il dealt on tho rubber game and bid
club, one royal and two clubs. B
supported his partner with two royals.
which Il and \ passed. As could run
the spades and wanted 10 save the rubber
he bid three clubs. Then made his
mistake.
Instead of going right along with the
royals and bidding three, Is apparently
deemed IL his duty To show his partner
just where his support lay and bid three
diamonds, Now \ cares nothing about
whero BIS support lies, provided he has
tricks enough in his card. TO justify him
in bidding more royals. On tho first
round, u was quite right to assist with
three sure tricks in his hand. On the seq
ord round h still has those three tricks
and pcrhap. one or Two more, which he
should have bid-in royals not in dia-
monds.
This idea of showing the partner the
supporting suit has the great dissld-
vantage that it does not help the partner
at all, but only dscourages him and IRE
au.ntly gives the opposing bidders a key
TO the situation which Is Of the greatest
value to them. as IN this case.
q passes and 4 begins to be doubtful Of
his royals, as il looks To him now as II
Il assisted on the tirst round when he
should not have done so. and is now tr! 10
Ing 10 set himself straight by showing
llidl al 'lf mas III MS IL u tlS uld
mond suit. but \ takes a chance and goes
three royals Just to see what Y will do
takes one glance at the diamonds in
his own hand and realizes AT once that II
u Is strong enough to bid three in that
suit II is probable that Il has no d'a-
monds, or can run that SUIT on the
second round at the furthest. SO he bids
five clubs This Is an excellent example
Of the manner In which a shrewd player
will outguess his less skilful antagonists
passed, having done his full duty, as
he thought, and \ doubled the five clubs
instead of pursuing the royals. In this
4 is quite Justified by Inference AS II Is
"A convention never 10 shift To minor
suit except TO deny the major sui, de-
clared by the partner, \ figures til.
spade suit against him, hut as he cannot
oossibly see tiNe by cards for and 4 at
clubs, he may we'll take advantage OF
the free double.
What happens 4 leads the spade
king to get n look. and ON seeing dummy
has no more shifts to his partners dc.
clared diamond suit This the declarer
trumps, Just as dummy calculated he
would. n did not trouble himself to Dull
the two small trumps that we're out
against him, but started right in with
two rounds OF hearts, which induced A
to lead the trump, AS he saw what was
coming
. won the trick ami proceeded with
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White tNlemrowitsch 3 pieces.

NOTES ny CAPABLANCA
translated from the Russian by Alexander
Maruchess. member OF the Progressive Chess
Club
tai II B-kt5; =. Ki-o5
81 IL + very hard 10 md a better move. al
though the bishop Is not placed very well on h3
There was a necessity OF developing the pieces
tci very impoi tani move, because tie bishop
cannot be displaced from one OF the dlayonals.
ID Trying 10 avoid p-Qs after BxUht CHI.
~ Very risky. but the position j. hard To de-
fend. would have preferred casting.
% With O-O3 white could have continued
the attack. but then black had the following
variation at his command, IS htAB; "a bPx
Kt, castles 10. PAP, kip: i6. ktxp. BxB; IL.
Dab. Pxkr ~. QxNp. R-k; 10 Q-kB5, Q-ha;
~. QR-k. OBJ. &c.
(gI Better would have been ~. K,xP. QxQ:
10. QRNQ. castles: II. ktXKt. PNkt. &c.
M White becomes aggressive OF the kings
side, because his position on the other wing of
the board Is rather bad
ca This telllnH move gives black the al an tsfe.
W The climax % black combination.
TX Better would have been RIB 81 pxB:
- R-O3. ROB; 20 RAP. RAP: ~. R--Q5 Oh.
k..kg; 81, RAP .R-k,, win a better game.
~ Here B-OKts would have been much better.
VnU Threatening P-okta In reply 10 BB7.
PROBLEM NO. l3g. Bl :. UARLAND.
Blagll--l0 pisrsa
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z dealt on the rubber game and bid
two hearts. 1t appears that the ieiddlng
then went this way: and both passed.
although Y should have denied the hearts
by bidding no trumps. Il bid two royals
and Il three hearts without waiting for his
partner
When A passed declared three no
trumps, SO as to show his strength as a
supporting hand, Is promptly overcalled
this with four royals, which passed up
to Y. to see whether he could stop those
royals or wanted TO double. As figured
out the sltuaticn IL 4 had as much as one
sure trick in hearts 70 add TO VS. three
IN clubs and diamonds ana his trump
trick. which must make ruffing heart,
or taking a round OF trumps, Il cannot
make four royals. 80 takes advantage
OF the free double and p redoubles.
Nov Il adds TO his previous mistakes
by overlooking the fact that his partners
10 trump bid practically denied the top
hearts. or would have assisted instead
of shifting, In order to take his partner
out of tn. redouble Il bid five hearts. and
OF course B doubled that.
ON the play z goes down for 400 points
never taking single trick. Had y
been left in with the rsdoubled royals he
would have made his contract, IA below.
100 penalty and ESQ for the rubber. so
perhaps Il saved money after all. and nc
certainly saved the game.
As the play Is given y led the singleton
and trumped thu third round OF spades.
When \ led diamond the ace went up
and Is trumped II. trumped the next
spade with tho Jack and led a small
trump. which q won with the ace, after
which 4 could not shut out As ten Of
trumps, but got his diamond tenacc led
up to, II Is curious that II had gone
back to no trumps he would have made
two odd il \ discarded a diamond on the
spades. because h would have to discard
all his spades on the diamonds for fear
OF the clubs
This hand is an example of an original
bid leading tho partner astray. Here is
all Illustration Of a bad supporting bid
leading the original dcclaror astray. The
third hand had the excellent excuse in
this case that II Was the doubtful meau-
ing OF the original call that started the
trouble. but that does not excuse an un-
sound assist which is merely All attempt
to make OF two wrongs q right
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There are no trunnps and z is Ia the
lead. and Il undertake to force 4
and y to win two tricks in spite OF any
defence that il open to them on the play,
The solution Is for z to lead the ace
OF clubs upon which \ plays the deuce
and the six. This play OF AS is to
provide for the possibility OF Us making
the mistake OF le-ttng go tire eight
and keeping tho jack and six rs next
lead is the top diamond. which wins
and leads the club Jack. allowing to
get rid of the queen Of diamonds. Y
follows with the eight OF clubs and still
holds the lead
b Is now forced to discard. He finds
himself with the three tens OF different
quits, z stil holding a higher card than
the ten in each OF those three suits
Unfortunately for Il his discard will
allow z to adjust himself to the situation
which b leaves.
Suppose Il discards a diamond. dis
cards one of his queens, heart or spade.
II does not matter which. as y can lead
either suit When plays the suit that
z has discarded y must win the trick.
and at the same time Y gets rid OF the
other queen.
II r keeps the diamond and lets 20
either heart or spade Z will discard the
queen of the suit that Il keeps. SO that y
may lead that suit and put y in while
z gets rid of his third diamond. r having
nothing left TO lead but the diamond
which wins the last trick.
The false solutions 20 this problem, OF
which there were many, made A play the
Oe~en OF clubs tv the first trick and
the eight. the idea being that II would be
necessary to keep The lead only for the
second round to cover BIS ten. Then
the play was given as Ia the correct solu-
ton, forcing the discard from r.
x,.iIt he N 4 keenS the
and Y lets go the eight A will win the
third round Of clubs, h discarding his
spade. and when 4 leads the spade Y
will have to win il and let Il get rid OF
. heart at the same time.
Correct solutions from: Henry Andre
gen E VI. Frost, II. q. Braine, Harris
Burg. w. p. W. and Frank Roy. These
are the only ones that saw and pointed
out the defence of As in playing the
small cub and keeping the seven.
The following ignored As play, appar-
entity thinking his hand had nothing to do
with the solution. but gave VS. play
low club. evidently meaning to keep the
Jack with eight or six c. II. O'Connor,
g. f. Darling, James L. Cox, Max Will
iams Walker McMartin. Roscoe g. Har-
ris D. A. w, Keystone, Isadore h. L,eete,
L. s. Hart. Jr., James Hunter, John II.
Whiting, n ". Woollcombe- Boyce and
o Fl Boston
The following indicated that A gave UP
the seven OF clubs on the first trick :
Emerson 4. Kin,ball James Steen. Mrs
Rodney D. Chipp. ]. ". Wortz. Charles
NJ. Root w. r. Brush and g. Il. Johnson
Here is another nullo proposition which
illustrates a position that often arises In
the end game, although IL is not an easy
one 20 handle
NuLLo PROBLEM no. 2s5.
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CHICKEN THIEF LEFT $50.
Della ware Farmer Has No Regrets
over Raid ON Hennery.

DOVER. Del, Feb Fl .-Finding pocket
book containing $40 In his chicken house
after discovering that all of his finest
fowls had been stolen Charles Carey, q
we'll to do farmer living on the George
W. Turner farm just above smyrna is
not bothering himself about ascertaining
who the thief was, as he is amply paid
for the fowls lost.
Carey had occasion to go TO his hen
house and seeing that most of his chickens
had disappeared he began to look around
for tracks or some other evidence of the
thief when a foot struck an object which
proved to be the well filled pocketbook.
The owner has not called for II nor
advertised its loss, There were no papers
In IL to disclose his identity
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White.
White to play and win.
The distribution of the men is as fol-
lows. Black men on and IS, kings on
II and 80. White man on 81, kings on
:. 10 and -
THAT NAstCK SQUARE
This little problem seems to have at
tracted the attention OF "A number of
THE Sun readers. many OF whom found
that square of sixteen cells could be
arranged in even more magical fashion
than that demanded by the solution.
The proposition was TO arrange the
numbers from to l6 in such manner
that they should add the same In any
direction. and also In the broken diago.
nails. Here is a solution that does more
than that:
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j. R--ktb, Sc,
Although quite a number of our soVers
have guessed correctly that the King on
QRs should be a queen. the solution OF this
problem is withheld until next sunday as
problem,
Correct solutions To both ISi and tss re-
II; Fred Chick. Tompkinsyill.' = Wrl,
lam Runk Ridgewood, y. j.. and y. l..
Perry Brooklyn, y. y
Correct solutions received to No. ABS from
James II. Court, New York city; Charles
Lcavitt, Hoffman Island, y, Y: W. u. l. r.,
New York city. r. Barrett, brook yn,
y. Y. and Frederick W. Taylor. Brooklyn,
y. y,
Correct solutions received to No, &s7 from
G, =. II, Taylor, saltwater, y, Y,
Additional solutions received TO Nos. l3j
and i36 from c. ". lie Getle Norfolk, Va.
r. y, Burr, Ansonia, Conn, claims a
''cook" in problem No, i36 by one R--k5
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away in order TO secure the winning posi-
ton. but IL was a very neat problem
Just the same.
Here is the distribution: Black men on
and 6 kings on 20 and 81. White men
on II, 23 and 80: kings on and Is.
Here are the moves that solve.
White. Black.
l3-g 6-13
40 ELS
3o-25 22--2g
10 Ill
S-o-

Correct solutions from: C. II. O'Connor
p. J. McGarry. L. n. Green. James Hy-
land, S. T Vickers, J. T. Cody, p. H.
joyce. George A. lander. NJ. J. McNishan.
William u. Clarke, Henry Gobetx, Oscar
Bergh. J. 4. Rinker. John Woznicki.
Ward Humphreys, John wehnan. r. J.
McManus. n. J. Atkins. C. l.. Lynn. AL
bert Il. Jorad, J. +. Goss, Horace
Palmer. Jacob tt.J..mes Tyron. l.. =.
Hart. Jr.. Thomas Noy, II. l.. Hartzog.
X. 7. Powell, ID. A. w. J. II. Noremac,
Clarence Watts, Judge ]. +. McCabe. r.
A. Magennis, Irving King. Oscar Erick-
son, o. II. Boston. A. j. b., Lady Laird,
II. Atlas and NJ. H. Temple. II looks as
IL this list was due to the fact that every
one has a cnance for the next honor list
The solution to the Hindu chess prob
lem was found by quite a number when
they were told 1t had to be done IN three.
The moves are: R--Qs. pawn moves /;
B--Q2. bushop moxes. B-QR5. mate.
Correct solutions from II. a. w. Howard
i. Colt, William Barnes. l.. Zeckendorf.
j. y. Roth. J. W. Lukenhach. w. NJ
de Wiser, II. Atlas. +. r. McCaull, John
Wehnan. John A Kinnier, ". J. Ferris,
Il. II. Baldwin, c. II. OConnor. W. H.
Murphy, Paul w England and c. r.
Darling.
Here is something rather clever by a
composer at Ravenna, Ohio, who has not
so far appeared in this column. The wind
up is particularly pleasing and will well
repay the labor spent in finding the solu-
ton.
PROBLEM NO. 265 cHEcKERs.
By l.. !. WAR.
Rack
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For the purpose OF deciding the chess
championship OF the Empire State, now
Jointly held by q. J. Beihoff and L. Il.
Meyer, the annual meeting OF the New
York State Chess Associa ton will be held
under the auspices OF the Metropolitan
Chess League at the rooms OF tho Rice
Chess Club, 202 LenoN avenue, to-day,
tomorrow and Tuesday. In addition to
the championship contest there Will be the
usual general tournament open to all
classes of players, who VIII he CLASSIFIED
according to known strength. Play will
begin this afternoon at o'clock and last
until z. The second round will be to-
morrow morning from 10 A. NJ. to r. NJ.
and the third from . T. NJ. to 10 r. NJ.
The final round IL scheduled for Tuesday
evening from 730 +. NJ. to i2 80 A. NJ.
The entrance fees. including membership
dues. are SO for the championship and
81 for the general tournament. The
games will be played under a time limit
of forty moves in the first two hours
and thereafter at the rate Of 10 moves
every half hour. Entries may be tele-
phoned to tho Rice Chess Club UP to
noon to-day.
While the players Of the State associa-
ton are busy at tho Rice Chess Club the
| members of tho Womans Chess Club will
| hold forth I'm the parlors Of the Hotel
Martha Washington on the evening of
! Washingtons Birthday, an interesting
benefit reception being on the programme.
| The list of artists includes Miss Laurie
| Merrill. Miss Katzenbach, George W. Reff
and Samuel Scheinkman. Miss Eliza
| Campbell Foot, president Of the club will
be the mistress Of ceremonies
Eight straight is the record OF A kup-
chik in the championship tournament OF
the Progressive Chess Club. who bids fair
to repeat his performance In the recent
Manhattan c. c. tournament, the cham
pionship OF which ne won without the loss
of u game. Until he met Charles Jafre
who had not Suffered defeat, that player
appeared to be Kupchiks chief rival.
Jaffe too. however, had to yield to the
superior tactics OF the ambitious youns
expert In the eighth round, and now Oscar
Chajes seems to be the only rival who
stands between him and the championship
Of the club. Chajes thus far has dropped
only half a point, a drawn game. The
| scores to date.
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There are no trumps and 2 Is In the
(ead. and 2 want 10 force A and 3 to
win two tricks. against any defence. How
% they propose to do II? -...
The distribution Of the cards 10 as
follows:
has the ten. three Of hearts nine OF
clubs; nine. six, five, three of diamonds.
No spades.
A has the eight, six. 1--WE OF hearts
queen nine, seven, deuce Of spades No
clubs or diamonds.
B has the seven. deuce OF hearts; seven.
four. three. deuce OF clubs deuce OF Ola
nonds. No spades
z has the queen, Jack. SIX Of clubs !.
UQosn. eight, seven Of diamonds, and three
of spades. No hearts.
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sixty-fourth birthday to-day. thus having
completed his annual tramp" over the
sixty-four squares OF the chessboard.
Some of his friends have a great birthday
surprise In store for him.
Appended is tho score OF the Capa-
blanca Niemzowitsch game. played quite
recently at Riga. Russia.
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CHECKER sHpyHes.

while the position arranged by Arthur
B. Meyer had an interesting opening
move. there must have boon comething OBJ
Sious about the solution TO No. 262. be-
ceuss 90 many found II. In spite Of the APP
oarent choice OF takes At the start. This
hay have been due 70 the tact that white
M . man ~ spare aud could Stve It
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N Y. STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION Cham
pionship and General Journeys at Rice Chess
Club. -: Lsnox Ave, for all corners TO-
DAY. TOMORROW AND TUESDAY Play
starts At y. n. TO-DAY.
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prizes and free to all Corners is on the
cards at the rooms Of the Manhattan
Chess Club next Thursday evening.
Prot, Isaac l. Rice II ,eolohgstip6 his
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MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB. Carnegie
Hall. Public entertainment NEXT THURS
DAY EVENING at o'clock. Rapid transit
tourney. open to all comers. S25 In seven
prizes.