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A G.LESS SEASON.

lNRoPPlNG the final IN pre,en,
- participates sun persists socially
II had Its fling IN Florida las,
WINTER People went golin'. flshin and
motorin'. AT the private clubs you did
NJ gamblln'. only buckin' the tiger
or pIhyin' against the hank. In the
colonies or Northern people in the Caro-
mas wnth they were not shootin' thoy
were r'din' TO houn's or huntln' "a, Won
pleased. but always without the final -
socially this queer elision lives as
does the theory with some story writers
mar Gliding the & makes dialect story
Many who thus clip the final womb
consider II solecism to say "roin' ,n"
instead NJ going to-" mot a-tol," u,
place or mot at ALL" or "ain't" for "a ~,
not or lis not" and are very partirulor
apout saying lit Is not" instead O. 81,
isn't" Z"
1t was the Meadow Brook set tb,,
carried the fad To the Southern hunt
'ng fields and the Narragan.et, Pier
ana onwentsia sets that used II at Palm
feach ana Daytona. Neither NcNncr,
nor Philadelphia approves the elisIon
Boston abhors II.
The fashion comes from England and
was developed at Melton Movhrov
where II was vogue with the hard
riders at the Information hun,ir, $500
~ was also form Of speech ut Quorn
WIN this British approval 1t found some
iaV"r here few years ago. hut never
RACED AS II has during the past winter
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picked up also unknowingly dm.,
which now she dropped into the -
with Il.
Madame" said the conductor. "yvu
have dropped in fifteen cents"
What shall do about IT." asked
the woman
stand there" said the conducto,
The next passenger To- board the ca,
was man. To him. as he W.. s,.'r
To drop his nickel in the box: "G!vs
that to this lady" said the conductor
She dropped in fifteen cents. and n.
man handed his nickel over To her
AT the next crossing three women got
ABOARD, two OF them in company ara
the other ono by herself When o..
tw" together halted at the box 10 pay
me conductor repeated % them what
ne had said moment before 10 the man
This lady has just dropped in hfteea
cents. Give your nickel To her"
Il am paying for two" the womsn
said: I've got a dime"
i've got nickel" the third vnrna,
VINO was alone spoke up. an give mike
to her" which she did And then -
said to the conductor quite cheertuNy
II dropped fifteen cents in a fare hI
once. but didn't get my money hack"
Well" the conductor said. "conInc.
tors are different"
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AAje Sas
OF
II! !E'.'.'' E*z3E;;-;;;'::. .
90 J 10 sS4s:
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OAK 10

q dealt on the rubber game and biz
two spades. The idea Is TO force hi!
partner 10 take him OUT. - that n
shall have chance to show his heart sui
on The second round
4 bid two diamonds and Y three clubs
which overcalled with three royals. 7
| knew from his partners shout in III,
| diamonds that the suit must he solid ant
good for hve or six sure tricks. so he tool
1 a chance I'm the royals. even In the fac,
OF rs showing the tops In that sult.
went four hearts. This A doubled
Y and passed. and y reloubled. Il.
| figured to lose three trump tricks 20 A
| II he found that player with four to tbs
ace. king nine, but n could win tw,
club tricks. z could get a discard Of thu
| spade ten. This was sound reasoning
| and the plan could have been carried gu,
| had u played the hand correctly.
A led the king Of diamonds and 2
| won. The next thing was to try to Kill
rs power to put In with the cluos
before the trumps were all taken out OF
| the way oc that suit.
II trumped the small club. which Y let
run up 10 his king. The ruff gave z such
moment and played the small club instead
or the king r returned the diamond 2
trumpIns again. Another trump lead
brought another diamond from A. and
| then faced q problem.
II no led the club king there was no
possible way TO get In to make the
ace. II overlook the king with the
ace. tho queen was good against the Jack
and the only chance would be to lead the
spade through and hope that p would let
the hnesse OF the ten win the essential
| trick With this IN view, played all
the trumps. hoping to force dlscards.
This plan did not work, however. az A
held on to the top diamond and thres
clubs. while II let go everything but the
top spades. Y finally overlook the club
king with the ace and led the spade, hut
covered with the Jack and u finally los,
a trick to the queen.
This left z Just a trick short OF his
| contract, so that on tho redouble he was
set for 200 points. besides missing his
only chance for the game and rubber
which went glimmer!ng ON the next deal
Had played the king OF clubs on the
third trick, AZ soon as b trumped the
club. he would have been absolutely cor.
'aln OF his game and rubber. no matter
ace and nine were both IN AS hand, only
| the acc could win unless A could run =
spade.
by giving Up the club king z would
have retained card which Y could over.
take with the tack. ~ AZ to make both
jack and ace. tine third club giving z tho
necessary discard OF tho losing spade and
80 making good his contract
THIS play would have given Y four
by cards at hearts redoub.ed. les noIn,,
ana 100 more for a fulfilled redoubled
contract. with eco for the rubber; 47s
points. Instead OF losing 900. These s7S
points look like n heavy penalty for ths
mlSpay OF single card, but that n the
way It goes sometimes
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Clubs are trumps and z 10 in the lead.
and Il want all seven tricks against
any defence
The solution Is for z to lead the king
OF diamonds. SO as to get his partners
queen out of the way and retain the lead
at the same time. z then leads the nine
or diamonds, 10 as to shut out the eight
and seven In Rs hand and compel 4 to
cover with the ten. truinps this trick
now leads the spade queen. ana u
overtakes with the king. SO as to pull
AS losing trump and force discard from
u at the same time. IA 1t In clearly i'm
possible for II to discard a heart without
making every card In Ys hand good for
tricks his choice must lie between the
spade and the diamond
III X lets 20 the spade 2 leads the
seven OF that suit and Il must discard
again. III he sheds a heart now he Is in
the same fix as at first. II diamond rs
six Is high for the next trick.
II discnrds the diamond instead OF
the spade, Il leads the six OF diamonds ana
Is forced 10 discard again. Just as re
was when ne let go the spade and al
lowed to lead that suit.
]; looks az II the solution could he ar
rived at by making two separate tricks
with the king and queen OF spades. but
those VINO tried that line of play soon
found that il would allow A TO make q
trump trick.
Correct solutions from: W. b. Brush.
Walker McMartin. II. Shinns James Steen,
w. +. W. Charles n. Root Harris Burg.
r. NJ Frost, j. L. Scott. u. \. W, II.
Perry. II. q. Braine. II. G. Robinson. L.
s. Hart. Jr. Henry Andersen. J. g Hume.
George Il. Glover. q. II. Boston. Key
stone. Roscoe C. Harris. Il. l.. Kimbail,
William h. Hart. X. w. Woollcombe-
Boyce. J. w. Wor,z. g. +. Johnson. c. II.
OConnor. F.. W. Scudder and C. r. Oar
ling.
Here Is n problem that Is a triie larger
than usual, but " does seem possible to
reduce II to eight cards without missing
the point OF the play. Its chief PECULIAR
lily II that two suits have not been
touched:
BRIDGE ppoBtyu No e7a
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LOSING SUIT BIDS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
-Four Separate and Well Defined
Uses for Diamonds
and Clubs.
WASTED OPPORTUNITIES
Game in Which Misplay Of One
Card Cost q Heavy
Penalty.

There IL no branch Of his art in which
the bridge player seems to stand 30 much
In need OF training as tho proper use OF
the inferior or so-cslled losing suits,
clubs and diamonds. The principles that
govern the use OF these suits In the bid.
ding and their limitations as possible
winning declarations seem to be but i'm
perfectly understood by the great mass
Of players.
Until person has learned TO classify
these minor suits as distinct from the
major suits. hearts and royals his bid
ding will always he imperfect and iilogi-
cal when judged by the standard OF Its
freedom from ambiguity. because he will
continually be trying to do something
with one OF the minor suits which the
better players have long since found II
was not fitted for.
There seem to be four we'll defined and
separate uses for the minor suits, &C.
cording to modern practice. These are
briefly:
]. To support some better declaration
2. To deny the partners suit.
8. To ask for lead
Z. To induce the partner TO 20 on bid
cling.
II may be argued that the first and the
fourth Of these are about the same thing.
but No. 1 may be bid in the dark and
is very common as a dealers opening.
There 10 then no knowledg as to
whether the partner has anything worth
supporting or not. whereas In No. 4 the
call Of the minor suit Ia usually made
after the partner has been overcalled ana
has quilt bidding In order to see what
help he can get from his prospective
dummy.
This Is one OF the most interesting
phases OF the modern system OF using
minor suits. yet one sees it's manifest ad-
vantages continually neglected by those
who know them and completely ignored
by those who have not studied the sub.
ject. The difficulty seems to be TO &c.
the average player to grasp the dstinc.
ton between bidding a suit that is shown
M support and nothing else and one
that IL shown with the idea Of making
Che final trump. Take this CASE:
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z dealt and bid no tr,nn. w,,.h
passed. but Il bid two hearts Th,. =.
pretty reckless bidding on s,,ch card. ~
say the least OF IL ~ IN, id.o 4. o. o.. :.
lead that will save the game. bsco,,... =
u has "A genuine no trurnper the game
cannot he saved ~ n. ,o.s 80, ~,
indicate two stoppers in bsar,. =, ~.
no trumper is not quite aa good as tho !,
3 win be left In and stunp
As II haupened y and A ho,, n..
saw that his partner ms, no v'.aL a.,
both hearts and cIuhs and In n,d.s q.
encourage him TO go ahead win hi. no
trumper Y bid three cluh. which w. .
quite justified by his nroha HE ova ,r,oL.
in that suit and , ,rick In diamond. u
passed. having done ali no could ava .
also passed -
This is the sort OF thing tina, shor. ,,.
inability TO CRASH the me.nipx ~ , ia
IN a minor suit VIVA, nhisc, con
sibly have I'm showing tho c,,h .,,,,
cent 10 encourop. y ~ .o obaod .,i.s ~.
no trunper II he can s,op the hears To
this Is not the reason for calling ,bs c,,,h.
what ia n. 10 v had such :. -. % -
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mas TWO shoppers In hearts and enough
outside to justify him In a bid Of no
trumps after that suit had been declared
against him. where will a declaration to
make eight tricks at hearts finish up
against Bs cards7
The correct call on BIS hand was two
no trumps on the first round. before Il
ever got round to z to 70 two hearts.
Then II 2 bid three hearts A could suit
! himself about going on or setting the
heart contract 2 cannot make even the
odd At hearth and has nowhere 70 Jump
| to IL he ID doubled.
For the usual unexplained reason A let
the three diamond bid stand. and Il just
made his contract by establishing the ten
Of hearts and the fourth spade, Y being
compelled to lead away from his club
suit at the end.
II would have been Just as easy for A
to make these three odd at no trumps.
would naturally lead the heart, which
A would win, leading small spade to the
queen Jack. Whether Y put the king OH
then or later does not matter. as that
caro-. diamond and two hearts, are nll
there II In II for and Y at no trumps.
The beginner should observe that Il
would be an error for A to put b In with
a club so as to lead the spade queen from
that hand for a hnesse. There IL moth
Ing to be gained by this play in any hand
II the ten Ia not present as well as ths
ace queen Jack. The correct play IL to
lead from the ace to the queen and Jack
because II the king In second hand both
queen and Jack are good for tricks.
One sometimes sees n curious mani
festation Of fear OF the minor suits, espe.
cially among uneducated players. Persons
who have studied the subject always re.
gard with considerable doubt the posi-.
bilities OF any players making ive By
cards and the game against anything but
Marlborough. The unsophisticated
player. on the contrary. seems possessed
with the idea that any declaration made
against him will 20 game II he does not
bid against II.
Here is q deal. No. % In a recent du-
plicate match at the Knickerbocker Whist
Club. which shows the fatal results of
this groundless fear, which might we'll be
termed simple cowardice. as the definition
OF coward u popularity supposed to DO
one who 10 afraid when there 10 no danger:
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dealt and bid no trumps. and I
both passed. With view more to get.
ting the suit led than anything else 4
called two clubs. whereupon z bid two
royals.
In the first place what IL z afraid OF in
clubs? II II made his contract he would
be lucky In the second place what must
find In his dummy to enable him to
carry out his own contract to make two
royals? Three tricks at least. II Y has
any such strength as that Il may safely
lie left with his clubs. II Y has enough,
tricks TO go game at royals he would have
vi two no .rumps on the frst round
passed tho two royals and y, prob
ably with an idea OF getting his partner
back to the no trumper. Did three dis-
monds. which IL certainly an extraordi-
nary call. especially as Y has three VI
HE partners winning suit In hand and z
had some sort OF no trumper TO start
with.
u and q both passed the diamond call,
Y naturally taking l. for a denial Of the
spade suit. A doubled. Y did not see any
thing for II but to return TO the 10
trn'nper or the royals. and IN order 10
give chance to 20 no trumps without
increasing the contract y said three
royals. A doubled that also and as a last
resort went three no trumps ard A
doubled once more.
The contract was set for 800. 2 making
nothing but two clubs. three diamonds
and heart. At royals he would havs
been one trick better on. losing 200 only
AT the doubled diamonds y would have
lost 400. just az at no trumps. All this
Just because z was afraid when there WAS
no danger! Afraid that Il could make
Ave by cards In clubs against an origina,
no trumper!
Here il a deal In which the minor
suits played prominent part In the bid
ding, but lost very valuable game
and rubber through want OF a little fore
sight in the play.
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CATS WITH STRANGE APPETITES

.ITT Is more difficult to cater to 4 CA,
than husband" laugh!ngly re
marked the mistress of Long
Island Angora cattery. about all cats
Ike milk In some form, many cats like
fish. and most cats like cooked meats
There uniformity in likes ends and dis
likes hsin.
81 have owned two cats that disukeo
eatnlp though nearly all cats and kit
lens make It their dissipation. Olives
are q rayorite food OF cats, yet there ar.
some that viii not touch them, hut will
eat the pulp Of sweet oranges. bits OF
one big tom that was as fond OF straw
berries az IL n robin. but no other car
Of mine would touch them.
THAT tom would make n patch OF ripe
strawberries his restaurant and place
OF repose "a long az would let him re-.
main out Of doors. but as he liked bird
meat with his berries his fondness for
the strawberry patch had TO be curbed,
else I should have lost all my songbIrds
"a big Maltese once owned had IA
fondness for green corn In the milk, and
another would lap the milk Of the corn,
hut would not touch the kernels. Some
cats are ravcnously fond OF green peas
Others will eat string beans cooked in
butter. but will refuse baked beans
though that standard New England dish
Is much liked by very many cats, as
are the brown bread and Goldfish cakes
that 20 with them In the Massac husetts
dietary.
"The mother Of many Of my prize
winners Is fiend for bananas sliced
In cream and thrives on II, yet none OF
her kittens have shown any particular
liking for the combination. They will
lap up the cream, but leave the bana mas
for their mother
ut Is queer about the milk habit with
cats. Some want cream only, and they
are not always the aristocrats OF NV
Others will not touch milk until
the cream IL removed and the milk
thinned with oatmeal water. A few in.
sist on milk being warmed 10 almost
blood heat before they viii drink Il, and
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ing u did not heal ana the sores seps
spreading eli over my leg ana growinS !Axs
al the time
For no~ than q year I tried dirs'"p'
remedies but none helpet mo any finAiy
! wAs advised to try Cuticur. aoap and
Ointment and did 90, Washed ny iet
drst with Cuticurs Soap and warm -s'ef
ana then applied the Cuticurs Oln,menA
with che first application the burning me
itching stoppad. ! usei four cAkes Of CuS
cura Soap and four boxes Of Cuticurs nint
mont and ~ this end OF six weeks ny cur
was complete" (sisnet) Mrs. BArbArs
Aock. July ~, 1919.
FOR treating poor com p,sIions, red rough
hands, and dry. thin and fAllins hair ut"
curA soap and Cutie urs ointment nav. t--s
the vorlda 'svoritee for more Than geo
GRAFTON. Sold everywhere Liberal Sample 81
each mailed fro, With 32-p shin HOOK A.
dras' POSTCARD "Cuticurs. Dept r bo''on
~Men who shave and shampoo Nth CO
oevss so~s stu and absss ~ sLiu enc 80
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dealt and bid a hear A no trunnpe
ms Is pretty forward Oh AS part, blu,
he may have been trying II simply as q
pusher. One thing about II In clear. II
shows two shoppers In the heart suit
passed. the lead against a no trumper
having been Indicated. h also passed.
but went right along with two hearts.
stopped. and Y passed again. u did
not seem to realize thar As passing might
mean that he was not afraid OF rs going
game In hearts, but Jumped to the con.
"iusion that a was anxious for X IA
snow something bid three diamonds
rhe ,osic ~ such call II beyond ex-
DlRnatiou, unless It was Intended IA sho~
Ms tother suit later, after Y had bid tbres
'-b rts.
~ one VIII stop to consider rs hand
sor moment 1t presents two possibilities
80 SCI Inc heart contract for heavy pen.
ses or TO 90 game at no ,rumps. if A
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CONDUCTORS ARE DIFFERENT

N/hAT happens when peop,, drop
w too much money In the fare box
or pay as you enter car?
mere II what happened In on case:
a woman wearing thick gloves who
had reached into her pocket for q nickel
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CHE 6 ER CT uB
MEllBERB TICKET
G~&::zzAa&M
conn InsYTI nJN5R SasA ,Asa
GOOD UNTIL JUNE .s.A, 1914

These tickets vii De- good until the end
OF the present series, when they should
be- returned and exchanged for new ones
giving the rank OF the player UP Ia date,
as II IL To he hoped that many of these
with colored tickets will advance 10 the
III cher class.
Those whn retain their rank as hold
ers OF the white tickets will have red
star affixed to their names for every time
they maintain their position in series.
Here IL Il very neat little ending that
viii serve 10 show the beginner the ne
cesslty for providing FOR any move the
opponent may make, no matter how ua-
usual or UNEXPECTED.
PnonLEM NO. IA CHECKERS
BY George Buchanan.
Black.
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THAT ALPHABETICAL sauAns

THAT ALPHABETICAL SQUARE,
When II comes to letters instead Of
figures II would seem that all the we'll
known formulas for the solution Of magic
squares are completely at fault and tina,
there Is no known way OF arriving at "a
solution except by experiment.
The square or twenty-five cells printed
In THE SUN two weeks ago contained let.
tiers that spelled five common English
words: Chess. Greed. Canes Rear.
and Cheer. The problem was to rear.
range those letters so that the so,Iar,
should show i've common English words
whether the letters were read from l.y,
TO right or up and down. Here In the
solution:
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
These Won Places on Bridge
y Honor List and Cards in
Checker Club.
MANY ASP1RANTS FAIL
New Series "Reminiscences at
Patience POker-A
Magic Square.
MANY ASP1RANTS FAIL

Bridge problem No. c7c was a take all
proposition with trump suit and there
fore did not present as much difficulty
as some OF those problems In which the
opponents are to be allowed to win GER
tain tricks. the solver being left to dis.
cover which these are. Here Is the dis
tribution:
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POKER PROBABILITIES.
There Is very popular little game OF
cards known AS patience poker, which
stands greatly IN need of a scientific basis
Tor It's rewards. The trick Is to deal OF
twenty-five cards from the top OF n shuf.
He'd pack, one Mt IA time. placing each
successive card no that II touches one Al
ready on the table. either at one Of n.
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TERRIBLE ITCHING
AND BURNING
Of Bruised Leg. Skin Red ard In
famed. Could Not Keep From
Scratching. Clothes lrr.a.ed
Skin. Lost Sleep and Rest. Co..
tlcura Soap and Ointment Cured,

z3o hnickerbocksr Ave. Brooklyn y )
SONS time Aso l fell down stair, and
bruised my leg open. The sores would gMn
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been one Of the honor list Many per-
sons are glad OF the change, as this No.
2SS Is regarded as one Of the most perfect
compositions ever offered for solution.
The complications OF the first few tricks
were SO arranged that they led all but
fifteen OF the cracks to overlook the very
pretty alternative ending. which the pre-
liminary tricks were specially designed
to conceal.
Here are the names of those who solved
all four. Five Of them are tied for hrst
place as experts with two stars after
their names. showing that they have not
missed any solution to date in the three
series that have passed. The single star
indicates that previous honor list has
held that name. There IL only one new
conner this time. the series having proved
too hard for the average solver:
Henry ANDERSEN Louisville. KY; b.
q. Braine." New York city; Miss r.. M.
Frost.'' Washington: l.. S. Hart. Jr..ss
Duncannon. Pa; Walker McMartin, 90
Jamestown. N. Y; c. II. OConnor, Mont
clair, N. j.. and w. T. We Elizabeth.
n. J.
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White.

White.
White 10 play and win.
The distribution Of the men In an fo,
lows Black men on :. IL. 20 and 81
White men on 20. q and 81! King on
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Correct solutions from: b. r. Mulvey.
John Ryan. William ID. Clarke. J. Daily.
Ralph Diamond Frank Eagleton. Charles
Erickson. Il. w. O., Joseph Roncoli. A. J.
r.. II. NJ. Froghson. John wehnan. Nicho-
las J. Zunino a. w. Warwick Julius
olstein. NJ. r. Ford. George A. lander.
William u. Hart, Gus Steckler. A. NJ
Purdy. J. ]. +. Bronx. ]. p. Goss, George
II. Dyer. =, Meisner, +. J. McManus. H.
Atlas. c. 7. Bridgham. James Williamson.
=. r. Varney. r. A. Magennis. l.. :. Hart
Jr.. G. l.. Lynn, James Murphy. George
Bauer. u. a. W.. H. u. Sohn, L.. J. Wal
ker. o. II. Boston. Harris Burg. Joseph
Elliott. James A. Green. J. H. Noremac.
DR.. Bernard Rosenberg. i. II. Joyce and
c. II. O'Connor.
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The only solution To this problem came
from Algernon Bray Of New York city
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CHECKER ENprNus.

CHECKER ENpINus.
While problem No. 273, by II. d. Ly-
man. could be solved In very few
moves 1t was not II particularly easy
matter to discover Just what those moves
were. number sending in solutions that
covered a whole sheet OF paper with varia.
lions. most Of which were unsound when
properly defended.
The distribution Of tho pieces was as
follows: Black men on and 6. king on
80. White men on IL and II, king on 2.
White to play and win. Here are the
moves that solve:
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BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. c7i.