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DR.. Haaren had plenty of proof in
justification for his enthusiasm. He
was looking over some confidential re-
ports on his part time brigade. They
came from teachers. who noted the ef-
feet OF the innovation on the school
work. and from office managers and
shop foremen. who had watched the
student workers from the standpoint
of efficiency.
II wish l might have had the same
chance" a chief engineer wrote. III
there are any faults apparent they are
the faults Of the company and not Of
the boys"
Your boys have learned as much"
wrote a shop foreman, las an ordinary
apprentice has been supposed to grasp
in "A year" They had been working
less than five months.
Working one week out Of two
wrote the yard foreman OF a ship
building concern, your boys are all
keeping up with the regular appren-
tees"
- 10 getting $40 a week now"
was a line from a machine shop, and
we have decided to hire apprentices
on this system hereafter"
we want twenty pairs Of boys and
twenty pairs Of girls in the fall" was
a requisition from a firm which had
been experimenting with student
workers from the Newtowh High
School. An art work concern had
experimental with " pairs and asked
for ten. without exception all the
lra ocynaLtr Qr-no sn1taJ tho;r 0irts
back next season.
This Is not a case" DR.. Haaren ex-
planned, "of students going In to under
bid experienced workers. All of these
are new positions which have been
created. at a time too when business
in general was very lax. II was a
good year to begin. 1t rave US a
chance to concentrate. We were able
to watch each case very closely until
we were reasonably sure OF o
ground. With the coming revival Of
business we know there will be a
greatly increased demand for student
workers and we will be able to meet
1t with confidence"
The reports Of the teachers were
equally enthusiastic. The work of
the students outside seems to give
them a better appreciation Of school
work" said one ut has widened thir
| vision" said another. 1T seems 10 i'm
prove their standard OF taste" said a
third. They have acquired confidence
in themselves and are able to express
themselves more easily" was another
verdict.
There were 1A0 pairs Of students on
the part time Ssstsrp at the close of
the school year. They were about
equally divided between boys and girls.
Their wages varied greatly, but aver
aged about six dollars a week. This. II
must he remembered. In not the aver
age for the first year hut for the first
few months, the oldest employees hav-
ing begun work in February. In no
case does 1t represent a permanent in
come. Promotion has come to many
already and Is ire to come to all.
"Our aim" said DR.. Hasren, rs not
to make general managers or $50, 900
a year specialists out Of all the stu
dents. We do not expect this sys.
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Clubs are trumps and Y Is in the lead.
Y and z want six tricks against any
defence.
The solution Is for u to lead the
trump, which Y wins with the king. re-
gSrdless OF AS play. Y then proceeds
20 make two winning hearts. upon which
his partner discards two losing spades.
The next lead from US hand Is the
losing trump. which goes to A, while n
discards the smallest OF his three dia-
rnonda. Having nothing but diamonds
left. A IL forced to lead away from his
guarded Jack. up 10 the major tenace.
queen nine, in rs hand. so that z makes
those two tricks and the ace of spades.
II Y tries to throw A into the lead
too soon. which IL the mistake all be-
ginners make In playing auction. as by
leading the losing trump at the second
trick. A viii avoid the diamond suit. and
throw Y back into the lead with a heart.
after which 4 must make n trick with
the Jack of diamonds, or r must make
n spade. II Is even possible for A and
II to make four tricks IL Y does not
manage the situation correctly. instead
OF only the one trick which they must
win.
This shows the Importance OF the play
OF the cards In certain critical situa-
lions. the problem being a good example
OK a position in which there Is a swing
OF three tricks. or the difference be-
tween going game and making only the
odd trick. all Ringing upon the proper
management of a tenace position.
The only defect in this problem. as
a problem. is the obvious nature Of the
opening lead and Of the return, because
II z starts with anything but the trump
A and u will get up a cross ruff immedi-
ately. II Y ducks the first trump lead,
leaving the trick TO A, hoping he will
play the diamonds. the same cross run
will be started, and nothing will stop II.
Here is an Instructive little exercise
In the proper management of the last
few cards when II looks as II the oppo-
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z dealt and bid no trump. which went
round 20 II, who bid two spades, asking
for a lead, hoping 10 make nough
tricks 10 save the game in case u went
back to his no m II he had the
king guarded. As Il did not hold the
spade king he let the spade bid stand
and led the king OF hearts. which r
won with the ace.
Rlindly following the rule to get out
the trumps the moment she got into the
lead. r led a small spade, put on the
king and came back with II. The third
round brought the seven Of clubs from
Y. as the beginning of an echo.
Now when Il starts with the long club
suit Il putf on the queen second hand
and Y completes the echo with the six.
Two more hearts were led, establishing
the nine In the dummy. The next lead
was the king OF diamonds. to show the
ace, and then the shin to the club king,
indicating "A desire to have Y come
through Rs diamonds.
The club king was trumped, and Il
led the diamond, letting u hold the
trick with the nine. mother club
forced B to trump again. and Il won two
more diamond tricks at the end, setting
the contract for 100 points.
The correct play for u upon winning
the first trick with the ace of hearts
Was to try for a cross run by getting
rid OF both the singletons, letting the
trump lead severely alone. Now IL Il
does not see hroush the scheme and
lead the trump, hut tries the club, think
Ing II Rs four card sIit, or leads a dia-
mond twice, 80 AZ to get A TO lead clubs
up to him, II MAKES his contract.
Even II Il leads the trump. r can win
II and return the diamond, exhausting
the suit In As hand, Now If u leads
the trump again, \ can play either trump
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Ia scheduled. and an agreement Is
reached as to the number OF days or
weeks the student will be asked "a
spend IN each. A reasonable wage
scale is also insisted upon and. more
important still, healthful and sanitary
surroundings.
There Is no attempt TO make things
easy for the student workers. VIII
fair conditions assured. each student
Is put on his own mcttle. He Is no,
even assigned 20 a place. but has tc
work for IL in competition with his
fellows. When an employer asks for
six pairs Of students. Mt least nine
pairs are sent. The employer has IL
choose and II Is keenly up 10 each
student To see that he IL the one
chosen.
No blind alley Jobs" are allowed
Employers looking merely for cheap
help cannot get II from the school au-
thorities. 1t is not the purpose OF the
system simply to Keep the child in
school. but to see hat his education
ls not lost to society through some
trifing accident OF circumstance AT
this crisis in his life.
Actually" said DIR. Haaren, there
are no strictly blind alley iobs.' II
!s not economically necessary to con-
denim any part of the community TO
miserable and hopeless tasks from
which they cannot rise. II business
is organized or the theory that such
Jobs are necessary. 1t needs reorgani-
zation. Some one is to blame. There
Va n upav pyts and ~ ia ma function
Of u educational system to find the
way.
Some long standing shop and office
practices have been revised by New
York employers since they began co.
operating with the schools. Several
so-called blind alley jobs have been
abolished altogether. In each case the
revision was made In the interest OF
the worker. In each case II proved to
he of interest 10 the employer. Soul
killing drudgery breeds a business
killing discomfort. am only voicing
the experience OF all thinking business
men when I say that no employer can
afford to have II in any part of his es-
adjustment,
THE commonest regret In life Is the
failure to get IN education. The COM
monest complaint Of employers is
their failure &c get efficient, trained
and intelligent help, The commonest
joke on the school system is that
about the graduate going u to look
for n job. BY this part time system
the educational problem will he solved
for thousands OF youths who would
otherwise he forced into the ranks OF
thankless, unskilled labor and doomed
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THAT ACCOUNTING pHosLrM.

The composer of this problem does
not agree with the solution sent In by
o. II. Boston. and insists that the cor
rect amount 10 sl0.2 200 less for account
count A.
a correspondent who forgets to sign
his name. but writes from the Hotel
Pontchartrain. Detroit. gets the same
result as the composer. and by much the
same complicated method. John Beattie
OF I.eete Island. Conn. gets the same
answer In a much shorter way.
Several have asked for q little more
time on this problem. which seems to be
a rather complicated one for the aver
age ~bookkeeper to DIV II no more
correct solutions come to hand before
next week the correct method Of solu-
ton will be given.
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Theatre. In this fragment appear,
two places the name "Wilir. SHAKE.
speare," written by the profosg.6r.,
scrivener who prepared the c,s. Nv.
McConway points out tina, S5a..
speare's own signature appended
laborious imitation. performeI he,
man who could not read his sh.r.s-
ply when he had written IT.
Mr.. McConway is convinced 49,.
this scrivener IL the man who M
the copy which enabled VIZ.
Shakespeare 10 execute ERA. usn,r,
without me humiliation ~ -.
tx mark" The rule of les-1,
cedure required the evidenre -
written out and signed by the wi.1s..
before leaving the presence NJ .-1
court.
Special attention is called {, ~,
signature" says Mr.. McConWay
IL Is much abbreviated. The Gro.
Dramst!st.' who had at his cor,r,-r
AZ evidenced by his putativa w.rss
wealth NJ words measurins five limo,
the number gathered INTO the a. Tom.
airy Of the time, uses but a mals.y n,
the characters which he had ,e.,
taught to use as the ideograpA p, rem.
resent his name.
We are told that he was Instructed
to appear later before tho cnnr' .,r 3,
further examination but the -o.,-l
nowhere shows that he ever i.'oa-.t A.
although the other witnesses apa,,r.i
a second time. Would they ne .,n.id.
cred cynical who might surru 80 Pho,
-
Stratford found himself whom "a cd
upon TO attach his signature =. .'.
record In open court was une 40 ~.
treme embarrassment in that ho FOOD. i
o without some exposur. - suo.
anc use his copy to gn'l. -
PEN"
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Success of the Part Time Sys-
TEN Is Described by DR..
John II. Haaren.
81 F New York business men really

+ New York business men really
know their business, We will
soon have every normally in
telligent child in the city COM
pleting his high school course"
This. in substance. was the chal-
lenge of DR.. John II. Haaren, Associ-
ate Superintendent OF Schools. who
has charge OF the part time cooper
ative and continuation work begun in
eleven New York high schols las, Feb
ruary.
I'VE have made It possible Dr..
Haaren explained, for children to go
to work without quitting school. We
have shown that they may earn good
vas while they are learning good
trades and at the same time contin-
uing their general education. And we
have proved to scores Of business men
who have cooperated with us that the
system IL an unqualified business sue
cess.
I'VE had a hard time" he went on,
Inducing business men TO adopt the
plan. A few agreed. in a spirit Of ac-
~commodation, TO give II a trial; but
many were cocksure beforehand that
II wouldn't work and some went TO the
pains to prove definitely just how 1t
was impractical.
"But not one Of the business firms
cooperating with US has voluntarily
discontinued the work. In a few cases
we were forced to discontinue coop
Grafton because It seemed to us that
the Jobs at which the students were
placed did not offer them a fair oppor-
t,,nitu In tha athar nao4. th. .,,
dent workers. the employers and the
educational authorities are delighted
with results. Several firms have de-
cided to double their force OF student
workers IN the fall. several new firms
are going to begin the system. and II
Is only a question OF time when the
progressive business houses In the city
will be generally adopting IT,"
BY the part time system applica-
tons for student workers are made
directly TO the schools. When a job
is flled, 1t Is filled not by one but by
a pair Of students, each OF them spend
ing n week in school and n week
ON the job alternately.
Sne job must be more than a Job.
1t must in each case be a real opening,
with n chance for advancement and
s6A opportunity to learn a good trade
~ - mold a responsible position after
\ f-.sonahle apprenticeship. During
the apprenticeship the student worker
n Snder the jurisdiction Of the educa-
ti6nal authorities. and his work in the
office or shop Is as scrupulously
watched as his record in the classroom.
Before a business firm is allowed 20
Mira ithaca us,1nny yrargr. 80 L..
dustry is carefully Investigated by a
"coordinator," a member Of the faculty
specially commissioned for the work.
The coordinator cooperates with the
foreman or manager in arranging n
working syllabus, In his syllabus
every operation in the office or shop
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z dealt and bid two diamonds. The
object OF his bid Is supposed to be 10
show the partner that the dealer wants
to play the hand with diamonds for
trumps. which IL something that no good
player ever wants At a love score. The
conventional meaning Of a two dia mond
bid Ia a solid suit. or five or six tricks
and a sure reentry. z has neither.
A and Y passed. but Y went twv
royals and z three diamonds. A went
three royals, which held the contract. z
led h diamonds and r won the first
trick with the ace. Following the rule,
and probably thinking to make the
whole club suit with A couple Of succewe-
full illnesses. ~ led three rounds OF
trumps. overtaklng the queen Of spades
with the king At the end. 10 as TO get the
position FOR the fnesse in clubs.
The failure Of the club hncsse fet Y IN
IN return the diamond and z made three
tricks In that suit at once. leading a fifth
round. which z trumped. A having dis
carded all his hearts and kept the clubs,
two clubs. ace Of hearts and q trump
made the last tricks. u Y and z had
the gane saved with their club trick and
three diamonds.
At another table Y supported the dia-
r1onds up TO four. II going to four royals
The diamond was led in the same way,
but u went right back with u and
trumped with the ten. Then he made the
hnesse In hearts and gave dummy an
ether run In diamonds. Another small
heart and u was In again with the ace,
allowing dummy to run the fourth round
of diamonds with his last trump. Y
meanwhile had discarded a club and a
heart.
Another small heart from dummy and
y put on the king. only 10 have II
trumped by r. the Jack dropping from y
~ the same time. Three rounds Of
truInps followed at once. the last round
throwing the lead into Us hand with the
nine.
o what is Y to do. II he leads the
losing eight OF hearts TO dummy's nine,
u gets a club discard. n he goes up to
the major tenace in clubs. dummy ma kes
TWO tricks and II makes the asst trick OF
all with the trump. This Ia a little sla m
either way. making = difference OF 2O2
points IN the score. as a game In worth
1875 and little slam 50.
AZ one table they let z play this hand
al diamonds and A led three rounds OF
spades. Y rufing the third. z then led
the nine OF clubs and A. probably think
ing Y would put the king right on. let Il
20, but the nine held and the next round
\ won with the ace. A heart through
the king gave p two tricks. but that was
the end OF II except the inevitable trick
with the ace Of trumpe. which was
enough 10 set tho four diamond bid for
800. a. II was doubled by r.
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN
READERS TO SOLVE
Solution Of Bridge Problem
No. 1884 illustrates Point the
Average Player Overlooks.
NEW CUTOUT PUZZLE

Bridge problem No. 334 illustrates n
point which he average player con-
tinuany overlooks in actual practice,
and that Is throwing the opponent into
the lead so as 10 set certain cards led
UP to. but postponlng this coup until
81 Is impossible for the opponent to lead
anything else.
Ono continually sees opportunities
missed for getting al extra trick out
OF n good tenace position through the
failure Of the declarer to strip his op-
ponent OF all his exit cards in other
suits. This wal one OF the most !nstruc-
tive points In playing nullos which were
~unexcelled as educators for placing the
lead.
Here IL the distribution IN No. 334,
tho composer of which 10 unknown:
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ELKHARr. Ind. July l7-ir
belle Smith. "A years old, a Er,~
school pupil. and ALONE Wen'- 80
painter. cloped and were marr'a
st. Joseph, Mich. The g,rl hr'd' b..
lived with her mother, M FrGo
Kiinger. and the latters husband :
left here on the pretest ~ gotrg - vs.
her father. r.. Smith Of Nile "
Early marriages run N our f1
aid the bride. Mother was 49, --t.
mother was Is and | am only :!
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follows: Black men on 6. -, ~ and
81 king on .. White men on 10, 90.
20 and 80: king on II.
ANOTHER cvrorr ppopieM.

Here IL a rather curious and decidedly
novel little puzzle sent to THE suS by
W. @. Berry of New York city.
Take any given equilateral triangle
In which the sides can be measured
without going into fractions, such as
the following. In which each side Is
exactly ten feet long:
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FRANKFORT, Kan. July i7.-Noe ne.
ing able to secure empty beer kegs for
use on binders local farmers ordered
a dozen full Of beer. When the booze
arrived they poured II into the street
ana then equipped their binders. A few
travelling harvest hands helped them
toward the sewer.
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VII
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z dealt and bid a club. which \
passed. Y went no trump and y bid
two hearts. which 2 passed. There is
no Justification for the heart bid. as y
has the lead. and IL he and his partner
are strong enough 10 make two oc' in
hearts they should be strong en-, ugh
TO save the game agains, the no trumper,
or ever to 81. II for so or 100 points
The possibility. ot go!ng game In hearts
with a club suit on one side and a no
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Clubs are trumphs n z 10 In the
lead. Y and Y a all seven tricks
against any defence.
The distribution Of the cards Ii as fol-
lows;
Y has the queen OF hearts. queen OF
clubs. five of diamonds. king eight seven
three OF spades.
A has the eight six Of hearts. ten
eight OF trumps. eight Of diamonds.
queen nine of spades.
B has the ten OF hearts. seven six
Of trumps. queen ten nine seven Of dia-
monds. no spades.
Y has the jack Of hearts. Jack and Ave
OF trumps, ace king Jack and four OF
diamonds no spades.
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QUESTIONS OF PROPORTION.

J. J. Fitzpatrick writes from Grafton.
Cal. that the problem Of proportion in
gear wheels for graduating centimeters
instead Of inches would have been de-
cidediy interesting II the time the
French were trying TO dig the Panama
Canal. as they could not solve II.
Getting tired OF their inferior dredg-
ers, they bought a number OF the power
ful American pattern. known as Slav1n
dredgers. but when they attempted 10
make repairs or these new machines
they foundt that the French lathes. whose
feed screws were in me,ers, could no,
be adjusted 70 cut the American screws
In inches. 40 they were compelled "a
buy American lathes
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III at a. black prefers to play
l5-l0. white goes l3-9. with the
same result.
Here is a little end game that has in
II just about enough trouble for the
hot weather. but which will repay care
full study as an example OF the manner
in which a good player can obtain a
winning position In an apparently equal
game.
PROBLEM NO. Sss.
BY II. d. Lyman.
Riack
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ENprNgs.

Problem No. 33i was not put forward
as being In the difficult class. but rather
as a neat specimen OF end play In an
actual game. The correspondent who
sent II to THE SUS seems 10 be still
too modest to send In his name.
The distribution of the pieces was as
follows: Black men or s. . and II
kings on 20 m %. White men on is,
20 and 30: kings on 2 and 81. White
10 play n win. Here are the moves
that solve.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-31
OAKFIELD

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mason are the
happy parents of a little girl who ar
rived Sunday morning.
Bertha Childs came Saturday from
Philadelphia, Pa. to visit her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Childs.
w. b. Bowman purchased span Of
horses in Grand Rapids last week.
Clyde Partridge will move TO his
new home in Courtland this week and
Hubert Bookey of Grattan will move
to the Seth Partridge farm
Tom Jones will move and remodel
his mill AT Oakfield Center this spring.
The Ladies' Aid meeting will be
held with Mrs. T. j. Elsby Thursday
afternoon, April s.
There will be no services at the NJ
T.. church Easter Sunday, as there are
TO be union services at the chapel.
Elinor were nicely entertained at r..
Elnor were nicely entertained at II.
j. Elsby's Sunday.
lobe Tower has come from Arkan-
sas TO see his mother Mrs. Mary
Tower, who is in very poor health.
George King of Bedding has been a
recent visitor at Tom Lashelrs.
Mrs. Henry Mooney is very sick
with pneumonia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-31
ASHLEY

There was a surprise on Rev. and
Mrs. n. $. Ellis last Friday II being
their seventh anniversary There
were about forty present.
The Ashley Ladies' Aid will hold
their next social with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wood Friday evening. April 2.
Frank Macarthur has been visiting
his relatives in this vicinity and re-
turned home Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Smith visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Bookey Sunday.
Mr.and Mrs. Orley Emmons attend
ed the Pomona Grange held at Whit
NEVILLE last week.
There was a surprise on Thomp-
sons people, who live on the Mark
Brown place. About seventy were
present. All report a good time.
Mrand Mrs. Orley Emmons and
Mrs. Allie Bigley of McCords visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Smith Sunday.
Miss Grace Lincoln took dinner with
the Tuthill girls Sunday.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Chas Godfrey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Smith attended the
Pomona Grange held AT Whitneyville
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith took din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. John Bookey
Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-31

a minute study of all OF them and
became interested In the work. His
mind was taken off OF his ailments
and he grew better. He kept study
ing the flowers and after fifteen years
he was surprised To learn that he had
become one of the most famous
botanists the world had ever known.
And so you may become famous in
your chosen vocation by steadily per-
forming the task before you each day.
THE education of a lifetime may
be lost during severe attack OF typ
hold fever. IL has been known TO oc-
cur many time. The intense heat in
the body has melted the nerves, as il
were. and severed all intelligence OF
the world from the brain cells But
barring fevers and other nerve de-
stroying agents our minds are the re-
suit of the continual developing OF
nerve cells and connecting them with
the cells OF the BRAIN
AS an introductory To Pres. Lancas-
ter's address Miss JOY Harrison gave
fine violin solo and responded to an
encore. She was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Gladys Harrison. The at
tendance Of parents and citizens was
quite noticeable.