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The Secret
Alliance
Continued from page one.

the other probably would take IL GER
tain circumstances should arise. To
the events Of this last few months IL
had obviously no reference; that phase
Of Pan Germanism was not yet unmis-
taxable, and any attempt to execute II
BY war in Europe was not believed
credible in London or Washington az
that time.
Has this understanding been in any
way renewed since the Spanish-Ameri-
can War and the building of the Pan
ANA Canal? There are no clear indi-
cations TO prove it in the events, and
have not heard its existence claimed.
The government at Washington clearly
did not consider itself bound at the
outbreak of the war; the note of De-
cember 26 was undoubted evidence
that none existed then, both in its text
and in the manner of its publication
and its reception in England by official
circles.
At no time has there been any hood.
winking or betraying or fooling of thu
American people, nor has anything been
done to their detriment. The vagues-
ness of the understanding, its almost
casual character and conversational
form. the obvious facts to which IL
must have related, the present an
tiauity Of that issue, the patent lack of
clear evidence that anything further
was done-all these have long been
known to any one who would bother
himself TO read the facts and look
little beneath the surface. Nor would
they be dug up now except TO manu-
facture political capital.
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proval With the law exacting a 25-
point penalty for turning a quilted
trick as a precedent, II cannot be said
that offending players, financially, will
suffer greatly by the adoption of the
new law. Il will serve more forcibly
20 call to the players attention a
breach OF etiquette, and leniency in its
enforcement will be followed by resolu-
tons not to offend in the future.
The law relating TO a declaration out
of turn shows a decided improvement
in its provisions. II is given here
with:
Law No. 40. II a player make
declaration (other than passing out OF
turn, either adversary may demand a
new deal. may treat such declaration as
void, or may allow such declaration 10
stand. In the latter case the bidding
shall continue as If the declarations
had been in turn. A pass out OF turn
or a bid declared void does not affect
the order OF bidding, i. e., 1t IS still the
turn of the player 70 the left Of the
previous declarer The player who has
bid out of turn may re-enter the bid
ding in his proper turn without pen
atty, but if he has passed out OF ms
turn, he may only do so IN case the
declaration he has passed be oyerDid
or doubled.
"If a declaration out of turn be made
and the proper declarer then bid, Sucn
bid shall be construed as an election
that the declaration out Of turn Is 70
&c treated as void o.,
The new clause permitting either adj
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no trump covered the case.
MIR. Work gives in detail the reasons
Of the committee for making the
change and are copied below:
Cd II simpliiies the game.
~ Il increases the competition in
bidding and vet CXpedites it,
~ II eliminates a great percent
age Of insufficient bids.
"a Il eliminates the possibility Of
innocentlv conveying improper infor-
nation in the manner mentioned be-
low.
90 II seems logical and popular
In explanation Of the fourth reason
he cites common cases Of mental arith-
metic ACCOMPANIED by soliloquy, audi
bic to all and conveying valuable part
nership information without CORE
spondiNc liability. however, by reason
Of q pass
Experiments with the new rule have
proved satisfactory. Players at the
Knickerbockcr Whist Club and the
Bridge Whist Club. in anticipation Of
its adoption. have tried il for some
DAYS past. and generally report an i'm
provement over tho former method Of
bidding. An increased number of bids
in the minor suits result. thus making
competition livcl'er than formerly. As
the desirability Of incorporating in the
laws a legitimate rule 20 bring the
minor suits IN more direct competition
with the major suits and no trump has
long been ielt. il can safely be said
that the naw law will generally be rec
ognizai as meeting q ro0ular demand.
Classed by Mr.. Work as first in i'm
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we have raised our voice in the past.
Although criticism has appeared in
these columns against the action Of
the committee in sending broadcast
throughout the country individual bal
lots IN order 20 be guided by votes 20
an equitable adjustment OF playing
rules, the results Of their deliberations
could hardly have been improved had
counsel been taken of a single repre-
sentative from each club selected for
his knowledge Of the true auction sen
tment OF its members We recon-
mend the adoption Of the new code IN
its entirety. None Of the new rules
will be found to affect the game to an
extent that a radical departure from
old playing methods will be noticed
The most notable change, coming
as surprise 10 most auction players
on account Of its cdoption without an
extended preliminary discussion. is the
alteration in bidding values. The new
rule reads as follows:
Law No. 45.-The order in value Of
declarations from the lowest up Is
clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades, no
trump.
ITO overcal a declaration a player
must bid either
"la) An equal number Of tricks Of
more valuable declaration, or
"tb( a greater number Of tricks,
c. &, spades over diamonds; clubs
over hearts; I diamonds over no
trump"
As a discussion Of the new rule elm
mating spades AT a value Of two from
the bidding has been reserved until
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EXPERT AND TYRO'

yersarv 10 declare as void an oppo-
,ont's bid out Of turn, gives them .
right they unquestionably should have.
Tbov can now, If they desire, bid IN
their proper turn and uninterruptediy
further plans they had previously de-
signed.
The many letters that came to the
committee for decisions on disputed
points in the law relating 20 inadyer.-
ant bids no doubt caused Mr.. Works
comment that Law 81 has probably
caused more discussion than any
other" II has been the endeavor OF
the committee 20 make, IN us smendeo
form, the law 80 clear that future mis-
Understandings will practically be I'M
possible. 1t reads:
A pass or double once made may not
be altered. -.
No declaration may be altered afteF
the next player acts.
Before action by the next player
no trump or suit declaration may DC
changed
laj To correct the amount Of an in
sufficient bid.
III To correct the denomination bu,
not the size of bid IN which due 70
a lapsus lingu@. suit or no trump mas
been called which the declsrer did not
intend 70 name.
No ether alteration may be made.
Many minor changes OF little interest,"
10 the player in general are to be found
in the text and have been omitted to
give prominence 20 the moro important
ones.
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MODERN WAR
AND ATHLETICS
Proper Training Shows Its Eff
fectS in Work of Ger
man Soldiers.

DR.. Dudley a. Sargent, physical d.
rector Of Harvard University, believes
that athletic training will do more
than military training to equip US
with an effective army In an article
published in the indianapolis News
he says;
The present enthusiasm for athlet-
les does not meet the demand, because
it only reaches those who naturally
are strong and vigorous. The crying
need of the time is for an organized
training that, being recognized as an
integral part of the school curricu
lum, shall be carried on progressively
for both sexes from the primary,
through the secondary and higher
grades, to and through the college and
university.
In other words, he would during
school and college days seek first to
develop men fit to be soldiers, and
postpone whatever technical military
training might be needed till a later
period And this for two reasons
first, because military training does
not develop all-round physical eff
cheney, and second, because it is not
thought wise "to make our colleges
and schools direct adjuncts OF our mil
itary system, direct feeders of 1t,
make its ideals theirs"
We have seen what enormous de-
mands modern war makes on the bodily
powers of men, and how necessary it
is that they should be able easily to
throw off disease. 1t is argued that
men cannot be so conditioned by a
mere military training. Our authority
insists that even the German soldiers,
good as they are, would have been bet
ter had they more physical and less
military training. Their great achieve
ments have, so it is urged, been due
more to the former-of which they
have had more than our young men get
than to the latter. Speaking Of
Germany, DR.. Sargent says:
.'The training of her youth in gym
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portance, but not locally considered so
on account Of its abandonment months
ago, is the change eliminating spades
with a value of two. The popularity of
the mo bid" and the consequential ban
ishment Of the informatory spade bids
has so thoroughly been proven that,
had the committee refused TO alter the
law respecting the initial declaration,
a return to the old method OF bidding a
spade at the start would have been ex-
tremely doubtful.
AS we have before mentioned, spades
now count as 9 and occupy the place
formerly held by royals. Therefore,
when a player declares spades he
should be prepared TO meet the in
creased responsibility of the suit under
the law.
The changed rule governing the
original declaration reads as follows:
Law No. f2.-The dealer, having ex-
amined his hand, must either pass or
declare to win at least one odd trick
zone trick more than six, either with
specified suit or at no trump"
II will be observed that the word
"pass" is used 10 convey the same
meaning as mo bid" generally en-
ployed now.
If all four players pass the deal is
abandoned without penalty, and the
next player to the left Of the former
dealer has the deal.
The promotion of spades TO the high
est valued suit makes it also the most
valuable in cutting. Therefore, as be
tween two cards of otherwise equal
value, spade is the lowest; hearts, dia-
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new 10 the ISSUANCE Of the
Pre'lg5'.' IF auction laws adopted by
~ f'-s--;zs6 authority on auction
as Te'O ss,.-trv tie Whist Club, Of
rs Milton c. Work, chairman
WE, Cc,gb's card committee, has put
& ne ,t an outline Of changes most
~ ~" sF,ct,rg the game. His earn
aceS.,! an behalf Of tho committee
q PEE -ev rules be accorded thor
IS, 90 with the view Of their uni
40 % asor.ion BY clubs and indivld-
U.sah. s@yrhout the country, should be
ts ~ all those having the future
is9se - =. tbe game az heart
~ 3. s'iorm,ty in rules and laws to gov
~ .Ss PLAYERS action cannot too
e. ~ he urged A healthy growth
a'ols. + chaotic conditions pre-
En- result Of a particular COM
aaR ~ ,sbevcrcc 90 some pet theory
rsl.F 80 came advanced by one Of its
i''.' -rsvevs Sectional differences
1'~v- rs 20 governing methods
z ~ forgotten and a code uni
H'. IN IFS application should be
E,,s6 for the general good Of the
~ code OF laws about 20 he adopted
"a he satisfying 20 the majority Of
- II is. ir sense, = verdict of
4. ,reti6- player sitting in judgment
e., e.-eo che adoption Of the new
-. The cumulative opinion Of
. -. * mos- needed for the better
~ the game is seen in the sew
lf-t 1890. chances avid tho q h
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CARNIVAL SPIRIT
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Continued from page six.

out at the Apollo Theatre prior to the
New York run.
K. Perk Vlaanderen Van Lokhorster-
land, attache of the Netherlands Lega-
tion az Washington, wrote mis- name on
the Dennis register this week. Cover
nor 4. b. Fleming of West Virginia
is at the new Traymore with Mrs.
Fleming. Another notable Traymore
patron is Charles S. Schoen, head Of
the Pressed Steel Car Company, who
was here to look over the exhibit of
the Master Car Builders on the Million
Dollar Pier. Senator Penrose came to
the Shelburne and later boarded his
yacht, Betty. Ex-Secretary of State
Philander c. Knox and Judge George
Gray were here early in the week. Ex-
Congressman Martin W Littleton and
Mrs. Littleton were recognized by New
Workers as they trod the boardwalk.
Edward Stetson Grifing arrived at the
Strand from New Rochelle to join Mrs.
Griffing
Miss Irma L. Hansby and Miss Eliza
beth Hansby are at the Boscobel this
week visiting Mrs. c. c. Hansby, of
Prescott, Ark, who is here for the sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Knight,
of East Orange, are spending the month
at the Strand, where Miss Edith Whit
ner and Miss May Paul have joined the
summer colony of young folk.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Smethurst, of
Brooklyn. are among the arrivals at
the Holmhurst Mrs. F. R. Raven, of
Sea Cliff, Long Island, is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson Taylor at the New
England. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin P Moses
are recent additions TO the New York
colony at the same hotel
Lieutenant R. B. Horner, Of the navy
has joined Mrs Horner at the Hotel
Chelsea. o. b. Brown is at the Chel-
sea accompanied by Gordon and Went.
worth Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. T. Wistar
Brown are at the same hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Barger, of
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nastics and athletics was as notable as
that in military drill. The showing IN
Fast Prussia during this war proved
the value of this training, and there
and elsewhere proved that too much
military training in the strictest sense
can do as much harm as good. They
have dore more effective war work
when they have marched thirty or forty
miles day, day after day, capturing
thousands Of prisoners thereby, than
they have done when they have gone
with machne-like precision into bat
tie. II is perfectly clear to me that the
best of the German soldiers war abili-
ties, mis- strength and endurance, were
developed outside Of strictly military
service"
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where the wedding Will take place in
the Presbyterian Church. The bride S
attendants are to be Miss Ruth Rae
maid of honor; Miss Elizabeth Pierce
Miss Elizabeth Craig and Miss Anna
Austin. Edward c. Knudson, of Brook
Ign, is to be best man, and the ushers
Russell Tracy Walker. Of Brooklyn;
Rowley ". Phillips, of New Haven;
Alfred Evans. OF Riverside. Conn, and
John c. Chadwick, Of Omaha.
Only relatives and close personal
friends will attend the marriage on
Wednesday afternoon of Miss Mabel
Rae, daughter Of Mrs. Richard Fraser
Rae. and John T. Matchett, to be held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
L. Rae, 606A Third Street. Mrs. Rae,
who before her wedding a year ago was
Miss Dorothy Newcomb. will be the
brides only attendant, and Edward
MacFarlane the best man. The ushers
will be George A. Anderson, william
W. Scharf, Walter " MacFarlane and
Stephen L. Rae, brother of the bride.
Miss Marguerite Latham, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Clifford Latham, will
be married TO John Clifford Ray on
Wednesday evening at the home of her
parents, 1920 Cortelyou Road, Flatbush.
Miss Jean Latham is 10 be her sister S
maid of honor, and Miss Ruth Car
penter, of Attleboro, Mass. and Miss
Mary Latham, of Chicago, cousins of
the bride, the bridesmaids.
Mr.. Ray is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Benjamin Ray, of sos Ocean
Avenue, formerly of Bridgeport, Conn.
His brother, Benjamin Herbert Ray,
will be best man, and Lester LOOMS
Leverich and Henry Clifford Latham
the ushers. The Rev. DR.. Daniel Dor
chester will perform the ceremony.
which is to be followed by a reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parkhurst Booth,
who were married on Thursday evening
in st. Johns Episcopal Church, viii
spend their honeymoon travelling
through the West. They will visit the
Panama. Pacific Exposition. The bride
was Miss Marie Estelle Ross, daughter
of Mrs. Henry Clay Ross. Mr.. Booth is
the son of Judge and Mrs. Booth. Of
Plattsburg, and graduate of Yale.
class of IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Prendergast
have left Brooklyn for their cottage at
Lakeville, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William a. Putnam, of
70 Willow Street, closed their house
after the wedding of Miss VI. Vryling
Putnam and Lawrence Boardman Dun
ham there last week, and are now az
their country place, Midfields, South
ampton, Long Island.
Mr. and Mrs Melville H. Bearns, Of
95 Joralemon Street, left town last
week for Eaton's Ranch, Wolf, Wyo.,
where they will spend the next six
weeks. The last part of the summer
they will spend travelling through the
Yellowstone and the National Glacier
parks. returning by the Canadian
Rockies and the Great Lakes.
Mrs. Frank Reynolds and her nephew,
J. Austin Myrick, left last week for
California. They will return by way OF
the Canadian Rockies in August.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry Brewster Minton
also left for the West recently. They
will go TO California and expect to be
absent about a month.
Colonel George Allan Price and his
grandson, Allan Murray Price, left on
Friday for an extensive Western tour.
Their itinerary will include the Yellow
stone. Portland San Francisco, the
Yosemite, Los Angeles, San Diego, Den
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THE WAR IN WASHINGTON

walked slowly up Massachusetts, Ave
nue.. a large paper-wrapped parce!
under his arm. Directly in front OF
the embassy he stopped. There were
several ominous clicks from the shrub
berry as revolvers were cooked, ready
for instant use The stranger paused
for a moment, struck match on a
tree ,runk-and passed on! Every
sleuth breathed a sigh of relief.
But not for long. A moment later
came the sound of an automobile com
t., UP the terrace. In u were three
men. wrapped in overcoats (for the
night was child and shrouded in an air
of impenetrable mystery. The men
were reporters, but the detectives
didn't know that In front of the en-
bassv the machine stopped and one OF
the men stood up TO look around
Again came the clicking from the
bushes.
Don't seem 20 be anything doing,
George" said the figure, and the ma
chine rolled slowly on. A moment
later. however, every detective jumped
as if he had been shot-one OF the
men in the machine had thrown an old
electric light bulb out o. the car, and
il had exploded" on the sidewalk
That was as close as the embassy
came TO being blown up.
The antipathy of those connected
with the anti-Germanic embassies and
legations in Washington 70 things leu
tonic is carried to lengths which
would be ludlcrous II they were not
pathetic in their intensity Of feeling.
Embargo on Beer.
One Of the attaches of the Belgian
Legation, who had a fine taste for Ger
man beer, was strolling up Pennsyl-
vania Avenue one day not long ago,
when he was met by journalistic
friend. The quantity of dust on the
avenue prompted the correspondent TO
suggest a glass OF beer in a nearby
restaurant, the proprietor Of which
has a name ending in berg"
mo, my friend" said the Belgian
seriously, 81 cannot join you. am
thirsty. | am hot, but | shall have TO
be content with one of your American
drinks or, at best, some American beer.
To be seen coming out of place kept
by a man with - name like that might
be considered sufficient cause for sus-
picion. Besides, | doubt not that
portion of his profits would be used
against my poor country"
So they fight the war in Washington
-bloodlessly. but with a hate as great
as that OF the men in the trenches,
with a fxity Of purpose which renders
the fighting" almost humorous.
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Continued from page one.

Continued from page one.
The British Ambassador was due
,ss I'VE minutes ago and I didn't care
ign any chances Of open hostlll-
dad the emissaries Of the two war
NJ nations met there would. OF
9slSe. have been no open hostilities,
~ The thermometer would have
WIPED about 20 degrees in as many
sssonds. The TWO men would have
sioVn their heads back and would
i's passed without as much as a
sot Of recognition. For this is diplo-
-'ue usage In time Of war.
Russo-Japanese Precedent.
his point was thrashed out and
iseedtnt established during the
.ssso.JapaDeSe War. when il was i'm
.'siole Tor the ambassadors of the
~ countries not % meet az various
eS One dav the Ambassador from
i'.si came face 20 face with the Am
ssssdor from Russia. then dean of the
.Omaoc CORPS. In the halls OF the
80 Department The representative
ne Nlkad0 bowed low as he passed
ts,k: ID '''''u ~ WV" Wv
. 4 salute, not the representative Of
-. Otar. but the dean Of the diplo-
NC corps" and passed on.
- SGssCrard. the French Ambassa-
ID being the present dean Of the
ss,..ohat!c corps, the German, Aus
"a ara Turkish ambassadors salute
~hen they meet in the street or
te state Department, and he re
"a we saluta,ion in very frigid
Iorma! manner. The other repre-
g.ssli'es Of the nations at war stare
etht ahead as they pass.
h. is not alone in official Wash
l., mat the war is being fought,
~ me social circles and in every
s,,,se Of life where subjects Of the
'nR bowers meet.
:, The Society Front.
N, ~sIhington hostesses have had 10 d.
en- themselves into two more or less
A. camps Allied hostesses and
,,.Ss.et1iaanie hostesses. ANY one who
eaNins the representatives. of one
an .onnieting powers cannot enter
$50, NOSE Of the other. and the de-
~ once made must be abided by.
ts,.ssy who entertain our enemies
aela,s entertain US" is the way one
ts recently phrased il, and the
t,t,.,u emarcation has been sharp and
,,, ss. there has been very little official
h ,sning done in Washington dur
~ lsst season, the reason for
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NOISE

Maybe it doesn't do any
good to keep hammering at
an evil that can be RENE
died. That is what too
many people in this town
think anyway, and that is
why they endure unneces-
sary burdens that other
towns would not.
We refer to the racket
the cars on upper Broad
way make. Not the noise
necessary to running a car,
but the needless clatter and
nerve-depletlng noise maze
by fiat wheels, broken
pieces of track and the
laziness of motormen who
prefer running the cars
with brakes on to taking
them off every block or so.
A few months ago the
people who live in Breton
Hall, Broadway and seth
Street, complained Of the
noise made by the cars
passing that point. Finally
somebody from the P. 5. Z.
took a look at conditions
there and found that the
cars were running over a
broken rail. The rail was
repaired; and hundreds OF
denizens in the vicinage
were able thenceforward to
sleep.
We want the P. S. G., or
somebody in authority, TO
go over the whole Broad
way line. 1t is too unnec
essarily noisy.
We await the outcome
with confidence, born Of ex-
perience and cynicism.
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Peekskill, are spending June at the
Albemarle. Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Laugh
lin, Of New York, and John A. Ken
nedy, of Newburgh, are at the same
hotel this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Scotesa have
Joined the summer colony at the Wilt
shire. Mr.. and Mrs S. s. Wieden and
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G.. Peterson make up a
New York party az the same hotel Mr..
and Mrs W. W. Burden, of New York,
who are at the Shoreham, are enter
tanning Mrs. NJ. f. Mcgowan, Of Tren-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Whitney have
Joined the New York colony at the
Marlborough Blenheim. Mrs D. Wat
son Phillips, who arrived from New
York early in the week, will remain at
the shore for the remainder of June.