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T. dealt. and bid no trump. which all
passed. A led the ten OF hearts and 4
won II with the queen. The writer fol-
lowed this hand around four tables and
noted the difference In the way Il was
played.
Al one table u led n small club and
took home his three club tricks at once.
it being too late TO hold up the command
after \ had renowned to the third
round. dis arding the spade. Then he
began To look around TO sec what to do
next and finally led the Jack OF diamonds.
AS A did not cover he put on the ace
from dummy and led the spade.
The hnessc OF the Jack forced the ace
and made the King good. When z 60
In with she heart ace he made his spade
trick and Congratulated himself on his
clcverness In making his contract. one
odd.
Al another table when z won the first
trick with the queen OF hearts he led
the club once only and tried the spade
.inesse at once. Upon getting in with
the acc Of hearts he made his two clubs
and then tried the diamond iinesse.
which let In two clubs and three hearts.
the ace Of diamonds going to sleep. as Il
made the last trick with the spade king.
This Sc; the contract Tor nifty points.
II We look over the possibilities of
the combined hands We shall find six
sure tricks only two hearts. three
clubs and the ace % diamonds. This Is
one shy of the contract and three short
of game. Anything further In hearts
or clubs II impossible. as one adversary
must have four to the eight or better.
The spade flnesse IL too dangerous until
the more promising double nnesse In
dia inonds has been tried,
II both king and queen are with II
II will be impossible 10 establish the
diamond suit before letting In the hearts.
II Il has two hearts to lead. one each
time he gets In. Even IL b has not two
hearts 20 lead. there is the chance that
a holds the ace OF spades and that r
will guess that suit II almost a GER
tainty. This Ia all based on BIS holding
two honors in diamonds, but u
| they are split. or 4 has both II is
possible to go game without touching
the spade suit. The double fnesse re-
qulres that u shall get In vice This
he can do easily In two suits.
A. one table Il saw all this and led
the Jack OF diamonds for the second
trick. u came back viii a heart and
u led the ten OF diamonds. which he
hnessed. so that all the diamonds mad
and he went game, but It was the only
table In the room that did 80.
The time at which a finesse should
he taken is sometimes a nice question
Take this ha nd
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dealt ana bad TWO hearts. as he held
81 In honors. Every one passed and A
led the king OF clubs, which z won with
the ace.
Now count up the sure tricks between
the two hands and they are three top
trumps and two black aces. 1t is not
sure that the trumps Will drop. because
either adversary may have i've to the
Jack nine. However improbable II dis
tribution may be- It ~ still possible. The
point to remember Is tina; you cannot
help yourself In certain distributions; in
others you can. Three top trumps and
two aces IS only Ave tricks.
Five tricks will not fulfil the contract
and II will take just twice that number
to win the game. That Is 10 say. al
though there ARE only Ave sure tricks In
sight. n must make i've more that are
not in sight. Where are they to come
from"
lie may make all i've OF his ,rumps,
but that Is "A matter of luck. as no play.
Ing on his part will drop the trunps un.
less they fall Of themselves, If the case
were despe" ate he might hnesse the ten.
hut not until he had reason to believe
tmit IL was the only way to catch the
Jack.
'onc"de five tricks in trumps. instead
Of three, and W have the two aces.
which IL stlll on" short OF the contract
and three short of the game. There are
only two places in wh!ch - look for any
extra tricks. The first Is In dummy's
ability to rum clubs. but that Is two
tricks at tn" most. We are still one
SLY of the game.
The only place to look for this trick
II In "A finesse OF the queen of spades.
The diamonds are hopeless, as dummy
has no reentry, In order to finesse the
spade. the weaker spade hand must be
In the lead. u as the play must be
made II 4 IL going to win the game.
tn. sooner 1t is made the better.
The play Of the hand, when figured
out In this way, IL very simple and the
d~eclarer can run Il of az fast AS he
likes, Whenever you see "A player stop
and study between every trick o. two,
and fuss round with one suit and then
another, you may he sure that he has
no plan of campaign. He has not counted
up his sure tricks. lie does not know
where to look for any others. n. does
NOT even know he wants them. Perhaps
s,e will drop Il trick or two on every
hand he plays,
The play of this hand Is basel on
three assumptions that dummy can rum
clubs twice without being overturned
that the sDa'lr 'lneshn viii make two
tricks in that suit, and. that the trump
Will all hr"p IN three leads. These
theories must be tried out in that order.
n leads IL small club. dummy trumps,
V leads a SINAI. spade. Il illnesses the
queen, bunny rufus another club. and
leads the trump, .Af;er three rounds
OF trunps IN" ace OF spades is good
four odd and the game,
Here IL an example oc a no trumper
which combines IN" same clements of
counting ny the sure tricks and seeing
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TRIBULATIONS OF THE ALIMONY CEC-

part of the Tombs for civil prisoners,
or hat Imprisonment for debt be
abolished altogether.
All this doesn't augur we'll for the
members of the Alimony club, which.
while not as exclusive as some other
clubs. is the only organization of its
kind in the city. This tx not the
first time. however. the tranquility OF
the members has been disturbed by
| official criticism.
In January, 1911. Commissioner OF
Accounts F'osdick reported TO the
Mayor that the staff at the jail was
unnecessarily large. Mr.. Fosdick
found that there were twenty-four
employees to look after 263 inmates
during 1910. the maximum number
confined at one time being seventeen
and the minimum three. The average
number during the year vas eleven
prisoners. and to attend to these the
employees were paid $23,517. He sug-
gestcd to Mayor Gaynor various re-
trenchments which he estimated would
save about 81 900 n year.
These suggestions died "a natural
death. but the members Of the Alimony
Club were put III the anxious sea,
once NOR. WHOM STATE Prison Conn.
missioner Henry solomon asked why
the I.udlow stree, nil sbould HAY,
twice os MANY omnl,yn,s ns nrisonors
Eo,,ny.iry This li,,i. uru-,...,,,ne..
eyery,biny went VOL, 1, ia, Altman,
tyuh. Julins u.rhury.r wa. o,.c,ad
sheriff and ,b.n Tho ron, ,,nod ,,m.a
for rho u.p,bors h.,,n for ,h, Sbor.
IN nj his liscr.t,on GAN mako life
p,ens.p, mr. n,berviso for tbn Iudl,n
X direct colony.
I'm sheriff ~Inrbur,cr's ,i,,c ,h, nr,s.
ouors y.or. .ii,vod q, ,,i.,. 4, co,
COP, on,.n in while - hirthd,v marty
al. "A recaution and even n troalvny
sbov
I,u, whom sbcriu cri,,nh,,on w,s
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,ri.on tn. r~,o,nL.r. -, ,h, A,r,,ny
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md, ,,,. , l~,,r,,r ga "a, ,,xn,v.r.
IL, J.cl,r. ,b., bo v,s going Ia 40.
vba, could ho don, ,hout n. wing IN.
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istence Of n Jail on Ludlow street,
s',id the SheriT, there IL no reason
why we can't make things pay. There
IL no reason why these prisonsn
should not be boarded In the Tomhs
unless tina place Is overcrowded. In
that case we might take boardcrs from
the Tombs, for we have a lot " room
to spare
II n worst ZONES here are IN.
lublik features Of the Jail tina, will
ne n members hayo
nothing to do all day but kill time
Inmates are allowed to chat with their
companions and to receive visitors
who must remain In the waiting room
after being admitted by the kr,r-
after n thorough scanning. The clubs
dining room IL on the sccond floor
In a large square room. bare eXcep,
for tables and chairs. Nearby are ,hs
quarters OF the club where the mem.
bers assemble to chat, read and play
cards. In Sheriff Harburger's regime
there was n library and an organ. and
one inmate. "A physician, sang religions
, hymns and lectured on religious TOP.
les to his companions. Inmates ire
permitted to exercise twice daily in
the back yard.
The cells are arranged along a cor.
pidor. Each Is furnished with "a bed
table. chair and mirror. The tables
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Before January 1. 1914, the daily
average number of prisoners was
fourteen. while during 1914 the num-
Der increased to twenty. The total
number Of prisoners received at the
Jail during the year Ia 334, who
were confined for a total Of 1913 days.
Mr.. Gilbert accordingly figured that
the maintenance Of each prisoner was
about 81 a day.
In view Of the fact that there is
nothing in the constitution requiring
a separate jail for civil prisoners in
the county Of New York. Mr.. Grlfen-
hagen has submitted W suggestion.
They are either that a separate Jail
for civil prisoners be abolished and
much Of the expense for maintenance
saved to the city by setting aside a
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The flaw In his solution is blacks
weak move at &C" The proper defence
is ?9--?5. upon which this follows:
I1--16 25-2t
:3-19 3o-23
1875 Drawn.
The instructive part OF the whole
problem is the In which II Illus
trates changing the move BY forcing an
exchange which the adversary does his
best to avoid.
Correct solutions FROM:
G. T.. Corliss. John DAILY. \. !. B,
Thomas Foy. Samuel Gonotsky. Ed
ward Mulrooney. A.. Campbell, J. =.
DETROIT. John Ryan. James q. Pinker-
ton. II. \. W, Andrew Sheppard. James
Hyiand. T. J. McManus. T.. J. Graf, G..
Il. H., l.. J. McCiarry. William u. Clarke.
4. a. Dunn. Nare!k and +. II. Green.
All others began with 2e-c6. or 30-26.
Late solutions to hand from Henry
Lowe. VIM. u. Clarke. q. S~undholm. A.
Campbell. J. Hannibal hoina and Ed
ward Mulrooney Toy 3+s. All solutions
intended for competition In the present
honor list must reach the office OF THE
ST. by the first mail on Thursday morn
ing. ten days after the problem appears.
Here IL another good one from the
PLAYER who at present stands alone at
the top OF the list OF experts. with four
stars after his name. His Nos. 800 and
3i5 are probably still fresh In the mem
DRY of some of those who failed on one
or both
PROBLEM No. 35e. c
ny J.. $. Hart, Jr.
Black.
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that the declarer IL forced 10 try two
illnesses II he wants to 30 game:
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u dealt; and bio ho trunps. which all
passed. A led the queen OF hearts. which
n won with the ace. concealing the
king.
IL we count W the sure tricks between
the two hands. they are one more heart.
two clubs and the ace Of diamonds. That
Is Ave in all. or two less than the con-
tract. four short of the game. Where
are tho extra tricks to come from? '
There 10 nothing more possible In
hearts. so we can dismiss that from con-
alteration. II is impossible to make a
trick In spades. unless the adversaries
give It to you, so that suit may be dis
regarded.
There remain two chances. The hrst
Is that the two high clubs. queen and
ten. may fall In two leads. but II one
Of them does not fall on the first lead
the other IL impossible. IT II does not
fall. the flnesse against the queen Is
forced.
The other chance for an extra trick Is
IA successful iincsse In diamonds. FOR
which the lead must be from dummy.
Unless both these chances come on,
game oh the hand Is impossible. Tn
less the whole five tricks In clubs car
be made. the finesse In diamonds Is un-
necessary except as a single trick saved
from the wreck OF a promising hand.
The first thing then ls to try ;hs
club suit. II neither adversary plays the
ten or queen on the first round. the
fnesse on the second round 's forced. Y
therefore leads the ace. follows with a
small club and illnesses the Jack. Til,
allows him 10 make all Ave OF dummy
clubs. but h" IL still two tricks shy al
game. aud nothing in sight but TIVE
tricks In diamonds.
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EDITOR STOPS HIS PAPER.
Asks Indulgence Of Headers while
lie Il on Ills Hone moon.

WASATcHEr. Wash, Nov. 6-Asaic
T.. Holden made n novel request Z h!s
readers at orient. lie asked
the Indulgence of his subscriber -
sispending the paper for a week While
I.- went away to he married.
Holden said w. don't know whether
Il Is customary for an editor TO take =
vacation or not. We do know that W.
want to get off FOR "A week. and ~ he
PAPER il yours and sou are the boss We
are going 10 ask your indulgence and
omit next weeks issue. No, our grand
mother isn't dead, nor 1t isn't a ball
game o. ever the Spokane Fair o.
the open bird season which is calling us
The fact OF the matter Is that We Ire
going 20 obey the Biblical injunction
that advises a man should not live
alone"
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z dealt and bid n heart, A two clubs.
and Y two hearts. 4 led the king OF
clubs and dummy was In with the ace.
z was n very good player and he
knew exactly how TO fincsse the trump
suit so as 10 catch the king. II II was on
his right, no matter how well guarded.
He led the Jack. played the n!ne under
1t, led the eight and played the three
under that, and then caught the king
with the play OF the ten and then .he
ace, but he did rot go game on the
hand.
When he was through pulling Ms
RUM he led the ace Of diamonds and
followed with the seven. This allowed
A to gct holne the ace Of spades at once.
Tor fear u d,scards, and to follow II up
with two club tricks. saving the ann
n should have foreseen this possibility
and have kept - trump in dummy until
he cleared w the diamonds, The cor
rect play would have been 10 lead tho
queen Of diamonds from dummy Tor the
second trick. and II u did not cover 4
TO put the ace right on and lead an
ether round.
Now 4 will hardly lead another club,
to let the weak hand trump. II he leads
a spade. he establishes tho king. and the
king OF trumps and spade ace is all that
Is left for 4 and B.
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W THAT Is to become Of the Ali
w mony Club II tho Ludlow
street Jail is closed and torn
down as Sheriff Max =. Grifenhagen
has suggested to Comptroller Prem
dergast? If the Comptroller takes the
Sherif's advice the club either will
pass out Of existence or It will he
moved to quarters less luxurious. The
members may even have to 20 to work.
A memorandum submitted to Sheriff
G~rifeniagen by his counsel. Abraham
8. Gilbert. shows that the expense for
maintaining the Jail. including salaries
Of employees and feeding Of prisoners.
as we'll as the loss Of interest on the
value Of the land and the loss Of taxes
on the property. IL approximately
$4,000 a year.
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White to play and win. Hero are tn,

This line OF play solves the problem.
but It Is not against the best defence.
Whites key move loses time. and allows
black a close draw. Blacks second
move gives back to white the time lost.
The correct move Is 25--2y. back into
the corner.
Then when White makes the star
move. 30-26. black crowns the man on
81. the white king going to q and 20.
Blacks next move Is 29-25. and then
lie IL answered by 25-2l. drawn
game. The same move. 29,-25, instead
Of 30--25. Is overlooked BY all those
who started with 500, as the key
move. shown below to be uasound.
Here. on the other hand. Ia the line
Of play sent in by almost every one who
got the win, starting with a different
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Since < is an inteser We must have
50
III some inteser. Denote II
SO sc
by a.
Then z+5~122-7a.
Now as before lc2-7a must be inte-
grail, 80 a must .a &c where c Is inte-
grail, so We have
Zo"5soc .,..'',.',
Determining X and y in terms Of C by
obvious substitutions we have finally
~ 65c--l3
y-34%c-l7
Any integral value OF c will give values
OF X and j. which meet the conditions
then when C = I we have 252 horses
costing s?l.67: and 3c7 bullocks costing
S?t.6s3.75.
When G - . We have 81 horses cost
ing S4&.tS2 and 81 builocks costing
$~44.t53.75. and NO OH indefinitely.
Correct solutions from the following +:
q. Russell. J. q. Hume. ID. W. Taylor,
ohm ~Iieattie. A.. u. Ease, Samuel W.
Balrh, \. J. G. Anderson. Il. Beebe,
Charles u. ~Shuidhan. q. II. Boston. ".
W. Jacobs. Jr,, Aigernon bray. Joseph
$, Murphy, W. A. Buckley. J, q. Adams,
Frank J. HUGHES, william 81. -. Kent,
W. u. !. H., T. J. Johnston. II. NJ. Grant,
George schultz, Lieut.. G.. e.. Ward, Henri
w. Greenfield. A.. Maltby, 3. $. kali
mann and r. X. Maudsiey, One solu.
ton. covering three sheets, was unsigned.
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Guided by the simple principle that
the a~dversiri,s Of the leclarcr never
fiucsse, because that would be finessing
against their own partners instead OF
against an opponent. We come naturally
10 the conclusion hat the only legiti-
mat. finessin; Is done by the dcclarer
himself. A. we shall see presently.
most OF his iinesslnr Is forced
Any person OF average Intelligence IAN
lay down two exposed hands. such as
those of the dcclarer and his dummy
and count up the sure tricks that can
BE- won against any play, once the de-
clarer's side gets into the lead. That so
Few players take tho trouble TO make
this simple addition Ia the secret OF
most Of their shortcomings at he card
table.
The nurnbe. % times IN w.l.>h these
sure tricks equal the number required to
carry cut the contract or WIN the game
r. hardly worth dering l, would
be an interesting statement II some
modern Dr. Pole would furnish us with
IL. that wou.l show just how many
tricks that are sure will prpduce So
many actua tricks on the average In
ray 1000 No trumpers. II looks rs II
the yield sS,uld be between 60 and 100
per cent.
One us the most diricul, things 10
tc.sNdi nv VSihitt 4" ~ sup w sOu"e
NJ the number of tricks thai he can
win right on the reel. and then To decide
where the others are to come from
when tn. number In sight IL not enough
10 fulfil the contract or win the am
A few typical examples Of the I'M
portaice of this process will show two
things. First, the necessity for picking
out the suits In which something can
be accomplished. as Il stin1t from those
In which any tricks hut those IN sight
are impossible; second. the continual
and repeated gains that can be made by
successful fnessing.
. Nine times out nj ten IL will De found
that II there are any tricks to he won
tliat are not In plain sigi,i. they are 10
be made by jud!cious 'lnesslng and tina
tho declarer Is practically forcel 10
make these Illnesses II he wants TO gel
anything like the fun value out Of the
hands he plays.
a successful inesse depends upon the
observation Of two cardinal principles
Getting the right hand in.o the lead and
always leading from the weak hand &c
the strong. When a fnesse must Ia
taken in order TO get the required mum
Der OF tricks. arrangement must W
made for these Two things. and the,
have TO De made early In the hand
Here ~ a typical crse.
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White.

White TO play and win.
The distribution Of the pieces is:
Black men On :. 10. IS. IS and 20.
White nen on -. 81. 20 and 80 king on
IL. Important variations should be
given.
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There are no trumps and II is In the
lead. Y and z want four tricks against,
any defence.
TIL distribution of the cards IL as
follows:
Y has the queen three deuce OF hearts {:
Jack ten seven Of diamonds king and
nine of spades no clubs,
A has the Jack ten nine OF hearts (;
jack OF clubs queen nine eight six Of
diamonds; no spades.
b has the king six OF hearts ace nine
OF clubs three of diamonds ace queen
and five OF spades.
Il has the ace five -four Of hearts six
five Of clubs ace of diamonds seven
and six OF spades,
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in the Anal mounts being always IS %.
Let X denote the number OF horses
purchased, Y the number Of bullocks.
Then from the statement Of tho case
6 s6i.y+Si. ...,,....,....u
Each side Of this equation must be In
,egral. hen II Z denote any integer We
must have
y-fZ+c
Substituting for y equation CD be-
comes
S6X a65I y a01
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II at "a" black plays $50. we get
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The flaw In this soiution In blacks
weak move at Sc" The proper defence
Is 29-25. upon which this follows:
lid OH
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John Barlcycorn and Twentieth Cen
tury TRANSFORMATION

They had Transportation Parade
the other day at the San Francisco EX-
position. 1t showed the development
Of transportation facilities from
Adams time TO the present. In the
railroad section a water wagon"
evoked continued demonstrations Of
approval from the spectators. Quoted
upon it was Rule c. and the invita-
ton to Climb on"
Because two fingers of red liquor
can turn ten million dollar safety
block-signal into a ten-million dollar
waste of money Rule G was framed,
said Rufus Steele in Keeping John
Barleycorn off the train" This rule
worded by the American Railroad AS
ISOLATION and in force in every rail-
road in the country, reads as follows:
THE use of intoxicants by employees
while on duty is prohibited. Their
use, or the frequenting Of places where
they are sold is sufficient cause for
dismissal"
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Y. M. C. A. NOTES

Monday afternoon, July r. an auto
hike to the east end of Long lake
will be enjoyed by men and boys from
Belding, Orleans, Ionia and Palo This
is an event in place of the relay race.
Upon arrival at the lake a game OF
volley ball between the men and boys
will be pulled off; then short relay
races between the boys of the different
towns some dashes, and ball game.
Then each auto load will fry their
beefsteak and enjoy the supper time.
Every Bedding boy and man is urg-
ed to come-bring supper.
Room for only eleven more boys
at camp. Five boys are already en-
rolled.
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Red Raspbcrrics and Currants

Red raspberries make fine jelly,
and are especially nice combined with
currants in jelly and preserves. When
combining for canning, use half and
half OF each kind of fruit In max
ing jelly, use one-third currant juice
and two-thirds red raspberry juice,
In making raspberry jam you can
use two-thirds red raspberries and
one-third currants. In making the
above jam use three-fourths of a
pound Of sugar to ! pound Of fruit,
and in making the jelly use ! pound
of sugar TO each pound OF fruit
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Keeping Stockings Mated

a good idea to Keep stockings pro-
perly mated would be to sew on a
small dress snapper, one part on each
stocking, then before sending them TO
the laundry to clasp them together.
This would often save time and much
annoyance when they are returned.
When the case is completed it
should have a piece of ribbon sewed
on each side, then when rolled the
case may be tied together and slipped
into the back of the drawer. This is
a better method of caring for the
stockings than of slipping them into
a drawer, or even into the old fash
Toned stocking bag, since you have no
bags about catching any dust or
germs which may be flying through
the air.
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White and Gold OmeIct

Have two bowls, break eggs. sepa-
rating the whites and yolks and plac-
ing in the separate bowls, allowing
one or two yolks and season well with
salt and pepper. Beat the whites un-
til stiff. and cut the yolks carefully
and gradually into the whites Now
have an iron skillet hot and thorough
ly well buttered pour i'm the omelet
mixture, reduce the heat and slowly
brown, lifting frequently 10 be sure
it does not scorch. When sides and
bottom are finished, place in the oven
in a steady heat until we'll raised and
dry. Cut i'm half and fold. transfer
to a hot platter, garnish and serve.