Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24

battleships Of the I'm class and one super.
dreadnought Of the In class
"'And how many cruisers, torpedo boats
and destroyers should he cay we sunkP Won
Tirpits asks.
Let him use his own discretion the
Kaiser says, and so soon as Won Reventlow
hears that he has n free hand, he goes to
work and sinks the Shark, the HaddoclS,
the Bluensh the Maatjes Herring, the Ap.
petitsild and ten other cruisers of the Fish
class and from ALA to Ala Of torpedo
boats in the Party Wire class"
''You are judging this here sea fight from
what the English Is giving out" Birsky
commented,
"oser stuck" Zapp declared 81 am
Judging It according TO the Law OF Proba-
bllitles which means that II two parties
tell different stories about the same
Gesohichte, Brsky, the chances is hun.
dred to one that they are both lying I
don't believe that the English sunk all them
ships Of the Mineral Water class any more
as l believe Germany's fish story about all
the English cruisers she got away with,
aber when L read IL In tho YorlSvllle Frete
Presso and the Brooklyner Morgenbidtt
what n dummer Eset the English admiral
was because during the first part Of the
battle when he found himself fighting one
to three against the Germans he didn't
DeschUindt beat Il away, yunderstand, and
what a smart Teller the German admiral
was because In the second part of the bat
tie when more English boats come along,
he turned and run for his life back to VII.
helmshaven. understand me, then all got
to say ls Blrsky, that in order to approve
Of everybody hanging out flags for such a
victory you've got to be In the flag and
bunting business selling principally to the
German trade"
"Abor what did you expect the German
admiral TO do2" Birsl<y asked stay there
and let the English give him Mdkkds"
Did l say l expected such a thing OF
German admral?' zapp demanded From
an English admiral oder an American nd
miral yes; dbor German admiral, that's
something else again. with our soldiers
and sailors, Birsky, we amt looking so
much for speed for endurance"
"well, tho way l see this thing, Zapp,
the Yorkville Froie Presse was right"
Birslty said. "The German admiral al
ready won In the first part of the battle
why should he walt to take chances on the
second part?'
'If you got them idees, Birslxy," Zapp
said, you should ought to run n School for
Card Players in the Sunday edition Of a
German-Amerlcan newspaper. It goes like
this:
Auction Pinochle. three handed, A
b and @ are playing ten cents n hun
dred, spades double At half past
nne A is ahead ten dollars, B and
losing five dollars apiece A wants to
quit, thereby busting up the game
Can her
Answer. why not?
Poker, six handed: A is banker and
having sold for twenty-five dollars
checks, he excuses himself to get q
drink of water. Six months later, one
of the players, meeting him In Chicago,
wants to break his neck or something
a. therefore, offers to compromise and
in the meantime to hold the money as
n basis for negotiations. What do you
adviser
Answer: 1t is sometimes done
Poker, seven handed: A is dealing.
He slips himself an acc off the bottom
of tho deck and makes three aces, there
by taking the pot. Ca) What is the
penalty and Cb) what becomes of the
pot2
Answer: (a) The players congratu-
late him in turn. beginning to the left
of the dealer. (b) He keeps It,
Tho trouble with you Is you are preju.