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The bidding IL one spade BY 2, doubled
by A n redoubied by Y.
AS double . no trumper.
except for his inability to stop the spade
suit. Us redouble announces the same
hin a fine assisting hand. but nothing
ir spades. II Y held anything in spades
he would pass the buck M wait for
BIS take out.
As AS double asks his partner to go
no trumps II he can stop the spades. that
Is BIS best bid. But when Is goes to no
trump over US redouble OF the suit he
gives z a hint as to- how to play the
hand. whether the no trumpcr Is doubled
or not.
II Y Is pretty well hxed elsewhere but
has nothing In spades Y will try to get
him In. no that he may lead spades
through Il. II z guesses the club and
A plays the Jack Y gets In and leads the
spade eight. d may as well put ON the
ace, or z will overtake and continue.
Now the heart inesse goes to Y s queen
and no leads the king Of diamonds. al
lowing a to clear the hearts. Four
spade tricks for z and the club queen
for 7 will then leave u two tricks shy
o: his contract. II 2 guesses the dia-
mond opening. instead OF the club. II
might turn out n trick worse for B. be-
cause Of tho difficulty Of dummy's dis
cards II 2 jumps for the first heart trick
and makes all his spades.
II Y does not r~edouhle. and z leads
his spade suit against BIS no trumper,
Mr.. Shepard says that contract canno;
be defeated. but II Is dlfhcult TO see how
Is is going to get the odd trick out Of 1,
against good play.
Il will probably pass the Arst round OF
spades and win the second will his ace
holding the ten guarded. Then he will
| open the clubs while dummy has every
suit stopped and Y has no spades to lead
through.
The fnesse Of the due Jack goes &C
rs king. and he leads Q diamond. This
allows A to make two club tricks and
lead another diamond. or 10 start the
hearts from the wrong hand and lose to
both queen and ace.
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CARD E

r. L, say We have a small bet that
although a blaze beats two pairs and
loses to threes 1, is harder 20 get a blaze
than both the other hands combined.
Exactly what Is meant by Combined
&. not clear. The odds against two pairs
pat are 20 to l. The odds against trip
let's pat are 4S 10 l. The odds against
two players having these two hands
would be abou go 20 /. while the odds
against any players holding a blaze are
30os 10 /.
TIE. in betting p. T. J. says: In
ners. $40. s7D and IS. b wins Arst
money with 81 runs. C and n have
IS each. while + has -. for which no
claims third money. Is this correct,
and Il 81 what disposition Is made Of
second money?
r. Is not IN Il At All. The three high
SCORES are made by n. c and u. B
takes frst prize. C and d divide ths
o third between them.
II. r. SAYS: Playing With q stripped
pack the dealer throws out tho twos,
threes and foyrs. but no one notices that
he did not sNufne the remainder OF the
pack. consequently four players get
phenomenal hands, Does tho best man
win the pot?
The only objection to the hands would
be on account Of a misdeal. There 10
no law 10 force any one to ehufne or
TO cut. and as all the players were
parties TO the oversight theirs seems TO
be no reason for them to complain n one
Of them came out ahead.
C,nch. c. Y. says: A bets that n
a player has ar exposed card on the
table and can get rid of II In tho
course Of play before II IL called for. no
further penalty remains. u bets It
should not be played until called.
B 10 only partly right. II tho exposed
GARD Ia a trump the adversartes may
prevent it's being played, but the holder
Of v is not liable for . revoke in Fuoh
. cas-
Auction Pinochle. G. II. G.. says :
Playing four hand. the dealer taking no
cards, he serves each player In turn and
then lays down the rest OF the pack,
having laid out for the widow on the
INST round. A asks how II happens
there are any cards left. All three
players nre two cards short. Cnn the
dealer give each two cards apiece and
let the deal stand? II and c have looked
al their hands. whale A 10 asking the
question.
The laws require the cards to be dealt
four at n time for three rounds and
then three. This could not have been
done, 80 It Is n m.sdeal.
r. n. says: We always play that IN
molding the four marriages and the
trump sequence II II the trump marriage
that Ia lost. and not one Of the plain
suits, why does THE u decide Differ
emily, and on what authority?
You are at liberty to play that way,
but II you bet pom tho correctness of
any meld It win be decided by the stand
ard laws ot the game, and not by your
local custom. There are some half dozen
books that give the avs of pinochie, and
they all agree in saying that Is the 20
that Is lost. not the 40. and that thee
six mslds are worth $40.
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The opening bid IL no trump. by T..
doubled by A and redoubled by Y. TIE
reasons underlying the bids are these
A can keep rs no trumper from going
game. but would rpther make some at
tempt to win the game himself. A this
cannot be done at no trumps and he has
nc strong suit declaration himself. no
encourages his partner to pick out .
suit.
This II he Patton Double.
To go back to Q convention that Ia
well known. when a player bids . suit
that 10 ovsrcalled by the second hand
and the third hand has more than two
tricks. he assists the original deciara-
ton.
When a player bids no trump ana 10
overcalled with a suit. second hand, II
the third hand has that suit stopped
twice and has O tric)' or two outside, he
doubles tho intervening bid. Under no
circumstance should no go back to no
trumps. That should be left to the
original declarsr. who a 20 back to
no trumps II he W MT to. without IN
creasins the contract This 10 supposed
to be known to every one with any
pretensions to being . bridge player.
BY combining these two rules We shall
md It a simple matter to get at q rule
that will cover the modern convention
Of the redouble. II q player bids no
trump and IL doubled by tho second
hand the only way that the third hand
can show ne has more than two tricks
10 to assist tho no trumper. The only
way he can assist Il IL to redoubls.
1t Ia an easy matter for the third hand
to appraise his cards. because Of the two
previous bids. The fourth hand may he
ignored n any singly guarded kings
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safe trick winners.
II We look at the hand Just given We
shall find that Us cards measure up to
this standard. He has two kings and
three queens, and II 10 easy for him 10
infer that all the aces must be between
2 and A. therefore rs hand should be
good for two tricks In clubs, one In
spades. and two chances In the red suits,
This 10 quite enough to Justify htm In
assisting his p~artner's no trumpef by
redoubling.
Now We come to the unfortunate
player to whom Mr.. Shepard does not
pay much attention. although no q the
pivot Of the play. the fourth hand. What
Ia he to do? He must take his partner
put. and the only bid he has 10 two
hearts. Had he bid two clubs instead
OF two hearts Y would have been in q
position TO double on his two shoppers.
Just as II It had been q second hand
bid. and no has tbs tricks outside.
Two interesting and instructive ques-
lions present themselves with regard to
his hand. What would happen II 2
was left to play the doubled and re-
doubled no trumper. and what would
happen to b II he declared two hearts?
Tho penalties At hearts n doubled
wouh probably b worth more THAI tn
gsmA. The sssultsef being lett WITH II
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There are no trumps and z Ia in the
lead. Y and z wan four tricks out Of
the I'VE against n defencA
Thu solution IL for 2 to lead ehe nve
Of diamonds, which B may either over
take or pass. II b wins the trick with
the ace his best play IL to return the
suit at once. putting z in. al that gives
Y the opportunity to discard incor-
rectly. A will. OF course. discard one
of his small hearts. and the only WIN
ming discard for Y Is the ten of clubs.
z now leads the ace Of clubs and A
finds himself obliged to pick his discard
ahead Of Y. II A lets go the spade Y
will shed the seven OF hearts. get In
with the queen of hearts and make a
spade trick. II A lets 70 another heart
both the hearts In Y's hand become good
for tricks.
II 3 allows T to hold the nrst trick
Of all with the nine Of diamonds the
! play Is shifted to tho other side OF the
spade, throwing A into the lead. while
Il lets go a club and 2 dlscards tho Jack
Of hearts.
Now A must lead ono Of his tor
hearts TO shut out the seven In Us hand
Y wins with the queen. This puts L
In the same fix that A found himself In
with regard to his discard at the third
trick in the first variation.
II u let's go another club both the
| clubs in rs hand are good ava . still
has tho ten "a lead. II - i.'f-'' the
ace of diamonds z will sh'l 'rc smaller
Of his two clubs and make the .as, trick
with the Jack OF diamonds.
The heart opaiRg will not solve. be
cause Y cannot get In 20 make IN,
queen II the Jack r allowed to win. and
II z follows with u dlnond r wins and
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Clubs are trumps and z is In the
lead. Y and z want all I've tricks
against any defence.
tn distribution Of the cards follows:
Y has the king and Ave OF trumps.
FOUR and deuce OF diamonds and the
eight OF spades no hearts.
a has the nine, seven. six Of hearts. ten
Of trumps n the three Of spades: no
diamonds.
d has the queen. eight, hve Of hearts.
Jack OF diamonds and Jack Of spades no
clubs.
Y has the king. ten. four OF hearts.
hing OF diamonds. and six of spades no
1lubs.
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white-lo Pieces.
White to play and mate In two moves.
SOLUTION TO NO On.
I. o-KG. Pro; 2. PIP. 90.
Other variations easy.
SOLUTION TO No. N.
I. R-Q, &c.
Solutions received to go and GIL from
REM Grcnthal, New York city; James
Rober,s. rh!iadsiph!a; Pa: John Borner.
BROOKLYN. y, y; john Fox. .Jr,.. New
York city. II. NJ. Ward. Tokcncke, Conn -:
7. i. Harvey, New York city; Joseph
s,ephsnson' Brooklyn. \, "; n Stern,
wi!iimaMtic, Conn n, J. Lane. New
n. y: j, +. Burrill. New York cite. "
solutions to GU resolved from Wv. o
l., r., New York city; BENJAMIN Fucker,
New York city, Edward u, Case, Hart.
ford; Conn; Raymond J. Kewssslnk,
Additional solutions received to sSs and
SOC from Alfonso Martinez. HsvanR, Cuba;
J E. Maced; Roseiis Park. n. j.; n. Stern.
brooklyn. ". Y.
A game played In the ehampionshtp
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ANOTHER WAR PRoBLEM.

Here Is . little puzzle that many per.
sons will probably insist cannot be
solved from the data given. but a II
was solved. and quito correctly. by an
officer of engineers In the British army
some reader Of THE Jul should be able
to do Il:
Somewhere in France" . line OF
trenches was running nearly parallel to
. river. and cut across the cofncr Of q
wall that enclosed some farm buildings
or what was left Of them. Orders came
70 run q trench through this enclosure
nearer the river.
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efCiLfAN DEFENCE.
CORRESPONDENTS

j. i. PoGEenburg. Jr., New York ci,y.-
lem. " P'"o-
=. Raymond J. Kcwassink, Baltimore. Md
y you VIII. forward the position properly
dihsrammed II shall be duly examined,
Forward also solution.
sig. Schulz, Long Island City-I. KtxP
en-. Hxkt. ch and you cannot continus
HM,Qs oh. just study I. R-RS and YOU
VIII md second move yourself.
p p. Harvey. New York city, main.
taIns that R-ki ch would not solve Sos
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Now black a win he man on 90 or
force an exchange that will give him the
move at The same time preventing the
white KIM from reaching the double COR
ncr.
II 10 usually dinicult TO md tho key
move among n number Of possible ones.
but when this Is complicated by the un-
certainty OF the object OF the play the
problem becomes harder still. Here II a
fine example Of this form Of composition.
The position 10 admittedly impossible.
u that IL allowable II It makes a good
problemt
go. Ssa, CHECKERS.
Rlack
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White oOreD-ll pieces.

"a, As long as the XII remains undevel.
opel, such an advance OF the KIP should
rave been omitted. BOZ ~as the correct
:. 10 This nne move, wht"h. seemingly,
lo.e. n pawn. /. The hes nnnx Of a far.
reaching sacrifice combination.
'cl II II. BPxKt, kt-Q4; l.. B-B4 and the
Fame would have been even.
d. The piih OF IN. tenth move.
,0 white takes care rot TO accent ,he
owes 4, WIN NO.. '' Sap: attack. G- iGT 'gP; nKis;:
wrong would have been u 80. BxP Oh; rs
X o. y. orc. oxP: 70. BxQ Brp oh. to he
followed by BxQ and black has three pawn
P-Q;; II fix, P-Qs; Is Kt-Ba. BsP:
g hiyR. o-o5: Z. Bxp, QxB Oh is. II or Kit
X, Bxp, &c III 10 P-Kt P-oi: IA Ki-R,.
Bxp; L. K-B2, -P-os ch: le k,xB, o. Oh:
Z K-Ht3. Q-Ks ch; u K-N, PxKt: 10
K X. il. Tr2'' Or " q q, ky IL n.o, r-f EEh, S Is.
o-R5. RNr en-. Ii. K-o... RxB n; 4
RSRs,, 20; Il. XXX. BsK, CHI; 10 K,B,
u Il now PxK,. black can also reply
those given in no,e tl could be ,rlayeT ii,
after ,pxXt. B-,D. white shouli continue
TIE exchange. would remain with thc gu.
peTI@r P or To,, a. y ai'cT , - PAX,
BxP: Il Skis, osh ch,.. Dap; i. R-B,:
P-Q5, Threatening Poe. g..
,gb Casting. instead. would have lost a
pawn, ~ can easI!y be scen.
IN OF course, the tak.ng OF the pAwn
would have lost the exchange.
PROBLEM 10 e7?-BY F., J. WINTER WOOD
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THOSE MAGIC SQUARES.

rHoer MAGIC sQUARDa.
SO man.. inquiries have been made M
to Just what Is meant by an associated
square and a "~pandlaPonal" that the
following definition by W. a. Andrews
should be Of interest to the large num-
Der ~ persons who have tried their
hands at these interesting puzzles, ever
In their simplest form Of only slxteen
cells:
Refsrr4ng d tho puzzle pubhshsA IN
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C BINDINGS.
Problem No. 39l. by W. J.. Wood, had
rather a peculiar key move. which was
not easy to discover with such a number
Of men on the board. This found. led
to a series Of Jumps from which there
was no possibility Of variation.
Tho distribution OF tho pieces was
Black men on 8. 6. S. "a and %, kings
on II and IS. White men on Is. 90. rs
and 20. kings on I. I. 10 and II. Black
TO play and win.
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White.
White to play and win.
Tho distribution of the pieces Is:
Black men on !. I. 8. a. IS. II, 10, 90
and rs king on 10. White men on O..
7. II. ~. Is. IS. ~, :s and 81 king
on 10.
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tourney q Duffaso b hsrswftA appended
RUIZ LOPEZ.
%PETRoFF's

me Following game. played IN the
cup contest tourney at Buffalo. was en-
tered for q brilliancy prize:
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PROBLEMS FOR sun
READERS TO SOLVE
Bridge and Checker Situations
Of Intcrest-New Battling
War Puzzle.

Problem No. 3s1. BY r. C. Mankowsk1
was another of those pretty little con.
ceits for which ne Is famous. the trar
In the solution being the offer OF ar
opportunity to make a mistake, and the
ingenious shifting Of a difficulty avoided
by one Of the adversaries to the Other
one.
Here 10 the distribution:
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money with me-" and Bill replied, A
right. but don't press tho limit too fur
I'm short my ownself."
Old man Greeniaw showed himself
still equal to the strain. though II wa
telling on him. He set out fresh
glasses, though he did It In automatic
fashion as II ne were thinking hard
So, as It presently appeared. he was.
The glasses were not yet all filled
when he addressed the stranger with
an eagerness which he tried vainiy
to hide.
"Tell yo what IN DO" no aad TT
Put up $50 ag'in yo' dawg an play
yo'all q freeze out TO him."
"Pduco 70 coin." said the stranger
briefly, and once moro tho old mar
turned away. to his cash drawer this
time.
Once more the stranger drained the
dogs glass, winking at Mr.. Pepper q
lie did Il. And Mr.. Pepper grinned.
But the old man took no notice thil
time. He slapped the $50 on the bal
and looked expectant.
The stranger hesitated. Il reckon
I'd rather trade n to play" no said
"If was to lose. I wouldn't have nc
cawg nor no money neither. Make II
800 an the dawg's yo'n."
He would have done better 20 havs
profe-sed wealth instead Of poverty
The old man was firm.
FIFTY or nothin'." ne said. and the
stranger took the money and startet
for the door. The dog started after
him. but he said sternly. "Iay down
Jack. Is done sold yo'all to this gent
"Oh, very we'll" said the dog. COINS
10 a corner and lying down. ~ al'ayi
reckoned yo'all was a gutter" And
he closed his eyes as II disguised.
THAR" exclaimed the old MAJ
gleefully. III reckon I got that thai
dog mighty cheap"
"Oh, I don't know" said M. Psppss
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24
Keep Good Things IN Circulation

package Rugged closely under their
arms, and gripped, a bag with both
hands-and inward toward the body,
she knew they were close-minded,
were, what she termed shut OUTS
they had to seek other theaters for
employment.
She showed herself keen observ-
er of character. The tight little Shut
out" never get very far, never do
much for themselves nor for anyone
else. They never circulate the good
things they have or know,
That kind of woman never repeats
compliment to its object. She says
she is afraid she might be considered
fatterer. Ms fattery is an insincere
compliment. How does she know that
John Gray's remark that:
Molly Haynes has prettier COM
plexion than any other girl in town.
isn't sincere? He may be mistaken.
But since he said it to Mrs. Tights
little shut out and not Molly Haynes,
herself, he probably meant it. Why
deprive Molly of the pleasure OF
knowing that one person thinks it.
1t may make for the permanent inn
provement of her complexion. She
may take better care Of it.
A woman visiting In a town told a
druggist that he had fine salesman
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24
Pers0 al GOSSIP Socleu Notes Womons Work Household Topics

rubber comforter should never be en-
ployed to keep it quiet. Neither
should it require some one to SIT
with it until it goes to sleep, or be
taken UP and brought into lighted
room because it happens to waken
up and cry.
These are all bad habits which are
quite unnecessary, and if once COM
menced are very difficult to break OFT.
1t should not be necessary either to
insist upon silence in the house after
the baby has gone to bed; the child
who has learned to sleep while talking
and even music is going on in any
adjoining room will soon sleep
through any sound, and not be easily
startled.
As the child grows Older the ques-
ton of accustoming him to sleep IN
the dark will also have to be con-
sidered. There will be no difficulty
on this score with healthy, normal
children who have been trained from
infancy to go to sleep almost as soon
as they are laid in their little cots, but
as the child grows older his powers of
Imagination become an important fac
tor to be reckoned with.
Some children are highly nervous
and subject to night terrors, although
patience and firmness on the part of
the mother will help a great deal
towards curing this condition, yet it
would be absolute cruelty to force a
child subject to nervous fears to sleep
in the dark.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24

in embryo in his new clerk. Why not
put that opinion in circulation? 1t
would give courage and confidence to
the boy, who lived in constant terror
OF mistakes, bad working condition.
And it would make the employer more
tolerant of the rockies blunders.
Don't be afraid to repeat compli-
ments. Be afraid of concealing them
They may be the stimulus life
needs. They may be the turning point
of life.
Lend your books, even though some
of them are not returned.
That faded dress upstairs? You
can't dye it since just now dyes are
nearly worthless you have outgrown
it. Give it to that smaller woman you
know, the sides Of whose purse gen
orally crowd each other because there
is nothing between, but who likes
pretty things and has rare knack
with the needle. She will freshen\ il
up and wearing it will freshen her.
Lend your own presence, now and
then, if it will help, or cheer, OF
strengthen some one. Maybe your
own home is a pleasanter spot. Per.
haps you would enjoy book or al
hour alone. You may have formed the
habit of staying at home and prefer
it at all times to any other place. Nc
doubt. But lend yourself. Put good
things into circulation. 1t is one Of
humanity's great duties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24
IChlIdren and
Their Sleep
By IRENE WESTON.

1t is very important that all chill
dren should be in bed at an early hour,
and that their hours should not be
upset, except under some very special
circumstances.
For the first three years bedtime
should not be later than $50 p. m.
Children of from to should be in
bed by J O'Clock, and then the time
for sitting up should be increased very
slowly until between the ages of IS
and IA the child is going to bed be-
tween $50 and o'clock.
An infant may be allowed to sleep
a great deal out of doors in its bas-
sinette. Be careful that this is placed
out of draught and sheltered from
the sun. The baby must always be in
lying-down position when sleeping;
when older and able to sit up, it must
on no account be allowed to sleep in
this position or injury may be caused
to the spine and neck.
The baby must be very comfortably
wrapped and placed on its side. 1t is
a good plan also to change the side
on which it sleeps and not to lay it
repeatedly in the same position.
A child should not be hushed or
rocked to sleep, and an empty india
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24
An Oriental Farmer Invoking the Blessing of Ziro

as forlorn as some other man whose
favorite horse chestnut had escaped
through hole in his pocket. Openly
he speaks of its archaeological inter-
est; secretly he cherishes the recollec-
ton that many centuries ago it was
shaped for goddess of benehcence,
and he doesn't laugh at that when he
is alone with the statue.
The idea that there. are super
human beings which foster the culti-
walton of the earth is very old one.
The intellectual Greeks and the prac-
teal Romans both had gods and god
desses who were the special patrons
and protectors of the farmers and the
guardians Of the fruits Of the earth,
such as Demeter or Cerus, Dionysips,
Bacchus, etc But there were older
earth dieties" than these. at
1t lis not improbable that some OF
the carved human figures Of prehis-
toric times represented gods and god.
desses believed to preside over the
chase and the first feeble attempts Of
men to make the earth feed him with
greater regularity and abundance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-24
By ADA PATTERSON.

Have you a circulating library in
your town?
A good thing for the town and for
everyone in it, isn't it? | have heard
many grouches discourse, have
heard fault finding about the men,
women, children, the weather, the
crops. the president, the war censor,
and the Maker of the Universe. But
| never heard anyone complain about
the public library.
That it broadens the vision OF all,
adds to the fund OF information Of all,
gives an impetus toward better and
higher things no one can deny. Life
is made more useful, as we'll as more
livable, by a new library in town. A
circulating library sends into the COM
munity good ideas, new ideas, help
full ideas,
Very well, being convinced that a
library is good thing, why not be a
circulating library yourselfl
A Joke? Not at all. am most
thoroughly in earnest. Good things
should be put into circulation.
| have known whole neighbor-
hood to be heartened by new idea,
strong, constructive idea, So have
you.
A lamcntcd philosopher said that
ideas are like hay, They become
musty if not shaken up. Discussing
an idea is shaking it up. ann not
inclined to counsel gale Of talk |
believe in doing My creed includes
great deal more than talking about
it, But. it doesn't require much talk
ing to start the golden coin of help
full idea on its rounds. Place it on the
counter and it will be on its way.
One of Americas greatest stars OF
the stage told me that when players
asked her for engagements she judged
them, not by their faces--they couldn',
help them. Nor by their figures
tailors or dressmakers could improve
them Not by their speech, that her
example and tuition could correct. She
judged them by the gestures they
made, Were those gestures, large
broad, free, all inclusivee She knew
that such persons had open minds
and generous thoughts, Their serv.
ices were available to her. II Their
gestures were small, if they held a