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Rain Prevents Polo Games.

PHILADELPHIA. Juno 11.-Owing to the
soft and poor condition Of the polo fields
al the Philadelphia Country Club and
Bryn Mawr. the special matches ar
ranged for this afternoon We're declared
of. Tho Bala quartet was to have
clashed with the Bryn Mawr II ecbooters,
while Devon and Bryn Mawr first were
10 oompete on the main line.
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IN addition 10 the big silver trophy
there are cash awards 10 he given TO TN"
winning drivers. These have now
reached the sum NJ s13.jo0. of which the
Goodrich Tire Company has given $40
900 and the Bosch Magnetic Company
the balance. In addition to the big
trophy. This sum, Il Is believed by the
A. A. A. officials. will be augmented as
the season advances by other cash do
nations from automobile accessory con-
Germs.
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PAIGE EXECUTIVES INSPECT.
visit Plants Where Motors ana
Yaeta Are Made.

Inspection under the policy used by the
Paige Detroit Motor Car Company is some
thing more than a matter OF pcrfunctory
factory routine. Inspection Of parts and
supplies begins az the source and 4. not
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There are no trumps and Y is In the
lead. Y and z want all SIX tricks
against any defence.
The solution Is for T. to lead Both his
winning clubs. the object being to force
a discard from a before vs. discard be-
comes important. rs hand being prac-
tically GU, If the running. rs he has no
rcentry.
ON the frs, club lead Y discards a
small diamond and on the second trick
he adjusts his discard to As. II \
lets go a heart the rest is easy. as Y
Will give up the Jack OF hearts, leaving
4 a clear road to make three tricks in
that suit.
But II A discards a diamond y must
give tp the ace 81 spades 50 rs TO got
another line ON As defence Nefore te
gives NJ the Jack of hearts. which might
be needed for reentry. This allows Il to
lead the i've OF spades Cor the third
trick and \ must discard again
II A lets &c a heart At this stage Y
gives up the Jack and again z Viii have
n sure thing FOR the remainder Of the
tricks. with the lead still in his own
ham but II 4 now sheds another dil-
mond. leaving himself with only II #
that suit. Y must also discard a did-
nond So as To get IN with the jack ~
hearts and make two tricks
with the king and -four.
Her. is another problem fcr The be-
ginners' class by the same composer hs
No. 3Sl, but the solution depends on the
employment of entirely different tactics.
BRIDGE PROBLEM no. 3S3.
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN
READERS TO SOLVE
Warm weather Practice IN
End Games for Beginners
at Bridge.
CLEVER CHECKER PLAYS

Bridge problem No. ISL. by r. +.
Foster. is described by o.. II. Boston as
the first of the warm weather series. this
being he season when solvers want
something which Is interesting and in
structive without being so difficult as to
require several hours study before one
In sure of the solution.
For the beginner five or six card
problems are particularly useful. as It
IL In the last -four or Ave tricks Of the
ordinary rubber that most of the mis-
takes are made BY those who are not
expert in end games. a little practice
in solving nve card problems will proba-
bly, do more to improve a players game
than anything else.
Here is the distribution in No. ISL
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has any of that suit or not what he
wants il outside holm
On the three club contract Y was set
Cor one trick. as A led the trump on
the theory THAT the rest of his hand
was a no ~ruuupe Io won the diamond
lead. made two tricks IN hearts and
then led another 1 mond Il making
a trump. Had y oyertaken the lack
OF ,rumps on tho ars, .rick the result
would have been ,be same. as rs ten
of clubs would have been good. The
ace Of shades sets the contract.
This is a had assist IN va mart. No
good PLAYER wants 10 struggle 'or eleven
TRICKS n he is 81, ronu enough 20 preycnt
his opponen,s from getting eleven tricks
in the other minor .s,,it v shou,d have
left the two diamonds alone. IL is n
fair sample OF the sermon In THE SrN
last week When vou have driven your
{ pponents into n minor suit that cannot
no game. leave them with IL unless YOU
bave game In a moior s,,it.
Trio b%erinner should observe this
great difference bc,ween original bids
of two I'm major and IN minor suits. In
n major suit the plnyer wants to 20
game. and NAV have all kinds OF tricks
outside the suit itself. In n two trick
hid on n minor sul,. on the contrary.
the player has nothing but, the suit,
II he had any sure tricks outside he
would 90 no trumps This Is the weak.
ness tina, the mariner mus, allow for.
The Interesting situation arose AT tho
only ,abl. nj which 4 doubled the orig
ina, bid of two clubs. while this looks
like asking the par,ner TO do the inn
possible IL also commands him not to
leave A In tho lurch with the double.
Y belonved tn III, school Of MIA v,rs
who mass the buck when the adversary
or the riph, doubles. knowing that the
fourth hand mus, reopen the bidding Y
knows that ~ n hicks a su,; no viil neyer
60 game in II. ayains, ys cards and Z's
clubs.
"a ,ool, n c,,nco that so,r IN tho tan
would stop the clubs and wen, TWO mo
,ruups. In his assumption he was cor.
roc, His ton ~ clubs did atom I'M,
suit. I'm, n, was SO, IN tho contr,c,
IN so,,e Of his ~s,orncr nc = mad. ,breo
club tricks a, once and uo, n discard
from, v
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There are no trunps and y is in
the lead. y and Il want -four tricks
against any defence
The distribution Of the cards is as
follows
Y has III" ten nine eight Of clubs, 49,"
and seven of diamonds and the queen
of spades 80 hearts.
\ has the tack six four ~ clubs. ten
and five of diamonds. six of spades no
hearts.
Il has the king nine OF hearts, queen
three deuce OF diamonds and tn. fvc
Of spades no CLUBS.
u has the Jack eight three deuce of
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No one has solved tho baseball puzzle
80 far \ number OF solutions have
come 20 hand that give a circle, some Of
IN. pieces being inside the periphery
and so.n. outside, while others describe
a r!ro', and paste the pieces along It's
edge. but they do NOT offer any demon
stratiCu that the circumference il exact.
When th" problem is correctly solved
there can lee 10 doubt about It's ac-
su;acy. SD sUlv"rs viii ave another two
week. II try their hands on IL
VITA regard Ia the knights tour prob
lena last week. sever. th!hk they have
seen II before, and doubt Mr.. Bers-
holts claim Ia originality. But the pub
iishcd part * only half :hc problem. and
the original part Of II Will appear as
soon as tn" tour f'r the two halves is
found Solvers viii then be quite Will
inE To- S!'" Nj. licrsho!t credit for an
interesting ha'f hour.
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THRILLS AT NIAGARA

utoS; and Thu allows f,r half speed
when reaching the mos stirring part
uf the run.
The vehicle has "A length Of twenty
-four feet. a hrradta ~ something
mur, than ten feet and ompty
Weighs three and one half tons.
Seats are provided for twcnty-iour
passenger. aud there t. standing room
for tw,uiy-nn" more in a raised aisle
IN ~" ""ntr" nf the transporter. Win
the car fuzzy laden Tie load upon the
SIX supporting cables amounts To
seven tons.
All six of the rail cables are Sc
curclN anchor Il at the Colts Point
end Of tn" line, but at tn" opposite
terminal M Thumpsou's Point each
cable passes owe IT. own big crouvcd
wheel dad then IS attached to a coun-
torw ig't weighlnE ten tons, fee TO
move lp and dowu a distance of nj
teen feet. In this way all Of the coun-
torw"'Ghts rise and fall in unison and
Regulate automatically the Sa; or the
cables ~agrccah'N To- tho varying nun-
her Of Passengers or load on the ear.
Agnin, should a sirg'' cable break il
would not o%ndangnr the car in transit,
becnusc the remaining cables would he
amply strong to bear the load,
The car Is drawn from side 10 side
by means of a traction cable operated
by AN electric motor, should this
motor break down or currcn, fan, "A
small %sasolcnc engine is available for
emergency service. Everything has
been carefully worked out to insure
an nmpl" margin of safety, i:xclu-
SiNc of engineering and other
ana the cost of the ear, which wa
bull, in spain, the installation and
construction of the galloway have IN
volvcd an outlay Of nearly 500. 600.
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The problem is 10 discover how many
d n"ront paths cach ~ these knights
might follow, each different from the
oth"r, SO a. to arrive at one or other
of ia" four squares which are marked
with the dots, and from which positions
y" m,sht cry CHECK - TO the adverse
king
The knights are not allowed TO move
h1 'kwird. but may go As far to the side
a. they please. provided they are ad-
Nancing toward the goal. In the puzzle
of the checker paths there were four
starting points IN this there IL only
one starting point for each knight. from
his own square, but there are -four
finishing points,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
A NY ONE hankerina for the SEN
"A sational this summer can cross
fhp k'lirlpnn' ~ \'uulr, Rails

the Whirlpool at Niagara Falls
IN midair, He can do this 10y wire
rope, or, To hc more exact, upon half
a dozen steel cables that look thin
enough to add to the thrills aroused
by n view of tn" swirling waters he
meath. The trip has all the seeming
elements Of peril For once Yankee
enterprise is not responsible. spanish
engineers and capitalists have put the
project through.
The installation at NIAGARA Fails is
tie second of it's Kind in the world
and Is considerably more ambitious
than its prototype. a few years ago
the pioneer galloway for PASSENGER
service was Installed at san Seoastian,
Spain. ana formed a link in a trolley
service which was abruptly halted hy
n deep and broad gorge. The ubjrr-
tive was an otherwise inaccessible
point that commanded n wonderful
view ~ the BAY of Biscay, 1t was
necessary To span an interval Of 9l9
fee and to negotiate u rise Of ninety
two feet,
During the six years that have
passed the San Sebastian aerocar has
carried annually in the ncighborhoud
OF 10000 passengers, and this DIES ite
the fact that the aerial vehicle holds
but fourteen persons besides the con-
duCtur, The experience gained 1T
San Sebastian led to the Niagara
Falls project. From the terminals at
Thompson's and Colts Points the
Niagara car has n run Of l,soO feet.
and al the lowest uoint I'm tho SAG ,r
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AxQes Ia al S1oAS
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tAe+ z I109
90 J 10 80
az
QAI
tKo7

y nenlt oul md tWO hcnrts Many
rl.y.rs h,liay, thn, i. Is good valley
., MI ,,a,,r ,ui,s ,i,hnn, ~. tan i,
Won have enough outside to nil mn the
hole /, 9, aL,,t.,aJi, h,I ,,iI., 90
o. 90 ro ,r,rns uhar ,ou - , 20 tar
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49, ,ah,a p 1II n", h.uo,. T., ,ht,
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r",,n n.', A. 49,.
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'ff nun iNiiF
TIL" interest displayed in the puzzle
Of the checker paths hy Harry !.
Sayles. the -olution ~ which was
printed In 'rHE SvN on March - last.
has prompted Mason u. Frat Of Bait
more to- offcr one " the same character
for II" cracks to puzzle over. but he
has shifted the scene " acton to the
c~N"ssboart
bu one side Of tho board stand two
knights, which are technically known
AZ ihe Kings knight and the queens
knight, each helms upon his own square
ON the opposite side of the board Is a
King. which may be upon either OF the
middle squares. according To- his color.
his color not affcCtiug the solution Of the
problem.
\ mig moves two squares in any
direction and then one square at right
angles. o. one qua first and then two.
II he TODD upon any Of the four black
dots he would be a knights move from
the king
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Moving the clock an hour orwar,l
has produced curious incidents IN
fAisland' The story is told Of a dairy
nan VINO announced to a customer n
sunday morning that he could leave
oniy half the usual quantity Of milk.
The clocks have all been moved up"
ne explained. "and I've had to hay.
my COWS MIXED an hour earlier han
usual The result was they refused 10
ave me more than fifteen sxllons
whereas should have got twenty.siy
or ~twenty-seven gallons"
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Frank II. Hitchcock, whose work az
"A Warwick has been recalled by his
prc-convention activities this year.
also is the son of a clergyman. lie ex-
pected To study law after his gradua-
ton from Harvard. but going TO
Washington became chief clerk to the
man who was experimenting the
construction OF the new pos, Office
building. Then he went to the A.gri-
cultural Department and later became
chief clerk to George Il. Cortelyou.
when the latter was secretary of the
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
He helped cortelyou elect Roosevelt.
and when Cortelyou returned TO Wash
ington as Postmaster General he be-
anne first assistant. He resigned to Ia Ike
charge Of Taft's first campaign and
was chairman OF the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee. During the Taft
Administration he was Postmaster
General. Mr.. Hitchcock says politics
ls an attractive game FOR young men.
and In his o~n case he has proved the
statement.
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dealt and bid two clubs. At some
tables A Did two diamonds and Y v,n,
20 Two no tTumps, Az the cards lie, Y
annot make two no trumps. because
A must make " diamonds. two SPADES
aud two hearts, as Z can lead from his
hand 10 Y's only once.
AZ one table Y assisted tho clubs. AL
thousn ne haa only one In his hand, bid
ding three over two diamonds. His
theory Is that when the dealer lids Two
he does not care whether his partner
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Black.
I,'hItc.

Black 20 play and win.
The distribution Of the pieces Is
RlacE men on !, s. = and II llug on %.
White men on II. Is. II, - and -
no kings.
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Listening In on the telephone Is not
a new thing, nor IS 1t peculiar TO New
York. \ newspaper correspondent in
Dover. England, was summoned under
the defence Of the realm act the other
day for attempting to elicit informh-
Ito and for communicating Informal
tlon concerning the movement and dis
position Of troops which might he OF
use to England's enemies. The defend
ant, 1t Was alleged, gave important in
formation To- a prNSs agency oNer the
telephone. In accordance Nith instruc-
tions the telephone supervisor listened
10 the conversation and took 1t down
In writing For the defence, however.
Il was cont-nded that tn" information
wa commonplace. The magistrates
upheld this view n dismissed the
summons.
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Denmark has hit upon an original
method uf celebrating the Shakespeare
precautionary The Danish Authors
Society purposes t. give early next
month "A performance of Hamlet
NJ the Castle of Els!nor", tn" scene IF
the Hamlet legend. The existing
kronborg Castle was erected CEN
turtles later than any date which can
h" assigned To the historic Hamlet.
but il has been argued that shake
spcare may have had an earlier krun-
berg Castle IN mind when he wrote the
play, and may even have visited the
castle himself. \ Danish scholar VII
make an address and a piece of old
Danish music which has been found In
the British Museum will he played.
man in active service in the war Is
one of the German commanders
around Nerdun. Now the yuunges,
man in the ka!sor's Government has
been promoted In the second highest
civil post. Dr. Helrerlch, the recently
appointed Home Secretary AMI Vice
Chancellor, is only +3 Hr!ncrich H.
"A Rhinelanhcr by birth and up 4.
seventeen years ago was professor Of
political science in the University of
Berlin. After leaving that post he be-
came a colonial and economic special.
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the jungle, and Got the elephant to
fight the tiger"
There appears to be evidence to sup
port the belief that Mast created not
only the elephant but also the tiger
and the Democratic donkey as well
the donkey in January. 1870; basing
the selection on the Democratic party's
reputed ability to do tie wrong thing
so carefully and persistently. The
tiger as an attribute OF Tafhmany is
shown by unofficial records to date
! from Twecd's downfall in 1871. Engine
Company No. G. Of which Tweed had
been a foreman. carried a stuffed tiger
on it's engine. though the reason is not
crusade against the Tweed ring. hav-
ing In mind Tweed's connection both
with the volunteer fire department and
with Tammany. symoolizcd the latter
in his cartoons az a tiger.
In November. 1874, 1t IS related. the
elephant was introduced in Hdrpcr's
weekly by Mast to represent the Re
publican vote, which at that tint ap-
poared to zoe tim!d and unmanageable.
For the same reason It became the
party emblem soon aftsc. When Col.
Roosevelt. arriving in Ch!~ago for the
Republican convention OF 1912. was
| questioned by a newspaper reporter he
said: Il feel like a bull moose.
Hence the adoption of the moose to
represent the national Progressive
uarty when IL came into existence. The
sci, ction of the camel rs the emblem
a. the Prohibitionists needs no expla-
nation. bearing in mind that beasts
well known ability TO go for a long
time without a drink.
There was no dearth Of prayer. at
either II the conventions last week n
clergyman was provided for each hall
every day, and similar provision has
been made for the Democratic con-
vent!on in ST. Louis this week. II was
In connection with the Republican con-
yention OF four years ~ hat this
incident was related: A little hoy in
the gallery was Impressed by the garb
Of ono OF the men on the platform,
! Who Is that man, father" he asked.
That" said the father. rs the preacher
| who offers prayer at the beginning OF
every session And what does ne
! pray for?" persisted the child. "poes
he pray for the delegates NO. my
boy" was the reply; 'he stands up
and looks around the hall and sees the
delegates sitting there In the COM
Portable chairs and then he prays for
the country"
The chaplain who opens the daily
sessions Of the British House % Com
mons appears always in white SIX
robes and white kid gloves. He enters
tho chamber with the Speaker and each
bows twice to the House as they pro-
ceed 10 the table. Then, as they stand
together. the Speaker on the right, the
chaplain reads the special prayers APP
pointed for the occasion. h members
also standing. When he has finished
the chaplain r%etires, walking back
ward and hosying as he leaves the
chamber. AZ he passes GU. an attend
ant calls. Prayers are over and the
House proceeds to tho transaction of
business.
Listening In on the telephone Is not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

When Charles Evans Hughes was
nominated for Governor of New York,
ten years ago, his father. the Rev. Da-
vid c.. Hughes, said of him: although
he now denies the allegation. my son
was really precocious. When he was
not yet 1 years old he could read read
lily. and when he was > he was very
anxious to go to school. At first he
came back from the school house with
glowing accounts of his experiences.
but inside Of two weeks We noticed
that "A change had come over his spir-
It's. one afternoon he walked into my
study and handed me "A papcr on which
lie had written. Charles l.. HuGhess
PA Of Study Father he said. i
don't want to go to school n more.
The scholars are very slow In getting
their lessons and the teacher goes over
the same thing time after time.
would like to study at home with you
ant mother. and ! am sure ] would
have more time to play That was
the last OF Charles school attendance
for some years. His mother taught
him the elementary branches and
finally French and German. and later
J instructed him In Greek and Latin"
And Charles T.. Hughes entered coll
lcgc at II.
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w IHY. when and where did the
w elephant become the trade.
mark Of the O.. q. p? This

w elephant become the trade.
mark Of the q. o. p? This
question p%ropounded to n
number Of leading Republicans at a
former national convention revealed
the fact that few had any but the most
hazy idea how or when the emblem
came to he adopted. Chaunccy NJ.
Dcpcw. who is said 10 have attended
every Republican gathering since 1856
he was In Chicago again last week
said frankly that he didn't know: but
he believed the elephant frs, appeared
on the stage in the Harrison campaign
Of 'SS. Senator Lodge OF Massachu-
sets answered: "If | were 10 make a
guess ! would lay the invention on
Tom Mast OF Hdrpcr's. I believe that
the creation was the result Of the
adoption Of the tiger by Tammany.
We couldn't let them show us dust and
We went right to their own territory.
the jungle, and Got the elephant to
fight the tiger"
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AROUND IN
WAKE OF THE NEWS

ist at tho Foreign Office. While deal
ing with the Near Eastern interests If
the country he became associated with
the Deutsches Bank. which was inanc-
ing the Anatolian railways. He be-
came a director of the bank eight
years ago. and as such had much to
do with outlining the Anatolian and
particularly the Bagdad enterprise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-25
Carriaue Business Holds LIN We'll

In spite of the wonderful run on au-
t0mobiles which has only been equaled
by the similar sale of bicycles decade
ago, the carriage business holds up and
the manufacturers predict very salts
factory season In 1919, according to a
Syracuse, n. Y, dealer I'm carriages
and wagons.
THE elaborate type Of surrey and
station wagons are no longer a re-
quirement," said this dealer, but the
serviceable road wagon and vehicles
for hauling heavy loads are much IN
demand. The automobile has In many
cases replaced the horse, but the price
for good animals is higher than IL was
ten years ago, and the same applies
TO wagons.
Those who maintain stables In spite
Of the automobile are buying harness
Of the same standard used years ago.
It Is quite likely that horse-drawn We
hicles will never return TO their former
popular favor, but they are passing out
Of use much more slowly than the
average individual realizes"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-25
WILL ASK BLOOD FROM 700
mixed TO Aid In Securing Anti
paralysis Serum.

New York. Aug. 21.-The organiza-
ton Of committee Of citizens to raise
a fund Of $4,000 to defray the expenses
Of obtaining blood from persons In this
city who have recovered from attacks
Of infantile paralysis was announced.
From this blOo6 a serum Is extracted
which Is believed by DR.. Abraham
Zingher o. Willard Parker hospital TO
be efficaclous in the treatment of the
disease II administered In Its early
stages.
The movement has the Endorsement
of the department OF health, but Ii is
being prosecuted by volunteers. The
citizens committee has obtained the
names of about 700 persons in this city
V'ho have had poliomyelitis and will
send letters to them asking them to
contribute TO the battle against the
epidemic. To those who can be reached
I'm no other way surgeons will be se.nt
and the operation for taking the blood
Will be performed I'm their homes.