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II e. says: Spades are trumps and a
heart Is led. Dummy lays down Ave to
the ace king and plays the king. The
declarer discards a diamond. Upon get
ting into the dummy hand again. he
leads the ace OF hearts and discards
another diamo"d. At the end he turns
up with a small heart. Are the oppo-
ncnts entitled to GOO for two evoke or
only to 100. as the revoke is made in
the same suit each time?
The penalty Is 100 for each revoke,
regardless OF the fact that the revoke is
a repetition. why did not dummy ask
him If he had no hearts?
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Il. II says Three men cone in FOR
50 cents. the fourth man making 1t a
dollar to play, and all stay, The opener
drew three cards. showed a pair of
kings and threw his hand into the dis
card. r drew three cards and Clipped
: cents. g drew one and throw up his
hand n stood pat and raised II 80
cents, whereupon b spread his hand on
the table face up. showing three aces,
as If he were calling. u insists that as
Il did not call the raise before showing
his hand he is out OF II. hut Il main
tains that he can still call, as he Is in
turn to bet. u answers that he should
have been watching the game and should
have known he was raised. n took the
pot. The bet is a. to whether II Mas
sti,l in time 20 call.
II u lail down his hand under the
impression that he was calling n II Is
clear that he has not laid down his cards
with any intention Of passing out. and
q there is no penalty for any players
exposing as much Of his hand az he
p%lcases, T. can still call D's raise or even
raise him again as soon as his attention
j., drawn to the fact that II will cost him
81 cents more to see DIS hand, u had
no right to the pot.
J. y \, asks which Is the better hand
If two tlushes meet in the call one H.
I acc King high, the other Is Joker eight
+ iigi,. i bets the joker is higher than
the ace.
The Joker is nothing at all In itself
aud some card In the pack must u.
"
that can he named liz an acc. II Is clear
that the ace king flush will still beat
the ace eight flush.
W. r.. \. says Playing with thu
joker. \ shows a straight, king high
u LAYS down a straight, king high. IN
which the Joker takes the place OF thu
king. Which wins"
u.t,. ,.,l,l ,,,,l, rttL a.. ...ll...-
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\. l.. :. says: Dealer bids no trump.
Third hand holds Ave hearts to the king
ten. and two guarded kings. What
should he say?
Tao hoarfa
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outside the street door while the celc-
bration continued inside, after which
the man would be seen no more, until
finally none remained save the Squire,
Mr.. I'plpcr aud tie regular habltues
of the place.
Then Mr.. I;id.sdcll preached the sub
icct he had been CONSIDERING.
Les have y little Gahle,' he said,
looking at the Squire.
Les have a few mo drinks first
off, said Tho Squire promptly. And
old man Grr,nlaw set forth another
bottle ON IN" bar.
9Th amt no Injections To havin' mo
drinks" said Bia.sdoll pouring "ut Il
very small ON" for himself, but VAL
able time il b".n' lost. They en- hr
took while We plays IT, realized ~
did Elss.ti and W,ntorhottum and
l'earsnll. thai In" profits of the enter
ta,nment were all going to tho old
man. whereas thy all shared in tn"
proceeds at nOker.
lIut the squire. usually eager To
play. was ~ruriously hesitant, u like
unHer he admitted, hut when | drink
don't IKE nothin' to interfere with
IT,
Then. pcrcciving that the others
looked IN his rs "A suhtcrilgc, Il" con
timed: "BsIdcs that, am, got nu
mo- r,"r"r. " yo' all n I" sell m"
chin. on tick | wouldn't mind sctlin'
in"
Thu. lnsr was addressed to the old
man. vii" replied readily, "fo' credit
IN GOOD fn' al NU' wants At tn" har,
. S,iulrr. nul chips aiu'i merchandise.
TlIny's cash, an va cant, elect f. EN-
afterwards. 'curdin To law"
"Oh, he'll" said Blaisdcll, ana he
' went home.
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Daniel n Tompkins was ~vice-pres,-
lent of the United States In 1870. Re-
fore that h" had been Governor of New
York. can you or any ~ your readers
inform me what his middle name vas?
j. g. BENSON.
Search In a dozen or more places has
| not disclosed that he had any. Even his
contemporaries do not seem 10 give him
more than the initial. We have huowu
Of some instances whore there was a
hapS his was one.
Pleacc give me the address OF TN. rev
Spanish daily, Los Andes. q II. H.
Address Jorge L. Orozco, 1879 Broad
way, New York.
Who in the author Of: The mos; sat
isfactory form Of government IL an IN
tclligcnt oliearrhy"? Where does it ur-
cur? q. q. HOOP.
Can you inform me whether Rosw ell
smith. mentioned In THE SuN as the
founder of the Century Company, il
IDENTICAL with Roswell &. smith. the
author of SMITH New ,;rlnmar,' pub
/ lishrd by T.. IT. Butler y Company. Phil
/ $40 ilstis', - irb' ~ NJ ~ ' MAN.
NO. Roswell &. Smith was born IN
Franklin. Conn. In 1877 Roswell smith
Was born IN Lebanon, Conn, on March
20, 1872,
Exactly when did spring commence
this year" ARTHiE ia
March 20 at ) 40 y. NJ
What Was tine date OF the last per-
Torrance given at Nihln's Theatre. at
Broadway ana trinco street \. \. W
II was piycn in the evening, March %,
1899. Aftcr a performance of my Aunt
Rrideot' hN ,;""rcc W. Monroe and his
company actors ana audience Joined Ia
singing "Auld Lang Syne," The hestrur-
ton of the theatre was begun a few
hours later.
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They came in droves and f1ocks. the
half-dozen multiplied past counting by
divorce and remarriage and broods of
| children to mark the various alliances.
The house party went gayly on in happy
ignorance of the fact that Aunt Apple
hys chief abhorrence was divorce. And
out in the garden Reuben Rubenstein
was squirting socialistic fire and brim-
stone against the idle rich. The party
came to an end. The tribes departed.
Great Aunt Appleby died. And Reuben
Rubenstein. fourth assistant gardener,
was her heir. The comedy ends with
Reuben changed in the twinkkng of an
eye from arch enemy of the social order
to the most intrenched of plutocrats.
Illuminating against the demands of
abor. the tyranny of the pro}etariat.
Farce. like anything else. needs dilu-
ton. In its pure state-it is fatal.
GIBBY OF CLAMsHELL ALLEY. BY
Jasmine Stone van Dresser. Illus
trations by William van Dresser.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
This is a boy story. leading one in
the company of half a dozen lads with
Gibby at their head through the usual
range of adventure that boys are able
to create out of nothing at all. Aga
wan, New England fishing village,
looks like bare field-nothing much
there but fishing boats. and fishermen.
and clammers, and Granny and Burly
the bully, and the judge up on the hill.
Gfbby was a waif. but that fact did
not hinder his being very ingenious
lad that, in the course of time, eluded
Burley, who prosecuted him dreadfully
because he belonged to no one. He got
rid of Burley by adopting Granny and
going to live with her. Then he did
a turn of his own in the clam trade
and finally proved to be the real grand
son of the judge himself. All of this
gives a pretty good accounting for
Gibby. to say nothing of the fun he
and the other boys had claiming, and
digging for Indian relics in shell
mound. and doing the other numberless
things that boys always do. There is
wise good hoy story. It's dialect-that
is. the manner of talk supposed to
serve the purpose of communication in
New England fishing village-is so
persistent and so tiresome, since no
fone at all. save the judge. talks plain
English. that one feels his patience
faltering long before he learns of
Gibbys good fortune.
ANTWERP TO GALLIPOLI. By Arthur
Ruhl, author of The Other Ameri-
cans" etc. illustrated from photo
graphs New, York: Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
This is the record of year of war,
ION many fronts-and behind them"
1t is the first year of the war that is
pictured here from SO many points of
view. the year stretching between the
invasion of Belgium and the retreat of
Evening star., 1916-04-09
The Turpentine Workers.

N the Carolinas, whence most of the
turpentine is derived, tracts of tur-
pentine land are called "orcha rds. "
Early in the year, before the Juice
of the pine is ready to exude. the
trees are boxed The boxes are not
as the term would seem TO signify.
appenda ges attached to the outside OF
the tree. but are cuplike cavities cut
into the trunks about a foot from the
ground. They measure from ten TO
fourteen inches across. and are four
inches in width and seven in depth
Each of them is presumed to hold a
quart
Usually there are two and sometime es
even three or four such boxes to each
tree. The life of the pine, as of other
trees. is drawn from the soil through
the bark: hence it is necessary always
to leave an uncut strip of the bark
between the boxes The number of the
boxes depends. therefore. upon the
size of the tree and the width of the
intervening strips.
is made especially for the pur-
pose, measuring three inches across
the blade and nine inches in length.
having a handle which is bent several
degrees out of straight line, ordi-
narily to the right: but if the user
cuts handed it is bent toward
the left.
To one who has never used such an
ak it seems extremely awkward, and
the novice who handles it is apt to
come to grief In his hands it is a
kind of boomerang. and it is impos-
sible to determine just where it will
hit. An experienced cutter. however,
takes his position near a pine, gives
the ak peculiar swing. and in a few
moments has cut and cleaned out such
box as an inexperienced hand would
hardly hope to make with an hours
labor.
The box cutters work in gangs. each
gang being accompanied by scorer"
His duty it is to keep a record Of each
days work. Instead of using his name
the cutter is known by his number.
Many of the workmen are negroes.
AS the weather grows warmer the boxes
tree. and the first years product. being
the most valuable. is dipped out and kept
separate from that yielded by trees that
have been boxed in previous seasons. Aft
or time the running rapidly diminishes.
and then another small. steel pointed in
strument-the scraper-must be brought
into requiSition.
Beginning above the center of the box.
with one dextrous movement the workman
cuts cash through the bark extending
downward toward the corner of the box.
Then, beginning at the same point above.
he cuts another in the opposite direction.
the two giving the appearance when COM
pleted of an inverted V.
This process is repeated as often as
proves necessary. and over this scarifed
surface the crude tE-pentine finds its
way into the cup. Much of it Is thickened
by the heat of the sun before reaching
its destination. but is scraped off and.
with the rest. subjected to the process OF
distillation. That in the cups. being very
adhesive. is removed by means of fat
scoops The whole is placed in barrels and
taken to the distillery. Here the crude
product goes into the retort and comes out
as Spirits and rosin. which are convert
ed into the numerous commercial articles
with which all are familiar.
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for reading, and the methods employed
are only effective when there is real
sympathy on the part of the librarian
1t is always possible to arouse an in
terest in those readers who read only
fiction for other classes of books. The
book of on-fiction written in romantic
style will serve as first bait Some
times reader will borrow a book of
fiction for the first time. He or she
will ask for a good story without any
knowledge Of authors beyond a few
names familiar through FIVE and ten
cent paper-bound books so numerous
before the day of public libraries, dat
ing in this city from the opening Of this
building because. while the library ex-
listed before, il was too small to attract
ITO recommend history or biography
to such person would he to lose a
reader. Likewise a book by Henry
James in the hands of a newcomer who
asks for Mrs. Evans or the Duchess
would never be apt to bring the reader
back again. Many readers lack exten-
sive education, there have been few
bright spots in their lives, and these
airy, fairy Lillians. these artificial he
roes and heroines, appeal to their imag-
ination.
Frequently the readers pronounce
the book Just fine! and ask to have
another given them just like it. Then
the librarian finds a book Of little
higher grade. The position is some
thing like that of doctor and patient,
the medicine changes by degrees to
aver chronic disease.
IN Carrying on the work OF the circu-
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know it. Some day I go back and
marry her when | make something Of
myself.
However, the most important part
of a librarians work is by no means
confined to the information desk" con-
tinued Miss Finney. Indeed. in the
open shelf room there are even greater
opportunities for service. 1t is the OBJ
legation of every librarian to become a
friend of the people through helpful
aid, and to create an attractive atmos-
phere. In the open shelf room to know
the location Of the best sellers is not
all. A knowledge Of the contents of
many books is essential, for the ability
to give a reader few salient points of
a story will arouse interest. Also A
knowledge Of the contents of a book
makes it possible to At the book to the
borrower. Last year We had half-hour
STAFF meetings once week for this
very purpose. Two or three books
were reviewed and discussed.
1T is naturally the object of all
librarians to improve the public taste
Evening star., 1916-04-09
Boston's Sacred Goldfish.

| TT HE sacred Goldfish carved in wood
is to be seen on the walls of the
hall of representatives in the state
house at Boston. 1t occupies a place
of honor between two classic pillars
Immediately opposite the desk of the
speaker
Bostonians say that this is the oriei.
nal sacred Goldfish of the old colony.
and that it has had a place in the halls
of the lawmakers of ssachusetts for
over $50 years. II is a relic of the as
sembly hall that gave way to the pres.
ent statehouse. The following is the
origin generally assigned to 1t:
One Capt. John Welch of Boston was
the creator and carver of the famous
fish. In his time he was held to be a
wood carver of no mean ability. He
established himself in Lock square in
1141. member of the Ancient ana
Honorable Artillery Company, weIc,,
rose in time to its captaincy He was
called on to contribute to the decora-
tion of the colonial assembly hall.
and as at that period goldfish was the
colony's main article OF export. Welch
conceived the notion of immo-fa,i- = Z
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I'm THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. THE LIBRARY

|, but, thinking that he couldn't take the
book along. he paid an extra month s
rent in his old home in order that he
might stay and finish the book.
In addition to the stations. the cir
culating department has picture col
lection which last year had a circu-
lation of $4,000. These are used by the
schools. colleges. art clubs and Sunday
schools. and the collection is called
upon when a costume ball is planned.
In all this work Miss Finney is tre-
mendously interested, and her influence
is easily felt by the reflected attitude
of her assistants. Personality, express
ed by courtesy, and keen sympathy
with the public she considers a most
important quality of a librarian. Miss
Fnney was Wellesley girl, and has
been in library work since leaving col
lege. Fourteen years ago. when the
building was erected, she helped in its
organization.
Evening star., 1916-04-09
BOOKS RECEIVED.

OF MILITARY
SERVICE. BY Capt. Lincoln c.
Andrews. L. S. Cavalry. Prepared
under the supervision of Mai Gen
Leonard Wood. L. 3. A. Philadel-
phia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
MY FRIEND PHIL. BY Isabel Maud
Peacocke, Chicago: Rand McNal-
ly & Co.
"-I CONQUERED" BY Harold Ii
tus. With frontispiece in color by
Charles Nj Russell. Chicago: Rand
McNally & Co.
THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY: A
True Narrative Of the Supernatural.
By Walter Hubbell. Tenth edition
revised and enlarged. New York:
Brentanos.
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT
"MUNlCIPAL. BY Frank NJ. Sparks
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co.
SUBMARINES: Their Mechanism and
Operation. BY Frederick A. Talbot.
author of "Aeroplanes and Dirigibles
of War" etc. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott Co.
CURIOSlTIES IN PROVERBS: A Col
lection of Unusual AdaxcS. Maxims.
AphOrisms. Phrases and Other Popu-
lar Dfcta FROM Many Lands. Clas-
sifed and Arranged with AnnOta-
tiOns by Dwight Edwards Marvin.
New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons
LIVING THE RADIANT LIFE: Per-
sOnal Narrative. BY George Whar-
ton James. author of Quit from
Worrying" etc. Pasadena: sThe
Radiant Life Press.
HOME TO HIM'S MUVVER. BY Mar
garet Prescott Montague. New York:
F.. p. Dutton & Co.
SIDE-STEPPING ILL HEALTH. BY
Edwin F. Bowers. NJ. D. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
THE HEART OF THUNDER NOUN
TAIN. BY Edfrid A. Bingham.
With Frontispiece by Anton Otto
Fischer. BOSTON, Little, Brown &
Co.
vESPER TALKS TO GIRLS. BY Laura
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A. Knott. Boston: Houghton Mif-
fin Company.
GERMANY VS.. CIVILIZATION, Note.
ON the Atrocious War. BY William
Mifiin Company.
PRACTICAL ELECTRIC WIRING. BY
John NJ. Sharp. instructor in wiring
department, Blies Electrical School.
Illustrated. New York: n. Apple
ton & Co.
UNDER FIRE. BY Richard Parker.
Based on the drama of Roi Cooper
Megrue. author Of Under. Cover"
etc New York: The Macaulay
MISS AMERICAN DOLLARS; A Ro-
nance Of Travel. BY Paul Myron,
author of Our Chinese Chances"
etc. With original pictures by Fran
co.'s Olivier and other illustrations.
Milwaukee: Mid Nation Publishers
THE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE
SERIES-AT SCHOOL IN THE
PROMISED LAND; Or. the Story Of
Little Immigrant. BY Mary Antin.
Boston: Houton Miffin Company.
BREATHE AND BE WELL. BY Will
liam Lee Howard. NJ. D., author of
Sex Problems in Worry and
Work" etc. New York: Edward J.
Clode.
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO
HEAVEN; And Other Poems. BY
Nechel Lindsay. New York The
Macmillan Company.
BEHOLD THE WOMAN, A Tale of Re-
demptiOn. BY T. Everett HARE,
author of The Eternal Maiden
etc. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lppincott
Company.
WHEN MOTHER LETS Us CARPEN-
TER; Book Telling Boys and Girls
How to Make Many Useful and At
tractive Articles with Few Tools and
Mt n Small Expense. BY John d.
Adams. author of Metal Work and
Etching" etc. New York: Mofrat,
Yard g. Co.
WOLF's-BANE: Rhymes. BY John
Cowper Powys. New York: G.
Arnold Shaw.
DIAMONDS: 4 Study of the Factor.
That Govern Their Value. BY Frank
3. Wade. b. S.. author of "Founda-
tions Of Chemistry" New York: G.
p. Putnam's Sons
THE CASTLE OF CHEER. BY Charles
Henry Lerrigo. author of Doc Will
nams, etc. New York: Fleming
H. Revell Company.
THE PHANTOM HERD. By B. NJ.
Bower. author of THE Gringos," etc.
With frontispiece by Monte Crews.
Boston: Little. Brown & Co
| "MOTHER" IN VERSE AND PROSE: A
Book of Remembrance. Compiled by
Susan Tracy Rice Edited by Rob-
ert Haven Schauff1er. New York:
Moffat, Yard & Co.
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intends her to live even though she
hcSitates TO make clear declaration of
her intention.
DRIFTING WATERS. BY Rachel Swete
Mcnamara author of THE Fringe
! of the Desert" etc. New York: 6.
| p. Putnam'S Sons.
| There is either complete denial. or at
most generally reluctant admission
| that parent love-mother love. in par
| ticular-is ever tinged with the small
jealousies and petty monopoIizing in
stinct that is so common a part of love
| in the other relations of life. And yet,
every observing person knows that par
| ent love is of the stuff of all love. sub
| Ject to the same greatnesses and the
| same littlenesses. Rachel Mcnamara
| has used this motive as the foundation
| for her new novel Margaret Tudor,
embittered by the acts of faithless
husband whom she repudiated. creates
a clolstral SeCluSion for herself and
her little daughter. Within this soli-
tude she hungrly takes tribute of the
girl for the easement of her own hurt,
seeking an exclusive hold on the girls
love. coldly furious al suspected riffs
in her devotion. 1t is hard to keep a
situation of this kind within the range
of believahility. But this writer has
the matter so we'll in mind and in hand
that one is confirmed in the knowledge
that women can make their girls Suf-
fer horribly. just as Anne suffered here
with no thought ever of aScribng her
unha ppinesS to her adored mother. A
secret marriage is the logical outcome
OF this situation. a marriage which the
mother never suspects. For Miss Mac
namara, having the matter in her own
hands. sees to ii that the mother dies
before the absent young husband has
become completely alienated from his
wife. The story ends comfortably
enough. though in Anne's overstrained
conscience one almost fears that he
sees foreshadow'ing of the traits that
made Margaret Tudor so impossible,
though even at the same time love-
ly. Let us hope not for Anne is very
dear child who deserves a good deal
Evening star., 1916-04-09

the Russians after the fall of Warsaw.
Within this limit the writer sketches
hundreds of war scenes from both sides
Of the great conflict. Here are reco1-
lecttons of German trenches and Ger
man prison camps. here are innumer-
able war glimpses gathered along the
road to Constantinople. with sketches.
views and "reminiscences of Constan-
tinople itself. Mr.. Ruhl sees a great
deal as he moves along. he has vivid
way of writing. and. as much az one
may. he lightens the gloom by little
human touches Of kindness and even of
humor that flicker up here and there.
France. Germany. Belgium. Austria
furnish the various sources of this vivid
picture of the first year of the war.
THE MASTERING OF MEXICO. Told
After One Of the Conquistadores
and Various OF His Interpreters. By
kate Stephens. author of THE Greek
Spirit" etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
With Mexico in the foreground of
opportunely caught the spirit of pres
ent circumstance and put into these
ancient chroniclings the pulsebeat of
today.
Measured by time. four centuries
stand between her book and the orig
inal narrative. but so deftly has she
bridged the gulf that one gets. some
how, the impression that she has
brought back with her. in very person,
that Diaz del Castillo whose True
History of the Conquest of New Spain
was recorded with the forceful assur-
ance of one who helped to make that
history under the leadership of Cortes
knowing that only the student will
go to the archives of Guatemala for
eyeview of the old Conquistadore's an
nails. Miss Stephens explains in her
foreword that this book is for everyday
use, offered with full knowledge that
the veteran Spaniard wished nothing
taken from his work because all he
said was true. Beginning with How
We Discovered Yucatan.' the twenty
additional chapters are so many stages
of Spanish conquest, each given with a
detail that puts the favor of adventure
in every page. OF the two Saul-llke
figures that tower above the history of
MeXico's conquest, old DiaZ says OF
mighty Montezuma": "He was about
forty years of age. tall and had a slen-
der body of beautiful proportion; fine
eyes which reflected his moods of ten
derness and gravity. He bathed every
afternoon and the clothes that he had
on one day he did not put on again
till four days after The magnificence
of the monarch, his apparent friendli-
ness and the sinister turn of circum-
stance which necessitated his imprison-
ment and led to his death by his own
people are told of with the realism of
one who participated in each phase of
the invasion.
Cortes was man of indomitab BILE
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enormous amount of labor entailed made
patent :
Mr. Bartlett. Furthermore. described
casting. showing how the molds were
made and just how far mechanical process
went toward accomplishing exact re-
ting his audience into the secrets of his
profession as though each listener was
chance visitor in his own studio. One
thought above all others. however, those
in attendance carried away with them
and that was the amazing amount of
pains the sculptor who is a true artist
takes to get completed work just right.
Not only was this evidenced by Mr.. Bart
lett in telling of his own works. but by
story he told of Fremiet, the great French
sculptor.
Notwithstanding the fact that Fremiet
of Joan of Arc for Paris. when it was
completed he was not satisfied with it
and longed to work upon it again. Finally