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Evening star., 1916-10-14
THf. APPEAL TO CAESAR.
fActs, T5:1-27.)

Golden text: 1t is enough for
tn. disciple to be as his teacher.
aud the servant as his Lord
Matthers. 1925.
Evening star., 1916-10-14

Josiah Marsh Parks, Il. Union veteran
of the civil war and retired employe Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died at
his home in Baltimore. He was the son
of the late William Parks.
Evening star., 1916-10-14
EPWORTH LEAGUE DISCUSSION.

By Robert D. Burbank.
President OF Washington District Epworth League.
Evening star., 1916-10-14

The gymnasium classes at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church have opened with
great promise this year. Monday
afternoons classes will be conducted.
for girls. Monday evenings classes for
young women, Tuesday evenings for
young men. Friday afternoons for
younger boys, and Friday evenings for
older boys.
The church has received as Gift
from the Berwyn Presbyterian Church
a fine lot of excellent apparatus, which
added to the apparatus now in use win
Evening star., 1916-10-14

During the past three months Supt.
H. w. Kline of the Gospel Mission re-
ports that the various workers conducted
32' services. with a total attendance OF
over 10000. During these meetings there
was 542 requests for prayer and 141 pro
fessed conversions: 134 destitute homes
were visited and relief given. while A.
visits were made to the various hospi-
tails for the INDECENT poor. Fans to add
to the patients comfort. candy. fruit
and an abundance of good reading mat
ter was distributed during these visits
JAN services. numbering twenty-six
We're conducted and three meetings held
at Blue Plains. There We're y 562 meals
served at the penny lunch counter. the
average price paid per customer for
these meals being 61a cents, regarded as
a practical solution of the high cost OF
living for the very poor of this city.
Men without money. but able to work,
were given the opportunity to earn their
food. which they did. These numbered
s,52s, while 1912 men were lodged In
Evening star., 1916-10-14

The quarterly election of officers OF
the Henry Gilbert class of the Fourth
week, and the following officers We're
Charles Wherrall. vice president
George Harding, treasurer: Norman p
Alexander secretary; Henry Gilbert
teacher, and Homer Edison, associate
teacher The membership contest which
has been conducted by the/class for the
past few weeks has been extended to
Thanksgiving 1t was the wish of the
deceased secretary. Arthur r. Cowsill
that the class should have 100 members
by this time
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Of the given piece of land. ABODE. Then
the area Of the two smaller segments
Eel and BKH must equal the area OF
the quarter circle BCH.
Hence the area AFLDKB must he
equal to that OF the given piece Of land
ABODE. and the piece bounded by the
lines AFLD must be exactly half the
area OF the given piece ABODE.
This being so. all that is necessary 10
to rotate this piece AFLD round the
point r as a centre until the line FL
lies upon the line FEE. h point d COM
ing TO d. and A to A.. To s~traightsn
things up a bit the line FA' may be
oisected and run from X to z.
1t IL a simple matter to show that the
distance between the lines EA ana
DaA'. measured at right angles. u the
square root Of 5000 anything. according
to the value in feet. rods or furlonss
given 70 the figures 400 In the original
problem.
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"Cat's Cradle" Rhymes.

leaders Of his section OF TIE Sun
that shines on Sundays are already
acquainted with the poet of Cats
cradle SHERMAN. French and Com
pany), II. STANLEY HAsKINs. for many
OF the rhymes in his book were first
typed in Poems Worth Reading"
Having godfathered the infant OF the
muse. 1t is not to be supposed that we
intend TO he less than kind to II as
il grows up. And the obligation i'm
posed by early friendship does not
conflict with the requirements of a
literary conscience that IL not too stiH
In the spine. Cats Cradle" Is unpre-
t%entious. therefore the more assured Of
recognition for its modest merit. MIR.
Haskins tries to make people hap
pier with his rhymes. Like n good
monitor-poets must he monitors in
some sort-he doe not mind making
us now and then a bit moro thought
full. but he never bids us dive into
the depths OF gloom in which some
solcmner poets make believe find their
native element,
No melancholy drips from titles like
these: "The Magic Door, "Going TO
Bed Time" The Old Harmonica.'
The Commuters Chum," THE Femi-
mist Alphabet When His Voice Began
to Change" Candidates. THE Glad
Smile Reel Love" "Testy Testi-
monials." 1T Happened in the Die
tionary.' In more serious vein are
abraham Lincoln" George WASH
ngton.' 1.-THE Shadow" Trinity Clock"
Here in my belfry SO far over
head. I watch for tho living and
guard for the dead"-"Children of the
| Dead Deserts" Here IL a little
poem that echoes In the mind after
the page Is turned; h Is called THE
Magic Door:
! wish I had a magic door.
with action automatic
| To challenge every visitor
In manner autocratic:
The path Of enemies to block.
Yet quick to swing to babies knock.
Since Il Is tho privilege Of a god
father to speak Oike tho White House)
very frankly at times when f%rankness
Is not invited. We may hint hat we
should have preferred to meet the
author OF Cats Cradle" In some other
posture than that Of linked arms with
two pumped up i~ntroductions. "Cat's
Cradle" u good enough stun 70 stand
by itssif b poss nsre Dlsasins
than that Of seif.oeooolousnsss.
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machinery. but with the men who run
1t. Economy calculates the waste In
human as well rs inanimate ina
~teriai." The world do move.
1t IL a wonderful report Miss Tarbell
makes; impressive In its bulking OF
facts that come to us uncollected and
therefore seemingly unrelated. Condi-
tons In the modern workroom and In
the homes Of the workers are getting
to be. II hot Utopian. at least as far
away from the conditions Of half .
century ago az Utopia IL from US.
II Is good. IL should make every
body happier. Employers must enjoy
life more when the Employer health
IL better. But even after being inspired
by Miss Tarbell's cheering review. 1t Is
possible TO wonder II II IL quite pleas
ing to the American workman to be
considered and treated a. q resource
to be conserved. Better light and air.
more comfortable surroundings. regard
for his human necessities, he must APP
p~reciate. He need not question the
ideal nature OF his employers motives;
like the employers themselves, he Il
concerned with results.
Admirable is the ingenuity OF en-
ployers. ICE they take up the eco
Monies OF brain and Drawn. We must
not be thought unenthusiastic about
SO commendable a tendency In the
working world because We ind q smile
In this factory bulletin. for the mar
ried man who cannot get along without
drinks: "Start a saloon In your own
house. Be tho only customer. You1i
have no license to pay. Go TO your
wife and give her 81 to buy q gallon Of
whskey. and remember there are sixty
nine drinks in a gallon. Buy your
drinks from no one but your wife. and
by the time the first gallon Il gone she
will have IS to put into the bank and
81 to start business again. Should you
live ten years and continue to buy
booze from her and then die with
snakes In your boots she will have
enough money 20 bury o decently.
educate your children. buy Q house and
lot. marry a decent man and quit
thinking about you"
Truly the Industrial campaign
against i~ntemperance is more sensible
than the political n Blu to the
doctors OF ethics must be left the an
swer to the question that sometimes
comes up: Exactly how virtuous Is
the virtue that has It's roots in the
profit and loss account? They have
put business into virtue. and 30 they
have put virtue into business. Miss
Tarbell's book is built on facts, not
theories. 1t Is a good book for all who
work. or who hire workers. to read.
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spoken.-corks for sack
have at my hack:
Sung-Ail handy. all handy.
Some for wine and som. :or
brandy.
spoken -Corks for cholic water.
Cut 'em . little shorter.
corks for gin.
Very thin.
Corks for rum.
AZ big as my thumb.
Corks for ale.
IonE and pale.
Sung They're all handy. all HANDY
Some for wine ana some for
brandy.
In his second volume Smith collates
Biographical Sketches and Anec-
dotes Of Several Artists and Others
Contemporary with Nollekens." There
are Roubiliac. ~Scheemakers. Zofany.
Sherwin. Gainsborough. John Bacon.
Joseph wilton. Thomas Banks. Agos-
tho Carlini. Isaac Ware. Francesca
Z~uccarelli. Laroon. Samuel Paterson,
Reynolds. Keate. Deare. Thomas
Major. George Morland. Hogarth,
James Barry. Francis T.egat, Ozias
Humphry. Benjamin West, Cosway.
Fuseli. F!axman and william Blake,
Vanity OF vanities. how dead some OF
these names are! Smith was a rare
old gossip. and his endless talk about
the people he met and knew Is anus
ing. His own views on prints are en-
t%ertaining. The notes on old London
will please antiquarians. and perhaps
mako ~an'iuuar!ans of those who are
not members OF that restless but
happy guild. Booksellers may now ex-
pect a demand for 'Nollekens" in its
original type and overs
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e.
n. none
S l. Q Z I 4 Z

Tho dealer. on tho left. M two s'H.
leading his partner 10 believe he rad
solid suit. whereas all he had va. e'.r
or eight TO the king Jack. Sc o,t la'
hid four hearts u the third hail p
no trumrs. The above hand Nl ."
hearts. Five no trumps on his re
was doubled by his partner ard redo
bled on his right. lie led the e!rN' =
hearts.
His partner won 1, with ire k,.E r,
returned the nine. won on TIE r'-N' .
the Jack, dummy discardirE Two Obs,
King and queen of diamonds fo''1N,
Dummy had only one. me seven '"
declarer then switched 90 tho r'rc .'
clubs. n II went 10 the quee" A.
other small heart and the do'.a-c- w.
In with the queen. the above la"i II'
ing the three.
The declarer -her~upon laid f. ~
ace Of spades n ace ~ diam a. a'.
surrendered the rest o. tho tricks "l''.
he devoted his language 60 hts rlrt"'
for bidding two clubs. Th. con'-e : -
set for Ave tricks, doubled aud rod
blcd. although tho decllrcr couvtc! o.
losing nothing but two hearts. a. no -
four, This was scored VI az LOCO a.
easy.
The card that Is shown IN 'N,s ha'
as the three OF hearts was actua''v tI'
trey OF diamonds. but the docllrer n
his doubler were m busy with tho
struggle 10 clear their suits aud p'a
the lead that they did not motto. two :
vokes on the diamond leads aud q 'r''
revoke on tho third heart lead Va
this been detected. the der'lrer "
have scored 400. instead oc losing 70
That IL TO say. tho error IN eor.''-
cards in this hand. although Il Ft'
influence whatever on the result, s'o'
have cost 1900 points yet the la"e ;
the penalty Is only 100.
have always insisted that II u" 90
woke penalty Is based on the value 49,
certain number OF tricks II should W
with tho value of those tr!cks. Il w
all right to take points a whist VII
each trick was worth a point, rev
more. less. II was perfectly Uro
Mt bridge when either side could -
the tricks. and their value was the sa'
to either side in points whether the ~
them or got them as revoke penalties
But II is absolutely unjust In au''
when tho value OF tho tricks 10 tho &
clarer may he o times their uorr
value and TO the adj ersaries goo -
II we can double and redouhle tho ~.
OF the tricks, which are The thNor- "a
basis of the revoke penalty, We s"-
double and redouble tho revoke per a.
at the same time.
To illustrate-Three no trumps
doubled. Down for o tricks b'
nents score 500. as they got ANA "
an undctectcd revoke, Had 'Ncy
caught all the declarcr could hay" 'I.
would he TOO points. as three tr',.s
OF no use to him 10 fulnl the cur'r
That investment beats war bahi, 90
the other hand, II the revoke made p
difference In the result. and they w7r'
have 0ee In contract against any 80.
the error would have cost them 900.
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IN --
~"s' "o",u e"p'osers OF ni'y'
10. Wv" '"'n'y .ea'e : "aNo
'"ous". OF a co'.ec' 'oh'e.hporar
P.op"os p.eue'"is ~, 'hen" 'he pus'.
-" "e's ,nis pIeoeh. Jay
lucy wou'u naNe Deeh a~stounaed De-
yoho eApIesS'on u they couid nave
~" va, SHEETS oi IDA N, iAhhsLLs
~o~ Iu,.'s '" business 'Macfhiian,'
~ result OF her 'a'hs WIN hunoreds
W ."e" a"o molhcn, preslnen's ana ui-
Iec'orh VI companies superihtehdents
iorerneh' consulting engineers, safety
ana san''ation experts industrial
hurbes' men AT the furnace the loom
or the iathe' girls at the spinning
FORM. the canning table, the counter
some components or this vocabulary
are a. new az the Ideals.
Cynics might linger on the use OF the
word ideals 20 describe the modern
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This line OF attack makss Il impossi-
Bile for black to md . refuge in the
! double corner. Al ne cannot reach IL
The only important variation II at
A. when black may try s. instead
Of 800. Then we get this:
26-23 el-es
2o-ec l7-N
ass
Now the man on ? IN lost.
The following list shows all who ave
solved every problem since No. 100:
Albany. A.. J. r., II. T.. Bourne. j. j.
r. Bronx. c. NJ. Bum. A. c.. A.. T.
Campbell. DE Witt Il. Cayton. William
u. Clark. r. J. Comerford. J. r. Comp
ton. e. r.. Corliss. Fausto Dalumi. A.. A.
Dunn, William Fleming. owen Fox.
Thomas Foy. Thomas Gimenez. f. j.
Graf. John Graham. Charles L. Grimes,
J. l.. Goss. l.. s. Hart. Jr.. Charles 9.
Higgs. Hoboken. James Hyland, David
Jack. Elijah y. Landry, Mary Lee.
Charles C. Long. George NJ. Lord. j.
Murphy. p. J. McGarry. Nareik. James
McNally. J. II. Noremac. william p.
orr, g. Ross. John Ryan, T. T.. s.. A.
Sheppard. T. Stspleton and u. A. W.
Those who solved No. 40s. but have
missed other of the series are j. NJ. B..
H.. II. Baumann. William Brommenkant.
David Driscoll. Albert J. Ford. II. Prior
King. II. J. Klein. Henry Lowe, Frank
w. Maybeck. T. +. Mullaney, Angus Nc
| Donald. James q. Pinkerton, NJ. Schech-
ter and Benjamin Simon.
Solvers are warned again 70 send in
important variations in problems like
No. 400. as the defence Is sometimes
more dificult to meet in tho variations
than In the trunk play.
In case No. 400 should not thin out
! the Yapks ~ ttA aspirap ts for 0hita
membership cards In THE Sun Checker
| Club sufficiently TO make those cards
valuable. here II another ~ centimeter
shell that Is loaded for those who are
not careful. IF you think the problem
can be solved IN two different waya look
Il over again to make sure that one
way 10 not sound.
PRosLRM NO. 40. cHscxRs.
| Black
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The Soul Of Jeanne Dare.


From Sc,ibnsr's Magazine.
She came not into the Presence a. q mar
tyred saint might come.
Crowned. white robed and adorlng. with
very reverence dumb
She stood n' a straight: young soldier. con-
ndent. gallant. strong,
VINO ASKS a boon OF his captain In the
sudden hush OF the drum.
sh. said: Vow have I stayed too long in
5000. this my place OF bliss.
With these glad dead that, comfortsd. for
get what sorrow Is
Upon that world whose stony stairs they
climbed to come TO this.
but 10. . cry hath torn IN. peace wherein
Like a trumpet cali O.. Hsaven,s vail
from a herald unafra!d-.
A million voice. = on. cry. where 10 the
~ had forgot, from too much 10Y hat
olden task Of mine.
Blu. I hav. heard q certain word shsttsr
IN. chant divine.
Have watched \ banner glow and 1roV BE-
fore m.ns eyes for sign.
1T would return to that my land auas I.
I would cast down my robe ana crown TIA,
pleasure me no. more.
And don tho armor that I knew, the vail
ant sword ! bore.
And arsel. m,i,,an, shall a,ns the gates
And souls new dead whose lives we're shed
,.., IKE leaves on wars red TIDE
and cheer W. as ". ride.
For with me goes that soldier saint. Saint
Michael Of the sword.
And ] shall ride or. his right side. . page
beside his lord.
Ana men shall follow liks swift blades "a
reap a sure reward.
Grant that answer this my call. yea.
though the end may he
The naked shame. the biting Name. ths
last. long agony:
I would 20 singing down that road where
fagots wait FOR me.
Mine b. the ere about my feet. the smoke
above my head:
40 might J glow. a torch 10 chow the path
nv heroes tread;
My CAPTAIN, oh. my Captain. let me- q
back she said.
THRoposiA 6AassoS.
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PROBLEMS FOR sun
READERS TO SOLVE
Winning Tactics at Checkers
A Geometrical Puzzle
That Mono Solved.

owing to the unusual demands upon
space at this season Of the year II was
necessary to hold up the checker prob
lem last Sunday. This week It 10 the
card players that will be left without
their usual Sunday amusement. but next
week both departments will be resumed.
cHEcKEn ENDfNds.
Problem No. 40S had all the pitfalls
In tho opening move. Once properly
started. things went smoothly enough.
but the temptation was to go after the
scalp Of the man on 10 by playing
2s-23. as It looks a. II he could not
escape.
The distribution OF the pieces Is:
Black men on /, 10. 90 and 81. White
men on -. rs and 90: king on IL.
White to play and win. Here are tho
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L.. s.sc e
White.
White to play and draw.

THAI ~CRYpro1RAM
This puzzle was 20 find the digit. that
should take h place OF certain letters
in an equation u.at would add up exactly
100. and the solution. when found. was
the answer TO a puzzle that has bothered
a great many people in It's time how 70
write the ten dig!ts. using each only
once. 50 as to add up 100.
Two ways OF solving this pusxle were
given. 40 that there might be a better
key to the figure value OF the letter. In
the c%ryptogram. but the same letters
stood for the same digits in both forms.
As all ten digits were used. there
were ten letters. Their figure values
are here shown
q c l. n O T q . II
Using this key. It will be seen that
the first equation would read when
transposed as shown in the upper line OF
figures the second equation being shown
below II.
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The Crossing Tender.

FROM te Brdf6free observer.
Every day neer minding whether
re n stormy or eunshiny weather
Here at his station the crossing man stands
And waves his nag with willing hands.
ON comes an auto, o'erspeeding. TOO;
Wnat In the crossing tender to doc
Out he rushes-wave the chauffeur baek
81 II ~ the car IL almost on the track.
Ndo knows what lives might have been
lost:
They must he saved at any cost.
Now We see a furniture van
Hurry n crossing man: save n ysu can.
The driver warned now pulls his team
back:
Said later his NERVES were all on . rack"
Down on the track a little child
Has wandered playing; his mother Wilde
With anxiety and terror draweth near,
Have you seen my child. my one little
DEAR"
Down on the track . little cry.
but he In saved by the crossing man
Just as the train whixTes by.
O ye who go In by the fast moving train.
out OF the way Of the wind and the rain,
Ever think OF the lives he holds In his
hands
A. with the white Gag he patiently stands:
Honor to whom honor 10 due"
o crossing tender, We honor you.
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Bound "a Happen.

F'ow the Ptisbuyo Poet
when wombat make . Alt downtown
And would explain tho same.
He tolls his WHEY with q frown
That Flubdub was TO blame.
when F1ubdub II Q trihs late
Or has . drop Of mat.
He says. 70 Justify his state.
That wombat was at fault
Goth yarns TO pretty we'll. they say,
Or have Gone we'll as yet.
But Just you wait until the day
Their wives together get.
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A Coed Actog.

A Coed Actes.
Hts New Year resolutions
Religiously were kept;
He did not smoke or gamble.
With air discreet he stepped.
He passed thu Joviai tsmptsrs
Who challenged him to drink
Champagne and giddy cordisis.
with merry. knowing wink.
We never heard him wearing
when trouble same Ais WayI
He kept his seeelut1sas
n . New yeAs "1eesaps DaaV.
peDes1s 1A1sS1 o'NULi.
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Ths Final CansoTship.

Prom the Stds o. HopS.
Some hold that mortals on this earth
But play their parts In mock designs
Like actors who were false from birth
And parody the finest lines.
And then departing come no more
But leave behind TO greet the next
A hiss or moan. or echoed roar
From audience less pleased than vsxsd
II II he true that man hut once
Shall play his part or walk the stage
4 Cesar he, or milne the Ounce
In cap and ball. or ape the sage.
10 not there somewhere In. the Ky.
Beyond the starry footlight's glow
In Pleads chair. enthronsd on high
A Censor who has Judged the showf
And having Judged shall ring II down,
The lights and shadow. Of this play
The tinselled motley. OF the crown
That Cesar wore In Cleo's day;
And call another. better show
Where there Is neither fault nor slip.
And earn the praise that we now know
We've lost In Gods great Censorship.
SINo sISo No. 65368.
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POEMS r D


TO CeeedA
Our nelshbor Of tho undsfended bound.
Friend Of the hundred years Of peace.
our Kin.
Fellow adyenturer on the enchanted ground
OF the New World. must not the pain
within
IA Ssensst fee your ,ain, II net eur
TIA, schs. nth ali Ss,savsment. sssasrsst
n,
rhs tyas,e erimson On ysuy maple isaSf
Bitter our lot, IN this world clash Of faiths.
To stand sioof IND bids our hour to
serve;
The glorious dead are living: We ere
wraiths,
Dim watchers Of the conflicts ehangfns
curve.
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Those who correctly gave the value.
Of the letters or wrote out the equations
were:
W. q. johnson. Paul Beck. =. II. A..
II, F.. La Morse. Gordon Ireland, Arthur
Wilson. J. W. Wor,s. O. II. Boston. Wal
ter :. hamburger. w. A. J.. Joseph J.
Ziegelmeier. Jr.. J. l.. Spillane. X. Nc
Roberts. w. II. L.. Hamlet A. Collins.
l.. Moo, Handa. r. f.. Dwight. f.. *.
I.eech. Charles D.. Shulham and W. A.
Buckley.
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The silver star OF Bethlehem
Awoke the shepherd boy.
And with Its glory called the kings.
Who followed II with Joy.
Across Judea's silent plains
R~esplendently II led
To Mary and the new born Child.
Upon she manger bed.
A li;tle while its spiendor hung
Above tho stable door
And crowned the Heavenly Babe with Ugh,
And then was seen no more.
But though no mortal since has found
Its lustre In the skies.
Behold the star Is shining yet
In evcry mothers eyes.
NiSSA InviSs.
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THAT o,oMrrnIcAL pao,I.n

THAT uEOM EThICAIi PNOBLBH.
The probley was TO divide a piece of
land OF a given shape into two equal
parts by geometry alone. Those who
calculated the total area, took half Of It,
and laid of the place at which that hall
would end. measuring from the line All
toward EDO. missed the whole point OF
the problem.
The original piece Is shown by the
strong lines. Tho dotted lines In the
following diagram show the geometrlcal
demonstration
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Continue tho curve CD to H.. Bisect
the 90 degree angle At n me draw Blk,
making tho angle CBE IS degrees. Draw
FL parallel to BIZ. and midway between
draw AID.
1t Is now s~elf-evident that he spacs
inclHded between the dotted lines AFLD
Is equal TO ADkB. Also that the entire
area Of AHDH 10 equal 10 that Of FEI.
plus Bf1H and AVLDKB. ASo: AHDH
squalls the q Of 1CH plus the area
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SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS

Poker-J. d. F. y Six playing.
p finds he has six cards. all having
looked at their hands. What happens?
BIS hand Is foul. because ne lifted and
looked at It. The others play for the
pool.
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Come. ~neighbors. see and buy: here's
Your long and strong scarlet ware.
Scarlet garters twopence n pair.
Twopence . pair. twopence . pair.
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What is the address Of he Journal O
Home Economics? ID.
Forty-two West Thirty-ninth street.