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screwdriver from some source which
both women refused to divulge and
with two strong files began their
weary "filing-out" process.
The women in Auburn prison are
quartered in dormitorics in sepa-
rate wing of the main building.
Each prisoner has tiny apartment
of her own. Each of these cramped
rooms has an ordinary door in which
a barred window has been fixed to
provide ventilation. Every night at
9 o'clock prisoners must be in their
beds, and from that time until
morning, at intervals of one hour, a
guard tries the door to make certain
that the occupant is within.
The locks are ordinary affairs
which Raffies might open with i'm
punity. Removing the screws by
means Of which the locks were fas-
tened to the doors, the two women
unloosened the fastenings to their
rooms carly Saturday afternoon and
put them back in place with tacks
which they took from the meager
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POKER
4 NEW motion picture camera
"A with three times the usual

4 NEW motion picture camera
"A with three times the usual
panoramic radius has just
been invepted. Just what this means
will appear from this illustration:
Suppose Babe" Ruth's bat should
connect with the ball at the Polo
Grounds this summer and start it on
one of those home run journeys.
The motion picture now in use would
take certain "bite" of the scene
with each turn of the operators
crank. The first flicker would
show Babe" leaning on the ball,
with perhaps the batter starting to
run, the pitcher starting to scowl,
and the fash of some fielder's legs
racing after the ball. To gain
greater range, the motion picture
operator would have to reduce the
size of the figures in the picture to
the point of making them difficult of
recognition.
But the new camera will take in
the whole panorama at each "gulp,"
showing the impact Of the bat on the
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Auction Bridge

holds, all the diamonds make, and ;.
is a little slam. The weakness in HI.
line of play is twofold. The hesrs
suit will be helpless after dumrv,.
ace is gone and the trump fness.
may fail. Players frequently tato
these chances and it comes off. Than
they get the reputation of being hola
players, whereas they are simnlv
bad players with little luck.
Played in this way, as soon rs .
gets in on the trump finesse, he M,
only makes two clubs, but two
hearts, holding the declarer down >.
his bid, two spades. The key to tn.
situation being the possible loss 4.
the lead in trumps. the correct NAV
is to lead the king of diamonds. wiz
it with the ace, and then lead tvo
more winning diamonds, discard;n.
the two losing clubs.
ne nine OF diamonds becoming
good, dummy can lead that card and
If B refuses to trump it, Z can shed
one Of his losing hearts. If p
trumps, Z will overtrump and lead
the trumps, ace then queen, so as N
keep dummy's ace of hearts as 70
entry to make the fifth diamond
This line of play will make five hv
cards. instead of two only.
SOLUTION TO LAST WEEKS
PROBLEM
The way to solve Problem No
is for Z to lead the spade king and
follow with the queen of trumps. II
A puts on the ace and leads the kin,
of diamonds, z discards the shade
If A, leads another diamo d. Y
trumps and leads the nine Of cluhs
through B. z wins whichever card
B plays and pulls AS six of trumns
making the last trick with the best
club.
If A wins the second trick and
returns the trump, Y wins with the
eight, and leads the club nine. z
wins BIS play, and leads the spade
jack, which puts B in the lead. If
A refuses to win the trump lead, z
leads the spade jack, putting B in,
and it does not matter what A and
B do next.
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Women Convicts Scale Walls
Because Prison Meant Suicide

ones we wanted. Irene and I filed
the spoons down just like the i'm
pressions-never mind where we got
the files"
cit was a funny-looking key, but
it did the business" interrupted
Irene. Guess I'll get a Job as
locksmith if I ever get away again, I"
"Just as we emerged from the
shop" continued Mary, eve ran
into one of the matrons on the sec
ond floor, where the kitchen is To-
Gated. She gave us a good. scare,
but we hid under the table. She
walked right past, SO close that we
had to hold our breaths to keep from
letting her know we were in the
room.
"There is one window in the
kitchen which is not barred. 1t was
q long drop from there to the ground
inside the prison walls, but / tied
three blankets together and made a
rope. Irene slid down to the ground.
Half way down she lost her grip
and fell with thud. l didn't know
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Clemenceau Overruled

"Helng alone of this opinion, he
was obliged to submit to the pre-
dominating view, and as a conse-
quence only summary of the treaty
was published. But in May and in
June the question came up again.
The American Senate and a French
journal had published the full text
of the treaty; the council neverthe-
less decided to await it's signature.
In July parliamentary discussion be-
gan. M. Clemenceau demanded per-
mission to communicate to the COM
mission presided over by M. Viviani
the minutes Of the committee on the
league OF nations; unanimity, again,
for refusal. The text of the treaties
IS public property, but the prepare
tory work must remain secret. That
will 60 to history as the doctrine of
the Conference of Paris"
M. .Tardieu wisely concludes that
the secrecy of the conference has
done enormous harm to it's work.
The peoples concerned have been un-
able to understand the causes of the
long and tiresome delays in the prep
aration of the treaty, and the field
has been left free to falsifications
and misrepresentation. The eff
fects can be seen clearly in America.
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Z dealt and bid two spades. This
is the conventional method of show
ing six in suit, headed by two or
three sure tricks. AS no one else
made bid, it being unnecessary for
Y to deny the spades when his part
ner bids two originally, A led the
king of clubs, which z won with the
ace.
Now the wrong way to look at this
hand is to see that if dummy is put
into the lead and the trump finesse
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By r. F. Foster

Author of "Foster on Auction"
"Auction Made Easy," "Foster's
Complete HoyIe," "Russmm Bank, :"
etc.
TT is not always possible to get
rid Of losing cards by let
Il ting dummy trump them, but
many players, seeing this,
make the mistake of trumping
dummy's losing cards, which he
should never do unless forced to it,,
CT unless the hand is to be played all
through as a cross-ruff. 1t is usually
!, mistake to weaken the declarer's
trump holding by rufing, unless
there is nothing else to be done. The
five top trumps are good for five
sure tricks, and it adds nothing to
their value to trump with them, in
stead of leading them.
But losing cards may frequently
be got rid of by discarding them up
on winning cards in another suit in
the other hand. Opportunities to do
this are too often overlooked, espe-
cially by the class of players who
are always in hurry to get out
the trumps the moment they obtain
the lead.
If one hand has none of a suit
and the other had several winning
cards in that suit, the opportunity
to discard is fairly obvious, and
would probably be taken advantage
of by any ordinary player. 1t is
when the situation is not so clear
or has to be built up, that the good
player saves tricks that the aver
age player would lose.
The question to be settled in many
cases is whether to discard losers be.
fore leading trumps or afterward
The decision usually depends upon
whether or not the declarer holds the
command of the trump suit, and can
be sure of exhausting the adverse
trumps before losing the lead. Take
this example:
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That Elusive Quotation

That is how we keep the rule
When we froggies 60 to school,"
Master Bullfrog, brave and stern,
Called his classes in their turn,
Taught them how to nobly strive,
Also, how to leap and dive;
Taught them how to dodge a blow
From the sticks that bad boys throw.
Twenty froggies grew up fast,
Bullfrogs they became at last.
Polished in high degree,
AS each froggie ought to be,
Now they sit on other logs
Teaching other little frogs.
< GEORGE COOPER.
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on my face and hands. l Jared
every tooth loose, and the fall
stunned me, but I soon recovered
and found Irene was O. K, except
for a skinned elbow"
Planned to Fool Hounds
After listening with tense i'm
terest to this part Of the narrative
Irene Miley took up the thread of
their strange story. She appeared
anxious Ito make certain that no de-
tails were overlooked.
Don't forget about the slippers
we made to be thrown away in case
they used bloodhounds to trace. u.s."
she interjected. COR how we ditched
our clothes so they would think we
wore them when we got away"
"Oh, yes. You see, we thought
they might trail us with blood
hounds" said Mary. "Out of the
remnants Of the blankets from
which our suits and hats were made
we constructed two pairs of slippers,
which we wore over our shoes, and
ditched when we got outside.
You see, we wore our blue skirts
and white waists, which are issued
for Sundays, SO they'd think that
was all we had when we made the
getaway. We threw them away with
the slippers and put on this gay
creation. Pretty fair piece of work
for couple of blankets, isn't it,"
Both paused in contemplative ad-
miration of the garments they still
wore when they were caught in Syr-
acuse.
Lets see, now, where were we
when l started talking about these
glad rags?" Mary asked herself
aloud. ooh, yes, out in the yard.
Well, the only thing that stood be-
tween us and the outside was that
twelve-foot prison wall. That
wouldn't be much for a man, but
it's quite feat for a woman to
scale a wall like that. We found
a spade in the yard and by leaning
it against the wall | managed to
shiny to the parapet. But tiny
Irene could not make it. | fell
back twice myself in getting to the
top, but Irene couldn't even start,
Finally she took running jump
and 1 hauled her to the top. 1t
was some haul, too.
I'VE rested for a minute on the
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IN the half century of its
Il existence only taUo aCon1en
hare escaped from Auburn
prison

top Of the wall, then crawled along
the top. We reached the steps where
the guard gets up from the outside
and just walked down and out.
owe had to walk past the mems
part of the prison, and one of the
keepers was walking along the wall
as we went by. But we put on a
bold front and sailed right past, re-
marking about what an awful thing
it must be to be locked up in there.
The guard never paid bit of atten-
ton to US, and we slipped away
into the darkness"
eve had planned to go to SYRIA
cuse, and l thought l knew the way,
but we got on the wrong road and,
after a three-mile hike, we found
ourselves on the shore of Lake
Owasco. We had to retrace our
steps and when daylight came we
found ourselves four miles outside
of Auburn, on the way to SYRIA
cuse. We were resting by the road
side when an auto came down the
highway. We thought sure it was
one of the keepers after us, but
when the car drew nearer we saw
there was only one man in it and we
asked him for a ride to Syracuse. v
Took a Ride
81 told the driver of that automo-
bile that we had been brought to the
place where he found us by a couple
Of fellows in Syracuse who tried to
take advantage of our confidence in
them. tie was very sympathetic
and said a lot Of bad things about
fellows who do that sort of thing
He gave us dollar and a quartz,
to buy our breakfast and let Us
out of the car in Syracuse"
"There was a little money left
when we finished our breakfast, anc
we decided to take streetcar ride
We rode out to the end of one Of the
lines, got transfers and rode on an
other line. We met fellow on the
second streetcar and gave him such
tale of woe that he bought us each
dinner. Then we told him we
would meet him later and left him
In the afternoon we went to Burnet
Park and built a fire in a remote
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whether or not she was hurt, so I
lost no time in following. I tied
one end of my rope to radiator and
started down. After going what
seemed like mile I felt something
solid under my feet and l let go.
The something solid happened to be
the ledge of a window, and fell the
remainder Of the distance, landing
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To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Can you or some one Of your
readers kindly supply me with copy
of the verses beginning:
Twenty froggies went to school
Down beside rushy pool.
] do not know the author nor where
to dock for the verses.
MRS. f CHAMBERLAIN.
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Germans. M. Clemenceau demanded
publication. He said:
1T is inadmissible that our fell
low countrymen should be obliged to
read the treaty in the "Berliner
Tageblatt.
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PINOCHLE

Question-On the lead Of club,
puts small heart, overlooking the fac'
that hearts are trumps. Il takes in the
trick and leads again. Later A realizes
that he trumped the first trick and DE-
mands that it be given to him and tna'
he go back to that point and take the
lead.-A. B. C.
Answer-He can have the trick, ou'
not the lead.
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part Of the place. We stayed there
all afternoon and part Of the eve
ming. Then we got hungry and
started back down to the city. An
other fellow we met bought us
supper"
In the meantime Central New
York had been aroused by news of
the escape OF the two women, and
every policeman, sheriff and man
whose duty it is to protect law and
order was on the lookout for the
two women. Patrolman William II.
Mulberry, walking his beat in East
Genesee Street, near Forman Park,
observed two women dressed in an
unusual manner early in the even
ing of May 8. They also caught
sight of his brass buttons and dart
ed into the areaWay of a house Just
off the park. AS he came abreast
of the place both emerged-virtu-
ally into his arms.
ut wasn't our fault that he got
u.s." Irene Miley declared. "There
was a high fence at the back of the
yard, and we had to retrace' our
steps, and we just walked right into
+ the arms of that harness bull. /
told the cop my name was Nav
Meredith, but Mary couldn't think
of any name but 'Elinor Glynn,' and
she gave him that. The cop must
have smelled a rat, so he brought
us to the police station.
Now, we've got to 90 back, and
don't care; we've had twenty-four
hours of freedom and fresh air, and
the effort was worth it,"
Shot Her Sweetheart
Dorothy Greer, alias Mary Smith,
alias Marian Schroeder, was re-
celved at Auburn prison in May,
1918, and already had served two
years OF a sentence of not more
than five and not less than ten years
tor assault in the first degree. She
was convicted in New York City,
where, after a quarrel with her
sweetheart, she shot and almost
killed him.
Evidently the shooting had no
serious effect upon the course of
their love, as she admitted that she
still corresponds with him and hopes
he will be the first to greet her
when she walks forth free woman.
She is New Highlander by birth.
and spent her early life at the looms
IN various Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts cities. She was a seam
stress and dressmaker in New York.
Irene has no alias of which the
police are aware. She was convicted
of embezzling funds of New York
lawyer, by whom she was employed
as stenographer, and sentenced to
prison for term of not less than
tive and not more than nine years.
She has spent one year of her term
at Auburn.
"All the girls were receiving let
ters but me-" said Irene when asked
why she attempted to take her life.
They celebrated Mothers Day
week in advance by some mistake,
ard they talked lot about mothers
and things like that, and l got to
thinking Of my sweetheart, who has
not written since | was sent to
prison. got so blue l decided to
end it all.
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"Nobody Cares"

There isn't soul on the outside
who cares what happens to me, and
I've still got eight years to do. I
tried to hang myself to my cell door
with my bath robe. Mary found
me, though, and cut me down. 1t
was then we decided to try to
escape, for | told Mary I'd never
wait to serve my time out. She was
afraid | would kill myself and
agreed to go with me-"
Both young women declared they
never would live to serve their time.
They made no complaints about the
way they were treated, but said the
food was insufficient and of an in
ferior quality. AS proof of this
statement the Smith girl said she
now weighed 120 pounds, against
ITO pounds when she was admitted,
and the Miley girl said she had re-
duced from 115 pounds to 95
pounds.
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RUMN1Y

Question-A insists that if he has
four tens on the board he can borrow
one of them to combine it with JACK
and queen, so as to get rid Of three
cards, discarding the third. This
disputes and insists the original lay
out stands.-M. +.
Answer-The privilege of borrowing
from one layout to fill another is Pc
culiar to coon-can, from which game
rummy was derived. In that game the
player can borrow from anything al
long as three cards of proper comoi'
nation are left; but this is not allowed
in rummy nor in gin.
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lQuestions received on or before
Tuesday morning will be answered the
following Sunday.J
AUCTION BRIDGE
Question: am third hand against
a no-trumper, my partner having origi-
nally bid a diamond. He leads the
king of diamonds and l play the jack,
from jack and one small, to show by
playing wn-and out that l had no
help for him. He insists this is incor-
rect.-F. w. L.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT out is played only
against trump declarations. Against
no-trumpers the rule is to play the sec
ond best, regardless of number or value.
BY playing the jack on the king, you
indicate the queen or no more.
Question-Z deals and bid a heart, A
and passing. B bids no trump and Z
two hearts. B shifts to three clubs and
z goes three hearts, A going three no
trumps. AS B quit the no. trumper and
went to clubs, maintain that her part
ner, A, plays the hand at three no
trumps.-M. E. P.
Answer-The partner who first named
the winning call plays the hand, no
matter what bids have interviewed. This
is because AS return to no trumps is
regarded as an assist, not as an orici-
nal bid.
POKER
Question-Playing deuces wild, A
shows two aces apd deuce, jack next
shows two deuces and an ace, eight
next. A claims the pot on his jack
high; insists that the deuces out
rank natural aces and that he wins
without the side card.-W. G.. P.
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School for Card Players

mistigris with that of deuces wild
In mistigris, the only "biagger" is
the joker, and it is much more dit.
ficult to get the joker than another
ace; but in deuces wild there are
four braggers, and it is easier to
get a deuce with an ace than it is to
get another ace, because there are four
deuces and only three more aces. For
this reason the natural aces win, and
two aces and a deuce will beat two
deuces and an ace, regardless of the
outside cards.
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carpets of their cell rooms. Fear
fully they awaited the locking-in or
deal at 8 o'clock. The hour finally
arrived, and the two women were
ready for the climax.
II took the tacks out of the lock
on my door, and it fell out into my
hand just as | had expected" said
Mary Smith, whose real name is
Dorothy Greer. THAT let me into
the corridor, and | turned to Irene's
door. She had considerable diff
Guilty in getting the tacks loose, but
finally, when l pushed from the out
side and she pulled from the inside
it fell to the floor with a crash. /
thought sure we would get caught,
and we both stopped breathing for
a minute until the echo had died
away, and we again felt sure every
thing was all right. Nothing hap
pened and we began to breathe
again.
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Twenty Froggies

Twenty froggieS went to school
Down beside a rushy pool.
Twenty little coats of green,
Twenty vests all white and clean.
eve must be in time" said they.
First we stydy. then we play.
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cuse on Saturday night, when, tired
and hungry, they fell into the arms
of Syracuse policeman.
First TO Make the Attempt
There is no record that ever be-
fore had a woman attempted to
force her way from the low, narrow
cells, through the closely guarded
corridors, over the high parapets,
into the brilliantly lighted streets of
the city and thence to freedom.
But the two women Of this story
were no ordinary prisoners. Born
inspovefty, reared in the atmosphere
of. close communion with their fell
lows, they early learned the value
of. resource and ingenuity, and it
was these two qualities, developed
tos high degree, which permitted
them to set at naught all the care
fully laid schemes of prison officials
to prevent Jail deliveries.
The story of their plans to escape,
the minute care with which evsry
detail of the escape was prepared,
their silent and fearsome. flight
through the musty, closely watched
cell room; their almost futile effort
to scale the high walls which make
the prison place from which only
the most courageous have attempted
delivery, reads like tale from fic-
ton.
The escape was the elimination of
a carefully laid plot, which had it's
inception in the attempted suicide
by hanging Of Irene Miley two
weeks ago. Frustrated in the at
tempt to end her life, the young
woman and her cellmate, who saved
her life, determined to get away
from the depressing prison atmos-
phere which made even death pref
cradle.
Their first thought was to obtain
clothing. Mary Smith had worked
in a New York East Side sweatshop
and knew the meaning of ingenuity.
They both realized that in the uni
form provided by the prison they
could not get 100 feet beyond the
prison without recognition. Five
light gray blankets Of the sort
issued to prisoners during the cold
winter months furnished the inspira-
pon, eventually the clothing in which
they made their brief return to the
outer world.
Garbing herself and her cellmate
in we'll fashioned and not i'll fitting
garments made from the blankets,
Mary Smith also went a step fur
Their. Her nimble, experienced fingers
constructed two jaunty hats, which
would defy the analytical eye of a
milliner. The style and fit were
astonishing. They were made en-
tirely of the rough blankets, but
gave to their wearers dignity and
bearing which could not have been
attained by two bareheaded women.
/. Filed the Locks
Their garments finished early in
the morning of May 2, the two plot
tiers next turned their attention to
the means by which the many doors
which separated them from the
fresh air of the outer world Nigh,
be opened. They obtained strong