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New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

from the back of the room, where a
group of men were playing cards.
M. Dele, blinking his eyes in the
semi-darkness, descended the three
steps to the floor and walked up to
the proprietor, whom he saw stand
ing behind the counter.
DO l know M. Octave Boullay?
l certainly do. He's been a patron
OF mine for twenty years. There
he is, playing cards with some of
his friends"
The proprietor pointed to the
player who was talking when M.
Dele entered, and who continued to
talk. He was large, seedy-looking
man. His pallid face was spotted
with little red blotches. He had a
grayish beard and scant gray locks.
struggling down under his hat. The
latter, pushed back, disclosed a
deeply furrowed forehead. He
whipped his cards down on the table
as If he were going to split the green
cloth cover. Then he seized his glass
and emptied it with a gulp, rolling
his eyes furiously.
Suppressing his amazement. M
Dele approached and asked M.
Octave Boullay if he could speak
with him for a few moments. The
latter consented, though hardly with
good grace. He became more ami
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
School for Card PLAYERS

a takes hearts, and each. D
none A pays 10, B and C u each,
making SO in the pool. OF these D
gets -, A gets s, B and c each.
AT the end of an agreed number Of
ceals' or elapsed time, the chips are
counted to decide the winner. In
tournaments, each player should take
part IN an equal number of deals,
changing adversaries at each sitting.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

Author Of "Toster on AUCTION" "A~c-
Mon Made Ensy," "F'oster's COM
plets Hoylo," eto.
I'm any discussion Of bidding
values one must remember that
It is the value to the declarer,
because all bidding is aimed at
getting the contract to play the
hand. An ace is considered a
sure trick to any player at the
table; but, as we have seen,
it is worth two tricks to the de-
clarer. This being 80, any combina-
tion Of cards should be worth dou-
BILE it's face value to the declaring
hand; but would Immediately drop to
it's normal value if the bidder failed
to get the contract.
This brings US to the question Of
what normal value should be at
tached to certain combinations Of
cards other than the one we have
discussed, ace and king of the same
suit. We want four trick values to
make bid; not necessarily all in
the same suit, but in the hand as a
whole. There is one essential quail
fication, however, which is that at
least two of the total values must
be in the suit named if we are going
to call a suit. We cannot bid a
heart if all our sure tricks are in
clubs and spades.
If you say you have 81 in your
pocket that does not necessarily
mean that you have four 81 bills.
The amount may be made up of bills
and small change. Any one will ad-
NIT you have 81 if you have two 81
bills, two half dollars and four quar-
ters.
1t is the same way with your high
cards when you call suit. You indi
cate four trick values in your hand,
but they may not be two aces, or an
ace-king suit. There are three stand
ard combinations Of high cards that
are good for two sure tricks to any
player at the table, or four to the
declarer. These should be thor
oughly familiar to every player, as
they are the foundation Of all bid
ding and the minimum that justihes
a call when there is nothing in any
other suit.
A X, A @ J, K @ ], with smaller
cards.
IN the second, if you lose queen
or jack to the adverse king the
other two cards are good. In the
third, if you lose one to the ace the
remaining two are good for two
tricks. If you are bidding you call
these worth four tricks.
Now let us look at a hand which
all three of these standard
combinations and check up the re-
suits OF the application of our
theory Any one Of the four may be
The dealer. Any of the four suits
may be the trump. The original
hand came up in an ordinary dupli-
cate game.
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Let US start by supposing q deals.
tie finds club suit headed by four
values and bids it. If the hand is
played at clubs his dummy lays down
an Ak suit, worth four, and another
ace, worth two; total, six Add this to
declarer's four apd we get ten. Play
the hand and Z will win ten tricks,
unless A shifts to spades, instead of
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. u.

BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 10.
Unless a puts on the jack third
hand z will hold the trick with the
eighth, and Y gets in with the ace
OF clubs to make the third trick in
diamonds. If B leads small heart
instead Of the best one or the dia-
mond, AS seven holds the trick and
he must lead the eight of clubs, or
4 Will make the five. Y puts on the
ace and returns the club, rs dis
card being patterned on BIS.
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Five Vessels Allotted
to America by the
Allied Commission
N WEDNESDAY, August 4,
five Of the finest warships
of the once great German

f1ve OF the finest warShips
~ Of the once great German
navy will arrive at New
York. These ships were allotted to
the United States by the Allied
Naval Commission.
The largest and most important
ship in the group is the dreadnought
Ostfriesland. The Ostfriesland was
laid down at the Wilhelmshaven
dockyard in October, 1908, as unit
of the German 1908 naval program.
This program called for three other
battleships of the same type. The
sister ships to the Ostfriesland are
the Thuringen, which has been al
lotted to France; the Oldenburg,
which has been retained by England,
and the Helgoland, which is at pres
ent in some German port, dismantled
and in very bad condition. The Ost-
friesland was launched in Septem-
Der. 1909, and completed in August,
1911. Little did the Germans think
at that time that within ten years
the ship which was then the pride
Of the German navy would be riding
at anchor in the Hudson River, un-
der the American flag, a captive.
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714E OS7FRESLN
a. e NavalCo ommqIsiom

always precede a modern naval ac-
ton. During that very trying night
which followed the battle she was
busily engaged in warding off the
attacks of the British destroyers. A
similar feature connected with this
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Quarters Uncomfortable

The dimensions of her hull are as
follows: Length, 546A feet on the
water line, the beam is SO Il feet, and
the draft is 26.9 feet at normal load
displacement and 29.5 feet at full
load displacement. The normal dis
placement was originally designed at
$4,000 tons. but the Ostfriesland was
built during a period of rapid de-
velopment in warship construction,
and changes forced the normal dis
placement up to 22,440 tons. She
can be loaded up quite bit, and it is
said that she once touched 25,300
tons at full load displacement. The
war complement is 1.107 officers and
men, slowed away in most uncom-
Portable quarters. During the war,
is it said, whenever possible the com
plement was placed ashore in bar
racks. This cramped condition may
be traced to the improvements on the
ship after she had been nearly com
pleted.
For the day in which she was built
the Ostfriesland is very heavily
armed. For a main battery she car
ries twelve 12-inch 50-caliber Krupp
naval rifles. The guns are mounted
two in a turret, one turret fore, one
turret aft and two turrets on each
beam. They weigh 522 tons each
and fire a shell weighing 859.8
pounds at velocity of $3.50 feet
second, giving an energy Of 56,435
foot tons. The secondary battery
consists Of fourteen 5.9-inch 45-cali-
Der guns, mounted seven on each side
Of the ship. When the vessel was
first completed it carried a battery
OF fourteen 3.4-inch guns, but when
the war was on in earnest they were
removed to be mounted on small
auxiliary ships, and their place was
taken by four 3.4-inch 22-pounder
high angle anti-aircraft guns. The
torpedo battery consist OF one bow,
one stern and four broadside sub
merged 197-inch torpedo tubes.
Well Protected
The Ostfriesland was one of the
best protected ships of her day. The
belt is 11.S inches thick amidships,
tapering to SO inches at the bows
and 3.4 inches at the stern. The
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

completed in August of the same
year. Her dimensions are: Length,
46o feet; beam, 45.5 feet; draft,
normal, about II feet. The normal
displacement is 5,100 tons, and the
full load displacement is about 5000
tons. The armament consists of
eight 5.9-inch 50-caliber rifles and
two 81 inch 22-pounder high angle
antl-alrcraft guns. The torpedo bat
terry is reported as four 19.7-inch
torpedo tubes, two on deck and two
submerged. The lesson given in
high-speed mine laying by the Brit
ish in the Battle Of Jutland was we'll
learned by the Germans, and the
Frankfurt is fitted to carry and lay
120 mines.
A Hard Fighter
One Of the hardest worked Ger
man fast cruisers, the Frankfurt has
Deen almost constantly at sea since
the date of her commission. In the
Battle of Jutland she was one Of the
first ships in action, and she had the
honor of being the first to report the
British fleet to the main line. In
the first moments Of the battle she
was well in advance of the battle
fleet. taking a major part in the
cruiser and destroyer actions which
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Auction Bridge

leading the third round of diamond,
which would be the natural plav
He cannot lose the game.
Suppose A deals and bids a d;a.
mond on his four values in the suit
and an outside king, which We sball
call one more, total five. If he plav,
the hand, dummy lays down four
tricks IN spades, nothing else Add
these to AS five and we get min.
and A viii make nine tricks with
diamonds for trumps, by rufing ths
third heart before leading ont
dummy's trumps.
Suppose Y deals. He find. civ
values in his hand-four in heart.
and two in diamonds, and calls ths
hearts. His dummy lays down four
values in clubs; total ten. Play tho
hand at hearts and Y will make to,
tricks, if B leads club after max.
ing botn his spades, as Y get, two
diamond discards on the clubs after
the trumps are gone.
Suppose B deals. He ha. four
values in spades, nothing else; but
that is enough for a free bid. Hi.
partner lays down four in diamonds
and one in clubs, total nine, and
nine tricks is just what B can max.
with spades for trumps, no more.
because if he trumps the third round
Of clubs 4 will make the ten Of
trumps, and if he catches rs trump
he loses a club at the end.
In our next article we shall exam.
inc combinations of lesser value, and
the manner Of counting such hands.
The solution Of last weeks prob
lem, No. II, in which Y and 2
wanted only four tricks out Of tho
seven still to be played, depended on
being able to meet each of several
defenses.
Z starts with the spade ace, to
which all follow suit, and then lead,
the diamond. A and Y both duck
the lead and B wins. If B leads tho
best heart and follows with the
spade, he forces his own partner to
dangerous discard, therefore his
best play is the diamond.
Unless A puts on the jack third
hand Z will hold the trick with the
eight, and Y gets in with the ace Of
clubs to make the third trick in dia-
monds. If B leads a small heart
mond, AS seven holds the trick and
instead of the best one or the dja-
he must lead the eight of clubs or z
will make the five. Y pats on the
ace and returns the club, rs dis
card beirg patterned on B's.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01

Hearts are trumps and z leads.
and 4 want all seven tricks. How
90 they get them? Solution next
week.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-01
Translated by William l.. Mcpherson

(Copyrioht. 1890, Ncw York Tribune 1no)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-05

front OF each customers door as In
some primitive countries; yet tho
greater part Of the milk consumed In
this city came by the cRn-and-dipper
route direct from COW to consumer.
In those days. not so ve@y far away.
either, the grocer seooped our oaszaeal,
our candy and eur soda crackers out
IT a barrel to order and dug our but
ter out Of q firkin. We all ate, as it
we're, out of a common dish. and
thought none the worse Of our lot be-
cause of that.
> Today even peanuts are served to
us in transparent paraffned; envelopes.
candies come in ribboned cartons an
pretty as mothers jewel case, break.
fast foods are sealed and sterilized,
and the commonest groceries are wrap
ped in >tinfoil. Moreover, they are all
delivered at > the apartment house.
wherein families are now also put in
small but tidy packages.
As we become more highly civilized.
we demand more waiting on by hui.
man hands, and the result is, even
now, rising price of human hand
work that puts the service out OF tn
common reach. - l. -: ="
It costs about as much to raise off,
child in the city as it cost grpndfathsf
in the country to raise seven.
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home FOR FAMILY .
!! Of. MODEST MEANS !
Substantial Frame Structure Of
Attractive Appearance.
EIGHT COMFORTABLE ROOMS
This Design Represents the Result Of
Conscientious Work on tho Part
!. ). OF tho euitder-Iines Are
.sH&3,E Distinctive.
BY w.. A. BRADFORD.

', aar!:, William 4. Radtord will euswer
S4sr On =. ell sub1ects pertaining 70 tho
Sc Sc ss:d:s; q s
Y without Doubt the highest authority
q % 1 ees.s SUBJECT: AddTsss q! tnsulies
venue: Chicago: III: and only, enclose
Although the smaller apartment
containing two. three and four rooms
with space-saving beds, is at the
height Of its popularity in the large
cities. there is, still q big demand
for real home BY the man with a
family who wants plenty Of room for
his children. This type of home is
substantial as well as. comfortable and
can be builtsin variety Of styles.
The home shown here is an excel
lent type of a story.and-a-half model.
It represents the result Of conscien-
tfous work on the part Of the con-
tractor. The. exterior is particularly
pleasing, built along lipes distinctive.
The front porch with Side and front
stone steps and heavy br lick columns
and gable roof is well constructed and
inviting. The projecting srafters and
small-roof dormer set rather far back
under q projecting roof which is sup
ported by three small braces, are ad-
ditidnal touches that make the home
look very appealing to the man with
= medium sized family. 1t would be
hard to find a more convenient house
to ltve IL. Resting on a foundation
Of concrete this house is built Of
frame. part siding and part shingles.
The shingles have been putt on in a
rather unusual way and add copsid-
cradle charm to the general appear
ahce[ of the home.
ItsB when YOU take a look at the
interior that Ithe real beauty Of the
home is. revealed. The lower floor
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First Floor Plan.

;mnch as one Of these fireplaces, and
they are getting more popular every
day. Y
Wall bookcases have been built on
eIfher side of this fireplace with small
windows above.
Opening off the living room with
side doorway IS the dining room. 10
Nv IL feet. This, is = an unusually
cheerful room, being lighted by wide
triple bay window. The small swing
ing door leads into the kitchen when
Is IL by 10 feet. The kitchen is small
and designed to eliminate as many
unnecessary steps for the housewife
rs possible. 1t is equipped with the
latest appliances to reduce the work
70. / minimum. Among these are mod
ern- range, sanitary sink, ice box ana
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-05
MINNESOTA SEED /
BEST. SAYS I0WAN

Minnesota seed potatoes score
again. C. L. Fitch, potato experts OF
the agricultural extension Depart
ment at Iowa State College at: Ames'
says that the Minnesota seed has TINS
year shown itself worth 100 an acre
more in net resulths than Iowa grown
seed. \
Mr.. Fitch's statement is based, says
Better Iowa, the clipping sheet Isl
sued at Ames,> on demonstrations car
ried ON in seven different Iowa coun-
ties to bring out the value of vigor-
Gus northern seed, potatoes. Four
trial lots have Just been dug near
Sigourney in Keokuk county with
these results: Certified >Cohblers.
grown in northern Minnesota, yielded
1926 bushels an acre with only IL
bushels Of throwouts. The Iowa
grown Cobblers planted alongside
yielded IS bushels with 20 bushels OF
small and inferior potatoes. "ln 9TH
err words" says Mr.. Fitch, "the nor
thern seed produced lis bushels of
good table potatoes and the Iowa
seed only 40 bushels. a difference OF
13 bushels worth at least $500.
Better Iowa also declares that In
Early Ohios the certified Red River
Valley seed produced los bushels
with 20 bushels small, or IS bushels
net. - The Iowa Early Ohio seed pro-
duced so bushels with 20 bushels OF
throw6uts, or 40 bushels net. The
table stock from the Minnesota
grown was larger and more uniform
than that from the Iowa seed.
| AS Keokuk county has more than
i 600 acres Of potatoes this year, Mr.,
Fitch figures it out that good Mime,
sofa seed would have been worth at
] least $4,000 to>that county alone.
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pandellons for Meath.

Next time you pass . field Of daude-
lions, sit right doyn and eat some
of them. Not only do dandelions make
you healthy, but they also keep you
young. =
Dr.. Josiah Oldfield says that daily
diet Of Gandelion leaves, fowls eggs,
grapes, lettuce, milk, watercrcss, honey
and salads in general, will do nose TO-
ward keeping you young than anything
else.
, Says he: "Old age. is caused largely
by deposits in the blood.vessels and
cells Of the body Of waste matter"
Fresh vegetables help remove this
waste matter and form new cells. -
Popular Science Monthly
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Second Floor Plan.
which is ordinarily wasted in house
of this type. Under the sloping roof
two closets have been provided. They
are large enough to permit the storage
Of a large quantity Of clothing. Each
bedroom is lighted by three windows
The bathroom is also found on this
floor. 1t is equipped with the latest
built-in fixtures and is lighted by win
dows in the small roof dormer: "
Although at a casual glance this
home looks large, 1t is only "a by 50
feet.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-05
DECEMBER WHEAT LOWEST Il
: TODAY IN FOUR YEARS

(By United Press) E 4, ! :. s ...Ss.
Minneapolis, Oct" 4.-Decemher
wheat declined IN cents to $1.9t
today, the lowest price In four years.
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cupboard for utensils and food. Tho
small pantry is directly opposite the
kitchen.
On the other side of the lower floor
are two bedrooms and the den which
opens into the living room. The bed
rooms are II by IL feet and open into
q hall which runs from the living room
to the rear Of the porch. A layatory
completes the first floor plan.
Upstairs the architect has provided
two large bedrooms IL by 16 feet and
10 by 16 feet, to use up the space
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The Maxine Of q Poet.

IT see that your young nephew has
a poem in this months Massive Maya
zine. 1 hope he will not let praise
spoil him."
'There is not the slightest dangar
Of anything spelling him now" sns:!ed
J. Fuller Gloom. HE was horn SPOIL
ed or he couldn't write poetry, :,
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coutalns six rooms-living room, dim
Ing room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and
aeden. The latter can be used as .
bedroom in case of emergency or as a
library, as the owner may see It. The
living room is built along popular
linet, being the largest room In the
house 20 feet 6 inches by IA feet. At
one end is large open fireplace lead
Ing unto a wide chimney. In the cold
winter nights there is rothing that
helps to add cheer to the home as
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WHY LIVING HAS ADVANCED
In Our crandfsther's Days Food Wa
Not Demanded to Be In ind'.
yiduai Packages. :,

Many Minneapclitans remember we'll
when tethercd cows fed on the open
fields beyond the brow Of Lowry khl.
and when considerable corn fodder
stood in shock on the downtown side
of Lake street, says the Minneapolis
Journal. In those days the COW WAS
not driven down street and millled in
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AUTOMOBILE CRASH SUNDAY, =
BRINGS ABOUT TWO DEATHS

st. Paul, Oct. 4.-Alidia Walquist,
of Carver, Mimi, was killed and her
father, Charles Walquist, fatally In
jured, when their automobile, crashed
into a street car late Sunday. Mr..
Walquist died early today. Mrs. Wal
quist and another daughter were only
slightly injured.
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except for possible showers next Wed--
nesday, according to the United
States weather, bureau. Fair and
warmer is promised Cleveland Tor
the opening tomorrow, with poseab.
ly showers Wednesday and cooler
weather thereafter. ~" &. sa$Z a21il.s J sS.
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FAIR WEATHER PROMISED
FOR WORLD SERIES GAMES

Washington, Oct. 4.-The 1920
World Series will have fair weather.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-16

ing from Georgia, sail on the Can
adam Pacific liner, the Empress of
Japan, for stations in China and ia
pan. The event was the occasion of
special prayers this afternoon of the
Mission Study class of the Central
Baptist church. This is the largest
number of missionaries that has ever
gone out at single time from a sim
gle denomination to work in other
lands since the beginning of Christ
ian missions, and marks a distinct ad-
vance in the mission work of the
Southern Baptists. Representatives
of dozen Southern and Southwest
ern states made up the big party.
This unusually large delegation Of
evangelists and other Christian work.
ers was made possible by the larger
proceeds that have come into the
treasury of the Foreign Mission
Board, as a result of the Baptist 70
Million Campaign. Az it's recent
summer session the board named
total of 66 new men and women to
carry forward its work on foreign
fields, and the majority of these we've
assigned to work in the Orient, where
Southern Baptists carry on their
! largest foreign mission work, and
they will sail on this special mission
airy ship. Other missionaries having
completed their furloughs at home
will serve to swell the party.
A total of 500 additional workers
will be named by the Foreign Mis-
sion Board during the five years of
the rs Million Campaign and these
will be distributed over the ten for
eign fields that are occupied at pres
ent and the new fields that are being
opened in Europe and the Near East.
Missionary Activities Broadened.
Students of missionary activities
will be interested in knowing that
the majority of the new foreign mis-
sionaries named by Southern Baptists
are assigned to educational and medi-
cal, work and nursing, though there
are a goodly number of evangelists
among them. The majority of the
missionaries sent out before have
given themselves largely to evangel-
istic work, but it has been found that
the effectiveness of the evangelists
in proclaiming the gospel is greatly
enhanced where the minds of the
people have been prepared for the
reception of the Christian religion
through tn ministry of healing and
nursing, educational and other pre-
paratory work Numerous hospitals,
schools, printing plants and other in
stitutions for healing and enlighten-
ing the people along general lines
have been set up on the mission
fields, others will be established dur
ing the next few years, and it is to
man these institutions that many of
the workers have been sent out.
Among the new appointees is an
expert in farming and livestock
production who goes to a college in
province in which there are 3d.
/ 100000 people, ninety per cent of
whom are farmers. He will seek to
instruct the farmers in better meth
DDS of production and thus gain an
ear, also, for the gospel of Christ.
A majority of the new missionaries