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New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
BY r. F. Foster

Author of "Foster on Auction"
"Auction Made Easy," "Foster's
Complete Hoyle," "Russian Bcnk,"
etc.
"VERY hand at the bridge
1t table presents to the de-
A clarer a situation which re-
quires skillful handling. The
finished player is the one who
knows, as soon as he has examined
dummy's cards, just what should be
done with any hand. If the ambi-
tious bridge player, anxious to inn
prove his game, would confine his
attention to one point in the tactics
Of playing the declaration until he
had mastered it in all its variations,
letting everything else go until he
was sure he could handle that stu
alton any time it came up, he would
make more progress in a week than
he now makes in a year trying to
learn several things at once.
AS trump declarations are more
common than no-trumpers, and
more easily mismanaged, suppose
we start with them, and confine our
attention exclusively to the impor-
tance of making dummy's trumps
separately from the declarer's. 1t
can readily be shown that success
in this piece of tactics depends on
two things: Postponing the trump
lead and refusing to finesse. Here
is a typical situation, continually
misplayed:
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titled Concerning Municipal Owner
ship" The work SO fascinated her
that she studied great deal and
conducted Investigations on her own
account until she became more or
less familiar with the financial con-
dition, tax rate, population and con-
templated projects of numerous mu-
inequalities in every state in the
Union. AS result she was sent to
England to investigate municipality
operated utilities in that country.
: In 1917 the officers of the bond
department Of the Guaranty Trust
Company decided on an intensive
campaign of mail order business, and
Miss Porter was one Of the first to
be considered as person whose past
experience would qualify her to de-
velop this new field. 1t did not take
her long to convince the officers that
he would be a distinct asset to the
rganization.
Accordingly the name of Clara F.
Porter appeared on the pay roll and
she was assigned to the bond depart
ment, where she was allotted the
task of writing sales letters with
punch" After a years work, how
ever, She was no longer content with
applying punch" by mail. She per-
suaded the head of the department
that she could do more effective
work by personal interviews with
clients, and was granted permission
to go out and sell.
Miss Porter laughingly confesses
that her first day "on the street" was
failure. Although she rang bell
after bell and covered many blocks
she was unable to see any of the GUS
toners on the list which had been
given her. Of the eight prospective
customers she called upon three
were dead, two had moved to un-
known localities, one was in the
army and two had never been heard
Of. The average salesman would
have been discouraged, but she be-
came only the more determined.
AS a result of the first days ex-
perfence she drew up her own list of
prospects," and early the following
day set forth in a new direction. By
noon she had made her first sale.
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sey, New Jersey; Mrs. Writ Dexter,
Boston,; Mrs. Adolph E. Rocquet,
New Orleans; Mrs. Martin Strand,
Chicago Heights, Ill.,; Miss Alcyon
Robinson, Denver; Mrs. Arthur Ry-
erson, Chicago.
This delegated body will repre-
sent as many as fifteen states Of the
United States. 1t will accompany
the two international officers, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president,
and Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, first
corresponding secretary.
Miss Marjorie Shuler will be the
press representative Of the Ameri.
can contingent.
The following visitors will also
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Auction Bridge

is twofold. In the first place ~.
should never assume that a sn;. :,
solid unless it is so against apv ~.
sible distribution of the cards l.
the second place, it is fundame,,s'
principle Of play that t,uu,
should not be leo as long ~ vs.
have any losing rcrG> < .a.- ,.,,in
nents' suit which a dummy can ns
If tn. diamond suit is solid ..
assumed, it will be equally so sf..u
dummy has trumped a couple os
small clubs, as this will not in s,v
way weaken the trumps in the hand
of the declarer. The proper wav to
play all such hands, therefore 10 -
return a small club for the secons
trick and let dummy trump it. As
dummy needs only one more tr,nn
to ruff the third round of clubs tba
declarer can lead one round =.
trumps, simply to regain the load
in his own hand, it being more i'm
portant to trump the losing cyus
than anything else. The third round
of clubs leaves dummy in the lead
Now comes a little perception
problem that the average plaver
might easily overlook. A has shown
length in both the black suits. and
must be short in diamonds, there.
fore dummy does not lead that suit
but tries the spades, in which he
cannot lose more than two tricks.
1t does not matter if B wins with
the ace and A overtakes the queen
and leads a diamond, I must make
five by cards by winning the dis.
mond in dummy and trumping the
third spade. If B is left in the lead
or leads a club or diamond tie re.
suit is the same.
There is nothing better calculated
to improve persons game and al
the same time arouse interest in the
possibilities of correct play as soly
ing problems, one of which will be
presented every week, with the solu.
tion the week following.
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@attend: Mrs. Eric Stafford. Lexing- 9

Pattend: Mrs. Eric Stafford, Licking
ton, KY; Miss Jane Manner, New
York; Miss Ruth Cranston, New
York; Miss Dena A. Rehfeld, South
Dakota; Mrs. Mary P. Crane, Plain
field, N. j.; Miss G. B. Wilkinson,
Lincoln, Neb.
These American officers, dele
gates and visitors are booking pass
age on the Cunard steamship Royal
George.
Spanish Church Hostile.
The change from Madrid to Ge-
neva is explained by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, president of the In
ternational Woman Suffrage AL
lance, as due to a misunderstand-
ing on the part of some of the lead
ers Of the Catholic Church in Spain.
"These clericals," she said, "took
hostile attitude toward the COM
ing into their country of nom Cath
olic women. It seemed inadvisa-
BILE, therefore, to the international
conference committee to press the
! matter further, and they have with
drawn to Switzerland.
"It is clear to all people with vi
sion," continued Mrs. Gait, in urg-
ing attendance at the conference,
"that the nations of the world are
to be drawn closer together in the
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Z dealt and bid a heart, A club
and Y two hearts, B and z passing.
A then made his secondary bid In
the spades, which are not strong
enough for a free bid, but might
have been called over the hearts as
a forced bid. When Y went to three
hearts all passed and A led the
king of clubs, which Y won with
the ace.
Seeing an apparently solid dia-
mond suit, with abundant trumps
to defend it, z led out three rounds
Of trumps at once, and then started
the diamonds, only to find the suit
stopped by B, who held four to the
jack.
Now z finds he must lose two
tricks in each of the blank suits,
which just stops him from winning
the game.
The lesson that this hand conveys
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Mrs. Charles F. Spencer, Topeka,
Kan; Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson,
Denver; Miss Dorothy Rehfeld,
Aberdeen, S. D.; Mrs. H. O. Garvey,
Kansas; Mrs. j. Hamilton Lewis,
Chicago; Miss Julia Lathrop, Wash
ington, d. c.; Dr. Marion Horton,
Windsor, VT, and Mrs. Maud
Nathan, New York.
Alternates are Mrs. J. G. Munro,
Boston; Miss Frances sHealey,
Hampton Falls, N. H.; Mrs.
Helen Lippincott, Riverton, N. j.;
Miss c. V. Burghardt, Des
Moines, Iowa; Mrs. J. M. McCown,
Emporia, Kan; Miss Estelle Crane,
Plainfield, n. j.. Miss Florence Hal
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on to perform will be the granting
of loans. 1t will be up to Miss
Porter to decide to whom money
shall be loaned, and this she consid
ers the most interesting phase Of her
new work.
1t is usual to couple efficiency in
woman with masculinity, but there
is nothing masculine about Miss Por-
ter. On the contrary, she is dis
tinctly feminine, with none of the
brusqueness one somehow associates
with bank official. She is a charm
ing woman gifted with the ability
to do big things. Attired in a trim
blue serge suit and wearing chic
straw hat, she was not the least bit
affrighted at being confronted by a
reporter, but she did express sur
prise that any one should be inter
ested in her. She is an ardent cham
pion Of her sex, believing that wom-
an has as large part to play in
business as man.
Less Sex i'm Business
"1n fact" she said, "sex is playing
g less important role in business
than ever"
Miss Porter's statement was
doubtless correct, but she neglected
to mention what part personality
played, and it took but few min
utes to decide that personality has
been large factor in her success.
Whereas, | had .hesitated to ap-
proach such an important parsonage
as bank official l was soon made
to feel that l was the one who was
being honored.
"How long have l been with the
Guaranty" she said, repeating a
question. Just two and a half
years"
"That seems very short time in
which to become an officer of the
company" was suggested.
"My financial training really COM
menced before that" she replied.
"My connection with this company
was but step upward. Before COM
ing here | was with the New York
Edison Company for seven years,
which experience partly qualified me
for my present position. Indeed,
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Uruguay. On the European commit
tee for arrangements in advance are
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence and Mrs.
Philip Snowden, of England.
Americas Delegates
Each affiliated branch of the IN
ternational Woman Suffrage Ali
ance has right to twenty-four dele
gates and alternates. The National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion announces that it's delegates
will be as follows:
Mrs. Jacob Baur, Chicago; Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge, Lexington, KY. !;
Mrs. w. e. Barkley, Lincoln, Neb. !;
Mrs. Halsey Wilson, New York (;
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that it didn't make the least diff
ference.
Men Her Best Customers

THAT is emphatic. l am fire.
quently asked whether I sell bonds
to women. There is some surprise
when it is known that the majority
of my clients are men. 1t is not be-
cause l prefer them to women as
customers, but because / have fol-
lowed the line of least resistance and
have obtained business where it was
most easily obtained. Men are more
accessible than women. The sex of
the person who sells bonds is of no
more Importance than the sex of the
person who buys. Men do not buy
bonds from a man because he is a
man, and l do not believe that
women buy bonds from a woman be-
cause she is woman. Both buy
from the person who convinces them
that the clients interests come first
and who shows the most intelligence
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future than they have been in the
past. To be successful all govern
ments will be obliged to have larg-
er degree of understanding of other
countries, and bigness of view in
Interpreting inter-racial questions.
The Geneva conference offers an
opportunity to the women of the
United States, who are leaders in
political thought, to make their own
study of foreign conditions, and to
come into close contact with the
best minds of Europe.
"sssWomen Of twenty-six countries
are affiliated with the alliance and
most of the European countries will
certainly be represented"
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and she has been selling ever since
so successfully that when the direc-
tors sought new officer they chose
her.
IL am, of course, delighted with
my new POSITION" she said, "but /
love selling"
Sex No Handicap
Asked if she had found her sex
any handicap in selling she replied:
"Only in covering ground. A man
usually can walk further in short
er time, but that is the only advan-
cage III concede. Even at that, l.
managed to make fifteen to twenty
five calls a day. In the beginning,
when l was developing my clientele,
I did feel pretty tired at the end of
the day"
Perseverance contributed largely
to Miss Porter's success. Having
selected list of possible purchasers
she selected certain bonds in which
they would probably be interested
and proceeded to call upon them.
Her initial efforts We're not always
successful. 1t frequently necessi-
tated two or three visits before she
was able to see customer.
"Once I gained admission to a
mans Office the rest was compara-
lively easy" she stated, with con-
vincing smile. II have had very
wonderful opportunity to gain at
first hand great deal of useful in
formation concerning all kinds Of
different trades and professions.
always made it point to 20 after
the biggest men and big business,
for, although you can find earth
along Broadway and grow wheat
there, the place to grow wheat is in
the country"
Miss Porter spent considerable
time with customer on her initial
visit, and thereafter relied largely
upon the telephone to conduct her
business. That this method bore
fruit was evidenced by a man tele-
phoning and making a very sizable
purchase in the course of the inter
view.
Asked whether women or men
were the easier to sell to, she replied
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Trust Company of New
York, one of the largest
banking institutions in the world,
met recently to appoint an officer to
fill a vacancy in the company it
established a precedent by appoint
ing a woman, Clara F. Porter.
There are hundreds of capable bank
officials throughout the United
States who would have been eager
to accept the position, yet it is safe
to assume that none of them be-
grudges the selection of Miss Por-
ter. 1t is unanimously conceded by
those in banking circles who have
followed this young woman's brief
career-she has been with the
Guaranty less than three years
that she is exceptionally we'll quail
fed to fill the office.
Within month the company will
open new Office in the handsome
building on upper Fifth Avenue,
formerly occupied by Sherry's, and
Miss Porter will occupy one of the
luxurious Offices on the first floor.
She is already widely known for her
ability to sell bonds. and with the
assumption of her new office she
will take her place as one of the
leading business women of the coun-
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few, if any, of them are expected
to attend the suffrage convention.
Work for French Suffrage
France is at the head of the list !
Of those countries having members
in the suffrage alliance for whom
further efforts toward enfranchise-
ment must be made. A bill for
woman suffrage has been beaten in
the Chamber of Deputies, it is re-
ported, and French suffragists have
begun their work again, following
some of the methods of our Ameri- !
can suffrage workers.
While the American delegation to |
the world conference is packing
trunks and making ready to leave
this country Miss Chrystal Mac
MILAN is in Geneva making the way
smooth for their visit when they ar
rive. Her word to Mrs. Gait was,
upon arrival, that Geneva was used
to world conferences and had plenty
of accommodations.
Among the new groups of women
who will send delegates to the con-
ference are the women of Greece, |
of Ukrainia, of Rumania and of |
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

4 UCTION BRIDGE~R. T. C. saws:
~ l deal, but my partner makes
the first bid, out of turn. What
is the penalty?
Either adversary may, without con-
sultation with his partner, accept the
bid as regular and allow the bidding
to proceed in turn, TO the left; or, the
bid may be cancelled If it is can
celled, the player whose proper turn it
is to bid does so, unless that player hap
pens to be the partner of the player
in error, because he is barred from
any declaration during that deal. Leav-
ing him out, the bidding proceeds as
usual, the one who first bid out of turn
being free to bid in his turn.
W. D. L. says: The dealer holds six
diamonds to the king, jack, ten and
q singleton heart, with three small in
each of the other suits. A bets this
is not a diamond call at any score.
If not, what is the objection to it?
Original bids must have defensive
strength, in case the opponents get
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Campaign for World Suffrage
To Follow American Victory

elected to their legislative bodies in
number of countries. Although
there has been only one jeanette
Rankin in this country European
countries can boast a goodly num-
Der. These representatives have
been invited to the international
convention.
Two of the best known of these
women legislators are Senator Ma
rie Hjelmer and Fru Elna Munich,
of Denmark. Senator Hjelmer, for
several years a member of the mu-
nicipal council of her small city, was
elected last year to the Landsthing,
the upper house of the Rigsdag. Fru
Elna Munich, president of the Dan
ish Women's Suffrage Association,
was elected to the lower house at
the same election. She is the wife
of the Minister of War, recently re-
signed, and has been notable fig
ure in the suffrage movement in
Denmark for number of years.
Both women were instrumental in
winning victory for a woman's equal
pay bill in their country. Fru
Hjelmer was an adviser in the indus
trial conference in Washington last
year. AS evidence of the tendency
to keep women in the auxiliary class
in office holding and in business Fru
Hjelmer at that time quoted the po-
sition of Denmark itself. The Den
mark Parliament last year defeated
bill to remove sex disabilities from
women and permit them to carry on
all professions without let or him
drance both in State and Church. 1t
was such a bill as the women's eman-
/ cipation act of Great Britain.
To Keep Them ''Ladies"
Is "The storm center of the Danish
bill,' said Fru Hjelmer, "was it's
permission to grant women the right
to become ministers in the Danish
state Church. 1t went popularity by
the name of the bill for female
priests and was defeated by the
old reluctance to let women out of
the ladies aid class"
Fru Hjelmer herself is not busi-
ness or professional woman. She
describes herself as "just a married
woman"
The six women in the Polish Diet
have been invited to the Interna-
tional Suffrage Alliance convention.
Two of these representatives are
National Democrats, the party of
Paderewski; two belong to the pop
ular party; one is a Socialist and
one belongs to party made up of
an alliance between clerical and pop
ular groups. All of the women are
teachers except one, Nine. Sophie
Moraczewska, who is the wife of
the Premier of the last government
before Paderewski's government was
formed
According to the rules of the Po-
lish Diet the members can choose
the committees upon which to work,
and Nine. Moraczewska is secretary
of the Committee on Public Health
and Labor The five other women
are on public education committees.
In the Republic of Czecho- -Slova-
kia eleven women were elected last
year to the National Assembly. Ger
many elected good number of wom-
en- to its assembly last year, but
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Rune. 7. l.. says: What IS con-
sidered the best way to get rid of odd
cards at this game?
The most popular form is known 81
Bakers Gin, invented by +. I. Baker
of the Knickerbocker Whist Club. As
soon as one player lays down his caros'
with 10 or less in his deadwood, hiS
opponent can add cards TO the COM
binations shown, if he has any thas HI
and SO reduce his losses. If the re-
suit is that the opponent winds Up
with less deadwood than the caller He
wins 10 points extra as penalty
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had | not deposited my savings here
| should not now be where ! am''--
"That sounds like the advice of
James j. Hill"
"No, it is not meant as advice, al
though you may take it as such. 1t
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
GROUP Of American suffra-
gists will sail this month for

SiotS WAL SAAA WAC shValtA A0A
Europe to take part in the
first international woman suffrage
convention since 1918. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, for years the leader
of suffrage in this country, as presi-
dent of the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance, heads the list OF
the women sailing from this coun-
try.
At the last meeting of the world
alliance of women in Budapest a
meeting was scheduled for Berlin in
1915. Circumstances over which the
suffragists had no control wiped that
meeting off the program. These
same circumstances swept the suf-
fragists of all countries into the cur
rent and international conventions
on suffrage were forgotten while
the women worked to help their sew
eral Countries win the war.
Spain the First Choice
Plans were made to resume inter
national suffrage activities soon
after the armistice was signed. The
meeting place, it was decided, would
better be in a country which had not
been in the great war Spain was
the country finally chosen, but ow-
ing to a misunderstanding on the
part Of the authorities of that ma
ton the meeting was changed TO
Geneva, Switzerland. There the
women of suffrage organizations in
all parts Of the world will assemble
on June 10.
One of the important questions
to be decided upon will be the fut
ure of the alliance. Nearly every
country which has strong repre-
sentation will present programs of
what it's women consider the future
work of the world organization.
Switzerland's proposal calls atten-
ton to the fact that although vast
strides have been made in advancing
woman suffrage throughout the
world there are still few countries
in the alliance whose women cannot
vote.
Danish women offer their own
program as a model to the Alliance,
including plans (1 to develop the
capacity of women for the respon-
sibility and work Of citizens of full
age, (2) to promote the establish
ment of equality of women and men
in the family, state and society, (3)
to improve the lot Of women and
children, especially by legislation.
The women Of the Netherlands,
among other suggestions, put forth
the idea of developing within the AL
lance an Interparliamentary Union
of women M. P's.
The women of Great Britain sug-
gest for one thing that the Interna-
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance ap-
point a committee to consider it's
relations to other international wo-
mems societies.
Women Legislators
One of the features of the con-
vention will be the number of wom-
en- M. P.'s from various countries
in attendance. Since the meeting
in Budapest women have been
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Hearts are trumps and 2 leads.
Y and z want all seven tricks, the
position Of every card being known
to all four players. How do they
get them? Answer will appear
next week.
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was as a depositor that | became
acquainted with officials of the
bank"
An Expert on Finance
While with the Edison company
Miss Porter edited a magazine en-
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School for Card PLAYERS

Editorial Note-The Tribune has
lately received many requests for in
formation and decisions upom moot
points IN various games of cards.
These haze heretofore been ansavered
by letter, but so many of the points
raised seem to be of general interest
to card players that arrangements
haze been made aUith r. F. Foster,
author of 'Foster's Complete Hoyle," ;"
"F'oster ON Auction," and some forty
other books on games, to edit these
inquiries for publication IN The Sun-
day Tribune, as faa' as space will
permit. Letters received on or be-
fore Tuesday morning aoiU be an
s1oered the following Sunday1
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

Poker-H. J. NJ. says: A bets that il
is easier to get a flush than straight
as there are nine cards to fill out
flush, drawing one; only eight to fill
an open-end straight, and only four
to fill an interior.
If A is betting that it is easier to
CLIP a flush, drawing one card, than
it is to fill straight, he wins; but
if he is betting that it is easier 10
get" a flush. he loses. The odds
against pat flush are sos to l; and
against pat straight only 25i to l.
But the odds against getting four
hearts to draw to, as against four
cards of straight, are as Al TO To-
and, in considering the value OF
hand, we must take into account get
ting it, before we draw to IT. II Is
three times as hard to get the bootaA
flush.