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New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
AUCTION BRIDGE
ITO EVERY conventional play

NJ EVERY conventional play
there is an answer; to every
conventional bid there is a
defense. This holds true of the
double, although it took some time
to discover just what the best de-
fense was.
When an opponent doubles an orig
inal declaration, he shows a certain
type of hand. If it is a suit double,
his hand is potential no-trumper,
except that the suit named is its
weak point, and if that suit is opened
against him, the game will probably
be saved before he gets in. That is
why part of the object of the double
is to ask if his partner can head off
that suit. All no-trump doubles are
a gamble, just like the original bid.
When the second hand doubles a
suit bid, the third hand has choice
between three declarations. He can
pass and wait to see what the fourth
hand has to say, or he can assist the
bid if he is strong enough to disre-
gard the double, or he can redouble.
The redouble is very strong de-
fense to the double and gives the
original bidder a better line on the
hand than anthing else, besides put
ting the screws on the fourth hand,
who is practically compelled to take
his partner out.
The double of suit by second hand
shows weakness in that suit, but
good cards elsewhere. The redouble
echoes that statement, showing that
the third hand is also weak in his
partners suit, but strong elsewhere.
The redouble is much better than
denying the suit with a take-out,
which would be at best a gamble
and might run foul of one of the
doubler's strong suits.
The player to be pitied in such
cases is the fourth hand. The stu
alton disclosed is that he has all the
cards in the doubled suit and nothing
else. Is he to let the double stand
or go no-trumps? Here is hand in
which various players did one thing
or the other. 1t was played at ten
tables. At some A did not double,
thinking he could save the game.
z dealt and bid spade. A dou-
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

were eight of them. Johnson stepped
out from behind the tree and ar
ranged with them to throw up their
hands. Then he marched the octet
to the lookup and the next day they
were sentenced to sixty days hard
labor on the highway And what
did Johnson do next? Got himself
appointed Road Supervisor and took
personal charge of the gang.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

NE of the oldest stories writ
ten in English is that of
Beowulf. great knight and
warrior of long, long ago
Some day you may read this story
in your school courses, but when
you do you will probably have to
dig so hard over the old, queer way
IN which it is written that YOU NAV
forget just what the story really is.
So I will tell you something about
it now.
Hrothgar, the King of Denmark,
belonged to famous family which
was supposed to have been descended
from Odin. the father of the gods
of the North. Hrothgar's great
great t-grandfather was Skiold. And
the people believed that Skiold was
the son of Odin.
He came to their country in a
mysterious way, so that they could
think of no other way to explain
his coming except by saying that
Odin had sent him. 1t was this
way:
The country was in bad state.
No one of the mobiles was strong
enough to claim the place of king.
And at the same time, without one
real ruler, everything became upset.
One knight fought with another;
their followers robbed and slew one
another, and everybody suffered.
When things were just about as
bad as they could be the people
noticed one day that a mysterious
boat was nearing their shores. It
had no one to guide it, and yet it
came on as if manned by the most
skillful seamen. A great crowd
gathered on the shore to find out
what it was.
AS it drew close in some of the
strongest men swan ont To 500 what
was in the boat. There, on the floor
in the very middle, lay a beautiful
baby boy. He was resting on
sheaf of wheat and laughed and
crowed as the sunlight played upon
the sails above him. The boat was
filled with armor-swords and
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

TT HERE was one incident in the
life of Thomas B. Reed that
they still like to tell about in
a certain barber shop in Washington
where it is supposed to have hap
pened. Reed climbed ponderously
into a red plush barber chair one
afternoon during the early part of
his career as Speaker of the House.
He gave the grinning black barber
brief directions as to how he wanted
his hair trimmed and then leaned
back with his gaze fixed on a spot in
the tile flooring while he gave HIM
self up to meditation.
The barber started up conversa-
tion on two or three topics of a GEN
eral nature, because it seemed to
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
POKER

Questlon-Joker running wild, which
is the better hand, joker and queen or
pair of natural queens, and whv?-
c, w. E.
Answer-The. joker pair, because t
is harder to get single card. the
Joker with queen, than it is to get
one of three other cards, queens. to
make the pair.
Question-1f the player to the left Of
the opener Checks" when the opener
does So must he have as good a open
ers M. G.
Answer-All "checking' is not lerit-
innate poker and players must make
their own rules for it. 1t is played all
ways.
Question-A refuses to open, although
holding three aces. B opens on what
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
T T is an island of the ancient
country of Armorica, a little
l. island a league long and hardly

country of Armorica, little
IA island league long and hardly
half IS wide, scrap of land
lost on the confines of the ocean.
Because it brlstles with steep
rocks and because the spray has
burned out the soil men have never
been able to enrich it by cultivation
1t has remained through all time
what it was at its birth, unalterably
virgin.
1t is an impeccable purity of
tones, in which nothing clashes.
Each morning the breezes, like con-
scientious servants, sweep the land.
dust the rocks, polish, the sky and
pass the light through sieve.
Every blade of grass is materially
washed and then dried. No dead
leaf lies on the ground, no mud
stains the carpet-like surface. All
is clean, very poor, very noble, like
the cottage of a princess who would
be fairy. The rocks, of fesh-col-
ored granite, are lined with MOSES.
whose green is SO tender against
soft rose, that, seeing them, one
thinks of an infant sleeping on pre-
clous tissues. Their shadows are
violet and their half -tints lilac. The
carmine of the heather and the
mauve of the thyme mix discreetlv
with the paleness of the camomiles.
The grass doesn't dare to be green.
1t is blond. 1t gilds itself. It is
eeaselessly in motion. The suns
rays, coming through the salty
prlsms of an atmosphere which is
always vibrant, refract and break
so that their incidence is never di-
rect, but the light suffuses and en-
velops all things. 1t caresses, pene-
trates and bathes the shadows.
Trees, whose robust foliage would
introduce too violent note into the
picture, are interdicted. 1t is for
bldden them to mount toward the
delicate sky and those which do
mount are leveled by the winds. The
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
FIVE HUNDRED

Question-Does the holder of the
Joker name it against the bidder, or
has the bidder the right to name the
Joker, no matter who holds it o-J. B.H.
Answer-If the joker is played to a
trick it is the best trump; in no
trumpers it is the only trump. If it is
led, the player who leads it names the
suit to be played to it,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
THE RETURN-By Edmond Haraucon

much, since he sailed with hnI
father. They didn't return. Vial
would you, Marie-Celine7 We nas
take life as it comes
Thus the old widow spoke to CO.. /
sole the young one. And the canl9
burned and the fame quivered, mae
ing the shadows dance over the ns
boxlike beds, which resembled cossI
fastened to the wall.
Finally Celine finished her woh:
undressed and went to sleep. Ss
got up very early the next morninl|
The sun was hardly above the ho,E
zon when she saw the assistant I
the semaphore station coming cE
ard her. He brought dispatch a. !
she wasn't astonished, since she ts /
been waiting for it for eight monta
Her husband had landed at Brs \
and would reach home that night
The day passed, a little tedioll' ]
The night came.
She who was no longer a widr
was seated on the rocks, near tn
jetty. She was waiting. The heu
Of return was at hand. {
The tide was falling. 1t was
most at the ebb. The gray nIsl
was thick with almost impercept'H
stars, which fared and trembled !
if the wind was going to put ths'
cut.
The formlcss promontories y
tered the leaden sea and lost iHnt
selves in shadow Between lnI
arms the still water formed cEtf
which seemed illuminated only
its own light. At the end Of U
ietty a planet shone from N'T
light tower. The weak hsrher Vs7
died among short drift and ba'S'
away rumbling. Hearing them
all sides. one would say %
myriads Of beasts were strugenY
down there amid the ooze and
seaweed, while, enveloping tnes
Vulnerable sounds, the harsh ''"
of the ocean, from afar, rosH
about the outlying rocks. A clsD
wandering. confused and inhn'
unlocalized and indistinct, rcse
to her, like the noise of mohs OF N
march or Of trains which eros
Llain at night, on the distant ~
zon. s.
Finally there came the gs
sWaSh OF a moving boat, the
ping of sails and the dull tfa' n
oars tossed on the landing pIso
The wife arose and made hef N
down toward the jetty. The nus"
heard the sound of her sabots o.
rocks. He listened. He was >
He cried. "Marie-CeliDaF
She cred back, Jean Mare.
Then they lapsed into SIZE
with their stole modesty, noI v
ing to show before Others then !
tion or their love. In the sof1 y
only the tread of the sabots % b
,ocks answered the noisy SUI
away of the boats rigging a.
The air was humid. The cfsE
moon disappeared behind . s9~
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Getting Road Recruits
REPRESENTATIVE BEN JOH

TX EF RESEN I AIIV E BEN JOHN-
SON. of Kentucky, is a resource
full person. Some time ago he was
annoyed by crowd of colored
youths who were going by his place
late at night, shouting and carrying
on and making themselves a nui-
sance generally. One night they
playfully shot one of Johnson's dogs.
That settled it. The next NIGHT
johnson stood behind tree and
waited for them with a rifle. There
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

went OH into the hall. There chairs
and tables were overturned and
armor was strewn about, but there
was no sign of any of the knights
who had been left there the night
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

II ~ - o1AAP, SCScIQ manu- passing.
" should third hand bid, holding
five diamonds to ace jack, and
not another possible trick III. P.
Answer-The rule is to rescue the
no-trumper only when there is no card
In the hand above a queen, but five of
some suit. The reason for the rescue
is that dummy can never get into the
lead to give the declarer any illnesses,
but with an ace-jack suit, the sure
trick, and possible diamond fnesse,
may be OF some assistance, so the no.
trumper should be passed.
Question-How is the possible num-
Der Of hands at bridge arrived att
S. B. R.
Answer-By multiplying the series
OF numbers from SO 81 so, on down
to 40. 1t is clear that the first card
may be any one of So, the next any one
OF the 81 remaining, and so on. Thus
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

Hearts are trumps and z leads. Y
and Z want all seven tricks. How
do they get them? Solution next
week.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

trlck' and the trick in which the revoke
occurred is not actually Quilted he is
III time to correct the revoke.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

they reached the great front door
fear entered their hearts because
the bolts had been torn off and the
door stood open.
With trembling knees the servants
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

have had it pulled the wrong way
by small youths for whom I had
little or no affection and whom |
was net able to thrash until later
years. At practically the same Pc
riod of my life I even endured hav
ing it cut-in ascending tiers-by
experimental maiden aunts.
THE consequence of all this is
NATURALLY enough-that the bit of
remaining hair and me are old and, |
trust, inseparable friends. I indulge
the hair and the hair INDUCES me.
The hair INDUCES me by permit
ting me to wear it after my own
conception of the way it ought to
be worn, and /, in turn, indulge the
hair by firmly declining. to have it
trif1ed with in barber shops by gen
tlemen who possess ideas more bi.
zarre than my own.
II fear l shall have to ask YOU to
indulge US both-the hair and me
and cut it according to the direc-
tions gave you on first entering
your establishment"
Having said which, the Speaker
arose ponderously and numbered
out of the shop. The barber looked
after him dazed and bewildered.
"No wonduh," exclaimed the lat
ter when he had recovered the use
of his tongue, that he's the
Speakuh! He's a BON speakuh."
Speeches and Lectures
THE late Champ Clark's services
were sought some months ago
by a small Western town that was
undertaking to put one of those
Chautauqua affairs over the plate.
1--WE would like to know the
chairman of the committee in
quired, chow much you would
charge to come and make us a
speech"
Champ Clark named his figure
and added "I'll come and lecture.
if possible, for that amount, but it
will be lecture, you understand.
and not a speech. l charge money
for lectures, but when l make a
speech it rs for nothing"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Translated by
William L. Mcpherson

Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
AUCTION BRIDGE

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
PRODUCTION UP $50 PER CENT
Wheat in Kansas Has Increased
Since 1860

Wheat In Kansas Has Increased
Since 1860
Kansas wheat production has M
creased by $50 per cent since the
states first recorded production In
1860, and the value of the wheat
production has increased by 1000
per cent, according to statistics Is
sued today by J. G. Mohler. secretary
of the state board of agriculture.
However, the average production per
acre in 1860, the first year the acre
age was recorded, is $50 bushels
higher than the average yield for the
1920 crop. The number OF acres
sown in 1920 is approximately 300
times greater than the acreage OF
1862.
The greatest average production
was made in 1882, according to the
report, when the average was 22.2S
bushels per acre. In 1889 the aver
age was 22.15 bushels. The greatest
failure in average bushels was IN
1893. when the wheat yield averaged
only 3.s4 bushels. The record Tor
total production was made IN 1914
when the state produced 1SO'SZa,-
ssb bushels. The greatest year with
regard to valuation was 1919, when
the wheat crop was valued at $2S9'-
ss8. 36O.O1. All Of these records In.
clude only the estimates for wheat
harvested, according to Secretary
oh1ar
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
Rocky Ford Picnic

The United Light and Power Sys-
TEN. the United Telephone Co., ana
the Pioneer Engineering and Devel-
opment Co., have issued invitation 10
their employees to be their guests on
the Fourth Of July. The members OF
the Topeka Press Club will also De
Guests at that time. The day will be
spent at Rocky Ford power plant
Amusements of all kinds will be pro-
yided and dinner will be served In
the tunnel under the dam. In the
evening a party and dance will De
given there, in the Community mousse;
The Modern Woodman Camp VIII
give an all day picnic at the City
Park July 4. There will be programs
in the morning and afternoon ana
races in the afternoon for which
prizes are offered. In the evening
there will be a dance at the A. o. U.
w. hall.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
ANOTHER SELF-MADE MAN
Associated Press)

Dubuque, Ia, June 2S.-John y.
Adams. the recently elected chair
man of the Republican National Com.
mittee, like many other Hhtional
leaders is a self made man.
In 1881 Johnny" Adams, as he
was then known, started to work Tor
was then known, started to work
for a Dubuque door and sash COM
many at SO a week. His promotion
was rapid. and since 1900 he has
been president OF the company which
is now regarded as one Of the largest
Of the kind in the country. Since
carly manhood Adams has taken an
unusual interest in community al
fairs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
HUGE WATER POWER PROJECT
Will Impound Waters OF Colorado
River In California
- (Associated Fressl i.

Los Angeles, June 2S-The worlds
greatest electrical project" is the
phrase used by some engineers In de-
scribing the plans Of the Southern
California Edison company for I'm
pounding the waters Of the Colorado
river and developing hydro electric
power on a huge scale for distribu-
ton over wide area Of the south
west.
Edwin o. Edgerton, special coun-
sci for the corporation and formerly
president of the California State Rail
road Commission, stated the project
ultimately would involve possibly
$500, OOO,O0 or twice as much as
was spent on the Panama canale.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
ARE
IRONING OUT
ALL TROUBLES
Coal Strike Settled and
Irish Question in a
~ Conference
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, June 2S-rhe British coal
strike in progress since April LIST has
been settled 1t Is officially an
nounced. 1t is understood that Pre-
mier Lloyd George will ask parlia-
ment this afternoon to authorize the
granting of ten million pounds sub
sidy to the mining industry. The
miners will resume work generally
il the subsidy is granted.
Belfast, June 2S-Sir James Craig,
Ulster premier, announced that III
ster's cabinet had accepted the In
yitation Of Lloyd George for pro-
posed conference between represen-
tatives of Northern and Southern Ire
land and the British premier.
Dublin, June 28.-The Southern
Irish parliament established by the
home rule act, opened here this after
noon. Comparatively few members
were present however and proceed
ings lasted only fifteen minutes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
LEONARD CALLS QUITS
Will End Boxing Career In SIX
Months
fAssociated Press)

Benton Harbor, Mich, June rs
Dame Rumor frequently has an
nounced that Benny Leonard, world
champion lightweight pugilist, plan
ned to retire from fighting and Ben
ny himself has never maintained tna s
he expected to make boxing MS NE
work, but now, for the first time the
prince of the smaller boxers actuaily
has set it down in writing that ne
is going to forsake the business tha'
made him famous.
Leonard, in a letter to Floyd f1tz'
simmons, promoter Of the Leonard
FRIEDMAN fight here July 4, an
nounces that he will remain in thu
ring game a maximum Of six months
longer. ,- -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
TRACERS TRAVEL FAR
X u. Is Seeking "Lost" Alumni All
Over Globe
ASSOCIATED PreSs)


Lawrence, June 2S.-The travels
of 5000 tracers, sent out by the
alumni association of the University
Of Kansas in search Of the 2O'ooo
"lost" alumni and former students
bringing information from all parts
of the globe, according to Alfred "
Hill. secretary of the association
Letters received in answer to the
tracers tell of experiences covering
from one to forty years, Mr. Hiil
said.
"Some Of the tracers have long
journeys before they reach their
destination" Mr. Hill said. zone
tracer, for example, went from IAN
sas to California, to China, to Ala
hama, and finally found its lost one
who Immediately answered. Con
eressmen, state supreme cou
Judges, noted engineers, state OIL
Gals, surgeons, educators, mission
aries, scientists, and business men
are among those who have peeh
found by the tracers."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
AGENCIES MUST UNITE
Relationship of Federal And State
Units Essential

Milwaukee, Wis, June 2S.-Ihe
relationship between Federal health
activities and the state and local
health agencies is so direct and es'
sential for success that the Pubic
Health Service has practically form
ed a partnership with state and Local
health agencies for the development
of a public health agency which does
not lose sight of the American prln-
ciple Of local self-government. AS
sistant Surgeon General G. Q. Pierce
of Washington, d. G., told the Ma
tional Conference of Social Work here
today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
U. p. EMPLOYEES HAVE PICNT
Packed Trains Carry Jolly workers
to Wameg0

THE most successful anu 1drgest
nicnic ever given by employees OF the
Union Pacific railroad in Kansas was
held at the park at Wamego Sunday.
Thirty carloads of employees were
present. 1t was the annual picnic Oh
the Union Pacific family league.
Engineers and trainmen gave their
services free to handle special trains
from Ellis and Kansas City, Kan. the
company furnished the trains, Oil ana
fuel. Regular trains also were
hacked with picnickers. The spec
ial train passed through here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30

Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty-fve years, ana mas Deco4 se
known as the most reliable reme1y
for Catarrh. Halls Catarrn Meai-
cine acts through the bleod on tne
mucous surfaces, expelling the pol
SON from the blood and healing the
diseased portions. ~ -.
After you have taken Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine for q short time you
wifi see a great improvement In y0u1
senerai health. Start taking Halrs
Cntarrh Medicine at once and get no
of ctarrh. Send for testimonials Gee.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohm
Sold By all druggists. Toe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30
rpIRITTF TO DEAD ENGINEER

Kansas City, June 2S.-The larg-
est crowd that has assembled at
funeral in Kansas City, Kan, for
many years gathered at the Scottish
Rite temple yesterday afternoon 10
pay respects to the memory Of Jonn
q. Simpson, the locomotive engineer
who was murdered by q highwayman
Friday night. Christian Science ser
vices were held at the temple.
II. 7. thinner, chief Of police, said
yesterday no clew to the murderer
had been obtained. Many persons
have been questioned by the police.