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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
SCOUT REMEMBERS BROTHER.

Among the many Memorial day OBJ
servances In loving memory Of those
young men who gave their lives In
the great war, perhaps none was more
touching than that of the boy scout
who saved his pennies faithfully for
a long time until he had enough to
buy a fine wreath to place on the
grave Of a neighbor, lad who had
played role of "big brother" to
the younger boy before he went to his
death overseas.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05

erican lost what
little religion he
possessed during
the trying days Of
1917 8, Rev.
Henry Russell Tai
bot, B. D.. canon
of the National
Cat h e dral OF
Washington, d. c.,
makes answer. AS
senior chaplain of
the e m b a tt e d
First Division, A.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
The Ideals Of Ministry.

Seeing we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we faint not (;
nut have renounced the hidden things
(os dishonesty, not walking in crafti'
ness, nor handing the word Of God
deceltfully; but by manifestation Of
the truth, commencing ourselves to
every mans conscience In the sight
Of God.--II Corinthians AL,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05

nance eliminated
as only a romance
could eliminate
in the marriage
recently Of Frank
B. o'Connell, de.
partment a d J u
iant of the Amer
lean Legion Of Ne
braska, and Miss
Rachel n. Bl0dg-
ext of Orleans, Ne
braska. The we'd
ding was at Or
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05

World war, Miss
Abbey N. Hurley.
Fargo, N. D., was
a clerk and STEM
ographer In the
district court Of
her county. Then
the district clerk
enlisted for serv.
ice and Miss Hur-
ley forsook the
files and keys to
help the deputy
carry on the work.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
haedsst Of All

KIDD Old Lady-And what battles
we're you In?
Disabled Soldier was at Belleau
Wood. CHATEAU Thierry. the Argonne
and the WYE government compensa.
tlon campaign.-American Legion
Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05

Irish extraction,
who went A. w.
0. L. looking for
the battle. He
found 1t.
Patterson left
mis- quiet home In
Muncie, Ind, early
In search Of ex-
cite IN e mt. He
found what he
wanted in the cat
lie ranches Of the
Northwest. HI s
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
aut Mo, Ratified.

Bessie---Dld you notice that Russell
came to the ball grounds in his filvver
today7
percy-That accounts for his
pitching such rafting good game
American Legion Weekly. IL
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
Inactive.

Ripp-Does he practice any kind Of
physical culturef
Rapp-Why, he doesn't even exer
else bis own judgment. American 10
gion Weekly. -.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05

V. Braden Post
No. IS, the Ameri-
can Legion, lsh-
peming, Mich, is
getting tired OF
going to war
every year or so.
He has the United
States government
at work trying to
get a red chevron
that will keep
him out Of battle
long enough to
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
The RurnIno ouestIon.

Cuff-Some bandits robbed the bank
and escaped IN your car.
Nuff-.Robbed the banks Well then.
maybe they CAM AFFORD 10 run the car
American Legion Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
HE FOUND THE EXCITEMENT
Hoosier, Seeking Battle Lines, Discov-
cred Liberal Share Of What
World War Offered.

Few bucks can equal the record Of
Ralph G. Patterson, Hoosier Of strong
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
WAR BROUGHT WORK FOR HER
Fargo IN. o. Girl Found Plenty to
Do During and After Big
Conflict.

Maybe woman's place was In the
home. hu' when America entered the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
DAN CUPID WAS ON THE JOB
Nebraska Legion Man Won Bride
From Home When They Met
In France.

They met In France. He was a SOL
dler, she a canteen worker The ro-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
LEGION MAN FED UP ON WAR
Veteran Of the World and Other Con-
fllcts Returns to Greece and 10
Nahbed for Service.

John P. Poulos, veteran of the
World war and q member of Albert
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
RELIGIONS PART IN BIG WAR
Senior Chaplain Found That 30 per
Cent Of Fighters Were Men OF
Some Faith.

To those disquieting souls who
publjclv lament that the average Am
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sil1aldayScllool.
' Lesson '

(By REV. p B. FITzWATER, D. D..
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
TO- 1921, Western Newspaper pnion)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

s-HERE may be some argument as to
who really put Tahiti on the map.
z Perhaps it doesn't matter. Whether
p.n oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28
AUCTION BRIDGE~-PI AYERS SCHOOL

fnesse of the ten held. The remaining high
club, king or jack, was led and covered and
trumped, establishing the eight for T.
When dummy led the diamonds, put the
ace right up and led the fourth club, which
won WITH the eight, dummy discarding
diamond A small spade allowed dummy to
finesse the ten, which is quite safe, as game
seems sure. A diamond was returned and
trumped Another spade and the jack forced
the Another diamond is trumped and
the losing spade puts A in, 80 that makes
both ace and queen Of trumps, five by cards
and game.
At one Of the tables that did not double
with AS cards the opening lead was small
spade, which z won with the nine. The
diamond was led, putting on the king.
Then, seeing that he could not hope for two
club tricks while dummy could ruff, he laid
down the ace of clubs, and followed with
the ten Of diamonds, which trumped.
The jack Of clubs was covered by the
queen and trumpcd. Then dummy led lack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

bed in Tahtior they say--has been held
at premium for the last eighteen months and
parking area is almost beyond the means Of
the average man. To relieve matters, the local
authorities have even considered gathering III
q few Of the adjacent islands and remaining
them East Tahiti, Upper Tahiti, and forth.
The natives, prolific as they in their
own tongue, fail to understand quite all that
is going on, yet they making the most Of
the orgy and reaping the proverbial harvest.
While the hermit business lasts they miss
ing none of the tricks.
AS the tourist trundles down the gangplank,
armed with passport and letter of credit,
he is showed along by the custom officers d-
rectly into the midst Of young army Of real
estate boosters Inside of the first twenty
minutes he har more deserted shacl1s offered
to him than he could inhabit in a lifetime Of
foreign pilgrimagcs. The shack may
anything from a recent cowshed with bathing
facilities to a fouIteen-room bungalow with
eight baths and tennis court, and the wilder
ness, mentioned early in the prospectus, may
be dinky back yard with a heavy under
growth Of saw palmetto.
If the tourist is at all acquainted with the
real estate game he viii pass up the boosters
until he has acclimated himself to the conven-
lions Of the place. Before getting into the
thing too deep it is we'll to discover on which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

after all, it weren't much Of an adventure
New lines touch at Tahiti that never heard of
the queer little island in ordinary times. Trans
poytation companies boast openly in their
booklets: Through passage from Titus Falls,
Iowa, to Tahiti with only nineteen changes
Passing on through the fad and fancy stage,
Tahiti has become firmly intrenched in the
hearts Of the whole people Its doings form
legitimate part of the news Of the day. Its
manners and customs are common knowledge;
its climate passes as adequate drawing room
chatter; its politics make excellent cracker box
gossip. For island only eight miles across
The chest and bare hundred miles to it's
winding seacoast frame, it has managed to
gather more than its share Of publicity.
AS net result Of all this propaganda and
loose talk we are Offering up the opinion for
any who care to consume that Tahiti is slight
ly overrated as All isle of last resort. a thumb
nail sketch Of the place as 1t appears to the
modern traveller shows some appalling dis
crepancies to the legend handed down in
the history OF Paul Gaug7sin.
Besides the few hundred natives and the
French officials who make up the regular popu-
lation, Tahiti is congested summer and winter
with "hernits," both amateur and professional.
You find them stacked four deep in the hotel
rooms, swarming the provincial sidewalks and
crawling the COWS out of the pastures cot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

bodily to Paris The connoisseurs considered
the Tahitians.
Then it was that people began remember
ing about Gauguin and Tahiti. One person
recollected that it was to that remote islard
the artist had given credit for his inspiration.
Another brought ap the Tahitan moan
Softly about the world, artistic and other
wise, it was whispered On to Tahiti
Artists, poets, novelists, inventors, any one
with suppressed genius to develop, took up
the trail and started toward the South Sea
Islands. What Tahiti had done to one man
it might do to another.
In case the world was forgetting, w. Soraer~
set Vaughan brought out The Moon and
Sixpence two summers ago. He Incorporated
the theme of the weird artist and his Tahitian
seance in the character of Charles Strickland.
He made Strickland rather disagreeable sort
Of person; but, far and wide, he spread the
gospel of the Tahtian solitude and what it
could do for person.
Besides turning out something more than a
best seller, Mr.. Vaughan gave fresh impetus
to the grand rush on Tahiti. The faint
whisper had grown to an echoing roar:
ON TO TAHITI.
That's the situation to-day. All roads
stretch out toward the Tahitian solitude The
Cooks Tour people book passage as though,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28
Questions and ANSWERS
AUCTION BRIDGE

Question-At no score dealer bids da-
mond, second hand spade. Third and fourth
hands both pass. Dealer goes to two diamonds.
Should second hand call two spades, holding
these cards: Six spades to the king, queen,
nine; three hearts to the king, jack, jack and
one diamond and two small clubs.?-J. B. S.
Answer-The hand is not strong enough to
rebid, and it is better to wait for the partner
to say something. Unless he can help the
spades game is hopeless. On the other hand,
the dealer, whose partner has already refused
help for the diamonds, cannot win the game
unless he is strong enough to bid game.
Questionable declaration is in spades. A
leads heart and after dummy and third
hand both follow suit the dealer trumps it,
turning down the trick. Before leading to the
next trick the dealer discovers that he had
heart. Is it too late to correct tho error or
not?-W. B. G.
Answer-Turning down the trick is not
enough to complete the revoke, but if the
dealer has quit any contact with it after it
is turned down the revoke is established. Re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

embarked hastily and disappeared inland.
Two years later he came out of tho wilder
ness, healthy coat Of tan the back OF his
neck and flock Of finished canvases tucked
under his arm. He was on his way back to
civilization.
France and the world failed to assess the
South Sea paintings at anything above face
value. Gauguin thought they were great a,4d
said so. He implied that his work had been
inspired by the climate and the Tahitian moan
(whatever that was). The world shifted and
began talking about other things
Gauguin repeated emphatically that Tahiti
was great place TO paint and a splendid
place in which to die. He went back and did
both things; that is he painted for some eight
or nine years and then died without breaking
into the headlines Of tho cable reports.
A few years after hia death, which brings
the story up to the approximate present, the
art connoisseurs "discovered" Gaug,lin.
Scattered about the continent in secondhand
furniture stores and junk shops, paintings
began TO pop up bearing the now famous
Gauguin signature. The dispute over which
were and which weren't authentic Gauguins
waxed furiously and the price of the genuine
article SCARED tremendously.
Some one located a shack on Tahiti that
had been all painted up by the eccentric artist.
An attempt made to move the thing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

A MONG the defensive openings that
"a useful in avoiding undesirable
suits is one that is very little used.
During tho many years that / have
played at one Of the leading bridge clubs in
New York | do not recall a single instance in
which It resorted to by an average play
er, and only twice by players of any
class
This is the original lead of trump right
Up To the dcclarer. What is the objection to
it? That it is leading up to strength. That
1t will probably Kill an honor in your part
ner's hand. That he might have used one Of
his trumps if you had not led them l have
heard all this time and again; but the fact
remains that it is very useful defensive
opening, If your partner understands it.
II shows conclusiveiy that not only one
but all the plain suits are bad ones to lead,
as they headed by high cards that are not
IN sequence This leads to the natural infer
ence that the partner, if he gets in, lead
up to any Of those plain suits with confidence
that it will be protected
AS to killing honor in the partners
hand' he does not have to play the honor
The lead Of trump is not made to win
'rcks, but to force some one else to lead the
P'atn BULB, when lhey must do eventually.
Nine times out Of ten the honor In the part
ners hand would have been caught in any
case If ne thinks the dccarer cannot catch
1T. Why play IL? The fact that his partner
has played before dummy docs not oblige hin,
% throw way high trump
zere II deal played in a duplicate game
last WINTER in which found I was the only
player that led the trump originally. Some
opened one black suit, some the other. (sce
cut at the bottom CT second column)
dealt and bid heart. doubled,
passed and called the clubs, Il or Cling
10 two hearts, which held. At the tables 1T
which a led thc small club this Is what hap
pcned:
non the trick with the ten, returning the
hiuZ or jack, which A covered and Y trunped
Dummy then led small trump, and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

obliged to discard before he shows the med
cards. One Of The fine points Of the game is
in remembering what cards the bidder shows
for a meld and inferring what the others are
from the course Of the play.
POKER
QuestionA opens jack pot g. c and y
all stay and draw cards. When the opener
bets sees him, but c raises the limit, upon
which all drop out. AS he takes in the pot
shows his hand to D. whereupon A demands
that he also shall see it on the ground that ia
has much right as Oh NJ. c.
Answer-No one at the table has any right
to see the winning hand, as it was net called
and c was not the opener. If chose to show
it to D that was between those two. If was
so anxious to know what c. had he should have
called him.
Question-A opens and draws against
him. When A bets calls and shows pair
of queens, whereupon B says: ~ can beat
that" and shows a pair OF kings, tossing the
rest of his hand into the deadwood and start
ing to take in the pot A says: Hold On;
have another small pair" which he shows. b
says he also had small pair and proceeds 70
U1S Iucui OUT OF the discard Ian ne uO WIZ
after abandoning his hand?-I- ".
Answer-No. The rules demand show Of
all five cards. If B threw UP his hand or any
part of it before seeing five he loses.
CINCH
Question-In this game who counts lows
L. D.
Answer-Ususlly the rule is 10 count IT "a
the player who wins it in tricks. This saves
all disputes, as the deuce is not always IN play
and no one remembers what was low.
ROULETTE
Question-Is there any book that gives I"
record of the run of numbers as they have
come up at Monte Carlos. G. Nj.
Answer--Thcre is a book indexed in she
Congressional Library: Roulette at mon's
Carlo. by Frederick Lake N. Y, 1901, whicA
gives 5,356 numbers, classified and arranGec'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28
You Do, That Is, if
You Act Quickly, for
Nearly All the Good
Hermit Sites Are Tax
en- and the Demand Is
Still Fresh to Brisk

~HERE may be some argument as to
who really put tahiti on the map.
Perhaps it doesn't matter Whether
ii was Paul Gauguin Pierre Lott or
". Somerset Vaughan or the anonymous poet
who dared to rhyme the place with "nightie,
in the end ats all the same. Tahiti is on the
map.
And yet, if YOU pushed the average man in
the corner and made him tell all he knew
about Tahiti at the point OF & gun, he'd prob
ably stumble into the simple explanation that
it's the place where people go when they get
tired Of this world and aren't quite ready to
take their chances on either Of the next two
worlds.
Except for a few persons who go IN Tor
geographical accuraces and the closer follow
ers Of Frederick O'Brien, Tahiti is just place
where being hermit has been reduced to its
simplest form. According to the accepted
theory, being recluse in Tahiti is easier than
being bean-eater in Boston. The mere at
1nosphere Of the place permits no other sched-
ule Of existence
Persons who want to get away from the
telephone and the mailman, from railways and
motor cars, from tax collectors and credit
house attorneys, from the baseball scandal and
the peace treaty wrangle from the thousand
and one trials and tribulaticns of modern CIV
lizaton-those with the nerve and the tempo
rary incentive pack few dollars and clothes
in Gladstone bag and head for Tahiti.
Bank enbezzlers line up to buy their tickets
alongside of long-haired writer's who have
notions Of perpetrating the great American
ticians and broken down crooks, wife deserters
zS<s almony dodgers, all have had the good
word passed along that Tahiti is the magic
land where nothing matters
Summed up briefly, residence in Tahiti has
been regarded as leave Of absence from
The wc-ld, with full privileges Of recurring
after decent interval has elapsed and taking
up tie thread of life again with the dlsrnol
past wiped completely Oft the slate As
an isle of last resort it was supposed to have
ne equal
The great Cauguin started the rumor some
thirty years ago. Back in '91 this modern
artist, whose fame had hardly penetrated be-
ycnd lhe borders Of France, became slightly
fed UP with the ways Of his fellow men
There wasn't any item that disturbed
him most, but everything seemed all wrong.
So Re packed up his easel and few brushes
and made eff without leaving any forwarding
address with the horne folks few who
were in the secret knew that ne was d.
rect;ng himself toward the South Sea Islands,
with intention Of choosing the most isolated
Of the lot aud settling down for life That
the only clew to his whereabouts
Just why Gauguin stepped of the ship at
Tahiti one has been abIa to figure accu-
rately. 1t may have been the stirring re-
ception Of the natives, the lack of it, or
the fashion Of the womens headdress that
caught his eye Anyway, Gauguin dis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28
Author of Foster Auction, Auction Made Easy,
Fosters Complete Hoyle, Etc.
By R. F. FOSTER

ten, leaving the diamond for to trump with
the ace, losing a trump at the end.
If trumps the king Of diamonds, Z over
trumps with the jack, and leads the ace and
six of clubs, which allows to win the third
round catching AS queen, while 2 discards
the spade queen. Now makes the nine of
diamonds, and loses the last trick to the ace
Of spades.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

Question--In plas ng two-hand, can play
er make meld with the last card he takes up
from the stock, his opponent not yet having
taken up the last Of all?-B. f. G.
Answer-No. 1t is TO prevent such meld
that player who is afraid Of some big score,
such as 100 aces or $50 trumps, will lead out
at the end several cards that either sure
to win the trick or break up the feared meld.
Question--1n NEEDING, A objects to the high
bidders making his meld first and lying out
for the widow afterward. What difference does
it make, as he has only the eighteen cards to
select from at any time?-C. c. l..
Answer--The bidder is not allowed to lay
away any part of his meld; therefore he is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

and another trump, Z dropping the king on
the third round, and making his two clubs.
The only other trick for A and b was the
spade king, that z won four by cards and
the game against the spade opening.
At the table at which the trump was the
original opening there was no doubling, the
contract remaining at one heart. Dummy
put on the jack second hand, and covered
with the king, which he saw was lost in any
case and he does not want diamonds led
through him by dummy
now maps out the hand for cross ruff
but in order to get club from the weak
hand he put dummy in with the spade ace
The fincsse Of the club ten went to AS queen.
and A led another trump, which z won with
the seven. The king Of clubs forced the
ace, and trumped.
The diamond went to BIS ace, and he led
the eight Of spades, the nino and jack falling
led the king Of diamonds and trumped
picked up BIS trump and led the top club
but failed to drop the nine, losing a spade
and club at the end making only two odd
instead of four five by cards
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28
PINOCHLE

moving the fingers from it is quitting under the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

Hearts ore t'umps and Il leads. Y
and Il acdnt four tricks. Hon. do then
get them? Solution nert geek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

Here is the solution Of Problem No. SO.
given last week, in which hearts were cIv.np.
Il to lead and Y z TO win seven tricks
starts with the diamond If covers.
the solution is simple, but if A passes the
Jack holds and q follows with small CLUB.
wins this and leads the king of diamonds.
can trump or discard the king of clubs IL
he sheds the club, gets rid of the spade
queen and leads a spade. This Z trumps
and leads club, which Y trumps with ths
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-15
TUNNEL VENTILATION.

Washington, March 15-Further in.
vestigatiou on ventilation OF. the pro-
jected Hudson river vehicular tunnel
between New York city and New Jer.
sew ara being made BY the bureau OF
mines in cooperation with the tunnel
commissions Of both states. The main
problem presented is that OF rendering
the air in the tunnel safe tor drivers
while hundreds OF automobiles are ex,
haustine Eases from their motors
,r,cdeI oNtha tunnel at IJrbana. whers