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New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
The Liuing Wage

w~T rs easy for the statistician Of the gaSl~
road ownera to prove that there lis no
81 such thing as a living wage-ko show
what would be living wage FOR ons man
or family would be poverty OK luxury for
another. But the fact remains that wages
must be set with reference TO the cost Of liv-
ing. Labor otherwise becomes commodity,
and unless certain standards Of living are
predicated In any wage dispute, we shall get
our labor down to point where certain Btana-
ards Of citizenship also are forgotten. In spite
of all we may say, economic status does af-
feet intelligence and morals. And If we are
to force labor down In a competitive market
to a standard lower than the American aver
age, we shall also force our nations ideals
down 20 q low standard,
1t Ia begging tho question to declare that
man with five children should have 'living
wage" lower than a man with ten children.
1t is cheap to point out the fact that man
whose family is practically self-supporting
must have different living wage from the
man with houseful Of little ones. For all
that is beside the point When an average
mans family income Ia ascertaineds he should
have enough every Saturday night to
live decently in reIf respect and educate his
children. If he has no children that Is his
loss, and IL he has more than the average num-
Der Of children that is his gain. And the aver
age mans wage should not be changed be-
cause OF the exceptional mans advantage OK
disadvantage.
The labor market must go. Labor Is not
commodity. The laborer is g citizen. Ana to
function as citizen the worker must have self
respect. He cannot have self respect il he is
chattel on the block in q competitive market.
His country must protect him against the
greed which would make the laborer but one
grade higher than the slave.
When living wage is established for Che
unsEilled, then let every mans skill and intel
ligence have free play and let him sell these
in the best market and for his own advance
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
By r. F. FOSTER

ing, in view Of AS bidding, with ace, queen Of
hearts against him. He can probably ruff out
the clubs, if that suit is split. This is his
tract, but not the game. He counts three
losers.
There are three chances TOR the extra trick
that wins the game. One Is the heart finesse,
which looks as if it should hold, in view of AS
lead. Another is the trump dnesse and the
third is that the clubs are split.
Why not try all of them7 When the heart
finesse holds, the second spade discard follows
at once. Now the club suit must be attended
to before taking out dummy's trumps The
third round Of clubs Is trumped and the suit
established. Now dummy leads trump and
game Is assured, even If the hnesse fails.
Five odd.
This hand is not well played, In spits Of the
result at this table. Others did better, After
getting the two spade discards on the hearts
it still may be necessary to fnessa trumps
twice. The correct play therefore was to lead
one round Of trumps, and then, IL the finesse
held, to lead the clubs from Us hand and ruff
the third round, as dummy still has trump
for the second finesse. This makes a little
slam, losing one spade at the end
OF the fourteen tables that played this hand
only three got the slam. Several got five odd,
some this way. After two spade discards ON
the hearts the trump was led, the finesse held
and the ace failed to drop the king Dummy's
last trump was used on the clubs and heart
was trumped. but the kings of trumps and
spades both registered. ,.4s.l
This is the solution to Problem No. i22, In
which hearts were trumps z to lead and Y-Z
to win all the tricks
2 starts with any club and Y trumps it.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

-w~ -g- AIRY WARD says that otter the be-
" ginner has learned to count thirteen,
Ia IA the next thing is to learn how TO
count losers. One Of the old-style sys-
terns Of counting up hand TO see whether
This was ElwelIs idea and still is taught by
some of the instructors who are not up In
modern bidding. II has the merit Of being
easy.
Eiwel,s rule is to count each lacking ace,
king or queen in each suit as lost trick and
credit the small cards Of the long suit as prob
able trick winners.
Taking such suit ace, king 70 five, this
rule gives us four tricks as the value Of the
suit, which corresponds 10 the modern system,
in which the value OF the two sure tricks at
the head Of the suit Is doubled But Elwell.
in his tables Of values, supports his theory by
assigning g four-trick value GO 6 suit of five
beaded by ace, quee1l onIgs as there is only one
loser, the king.
The rule makes no distinction In valus bs-
tween suits with king, queen, Jack at the top,
or king, queen, ten only, or even king, queen
only. The only loser is the ace and all these
suits are supposed to be worth four tricks.
The last one IS worth only half as much In
modern bidding. A suit OF four to the eight s
worth trick, as there are only three losers,
the ace, king and queen.
The art of counting losers has been trans
ferred In che modern game from the bidding
TO the play. It is when the dummy hand Is
laid down that the Importance Of rapid
estimate OF the tricks which viii surely or
probably be lost is evident. The difference
between them and the contrast or the game
Is then matter for due consideration. Take
the case in the second column:
2 deals Modern bidding counts this hand
worth eight tricks, If It gets the contract
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

bid, what allowance should the declarer make
for being short in suit?--Mrs. H
AnHwer-If there Is nothing beyond the
normal five trumps, being short In suit is
an element of weakness as the force will
bring the hand down to four trumps. But
IT there are more than the normal number Of
trumps, many players count the extra ones as
Just so many less losing cards in hand. For
example seven hearts to ace, king; four dia-
monds and two singletons. 1t is clear that
two OF the seven trumps, hearts, may be reck-
oned as good as the kings Of the short suits.
and still leave five trunlps intact for bid.
If necessary, this hand can be bid as If it
had the two kings, and only five trumps.
Question-My partner bids spade. Sec
ond hand doubles. What should say, third
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

who never would be missed" he include
though possibly for the sake Of the rhyme, ii
'ferna1e novelist" Possibly IN the day Of
squearnish and pernickety generation The LAD
novelist was poet. She did not get down Ii
brass tacks and seemed to get ber knowIsdr
Of men somewhat from the encyclopedia and
somewhat from her brother, the parBon TIE
men she made were too often paptersmaehs
They took their vices gfoou1ily and were psis.
gish about their virtues
But to-day we are getting line OF girls It
the typewriters who have no illusion abos
men. Women like Edna Ferber, Villa Catas
Dorothy Garfield, Zona Gale. Mrs. Deland snss
darker channels Of mans masculine intsrrs
arrangements with a fash-light, and WIZ
they found they set down with rather cold D.
liberation. So the day of the plaster saint
has passed from out literature. The ma
writer's are ashamed to make plaster saints
and the women writers know that the plaster
saint Is only bleached mud at best. nsE
book, zone of Ours" by Villa Gather, make
so rugged and real picture Of a farm bog wfs
grew to full manhood as ever has been painhd
by an American. Zone OF Ours is passionats
story of an aspiring youth who found mar
hood In service. It is the answer to 'Threl
Soldiers" to "Winesburg, Ohio" to ali tie
stupid Russian limitations Of the "DiaIH crowd
Miss Gathers "My Antonia" was as fine q
piece Of fiction as any American ever wrua
"one Of Ours' keeps the pace that MY Al
tonia" set. And if Miss Gather YVES slss
among our women writers IN her clean thhE
ing and honest writing, we might feel thatFs
was throw-back or sport or a freak 4
some kind. But the fact that half duna
women writer's stand beside her makes Il sVt
dent that the novel-madng game Is not fsf
'rnen only"
No man In America, not even Booth Tark-
ington, has written better books than these
women writer's who are doing such splendid
work just now.
foopssOat. 1855. Essp Fora TrSsuas nasJ
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
The Eternal Hiram

"'Why do the foEks lovs Hirans soa"
The little children cried.
"Becaasse he loved them first, yoss know"
The teacher then replied.
A ND that's all there is to 1T. Hiram John
son won in California because whatever
his mistakes, and they have been many and
obvious, he has never consciously deserted
what he honestly believed was the best inter-
est of the common man. He holds to the
theory that prosperity Is not to be achieved
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
That is the philosophy of the living
The Sabotage of Civilization

TToW long will our civilization continue to
digest the monkey wrenches that we are
daily heaving into It's works? Labor is throw
ing in ill-timed strikes, capital is making
vicious fight to '1iquidate" labor and destroy
its unions. Trainmen are violating their con-
tracts and hanging trains up in the desert.
Railroad executives are sending out all the
crippled engines and defective cars that will
escape the vigilance Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Coal miners are Stacking
production and coal dealers are shamelessly
profteering, trying to make che public pay for
the losses during the strike. Working men are
defying the Labor Board and capitalists are
defying the coal rationing orders. The Senate
Is trying to pass tariff bill full Of legalized
special privilege, and the House is checking
up to the President bonus bill full of .fnan-
cial dynamite.
Everywhere selhshness and greed are sabo-
ting civilization. The world is full Of little
Lenines and Trotzkys, who are trying to set
up their own little kingdoms Of absolutism, of
tyranny, OF oppression in the name Of the COM
mon good. And yet the old machine runs
along, crealdng a little, rafting more or ess
but still delivering the goods. What lot of
bounce there is in the goodness and decency of
the ordinary, everyday man who wants, in the
main, to do right, and has faith in the honesty
Of his fellows. He and his family are keeping
the world running as going concern.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
Natural Selection

'THE report of the prohibition commissioner
of an increasing number of deaths this
fiscal year from bad liquor is cheering
Sooner than might be expected the fellows
who persist in patronzing the bootlegger will
be killed off and law enforcement will be that
much easier. Also the larger the risk, the
smaller the number that will take the risk,
and again the easier it will be to enforce
prohibition in those circles where they still
think that the law is an infringement upon
their personal liberty" The worse the booze,
the easier it will be to stop its illegal sale.
The law Of natural selection will work in this
matter with pleasant efficiency. The punish
ment will fit the crime, if the man who buys
booze in violation of law dies by it. Thus do
"all things work together for the good of
them that love the Lord
The prohibitionsts are supposed to be a
sour-faced, long-nosed, gloomy lot. But they
can chuckle with glee at the prospect Of bad
booze assisting in the enforcement of the
law.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

hand, holding one spade; king, jack 70 fous 2
each Of the red suits; ace, ten to for 9
clubs?--T. c. M.
Answer-The usual convention is % r
double. The double shows q ne-trumpsr 2
all but spades, The redouble shows tho sars
thing. If you were strong in spades yOu w'aa
assist. Some players go to no-trumps snsfssa
of doubling, but there Is no hurry about thsl
Your partner can do so after he has hear
from the doubler's partner, who must be u !
bad way, with nothing but spades.
PTNocHLE
Question-Players here insist that tho ms
for the round trip and trump sequence Is 9
or when diamonds are trumps SO. 0thsa
maintain the counts are SO and IS, rsspse
lively. say the melds are Is fer trumps :
for the round trip, 8 for kings, 8 for qasea
and q for each Of the three marrisgsaT
w. T. B.
Answer-An these are wrong. fc psss
with, the trumps are worth 20 and the soaa4
trip only 20. One Of the plain suit marfsa 81
must be lost, as there is no queen 20 nsa Z
with after the fourth queen has been ussa
so queens. The correct counts are 81 szs =
respectively, for the six melds, or seven Hss'
Il diamonds are trumps.
RUSSIAN BANK
Question-Tn what respect does thls ssas
differ from crapette, which It Is said 2 =
derived from?-Mrs, v. 3
Answer-Tn crapette the building vss :. 3
in the same suit, instead OF reversing s.
colors, black on red, and red on black y {. !,
play Russian Bank. This made the respss. !,
much larger in the matter of loss and sa'n :
the players.
Question - IN counting points, Whit .
reckoneSTC. y. K.
Answer The winner adds SO and gsss I I
for each card left in his opponents ssfs6 ... !
any, and Cor each left in his band ef IS
card pile.
se,<
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

There are no t1'tptps and 4 Eedds Y and d
seaat f0e t,icks Hoae Dc theg oct them? So
lsttio9s ssest sosek,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

If he puts up The ace OF hearts he retn ona
spade discard and loses only two tricks in that
suit. The trump fnease does not look nrornis.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10
Our Women NoUelists

NEARLY forty years ago when Koko, the
Lord High Executioner in "The Mikado,o
was making his little list of society offenders
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 12s
New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

This is the solution to Problem No. i22, IN
which hearts were trumps, z to lead and Y-Z
to win all the tricks:
starts with any club and Y trunps it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-12
Suburban

BLOMINGPORT, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Newman spent Sunday after
noon with their daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Hockett and family of Winchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Thornburgh and
Mrs. Emily Thornburgh were Rich
mond shoppers Saturday Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Chamness md daughter,
Miss Alice, Homer ConGers, Miss Mary
Washer and Paul Citizens were call
ers at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas York, Sunday afternoon. -.
James Newman and family attended
preaching services at the West Chris
ton church, Lynn, Sunday night. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Bales entertain
ed at noon dinner Sunday. Covers
were laid for Mr.. and Mrs. Johiah Van
degrif, Mr.. and Mrs. George Bates,
Faye, Basil and Fred. Mrs. c. A.
Washer was an afternoon caller.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Newman and
daughter, Ruth, spent Sunday in Rich
mond. They were the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. F. G.. Newman of South
Tenth street. -. Miss Pauline York
was the guest Sunday of Miss Mary
Washer. Mrs. Blandin Anderson is
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INDIANS ICY WELL
IS FREAK OF NATURE

From the Youths Companion.
More than eight years ago John
Spotted Wolf an Indian of the Chey-
enpe reservation in Eastern Montana,
decided that he should like to have a
well near his log cabin. Sc he and his
wife, Mary. chose spot near a large
pine tree perhaps twenty rods from
the door. and then John began to dig.
BY noon of the second day he had
dug down ten feet Although the
weather was mild, he had complained
of being cold while at work. After
eating he put on an extra coat and
went to work again; he kept Mary
and her brother Rolling Bull busy
hauling up and carrying away the
dirt that he loosened But in spite of
Johns extra clothing he still was
cold. On the third morning he added
more clothing; but when night came
and the we'll had reached the depth
of eighteen feet, he was almost frozen.
The next morning he again descend.
ed the well and worked as rapidly as
his many layers of clothing would per
NIT. After a while water began to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-12
'9O-YEAR-0LD TWINS
DISPUTE W00DvILLE
BROTHERS. CLAIMS
fBy Associated Press)

LEAvENWORTH, April 12-Friends
Of James and Joel Cheatwood, twins
who celebrated their ninetieth birth
day anniversary last Oct. IL on the
farm of the former near here, are
prone to dispute the claim of the
Woodville, Ohio twins, William H. ST.,
and Henry Bruins to the title of old
est living twins in the United States"
at the age of SO.
The recipe for long life of the Kan
sas Twins is similar to that of the
Ohioans-"Work." Each of the Cheat
wood twins owns a farm and works on
il daily, still being able to keep pace
with farm worker "three-score and
ten years their junior. Pleas of rela-
tives for the twins to retire. always
have provoked protest: ',Our chief
enjoyment in life is working on our
farms. If we hadn't kept busy all these
years we probably would have died
long ago."
At party given by the twins on
their ninetieth birthday, Jim re-
marked: I'm going to keep right on
working and whistling a tune as long
as ] can" So striking is the resem-
blance between the Cheatwood twins
that when they don their Sunday
clothes" and have their boards trim
med, it is difficult to tell them apart
Like the Bruins twins, the Cheatwoods
also are pioneers, having settled in
Kansas in the late sos. For 63 years
they have lived on the farms they
now occupy.
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The Time to Be Careful

The variable weather of spring may
cause your child to contract a cold
which may develop into something
really serious.
1t is important that you know the
symptoms of every trouble which
might afflict your boy or girl.
So many things, if taken in their
early stages, can be eradicated quick
ly. If the first signs of trouble are
unrecognized or disregarded, the con-
sequences often are extremely serious.
1t is easy for you to post yourself
on the health of your child. There is
an excellent booklet on the subject,
prepared by scientists of the first or
der, which any of our readers can Sc
cure entirely free. To obtain copy
simply clip out and mail the coupon
below, enclosing two cents in stamps
to pay postage on the booklet. Be
sure to write your name and address
clearly on the lines of the coupon
tDo not send the coupon to The Pal.
ladium. Mail 1t direct to Washington,
d. CO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-12
KRAMER APPOINTED
FORESTRY DELEGATE

Appointment of c. H. Kramer, OF
the Kramer Saw Mill, of this city, as
one of the II Indiana delegates to the
interstate forestry conference at Chi
cago, April 10 and 20, was announced
by Governor McCray Tuesday. Rep
resentatives from Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Illinois and Ohio will be present with
Indiana delegates from Indianapolis,
Greensburg, Deputy, Huntingsburg,
Greencastle, Salem, Franklin, Sheri-
dan and Decatur.
This is the first conference of the
kind ever called and no definite pro-
gram has been outlined Problems of
general interest to the forestry indus
try in the central states will be con
sidered
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day afternoon and evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Z. NJ. Stanton and family.
Professor Pepp," the play given by
the seniors of the high school, was
well given and to packed house.
The Easter pageant given at the Chris
tian church Sunday evening was excel
lent. Will Blizzard made business
trip to Indianapolis. The baccalau-
reate exercises will be given at the
Christian church Sunday evening,
April 16. Blanche Davis and Mary
Downing spent the weekend here. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mort Williams and son
Joe, Margaret Cause mad Donald Cause
spent Sunday at Connersville. Gladys
and Mary Meyers of Dublin spent the
weekend with Mrs. Martha Wisehart.
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summer the sun melts the ice round
the top, but at night it freezes again.
The well. which furnishes a perma-
nent ice supply for the people in the
neighborhood, is a strange freak of
Nature, of which there are so many
in the western part of the state. Tour
lists who visit the reservation regard
it as a great curiosity
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appear. Suddenly he shouted, Pull
me up. Pull me up!"
John had barely reached the surface
before the well filled to within foot
of the top and then began to freeze
round the edges. In short time only
small opening perhaps a foot in di-
ameter remained.
The we'll remains the same way
year after year. During the day in
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i'll. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. OF An
derson of near Center spent Saturday
with her. :. Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
Jennings were the guests Sunday OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George DeBoy. Mrs.
Charles Lane and her daughter, Mrs.
Virgie Smith and baby spent a couple
of days in Richmond recently. They
were the guests of relatives there.
Miss Faye Bates was the weekend
guest of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Vandegrif.
GREENS FORK, Ind.-Mr. and Mrs
Martin Thornburg spent Sunday al
Jacksonburg with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Bart Barrons
Miss Marlowe Winget and Miss Dora
McCallister of Carlos City spent Sun
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NEVER WOULD AGREE

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
at was a mistrial?'
"Of course" said the lawyer. bitter
". 81 didn't find out until after We
had submitted our case and the Ia
dies of the jury had retired to delip-
crate on their verdict that two OF
them are neighbors and don't speak.
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l. Prices advance result of the strike supply
and demand inevitable The retailers here Richmond have
no control over mine prices Railroads. public utilities industry
etc. take $50 of all coal mined When scarce they out
bid the little retailer whose purchases are only 2
to $50 of all coal mined.
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
Information Bureau, :
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