New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Mr.. Edison, VIII You Please
Inrent on AnStCerOgrdph!
I etters Protesting The Trbune's Replies Prove
That Something Without Nerves Is Needed
for Your Next Collection of Mentality Hurdles

Eve gallon can into the three gallon
can. Refill the five gallon can FIJI
the three gallon from the five gallon
can, which leaves four gallons IN the
five gallon can.
This does The trick in six steps. The
solution offered b. The Tribune took
sever
J. &. Wood & Sons. \ firm Of gold
smiths az 10 Maiden Lane. knock US
clean ont OF the ring on the gold aues-
ton. The query was: "A manufae-
turing jcwclcr 10 need of gold mclts
gold coins Of the United states What
do you think Of his action - The
Tribune's reply was that there was not
Eve dollars worth o. gold IN n FIVE
dollar gold piece. }. r. Wood A Son
said hve-doilar gold piece contained
exactly FIVE dollars worth of fine gold.
Objection sustained.
We Win This One
A bitter four-ply wallop is struck BY
Henry Gersilc, who takes issue with
The Tribune's answer on four points
81. Cerstlc wGites:
Bound Persia: Mesopotamis. Ar
mcnia. Transcaucasia. Caspian Sea.
Inrkcstan. Afghanistan. India. Gulf OF
Oman. Persian Gulf Mcsopotamia and
Armenia are nov what was formerly
rar' 81 Turkry. Siberia D. north 81
Lake Aral
name the iargcsi city on each of
our great inland lakes Superior. pu-
luth; Michigan. Chicago. Huron. BAY
City; Efie. Cleveland. Ontario. OsweCo.
Tho question was not. whether there
were any large cities. but what b. the
largest. Dctroi, Is not on Lake Huron.
but on the Detroit River
here is room for discussion here.
Dir. Gerstlc The Tribune did not say
that Detroit WAS on Lake Huron. but
on Lake Eric The auto city h. not
directly 900 Lake Efie's shore. bat ms
direct access 90 that body Of water and
if ts most important port in The
volume or business handled. II Ontario
Included "a. enc Of "our" lakes,
Toronto be- tlc largest cts on IL. The
question docs roi bar Canadian cities.
Ontario was omitted from the list CON
sIdtfrd hy The Tribune staff az being
iof. practical purposes more Canadian
lake shan ours0
"Name Elk great composers or
course. a matter Of opinion. but q
vote Of contemporary musicians would
hardly put List and Rachmaninof in
Che i.s'; rather Schumann and Brahms
IN 'tcir gicad."
Fore There. Mr. Nixon
Moro contentious material. The
question did not ask Tor the greatest
.. hui FOR six great composers. We
do pot admit error on this one. Call
Do delder'r choice
Tho United States Is partly bounded
by rivers. Name ihcin. Rainy, ST.
Clair. Detroit. Niagara. ST. Lawrence.
Connecticut. 50. John. 81. Croix. Rio
Grande, ella
Well. that's over
Robert u Nixon says that the reply
~ The Tribune 20 "How many square
feet in an acre" which offered 49,
556.5625 as the anTvcr. is all wrong.
Nr. Nixon submits 1850 square feet
as the correct figure.
We assure NJ Nixon that he is prob
ably right When il comes 10 ariih-
mctic be should see us play golf.
Q. A manufacturer sells a certain
article 10 q dealer. The dealer adds 80
per cent 90 the manufacturer price
md sells the article for 1856. II the
net cost Of producing the article is
sl10. what per cent Of the final selling
price represents tho manufacturer
profit.
Tho Tribune answer 10 this one
was 6.fi Der cent George H. Reynolds.
of Ossining, asks how we get IL.
We're Firm on This
The answer is: We don't know. b..
ge got u.
TO G. r. Mcrvale and Ray II. Ever.
stt. who question the answer 10 the
.okcr problem. we refuse 90 conccde IN
lch The query asked what would we
do II. having only $40 in the world we
were In a poker game with n pcrcct
anger who stood pat on the first
hand. We holding three Fights. There
.r ~ ecats boz the pot and tho stranger
60 o quarter.
Ite Tribune answer WIS: believe
.la. u is not worth while 10 pay 4
-t.tc~ 90 call pat hand with only
..-I cents in fnc pot Our CORES
p ntcnts suggest shrewdly that We
could oxpcnd quarter 10 discover
b ether or not the strange gentleman
olufng
Remembering always that NC have
'niy ten dollars in the world. we stand
1y our guns. 10 is our expert opinion
ha' this bluff insurance" stuff is the
bunk. We sat in a game once when
ne caught another man bluhing on the
fret round. and our unhelief IN his
ability 20 hold them cost us more coin
.5an We care 90 think about now
so player with only ten dollars har
b right 90 indulge 900 psychological cA-
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