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New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Correcting the Dictionary

The Last gamo On our list ia n nanv u,u.
tho most interesting, and ia certainly thu n,,s
instructive. Il is actuniiv liberal ednc.s.s
In itself and, II played conscteutiousl7. usI1
tend to elevate the Intellectual plans Of yous
family no end.
The game is called 'FErroT, Error; who's os.
The M.sprint?" and isplayei With dictionaries.
Each contestant must have copy to h.r...
ard, IL the contest ,s to be conducted On AZ,
and equitable basis, these copies mug. be ~
the game make and uniform IN size. n.
larger they are the better.
The object 10 to see who can aad the e.s..
est number Of m!sprints IL the dictionar.
Everybody starts equal, at the very first cow
Of tho book, and reads every word until tts
final page has been reached. The contes.aa.
vino discovers The greatest number Of t7ps
graphical errors wins the coveted first prize
The advantages Of this game viii be pet.
ceptible at glance, FOX while the players are
On the trail Of misprints they will be absorb
ing q degree Of learning and lore such as no
school or college could give them. They vii
find out that the Restless Cavy (XevD LIVES,
VIZ, { AZ, Pi. - a oi4-~-t GS--A E1utc-lCsi
burrowin2 cavioid rodent, with the tail absen.
or rudimentary"; that an orrerY is "a philo-
sophical apparatus for exhibiting the relative
motions and positions Of tie members Of the
collar system; that gona'phus is in reality
nothing more than form Of sponge spicuie.
AS a matter Of fact, there ia practically
nothing that the people who are fortunate
enough 20 play this game wont learn.
Of course, It is just es well TO get an Error,
Error; Who's Got the Misprint?" contest
underway early in the winter season, or else
it Is liable TO drag on well into the ensuing
summer. If you fire the starting gun at L
noon on December the contestants (givel
reasonable climatic conditions) should get to
the word "zy'thum" Just about the time when
the last patch Of STOW in tie shady spot by
the cellar door has disappeared; when the
first dishevelled robin has started to page the
first Of the early WORMS: when the raucous
voice Of the Italian selling 'Flow-ez-ez"
starts to echo through the streets; when tho
tiny shoots Of green begin 10 appear IN the
row marked with the empty radish seed
envelope
And anybody who wants 70 stay indoors n
weather like that is weakling ard molly
coddle ard not fit to associate with vigoroH'
red-blooded men Ike myself.
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moment to myself. You know how :.
Ha, hal ~
You-Yes, know how Il is-5s. b,,
Tho Volce-Now, about that cong,orn,...
three-ply roofing; cant image WIN, a,',' = 'f
pencd to It. 1t left our shops IN the t.p nap-
condition, and even allowing for sss,a' Nv o.
tho freight cara, 1t certainly ought M. ~ "
stc., etc. ~
Having got This far, you can 20 m
tically indefinitely berating the unfor.r1 p''*
Mr.. Voorhees, for his defective rooer. .''a@
threatening him with loss of the HonoI., S''
count d.
Perhaps, after while, you can Ie. H..
On the Joke. Ten to one he will join yon ,'4' !. IA
hearty laugh and admit tnae you aDgt IN. ~
on him" that time have known naa,n ,1s.s' 5..s
tiful friendships that have started in III, rs-
1T any rate, "phoney phoaingo IL boy
less TOR you) pastime and Inexpensive !. a.
bargain, for you can alvags call Centrs, .e..1 .0
It is over and explain that sic gave ~, ~. ~
wrong number.
In fact, that's half the lua.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
THE SCHOOL OF AUCTION BRIDGE

% HERE are two cases in which, bridge
players commonly take things for
B. granted. In one Of these they are
correct in doing; in the other they
are usually bis hasty. but still correct In
many instances.
TO take the first case, IN which e. is not
only right but imperative that certain thing
Is taken FOR granted, wo find many examples.
One trick more is necessary to win tho game.
The king and small cards are in the dummy,
small only in the declarer's hand. The lead
must be arranged to come from the weaken
hand to the king. That Is. if the ace Ia not
on the right Of the king game is impossible:
there the player must take i for granted
that the ace Is there.
There are many situations il which ganls
cannot be Won unless the trumps are split, or
a certain suit will 60 round & certain num-
Der Of times without being trulnped by the
adversaries In all such cases it must be
taken for granted that the situation is favor
able, because If it is not the game is hopeless.
Every player must recall countless Instances
in which fnessc against & certain card was
the only chance.
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not but It IS impossible for either player to
hold three more, both followed suit twice
This wins The game, losing only one heart tricl
at the end
In leading clubs before the trunlps the only
chance that takes is that one adversary
might have five or six and the other would get
in a ruff. As this will occur only seven times
IN 100 it is not serious risk.
1t is interesting TO note that & could have
saved this game against the best play on rs
part By tinessing The jack of diamonds on the
first trick, which is a legitimate play in view
Of the fact that A should have at least the
queen, aud the king may be caught later. Tho
correct return for B was the small heart, on
the chance that A. could come through that
king with the ten Of diamonds.
AS best effort is the nine, and with the ten
in his own hand refuses to put up dummys
king, so that has TO play the ace; but now
he gets a ruff on leading the king and
another heart, reducing Z to three trumps
1t is not now necessary for to play for
the split in clubs, as he can get discards on
the top cards in the red suits. What, he
plays for now is that the trumps arc split
and that nc win the third round with
dummys queen in this he is disappointed.
and has to be satisfied with two by cards.
This is The solution to Problem No. 81, in
which hearts were trumps Z to lead and w
10 win five tricks:
starts with The spade jack, which Y
trumps. then leads a club, which z ducks,
allowing the queen to win. Now must lead
diamond which Z passes up dscarding a
club
trunps The diamond with the hearts and
leads another club. Which z wins with the
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Ouf' fitting the Timetable

To begin with, there ie game called Gas
orsly," which is played By one or more or
less pccre al time. All that Is needed Is
timetable pair Of scissors and an abnormal
amount of patience.
FIRST Of all. the referee cuts off the bottom
strip Of the metable--that is the portion In
Which the explanatory foot notes are found
and hides it in his pocket. Thus II is inpossi-
Die for any one who reads the timetable TO
ell what all the little symbols (asterisks. dag
rers half moons, etc. in the column Of train
schedules mean.
You must see that the contestants (is there
ed in a circle far enough apart that they
wont be able to claw at each other when the
excitement begins to run high. Then you pass
the censored timetable around, requiring them
to guess, IN turn. the significance Of the differ
ent symbols For example, let Us assume that
Train No 18 is due to leave INTERCHANGEABLE at
6:49+
You ask Emma (the first in order> TO tel
you what the little nsterisk betakcns. She
hazards the opinion that Il means "daiy ey-
copt Saturday," Ebert, who is up next, thinks
it is "Thursdaya cnly" whereas Clothilde, the
third In the batting order, feels quite certain
that dining car detached at East Athens
would be nearer tho mark. And SO It goes
until the circle is complete.
Then you produce the key chart and learn
chulker is love-all and enthusiasm ia already
at high pitch
You next skim down the list Of trains until
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Ly N
Author Of Foster Auction, AUCTION Made Easy,
Fosters Complete Hoyle, Etc
BY r. T. FOSTER

usually arises IN hands IN which there Is q
long suit TO be played for, and that suit is
not quite solid. The typical case is scver
cards between two hands, divided FIVE and
TWO, and the chance that the adversa1ies have
three each.
This distribution may DC useful in two
ways II the declarcr holds the three top
honors the suit will run itself out without
losing trick; or, if no can afford to ruff il
once, the one honor out against him must droD
Il the salt lies three and three in the adver-
sar1es' hands. Some persons imagine that the
odds arc largely in favor OF the suit bcins,
split three and three, whereas they arc only
$40 to 243 in favor of it. That is, about five
times out Of eleven the suit is not split.
This brings US to z point that is continually
oVerlooked, which is the Importance Of not
taking it for granted that the suit is suljt
when ole can SO arrange tho play that it
does not matter whether it is split or not.
lake the case Illustrated in column two.
z dealt, and with four honors in ore han5
called 3 spade, which held the contract. A led
g. small diamond. played correctly in
tinessing the jack, but made the mistake Of re-
turning the This let Y in with the lino
AZ several tables Z made the mistake Of taking
II for granted that the clubs would drop, 50
he led tie ace and king to be out of his own
way and then tried To drop the trumps. but
found it took four leads, and the clubs did
not drop On the last trumps discarded q
small heart and diamond, as saving the game
IS &C. dallty now. 4 makes two odd onlg.
The correct play, after BIS error in return
ing the diamond, was to lead only one n ,,,l
OF trunlps small ore from dummy and t1sn
to ruif the third round Of clubs at once Il
does not matter whether the clubs are splil or
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
FISHING FOR
THE AQUARIUM
Continued from. page fVs}

bottona IN favorable shoal places whezs ems
hunting s good. he suggests In appearance AT
ordinary fish that has been split open.
The third cast of the net wac water haul
But despite the lack of success Dr.. Townsend
ard his assistants kept at the hard work until
Ghe cans were filed with crabs and blow fish,
which fascinating creatures changed their
colors with amazing speed to correspond with
the color in the particular can into which they
were cast.
'Not so good today" complained Dr. Town~
eend, we started back to the SeRhorss.
We've got pretty good cargo, but there's
room ia that well for tweve-foot shark or
some other specimen as large"
Even so, there were several hundred speci-
mems IN THE well when the boat started on the
return trip to the Battery Once q stop was
made while the empty cans on deck were
filled with sea water to replace that which is
lost from the Aquarium through evaporation
and loakage--a surprisingly small amount, it
may be said.
There was one ether stop while lobster
pot was raised. Three angry green specimens
we're shaken into the we'll to Join the surprised
company there that had, IS do animals caught
IN q forest fire, concluded an arrnistics IN ths
presence Of mutual danger.
A three-foot shark swan there side By SIDE
with nat, irdescent butterAsh that would
have been eoothsome morsels for his Unsuitable
appetite under ordinary occasions. But this
day, apparently. they we're but fellow prison
ers, and though then unaware OF it, they were
aeon to be staring through goggly eyes from
sdioinjag tanks at strange creatures from Du-
huque and Louisville and Cheyenne. who would
come in an unending stream OF human ndivid-
uals that in the course Of each year number
more than two millions.
"Here's your dinner"
Kelly had poked his head above the deck
from this forward cabin. Descending, wo
xound the center Of the table occupied by a
wonderful specimen Of wcakfsh--fried
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
4 Lesson in Electricity

The next form Of fun on our list is known
as blowout" (and what cheerful name it is
at thatN
A elbow out" contest should only be held
in the evening and in house with electric
lights These two points arc essential.
As soon IS your guests have assembled you
that the train runs only on February %
(See holiday poster for special stops.)"
Thus the score at the end Of the first
must choose one Of them to be at" either by
an e-neenie-mnie-moe process or by re-
version TO the selective draft system. Then oil
the contestants repair to the very toprnost
story Of the building and stand around while
"it' proceeds to blow out the electric light
fuse. This may be done in number Of ways,
nearly all Of which require certain amount
Of daring on "it's" part, as he is almost certain
to receive as much Of q shock as tho local
power company can give him. That is the fun
Of being at" The best method to effect the
"bloTg- out" those who have tried it will
agree, is to insert steel object into he socket
of an electric light.
4 fixing sound flash of blue flame and q
cry Of anguish from "it" will proclaim the
fuses Demise and the house will be plunged
in darkness from top to bottom. It is now up
to the various guests to find the fuse boz
(which is generally located somewhere down in
the cellar if it is not up in The attic or out in
the garage) snd repair the damage.
AS everything is inky black, the contestants
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THE CITY OF
MUMMERS
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u Hollywood and Of The lurid i@iquity thss
must lie in the bosom OF one so devoted "
vice that he permitted himself TO be shos.
And they deplored the vine drinking sn0
goddess merrinlent Of thst place OF SIN.
Meanwhile the cabarets of the city Of the
Caliph served it in teacups for 81 cup si'u
ten perished Of wood alcohol purchased 1ro@
bootleggers.
And they made high resolve that hereafter
none should appear in the picture plays PIC.
sented in the theaters they owned VINO hau ~,
been judged by the standards OF Gaianau S'''
found worthy.
Yet If the name Of 81 Indian guide were
mentioned in their debate no man heard o1 ~,
Then. while all mourned over the city oi
Hollywood as one who spake OF ooaoii -
Gomorrah, rose Abdul el lnright, Oonll'"aIs- ~,
Of the Caliph's Mamelukes, who had pa'u ~ -
income tax ard WAS at peace with 1he WIZ,
And 70 those who hearkened to MS "0'as .S
he spake Of the virtue and probiIy cE 'i'e ~.
Of the Caliph, OF the peace that broodea Wv.
the streets thereof and OF the pleasant h'u',-S ~
that ran through its thorougnfares WIZ
righteousness and truth continually Kissed eS'N
other.
s'For this our city" quote he while al Nv.
listened, 'is run on the divine pan' ana ',Ss S;s
US reigneth the Caliph, and all strive 10 ~ 49,
exalted will. Everything is lovely
And all thought of the difference oe'"s.- =
the virtuous city Of Hy-lan and Abdul el ~ AZ
right and the inieuitous town Of the nunlnela ar,
Hollywood, save perhaps few who were NV :,
concerned with learning What had 0ecol"0
their wives or the contents of their sa1eS -
the furnishings of their homes ana ~
others who were at the moment lh1ereS''1 -
having bullets dug out OF their per'c''0
their broken heads bandaged. .s,
But the rest were glad at the words o. &A'
dull 81 Inright, snd said one to the othet' A..
"Alas and alack! Sad it is. indeed shaS ~ ~.
divine plan cannot be extended to cover '';T -,
evil city, even the town Of the munilnsi'' -
iQuitous Hollywood" -----~----
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They
continually stumbling
tairsanid o. errinenf

connection with that sorviceablc littlo tnstru~
ment. They come under the general head Of
'phoney phoning' and may be played by any
given number at any given tine.
The first variety Of "phonoy phonins' is
worked out as follows:
The referee selects twenty telephone num-
bera at random from The local directory and
nc requires the contestants to call each of
these twenty numbers i'll turn. The object is
to see who can get the greatest prcentage Of
wrong numbers out OF the possible twenty calls
Tor each wrong number one point is scored
For each wrong number gained twice in sue
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cese,on two points For each '1tne's busy''
one-half point. For each right number five
denerts, and for each right number gained
twice In eucceasion disqualification.
That is tho first form OF "phoney phoning."
The second is equally entertaining.
Each contestant Is required to get q wrong
number (any wrong number will do) and then
engage tho person at the other end Of tho
line in conversation. The object Is to gee how
long you can hold the connection before the
mysterious person realizes that ho Is being
trifed with and cuts you OFF.
II will be seen that this game requires @
great deal OF artfulneso, tact and fnesse. It
offers, indeed, an excellent training FOR those
who have desire to enter tho diplomatic
service.
Suppose, for instance, chat you call "Matn
$780," After the usual delay, during which
some one goes "Ga-lunk, ga-lunk, ga-lunk" and
the Central Gays Lines bizzce," you hear
voice from the distance say "Hello." Now,
you have no idea whom that voice belongs TO-
It may be Charlie Chaplin's or Babe Ruth's or
Warren Harding's for all you know. But
under the rules Of the game you must start
talking to the anonymous owner OF that volco
and keep him interested In what you have TO
say for as long period Of time as possible
The referee stands over you with stop watch,
waiting for the person at the other end OF
the line to cut you Off
It is not easy to find out the identity Oh
your correspondent. You take long chance
and ask, "Is Dave there?"
The Voice-Who?
You-1 say, is Dan there?
The Voice-Look here, you must have the
wrong number.
You hasten to reassure him on that score
and the duel of wits is on once more. Finally,
YOU make so bold es to ask, "Who IS this
epcaking?"
The voice-Th.s is Mr.. Voorhees,. Whom
do you--
You-Oh, yes; Mr. voorhees,! Mr. GcwmnpS
IS calling you. Please hold the line.
You make him wait as long as you think
his temper will hold cut, and then address
him in an assumed bass voice.
You-That you, Voorhees,?
The Voice-Yes; who is this?
You-This is Grwlnmpff. called you up II
regard to that matter we were discussing last
Thursday.
The yoice-Oh, IS this Mr. Henclsel?
You Qike hash) Yes; yes. This IS
Henclel speaking.
The Voice Well, must apologize, Mr.
Henckel I meant t. get In touch with you
this morning. but the fact is I've been in con-
ference all day and simply couldn't get q
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cannot zee their way about and they are con
tinually running into each other, stumbling
over things, tripping up, barking their shins
or falling down stairs-amid peals Of merri-
lnent from all SIDES.
The upshot Of It all IS that some one event.
silly locates the telephone and sends for al
electrician to cor.e up and get The lights going
again, but by that time the guests have al
sneaked home under cover of darkness and the
party ia over, anyway.
Excuseift---Piense
While we are on the subject Of telephones
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

you note that No. 8 reaches Ponkapoag ut
1924. What in the world can that 50 be?
We shall soon find outl
Jane has hunch that it Is "this train does
not stop for milk
Franklin thinks that It Carries freight on
alternate Tuesdays" Joe's guess Is: "Bcrths
made up at 11:15.'
All wrong again!
The real answer Is: "Stops at Gary TO re-
ceive passengers for New York; at South
Bend, Elkhart, Toledo end Cleveland, subject
to traffic regulations. to discharge passengers
from Chicago at South Bend, Elkhart, Toledo
and Cleveland TO receive passengers for points
beyond Buffalo; also at South Bend and Elk
hart, subject to tariff regulations. Co receive
passengers for Toledo and Cleveland, when
provided with Pullman tickets"
Having been foiled twice, the contestants
are now their mettle, and you may be sure
that at least one Of them will have the solu-
ton to the next problem right at the tip Of
his or her tongue.
And when the game Is over the winner
should be permitted to keep the timetable as
6 first prizeI
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Questions and AnstUers
PINOCHLE

PINOCHLE
(suestion--Playing two hands, may playe,
run over his tricks 10 see how many aces and
tens he has taken in and how many more he
wants to call gamc?-J. j. L.
Answer-No player is allowed to look at the
tricks turned down.
POKER
Question--A opens jack pot. No ono
stays Hoy many cards must opener show?
&C. II. l..
Answer-All five.
BRIDGE PROBLEM Nc. 95
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

king and leads the spade. Now Y must make
two Of his trumps no matter what trump a
plays. If A puts on the nine or ten he is
allowed to hold the trick, discardinc the
club.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

- II
~ designed as propaganda against Moth
er Nature Far from Il. Personally,
I have always had feeling very much akin
70 affection for that versatile old lady, and 7
have ever been numbered among her stanch-
est admfrera
But in winter Mother Nature Is not at her
best She is way off form. And feel sure
that she would De the first to admit It. At
that particular time OF year shc makes herself
Just as unsttractive ss shs possibly can and
deliberately encourages everybody to stay
away from her.
And /, for ons. am ready~-nay. eagerl--
TO obey her behest. During the months that
stretch between November and April l make
;t q point to spend the greatest portion Of my
time indoors.
There many, Of course, who VII sneer
a. me and brand me as weakng. They will
tell me that had ! drop of red blood In my
veins | would 90 out with the rest of the che
men, tobogganing, skiing, skating, snowshoe
ing and engaging In other forms Of what they
are pleased to call sport
Well, wealling though may be, II will take
more than insults to turn me from the convic
tion that tbs best place to spend the winter
is within hailing distance of well regulated
radiator. ! have seen too many confident
naskles GO forth into snowdrifts to "get full
of health" they say, and then land up in q
hospital a week later with temperature charts
sh-t look ike the skyline Of New York
an an incurable believer In complete hi
beinaton and, what is more am convinced
that here is a large proportion. II not an
actual ma aoriy. Of the cltzenry who support
LIE In my defiant stand against the outdoor
i,fe in winter For their benefit and for the
ieneft Of any Of the he-men who are secretly
snxious &c be converted, have collected a
-ew games which Will serve to while away the
-ons hours at home.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

Tbs second case, when taking things for
granted IS sometimes correct, sometimes too
hasty or optimistic, or entirely unnecessary
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

Henrts arc ti-unsps aa9 4 leads. Y and
Y qvaitt four t,-;cks. Hoav dc they get thens?
So.utic9 ne9t aceek
The Monett times., 1922-08-04
PERCY HEMUS IN
RECITAL AT AURORA

Percy Hemus, the eminent baritone,
with GLADYS Craven, accompanist,
gave a song recital at the Princess
Theatre at Aurora Wednesday even
ing.
The audience was delighted with the
entertainment. Mr. Hemus gave
varied program which showed off his
wonderful voice in all it's beauty,
ranging from the basso to the clear
high baritone.
His stage presence was most
pleasing and he gave interpretations
of several descriptive selections,
which helped in the appreciation Of
the pieces. His speaking voice is as
pleasing as his singing voice and the
affect was heightened by his truly
great acting.
His accompanist, Gladys Craven, is
a rare artist on the piano and her ac-
compartment was sympathetic and in
The Monett times., 1922-08-04
MR.. AND MRS. FRANK CONLEY
ENTERTAINED WITH PICNIC

A picnic and swimming party re-
ported one of the jolliest affairs of the
week was that of Thursday evening
when Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Conley
entertained large number of their
friends at Tooker's pool near Aurora.
The trip was made in large truck
and following a refreshing swim in
the pool an elaborate picnic dinner
was served to the following guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Blacksher Mr.. and
Mrs. o. E. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Corum
Russum, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Counts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Douglas, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. E. Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph SAKE, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd M.
Huffman, Miss Della Mcdonald, Mr..
William Flowers, the host and hostess.