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s C. ROSS. vice-President.
1. II. MOORE.


The undersigned publicly posts from
time to time as needed. on the nuilesln
board of the Board Of School Commls-
sioners Of the City Of Indianapolis; m
diana. at rs offices. $50 North Meridian
street specifications for divers supplies
for schools. offices. 1anitors. domestlc
Science, manual training and ofiice eoulp-
ment: for Printing School DIRECTORIES.
Furniture for Central Library. Recharg-
ing Fire Extinguishers. Tractor Tor hI-
seTlal Technical Schools. Supply TIuck,
Tvpewriters, Lathe for Manual TRAINING
High School. Domestic Science Eanipnentt
for Schools A and 80. Steel WoTE at
School No. SIS; for repairs to buildings
and equipment. viz; hardware; lumoet
plumbing and electrical supplies; an9
bids viii be received by the undeTsig zI,ss
for the sale TO said Board for such SUP
niles and materials until the respective
dates named in said specification.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
BY A. b. GOOD. Business Director.
Indianapolis. Indiana. Aug. 3. 1890.
WILL sell al Public Auction. one Ford
Coach. 1875 model. motor number llIs5agz.
for repair charges amounting 70 SLID,
AZ 10 4. m. Aug %. 1880.
GILLdGANS GARAGE.
1919 04Tex Avs.
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DROP IN STEEL
LOWERS STOCK
MARKET EARLY
Irregular Trend Holds List
With Gains; Losses
Plentiful.
Average Stock Prices

.hysrass Of thirty insustrials for
az. Of twenty utilities vas so.77. up 81.
Average OF forty bonds was es.37. up
90. New 1880 high
Bv United Pres
NEW YORK, Aug. liabilities,
oils and leading industrials rallied
today, but coppers and rails. with
few exceptions. we're lower on the
Stock Exchange.
Trading quoted with many ira
ders Withdrawing.
At the outset an irregular trend
appeared. This was quickly turned
into a decline when United States
Steel dipped to 1874 and the cop
per group dropped on news that
some custom shelters had reduced
prices. The list steadied. however,
before penetrating the June lows
and the short covering brought out
by the support turned the list up
ward.
Steel Receivers
At noon Steel common was at
100, up point net; Vanadium up
x; Warner Brothers Pictures, 29h,
up IA; American Telephone. 2o61k,
up 3; American Can, 11s7i, up IA;
Consolidated Gas, 1041s, up Is;
Westinghouse Electric, 1895, up
17s. and Radio, 395s, up rs.
Standard Oil of New Jersey led
the oil shares into higher ground,
reaching 20. where it was up IL
points. Nearly all other issues fol-
lowed, Sinclair being the exception
with a small decline. j. I. Case
spurted As to 159, following its rise
Of nearly u points Wednesday.
Coppers Weak
Atchison led the rails with a rise
Of 81 points to 212h, but other
issues Of the group we're down frac-
tons to a point.
The marking down in copper
prices was responsible for a drive
against Anaconda which broke the
issue 2i4 points to ass. Kennecott
made a new low for the year at 361s,
of 1. and Nevada equaled its low at
las, of y.
Call money renewed at 2iz per
cent and held there although loans
we're made in the outside market at
2 per cent.
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POWELL is CAST AS
CRIMINAL LAWYER
"For the Defense" Which Opens Friday at Indiana, Has
Characters Modelled from Actual Life

IN For the Defense" William Powes newest starring picture which
Friday Indiana this actor for the
second time in his character said to be taken from real
life.
Audiences will recall highly acclaimed Natural Davis
Street modelled after the life the notorious Arnold
Rohsten whose mysterious hotel
is still unsolved.
In For the Defense brilliant criminal
LAWYER highly attorney
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Other Livestock
HOES executed an about face this
BIZ United Press


S ac esiadn aug ooo d7sass .oEss
to mostly Csc higher; bulk, I60-23o-Ib.
weights. $10.10@ 1925; few, $1,000: top,
paeSng sOws nost Tegsssss4 IS
lights, 14o-16O lbs. good and choice, $3.50
Gl025; light weights. 100000 lbs, good
ss6 and C! choice. slo@1o-s5; medium weights,
heavy weights. 25o-s5o lbs, good good and and
choice. ss.50@1Oi0 packing sows, 275G 500
Ps'' E1ediq I'm and iPn GOOD ss9S75; slaught-
ss.s69s'7s. Cattle~Recelpts. $500; calves,
2:0oo: best steers and yearlings, strong to
Csc higher. choice steers absent: best me-
dun weights, Stops; yearlingS sold up
going at ss;5OG1O; low priced cows
higher; slaughter cattle and vealers;
steers. 100000 lbs, good and choice. $3.50
Se.25@i1; 1100-lSo0 lbs, good and choice
S8.15G10.5o; l300-150 lbs, good and choice,
81. 50@l0-25; 600-1300 lbs. common and
medium 9ood snd $5oS@S5S heideTs ssoa5O lbs
m m $o@9.50; cows. good and choice,
s2:SOUL5O; common and medium, $4.50M
S50; low cutter and cutter, $3.506475;
beef, S625@7; cutter to medium. $5NfT:
yeealers, milk fed. good and choice. $l1@
s IS; amEsHdium. S9.5o@ll; Gull and common,
5S q9o ana isedsr cattle
common and medium, s4.75@675. Sheep
Receipts. 10000: market active, strong to
Zoe higher: good and choice native eve
several loads. $1,000 9.75; few. $9s5 to
shippers and city butchers; bucks. mostly
S sS range lambs. unSold; slaughter
and choice, $8.75@10: medium. S725G8.75
all weights, common, S5M725: ewes 90
1Sy btG3s'' MEDIUM to choice s225G4; all
ing lambs, 5O-75 lbs, good and choice
6.2oQ685.
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Bv United Press
CIT nTy-ra A

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y-Hogs-Re-
cslpts, 300; ho!dovers. 100: weights below
zlg lbs less active, unevenly higher. buIk
l60-2lo lbs, Csc higher. $40 is; $50 lbs and
dSSWn' h SoG9Sc lhnigher slo.25Glo:5o me
$4,000 o.5O; 260-300 lbs. Se'756io 10 caf''
tie-Receipts. 100: steady; common grass
ss:ses sEs,i and hesifsrs. ss@1 cutter cows.
SncSsnsed Cxali1yssss doG ioo vealers
500; lambs steady; quality only fair: FOOD
to choice natives, $40; throwouts, 666.5o'
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BIZ Times Snccin1

LOUISVILLE, XIV. Aue 14-Hog.-
ceipts. 600; market. I5c higher: 225 lbs
up. $685.. 165 to 225 lbs. SioSo: i3o To-
isS lbs. ss.l5; 100 lbs. down. s7.35: roughs.
$685.; stays. S6.25. Cattle-Receipts. 200:
market. steady: prime heavy steers. $3.50
az: heavy shipping steers $667. so: medi,nS
and plain steers s4.75@6.50; fat heifers.
dunn to good cows. $3.5064: cutters. s3.25
$3.50; Gamers. $263: bulls. f350n5.75:
feeders. $5@7: stockers. s3.50G5.so calves
o.: medium to good. S667: common to
medium. s365.50. Sheep-Receipts 500:
Market. steady; eve and wether lambs
clipped lambs. s250G3 so; Wednesday,
shipments: Cattle. 80: calves. $685. hogs,
252; sheep, 56I.
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BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. Aug. l4.-Bank clearlngs'
600 600: federal reserve bank creoit bal
ance, $4,000. 900.
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Produce Markets

Eggs tCOunbry rum LOSS OH o6ILNSIc0
in Indianapolis. TIC: henery quality No. !.
1' Poultry TE: lBuSyinG Pricse,-Hens weighing
Lesho oS 0 he6 1seti 4c &C. sprinsers lbs OF
over. ale: under pc lbs. 1sc; Legh9rn
pnE saer lS' fat Old wh fSSk &C. sO Geese sucs
These prices are for No. ! top quality.
quoted by Kingan & co.
Butter (wholeSalel-No. /. 4lG4zc; NO.
Butterfat-41c.
po1ndI American loaf sic; pimento loaf.
52c: Wisconsin firsts. 27c; LonEhorns. sac:
New York Limberger. S6c.
steady; creamery in tub lots according to
S s@sc: ' packing stock No 2sc; No. :,
&c: No 5. l5c; butter fat. 35@S7c. Eggs
Steady; cases included extra firstS. 29c;
23c. Live Poultry-Thin and coarse stock
sells only ct heavy discount: fowls lbs.
and over 2Sc lbs and oX Yer a iSS 6 slsT
isc; ROSTERS, l3c colored fryers over,
lbs, &c; broilers colored over 2 lbs. 231ac;
broers over I lbs 2sc l1 Sro ana
over IL lbs, 23c; Ia lbs. and over. 19c;
broilers partly feathered, 15@18c; black
springers. lac.
IL CLEVELAND. Aug. 14,-Butter- Extras.
42lac; extra firsts. 4S5Rc I ESggs5n o
Fowls, 22c; medium, 10000: Leghorn. Il
al6c; heavy broilers. 25@30c: .Leghorn
broilers, 2O@22c: ducks, 10000: old cocks
l4@16c; geese, zoe. Potatoes-No quotes.
2 ecHflfHc5xGGo. Aug. IA Eggs . Market,
SsS@SSG; aTsts: S4a2llac; current C receipts
i2@14%c. Butter-Market. steady; re-
cepts, 1906 tubs; extras, 3s1ac; extra
firsts, 37G37iac; f1rstS, 351a 036c; seconds,
33n34c; standards. 381sc. Poultry-Mar-
ket. weak; receipts, 2 cars; fowls, 211sc:
springers. 24c: Leghorns., l5c; ducks, 14@
broilers, 22c. Cheese-Twins. l7@17hc;
track. i21; arrivals, 19; shipments, SOL:
market firm on whites, dull on reds;
Missouri, New Jersey and Nebraska sacked
irish Cobblers. S2M2.15: Minnesota sacked
Early Ohios. $1.60@1.70: Wisconsin sacked
Irish Cobblers, $3.50.
81 NV EEWRf'eGY 6GRskSs Aug. l4.-Flour-Dull,
Pork-Firmer; mess, $3.50 per barrel.
Lard-Easy; middle west spot, $11.3o@
l1.4o per pound, Tallow-steadg; special
Firm; Long Island, ,s1Gs.25 per barrel.
$250; southern barrels, s6Gs. Dressed
poultry-Steady to firm; turkeys, 22@45c;
chickens. 22@36c; fowls. 15I30c: ducks,
I2@15c ducks Long Islanda d5@iSc' n nlye
fSG22c; fowls. 15GSsc; turkeys, 2o@25c;
Firm; state whole milk. fancy to special,
24@26c; Young America, l9G25c.
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TREASURY STATEMENT

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE treasury
net balance on Aug. II. was Sl16.95S,-
1893 %. Expenditures for the same day we're
So 3ss 723 a. and customs receipts for the
month to that date we're So. 7s9 ,597.0f.
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Local Wagon Wheat

CITY grain elevators are paving TIC for
No. red wheat and 75c Tor NO. Z tx
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BIZ United Press

CLEVELAND, Aug 4.-Hogs-Receints
1000; FOLLOWERS none; weak; $50 lbs
d 10y n, around l5c higher; others Steady:
lbs s5Osoo Ss so ng SsF 2sS e 5S
9.75. Cattle-Receipts, $50: steady: COM
mon nc steers, sSd7 .25; odd heads medium,
ceipts, 400 vealers fairly active. strong.
peter grades upward to Si4 or above:
6ulk medium offerings. s11.50 downward.
ward. to $s.5oGa.75; most Medium Af tin up
ga downward; fat ewes quoted around
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Fl. WAYNE. Ind. Aug. 1z-Hog mar
ket i5G25c higher: 9o-l3o lbs. ss.55: l3o-
lbs, sio.25: ieo-7io lbs. sl9l5: 2lo-290
las. siD.0s: 7so-350 lbs eo5: 25o-270 lbs.
$3.50; 17s-7o0 lbs. se75; 300-350 lbs, 50 so:
Eoushs- $3.50; ftsgs. $. Cattle-tll.
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BIZ United Press

EAST ST. louis. III, Aug. i4.Hogs
Receipts. $500; market active, GAG 25c
5000: most Iso-35O lbs. $40 200 10. IS;
light lights. i4o-l60 BIS. SO .2561o.25; pigs
mostly s775T6.25. Cattle-Receipts. 2.2Q0:
calves, receipts. 1900: market generally
stealy with heifers on catch-as-catch can
basis: vealers 25c higher at S1l.50: top
sausage bulls S6.25. Sheep-Receipts.
1000; market. teady; bulk fat lambs to
packers. $3.50: top to butchers. 50; lat
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Chicago Grain Table

b. H aiiCCGss SopeeAtG ug. 14.-carlots Wheat,
1856; corn. ia; oats, 165; rye 2, and
barley, 10.
TOLEDO. g.. Aug. 14-Grain close:
wheatINo. 2, red s2ia assAe: Corn~,-No.
yellow. sl.O5@l.o6; -o3ats55Noi 2, white.
Sc. CioverNDomestic. cash. si4. So; prime
choice. STATS; October. $15.25; December
$3.50. Alsyke--Cash. $12; October. $12,25;
December. $3.50. Butter-Fancy cream
ery, 42@43c Eggs-Country run, 21@23c.
HeY-Timotlly. $1.25 cwt
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Banks and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS sTAIEMENr
CHICAGO STATEMENT

Indianapolis bank clearings THURSDAY
Aug. IL, s3.517,c00: balances S6,692,OOo.
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g,4IIiM.i tedL P6rgsSs
Other Livestock

: CINCiNNATT. o., Aug. l4.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. s,4i4. Including 1914 direct: hold
overs, 80; active, mostly Is cents higher;
spots up more on odd lots: medium and
heavyweight butchers; pigs and light lights
strong, better grade, 17o-240 lbs. $10.65;
thin and grass hogs discounted soc to 81
or more below quotation; heavyweight
practically absent; 100000 quotable at
s10G10.25: 120-160 lbs. s9.509e.75: quail
ity for the most part not very desira ble;
sows, $3.50; mostly $7.75 Cattle-Receipts.
ATS; calves, ESQ; steers scarce, strong to
Csc higher: some light weights up more;
heifers. 25@50c higher; beef COWS strong
to Csc higher; other classes fully steady;
odd lots lower grade steers and heifers,
$5.5067; more desirable light weights. $50
9; most beef cows. sos: bulk low cut,
ters and cutters. $3G4-25; bulls. $500
CTS; top. 81: vsalers steady: good and
choice, sl0Gli lower grade. $50 $50.
Sheep-Receipts. lbs; generally steady;
better grade lambs scarce at $3.50 to
mostly s9M9-5o; medium grade and buck
lambs, S6G6.50; common throwouts. S5H
$500. fat ewes, s2.50G4; culls, downward
to 81.
TOLEDO. o.. Aug. I4.-Hogs-Receipts.
500; market Csc higher; heavies. sed9.25;
mediums, S9.751l 10: workers, S9M9.50: pigs,
se69.50. Cattle-ReceiptS light; market
steady. Calves-Receipts light: market
steady. Sheep-Receipts light; market
steady.
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RrUnifed Press

PITTsBURGH. Aug. Hogs-Receipts.
1000: active mostly 25c higher: le0-2io
lbs. sle.T5: 220-2eo lbs. sl06l0.50: 1o0-140
lbs. So .5oG 10; packing sows. S7.5oGs. Cat
cows. So. 35G3.75: medium bulls. SIS. 50d G. So
Calves-Receipts. 100; slow. round steady.
grades down to 81. Sheep-Hsceipts. !, 900:
fat lambs. active. strong to. Csc higher;
choice grades. $500 9.25; medium to good.
s6.25Gs.25.
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Average Of thirty industrials for
Wednesday was 220.3s up ill. Average
OF twenty rails was 1854. Up 10. Aver
age OF twenty utilities was so.77. up 81.
Average OF forty bonds vas 1851. up
90. New 1880 high.
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NEW YORK STATEMENT

3W United Press
So. 500. oO0; balances. Ss.2o0,000.
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CLEVELAND. Aug -Butter-Extras.
42hc: extra firsts 421sc. Eggs-Extras,
csc: firsts. 211Sc:. ordinaries, 18c. Poultry
Fowls, 22c; medium, $4,000: Leghorn. IA
nl6c; heavy broilers. 25M30c: .Leghorn
broilers, 20@22c: ducks, 10000: old cocks
14@16c: geese, zoe. Potatoes-No quotes.
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Balance due Wayne two. for
ca 0ghllG N gasnd july al 1880 sissss x
Vouchers for shove on fie and mas bs
seen At tbs oflicc Of tae Speedway school
S0''R ALFRED HAxE& ssssslAxss
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Legal Notices

ANNUAL REPORT or SCHOOL coRs
PoRAT1oN TOWN OF sPEEDwAYs
INDIANA. FOR YEAR AUGUST !. 1879
TO JULY 81. 1880.
sTATEMENr OF REVENUES
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
BRIDGE HAS A STORY TO TELL
BY MARSHALL n

is said TO have nourished and kept
alive an art that eventually lead to
printing from movable type, OF
mankind's greatest boons TO progress.
Even the sternest critic would ack-
nowledge such a debt TO playing
cards.
Westward. cards Travelled through
Persia, Arabia. the Mesopotamian
region and Palestine. BY about the
end Of the twelfth century after the
Ottoman invasion Of Turkey, they
established themselves in Europe.
In France and Italy. a gallant spir-
it introduced the queen into the
pack.
Cards For Insane King
Gringoneur, a courtier of Charles
TX, rearranged and designed a pack
Of cards with which he might enter
tain the sovereign during his royal
spells of insanity. 1t was about 1892
therefore. that the modern pack
originated. 1t contained fifty-two
cards number of weeks in the year,
365 dots number Of days.. four
suits (number of seasonsD and thir-
teen cards to the suit number OF
lunar months.
The first English cards in America
probably arrived in the ship with
the settlers at jamestown. Virginia
in 1907. Actually. the first cards
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Here's Solution Of
Accompanying
Bridge Problems

North plays the hand with spades
trump-East leads the king OF clubs
North and South TO make a grand
slam against any defense thereaf-
ter.
The king Of clubs led by East on
which North discards the jack OF
diamonds in dummy and takes with
the ace in his hand. West following
with a small club.
North then plays the ten OF clubs,
East covering and South trumping.
North returns to his hand with a
spade and leads his remaining club,
again trumping in South'S hand.
Now North leads the queen Of dia-
~monds from the dummy. all hands
This leaves only the ace
and king OF diamonds and one spade
il dummy. declared having trUmped
clubs twice and lead trunpS once.
Thus he returns 70 his hand with
trump and leads the ace and king
of trump. discard.ng the ace and
king of diamonds from South leav-
ing nothing but high diamonds in
This own hand.
A rare and unusual distribution
creates this freak hand and calls
for equally righteousness in the
play.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Fort Brown Turkeys
Ordered For Dinner

SAN ANTONIO. Nov. 22.-iPl-
Uncle Sans ~doughboyS will have
turkey for dinner Thanksgiving. AT
least the boys in the Eighth Corps
area will feast OF the base for
cranberry sauce. The corps area
cuartermaster az Fort Sam Houston
has issued en- order for bids on the
s25.O 900 pounds Of turkey needed to
feed the 5000 soldiers In the area.
Total cost Of the birds Is expected
TO exceed $1,000.
Other items on the doughboys'
menu will include mashed potatoes,
sweet potatoes. rolls. relishes. coffee,
lemonade. varieties Of cakes. pies.
ice cream and fruits and an aSsort-
ment Of vegetables. Each soldier
will find a cigar and 2 package OF
cigarettes beside his plate.
Camps in the area which VIII get
their portion Of the feast from Fort
Sam Houston headquarters include
Brooks Field. Camp Normoyle. Fort
Crockett. Fort Brown. Fort Sam
Houston. Fort Mcintosh. Fort Clark.
Fort d. A. Russell. Fort Bliss. Doug
las. Fort Huachuca and Nogales.
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used in America were brought to
Santa Fe. New Mexico. and st. Au-
gustine, Florida, by the eyer-gambl-
Ing Spanish soldiers.
Origin Of Whist
Whist. the grandparent OF present
day auction bridge. originated in
England some time after the dawn
Of the seventeenth century. The
name whist" was selected because
Of the games requiring extreme
silence.
The origin Of bridge. first called
"Biritch." or Russian Bridge" may
be assigned. not to Russia. but to
Greece. where it vas played fifty
years ago.
One day In 1894. Lord Brougham.
lately returned from Cairo. went to
the Portland club. Londan's whist
headquarters, for a game. When II
was his deal. he neglected to turn
I'D a trump card. He was reminded.
He said, Il am very sorry. but I
thought ! was playing bridge" His
companions said. Bridge. what is
that?" What a pity you do not
know H." he replied. 1T Is the fin
est card game ever invented" The
four men completed their rubber:
then strenuously urged Lord Broug-
ham to demonstrate the new game.
IL proved to be love at first sight.
From that day the Portland club
adopted bridge as its own.
Bridge Takes Hold
Thence. 1t extended its fascina-
ton to other mems clubs until. fl
nally. IL became the national card
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23
Bridge Freaks
Are Disclosed


yDEALISTSl Aren't We all? In every
field OF human activity. there
seems to be a perfect goal to-
wards which wistful eyes are wont
to stray. In bridge, it is the hand
that contains thirteen cards of one
suit. Calculations reveal that the
individuals chances Of cornering
thirteen spades. or even thirteen
meagre clubs, are about six hundred
and fifty billion to m And yet.
A Colorado woman held thirteen
hearts, bid seven hearts. but was
topped by a bid Of seven spades.
Her opponent held only twelve
spades. but accomplished a grand
slam. Tears we're dropped for the
thirteen broken hearts.
New York also boasts a woman
who held thirteen hearts. secured
the bid at six hearts. vas doubled,
hut because of the excitement. ne
elected to redouble.
A PENNSYLVANIA auditor drew thlr-
teen spades IN the club a Of a
railway train. and did not know
what to bid. Twenty bridge experts
gave him varying advice. III des-
peration. he bid four spades and
swept the board.
ALI But in Missouri. q hardware
dealer dealt himself a perfect hand
in hearts. Seeing that his cards
were AL red' and without sorting
them or inspecting them closely. he
bid one diamond, "just 10 get the
game started" The other three
players passed.
-Four Michigan women, at a We'd
Eesdav afternoon bridge party, re-
ceived four perfect suit hands. Ma
turally, thirteen spades Won the bid.
The cards had been regularly shut
fled. cut and dealt. There we're
eighteen witnesses to this strangest
of strange events. Moreover where
is the person that would doubt even
the most incredible word Of four
ladies who played bridge on We'd
nesday afternoon IN Michigan?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-23

DESPITE the front page news re-
ports Of mayhem. murder and
matrimonial riffs caused by
trumping a partners ace, and des-
pite the entrance of bridge jokes
along with Mr.. Charles Mertz' Ford
jokes, into American folklore. auc-
ton bridge is a noble game with a
noble history.
Unlike poker and pinochle. both
excellent in their wi ways. bridge
Is a Social Registrite. and has been
since its inception. Unlike that fine
CID pastime casino. bridge is rarely
anything but an adults game.
Yet, withal. it Is the most demo-
cratic of indoor sports. No less than
two and a quarter million hands
are dealt daily In America alone. A
minor statistician estimated that,
throughout the world, at any one
moment, four hundred thousand
persons are saying, What's trump"
Bridge is played in every known Ian
guage although a husbands repr1-
mand to his wife sounds the same
in all languages.
The Oldest Pack
To begin at m OF several posi-
bic beginnings. the first deck of
cards was made in about 800 A. D.
The oldest pack extant dates back
to 800 A. d. in the kingdom OF Wis
nupur. India. They were used dur
ing the reign Of the little remember
ed Malta kings, who for all the 100
cards in their deck. probably Won
dered who was hiding the aces.
The birthplace OF cards is believ-
Cd to have been H!ndostan. The
few packs of Hindostanese cards
still in existence reveal eight or ten
suits. with markings that do not in
the least resemble those OF cards
now in use. These ancient packs.
and. as a consequence, the early
European packs contained no queen.
as the orientals were inclined TO
disparge the Importance of women,
especially in q game which. ike
chess, was founded upon the ele-
ments Of warfare.
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game OF Britain. In 1901 or 1902,
the ladies discovered what a de-
lightful field Of amusement and
speculation was open to them" Who
could have predicted that women
were one day to dominate the game
and permit men to sit IN" on a deal
or two. only as a concession?
For ten years bridge thrived. Then
it retired in favor Of the youngster.
auction bridge. invented and named
by three Englishmen in India who
were lost for want OF n bridge
fourth" and conceived the ingen-
ious notion of bidding" BY 1908.
auction bridge had transformed the
card playing habits Of England and
America.
Trend Of Contract
Recently another variation of the
game has appeared; contract bridge.
IL differs from its predecessors chief
~ in scoring and t~erminology. and Is
confined. for the most part. TO Am
erica and France. Perhaps contract
bridge has a future. Perhaps 1t will
he a new and ever more insiduous
source of joys, completes and ma
terial for back porch philosophy. No
one knows to what lengths that
o. davil" bridge will 60.