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In a recent test it was demonstrated that it is possible in time of war to coal four or Ave battleships a day at sea in iair weather.." In the above photograph is seen the U. S. Navy colliers Jason and Neros, on ihe starboard
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AMERICANS SHOULD ADOPT JAPAN'S NATIONAL GAME OF GO, SAYS L F. HARTM
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Complex and Fascinating Pastime, Invented Many
Centuries Ago, and Not Unlike Chess,
Would Teach Us Concentration and Help
Sharpen Our Wits, Author Believes
' F we Americans should adopt go.
the national game of Japan, It
might do us a lot of Rood,"
said Lee Foster Hartinan to a
'eporter for Tim Sun. "Go affords one
f the beat means of Inculcating the
'acuity of Intense and prolonged con
centration, which most of us lack. Not
that the player has to force his interest
In the game; It simply fascinates him."
"Somewhat like chess, isn't it?" in
quired the reporter.
"Oh, well, yes," Mr. Hartman reluct
antly agreed. "That Is, It is played tn
a board marked off Into squares. But
In essence It Is quite different. Chess
might be compared with the ancient
Style of battle, with the king and his
nobles actually fighting in the field and
the death of the king almost sure to
cause defeat; whereas In go the pieces
are all -of equal value, the number Is
far greater and the struggle between
an army of 180 men on one side and
' 181 on the other Is much like warfare in
Us modern form.
"In chess victory or defeat Is apparent
from a very early stage of the struggle
If loss has been Incurred or the balance
of the position gratly upset; In gii
the issue is uncertain to the very end.
Indeed, there Is a styln of play called
'Ol Otoshl,' which means literally rob
ber's attack. It Is resorted to when a
'group of men Is apparently engulfed by
the enemy, and tho threatened player
compels the enemy to abandon a part
of his surrounding force In order to
avoid a greater loss. The attack Is so
Budden and tierce that the Japanese
liken it to the highwayman pouncing
on his victim. I mention It only lo
allow how Interesting and startling the
contest may be up to the very end.
'Tin! game is pluyed on a board.
called 'go ban,' about 1C by Inches
and 4 or S Inches thick. It stands on
four legs, which raise It a few Inches
above the floor. The wood Is a species
of yew, or glngko, or cedar, all of which
are so resonant as to yield a pleasant
ringing sound when a stone is placed
In position. There Is cut Into the Io.7(.r
surface of the board a square depression
which adds to the resonance, although
ancient tales of Japan have It that th)
space Is to contain the blood of the
vanquished In case the players fall to
fighting over their game. Possibly this
Is true, though there Is no record of a
fatal clash In the last few centuries.
"Nineteen lines equally far apart are
drawn from top to bottom of the board
and these are crossed at right angles
by nineteen similar lines running from
side to side. The men are played upon
the 361 points of Intersection of these
lines.
"In chess the pieces are moved from
square to square. In go the game be
gins with the board empty, and each
piece la set down In its place and stays
there. The combinations are llterully
unlimited, and a player must fall back
on that Intangible thing known as posl
tlon judgment, which Is really the sub'
conscious experience of Innumerable
past games. In the twelve centuries
during which go has been played In
Japan thousands of books have been
published about It, and the literature Is
still growing. In chess ability to see five
or six moves ahead places a man almost
among the masters; whereas a profes
sional go player must be able to see
from twenty-five to fifty moves ahead If
he expects to have any success.
"It Is a bit of Interesting collateral
evidence of the high Intellectual devel-1
opment of the Japanese people .that a
game of such peculiar complexity and
difficulty should be the national pastime,
that Is, the pastime of the cultured class.
According to tradition go was Invented
by the Chinese Emperor Shun (-255 to
2206 B. C.) In order to strengthen the
weak mind of his son, Shang Klun. Like
the Chinese religion and letters and art
go was introduced Into Japan. It spread
slowly. For generations it was forbid
den to play go anywhere else than at
court
"More than 300 years before William
the Conqueror Invaded England, Komu-
shi, a noble of the Japanese court, drew
his aword and killed Adzumabito, an
other noble, In aquarrel that grew out
of the game. All three of the illus
trious Japanese Generals Nobunaga,
Hldeyoshl and Iyeyasu, were adepts
at go.
"For centuries before the compara
tively recent abolition of feudalism there
was a national 'Go In' or Academy of
Go, established and supported by the
national Government. Not only Is the
game the art of war practised with
stones on a board rather than with
armed men In the field, but It U ao full
of surprises that the practice of It helps
to confirm that poise of the soul which
the samurai holds to be the perfection
of all earthly wisdom and culture. To
be able to meet the most astounding
and nerve wracking onslaught with the
calmness and assurance of perfect prep
aration Is one of the highest attributes
of the gentleman of Japan. The exi
gencies of the game of go afforded am
pie practice of eye and hand In emer
gency tactics.
"To engage In a ame of go Is the
quickest way I know to enjoy the de
lights of foreign travel without leaving
home. From the moment one sits down
before the go ban he is plunged Into tho
atmosphere of old Japan. The grain
and color of the wood Itself are exotic.
Half consciously the mind drifts back
to the days of Voritomo, the first 8ho
gun, when Kemakura, now a little town
noted only for Its temples of Qua Non,
Goddess of Mercy, and of Dal Butsu,
the great Buddha, was a great and mag
nificent city. One sees the Hon. Lord
Sato Tadanobu, nil unarmed and at
ease, sitting before the go ban In the
twilight, engrossed in the Intricacies of
a complicated problem. He has sat
motionless for hours except when ne
has adroitly picked up a stone between
his first and second fingers and planted
It in position with a faint ringing sound
like the reverberation of a small and
hidden silver bell.
"Sato hears the tiny squeak of the
ugulsu (nightingale) floor, whose boards
are so matched that they will cry a
warning under the lightest footstep.
But Sato remains .motionless. Immersed
in his problem, only his eyes glittering
as he hears the faint cheeping of the
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Lee Foster Hartman playing go, the national game of Japan.
"VHIGINAL merchandising Ideas.
II properly hitched up to the gen
eral sales scheme, bring results.
The manager of a 10 cent store In the
South saw that the majority of his cus
turners were women. Women are good
buyers, but he knew that the store's
business could be increased It the men
could be Induced to come in and look
around. He was convinced, too, that
there was a general belief that a 10
cent store Is essentially a woman's store.
The manager made It his prime object
to overcome this notion.
He advertised a "men only" week of
sales and employed salesmen to take the
place of the salesgirls, who were given
u week's vacation on pay. The windows
were filled with articles to attract the
attention of men. The prices were suf
ficiently low to Induce purchasers to
come Insldo the store. One week served
to popularize the store with the men.
There were hundreds of new customers
who remained even after the old rou
tine was adopted.
A shoe- dealer In a small Illinois city
believes that fhe confidence of the buy
ing public Is the Wft possible asset for '
a retail business. He has adopted a I
successful plan to gain this confidence.
Twice yearly he publishes In the adver
tising columns of the city's newspapers
what he calls his confidential report.
He cltoi In this htntcment the total
amount of sales for the period covered,
the cost of the goids sold, the carry
ing expense, the selling cost, the loss
through bad accounts, &c. In short, the
statement Is a thorough analysis of the
uuines rrom an inside uoint of view.
The statements prove surprising to the
average reader because of the low per
centage or net profit the dealer makes,
considering his Investment. The state
ments, coupled with a general frankness
of treatment from the dealer's em
ployees, wins many customers for tho
btore a point the merchant makes
plain in his confidential statements.
A Detroit restnurant keeper came to.
know that muhy of his regular custom
ers were formerly country boys. In or
der to tuke them back to their boyhood
daya he prepared a "country store"
lunch. The bill of fare Included canned
oysters, sardines, cheese and crackers,
bologna sausage, canned peaches, mixed
pickles, baked beans and many of ths
other foods served across country store
counters. The Idea proved so popular
with his regular customers that It was
made a weekly feature and advertised
In the newspapers. He Is compelled to
tun patronage away on country store
day.
ugulau nearer and nearer. In another I
Instant the assassin will be upon him
when up leaps the Hon. Lord Sato
brandishing the go ban, and before the
astonished cutthroat can gasp in sur
prise he is stricken dead with one blow
of the heavy board. Oh, yes; In old
Japan war even private war had his
victories no less than peace.
"Incidentally Lord Sato's act dis
played his proficiency In applying tho
prime rule of the game: 'Never let tho
enemy surprise you so much that you
can't surprise him still more.' The
authenticity of the episode is vouched
for by contemporary historians. Be
sides the historic happenings connected
with the ancient game there is a wealth
of tradition.
"There was Honlnbo Sanyetsu, a play
er of almost the highest rank, who was
going to play Yasul S.mchl for the
championship in the presence of the
mighty Shogun Tokugawa Iyemltsu and
felt so sure of beating him that he dis
dained to accept the handlcup of one
stone to which he was entitled. The
Hon. Prince Matsudalra of Higo observ
ing the progress of the game casually
remarked 'Oh, Honlnbo will surely be
defeated.'
"Honlnbo let fall Into the tsubo the
stone ho was about to play. With freez'
Ing dignity he said: '1 am serving my
lord the Shogun with the art of go.
When we masters of go enter upon a
contest It Is tn the same spirit In which
warriors engage upon tho field of bat
Played on Board Raised Few Inches From Foot,
With 180 Men on One Side Againil
181 on the Other, Game Is
Much Like Modern Warfare
tie, staking our lives. It necessary, to
decide the contest. While we are doing
this wo do not allow interference or
comment from any one. no matter how
high may bo his rank.'
"Prince Matsudalra of Hlgo. notwith
standing his exalted rank, kowtowed
most humbly to Honlnbo, apologized
profusely, and barely persuaded him
to resume the game. And to make
things worse for the Prince, Honlnbo
won the championship. His name Is
revered to this day and his rule of
silence Is faithfully observed, too.
"It Is recorded that the Lord of Kame
yama was so great a go strategist that
no one In his province could make. him
play half so well as he could. The legend
ruiiB. 'His skill made the gods full of
gossip and open mouths.' One day a
mendicant pilgrim culled and politely
challenged. The lord consented, and
casually remarked that he would stake
his summer cattle of Kameyuma on the
result.
"Tho pilgrim smiled und cald that all
he could pledge, against It was one of
his straw sandals (worth about half a
penny). Agreed. After three days and
four nights of continuous sir
mendicant pilgrim won. Tin
ously tendered the castle to t
the pilgrim smiled again, ilc
offer that would have mean-
ease under the protection of
man and went his way. Co i$ -j
the pastime of noble minds."
"Has the game a practvea. .
the reporter asked Mr. Hartm.i '
"Some experts think so." ho t
"In the war with Russia the -employed
by the Japanese con
suggested the methods iHeil u -shal
Oyama had three stones
nt Llau-Yang, but the Hu.-slans -before
he could move in his f
Mukden, however, the complo
vcloplng moveme.it was earrioil
"But far be It from me to sugM -proficiency
In the strategy of
a real help In practical affairs
the saddest ritorles I ever lit '1
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chess that he had not the ''
publish his great book, wbii'
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A spirited voting contest has Just
been concluded In Germany to decide
what constitutes the seven chief won
ders of tho twentieth century. After
the enormous volume of votes cast were
counted It was found that the majority
had placed wireless telegraphy at the
head of the list, as might bo ex
pected, and Ihe Panama Canal second.
It Is gratifying to find that popular
Giante of the air and sea.
opinion on the Continent should so Ken
erally recognlzo this American, achieve
ment. The third of the seven wonders,
It was decided, was the dirigible airship;
next In order the flying machine, radium,
the cinematograph und tho steamship
Imperator.
An extraordinary photograph Is re
produced herewith which shows two of
the seven wonders of the modern world
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