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THE SUN, SUNDAY, 'AUGUST 30, 1914.
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DISASTER AVERTED
:l IN ARKANSAS CITY
One Hnwlcy, n Hunt1, Sits 1 nt
I lie (iaiiic Aunin anil Wins
Sliiiiiicriil'ly.
IIOI'SK IM'IjKS IXVOKKI)
As a Itcsort ami Old Man
(.liTuiilaw Saved From Fi
nancial Itiiin.
iij n.iviii a. cruris.
Why the size of n nun who sat In nt
the poker game that was sometimes
ployed In the hack room of olil man
Greenlaw's saloon In Arkansas City
should have hail anything to do with
tho sentiments of tin- other participants
In the gamo rt'KurilliiK tin- outcome It
In not quite easy to understand. There
seemed to In; however. In the old man's,
mind u curious fooling of resentment
and a certain sense of Impropriety, both
of which were manifested plainly Hi his
comments on the fact that Hack Haw
ley had won money In the gumo and
both of which deemed to he occasioned
by the fact that llawlry'a .stature was
below the nvernge.
Moreover, the old man's foremost par
ticular friends', Jake Wlnterbottom, ,11m
lllalsilell. Sam Penrsall and Jon Hassott,
who together with llawley had made up
the party by whom the same In ques
tion had been played, all seemed from
their utterances ami their manner to
hue similar Ideas. With bitter con
.tempt they referred to Mr. Hawley as
n runt whenever in the course of tho
discussion it was found necessary to
refer to him at all, and the Inevitable
conclusion was that they considered it a
reproach to him that he should bo so
small as he was.
Mr. Owen Pepper was equally con
temptuous in his characterization of the
successful player. He called him a fool,
but that had nothing to do with his size.
He did not call him a bit; fool, and In
deed the circumstances would not have
justified him in referring to him as such,
since Mr. Ha wiey was certainly not bin,
whatever ele he may have been.
The facts were simple. Mr. Hawley,
ns has been Intimated, was an undersized
person. He was also a stranger. He
had signified his willingness to Join in
the poker game and had done so, to the
entire satisfaction of the other players,
which satisfaction, however, proved to
be evanescent later on. Tor Mr. Haw
ley on Hlalsdell's own deal had re
mained in u pot with somewhat ques
tionable Judgment on three parts of n
straight Hush and had drawn the two
cards he needed to tilt the hnnd. Then,
betting out with all the contldence that
any other Iaer would have felt under
the clrcumstnnces, he had won tho pot,
which by that time contained a goodly
sum of money, and had forthwith re
tired from the contest.
It was not, perhaps, surprising that a
series of events as remarkable as these
wern should have provoked the Indig
nation of tho old man nnd the chagrin
of the four players. Most especially was
Mr. lllalsilell mortllled by so unexpected
ft circumstance, having occurred when
he was dealing, but It was not clear
why their minds should have been so
affected that their Indignation and cha
grin were inteiiMtleil by the fact 'that
Mr. Hawley was as small ns ho was.
This of it.solf was a psychological prob
lem worthy of more attention than they
gave, to It under this stress of their
earnest deslro to get back at Mr. Haw
ley. As no attempt was ever made,
however, by any of them to solve the
problem It has remained unsolved up to
the. present time, and Is still open to
discussion by any who may bo Inter
ested. Had Mr. Hawley been as large as Jon
Bassett, or even of average size, tho
bitterness of having been outplayed by
him would seem naturally to have been
likely to follow tho game exactly as it
did actually follow; but no. They re
viled his littleness, regardless of a tem
perate expression of Jako Wlnterbot
tom'se which ho offered only half henrt
rdly, as If not expecting tho others to
adopt his view of tho matter.
"1 reckon It didn't ought fo' to ' u
ag'ln him," he said, "what he's t.. s,z.
ho Is. (Jnwd'Imlghty made him that
away. 'Taln't likely but what ho'd 'a'
been bigger If ho tou'd." Hut the others
refused to look at It In any urh way.
Strong as was their repugnance to
Mr. Hawley on account of his dlmlnutlvo
proportions; their yearning for revenge
was still wronger, and the former sen
timent faded away presently in the
eagerness with which they listened to
u suggestion by Mr. Pepper that ho
might be able to Induce Mr. Hawley to
sit In ngaln. So artfully did he Iiv.ro
ducu this thought that tho old man ad
vanced him a handsome sum for travel
ling expenses In tho furtherance of tho
fcheme and Mr. Pepper departed, oh
r'tislbly In search of the runt.
For a considerable time those who
remained in Arkansas City waited in
vain for news of either of them, but
Mr. Pepper usually Mopped theie on
tiki rounds as a travelling salesman
nnd after an Interval he appeared again
In the saloon. Him they questioned Im
mediately. "Oh. I don't know," said Mr. Pepper.
"Mtbbt he'll come again an' melilie he
won't. 1 done met up will) him at
Memphis, an' he said what lie would,
but they ain't no tellln'."
Ills Indifference roused the old man's
anger. "I done giv yo' all a hundred,"
ho said indignantly, "fo to be used
fetchln' him luck. 'Peats like yo' all Is
guilty o' misfeasance."
"(! don't know," said Mr. Pepper.
"I reckon I ain't missed no feasance
nor r.otliin' else. Way I looked at it, I
done ti l able well as 'twas, heln's I done
had to go to Memphis anyway, so that
llieio hundred was velvet. Hut I played
fair, lie dune promised he'd come, I
eimMn t do no mo' 'n that."
The old man used his bungstarler lo
oxpicss hi- disagreement with this
notion and Mr. Pepper went away from
iic m some haste. Later on, how
ever, they judged lilm morn leniently,
for Mr. Hawley ntrivrd on the very
next boat and presented himself nt tho
paloon with calm assurance, having no
misgivings, appatently, is to the nutuie
of his welcome.
"Let's liquor." he said on entering,
fend they liquored.
"That theie Pepper person," he re
marked after the ceremony, "done said
what he didn't know but what 1 was
foid enough fo' to set into yo' all's
poker game again, if I was to come this
nwny, an' 1 diuio told him what 1 was
fool enough fo' to set In anywheres
when I c'd win money 's easy 's I done,
a on It when I was hero afo'. Hut
mebbo yo' uns don't kcer to play no
mo'."
Whatever enthusiasm may have been
aroused by this suggestion was cer
tainly not manifested. Only a languid
Interest appeared to be felt, and Pear
eall went so far as to say that ho reck
oned he'd had enough o' buckln' ag'ln
straight Hushes. If the gent was liable
to hold nnother on 'em, he, Poarsall, 'd
ruther nut play. He suffered himself
to be persuaded, however, and after
considerable discussion the same llvo
players who had engaged In the pre
vious contest gathered around the
table In the back room.
Whether or not It was Wausc of the
fact that Mr. Hawley wns notably less
In hulk than the most of the men
whom the other players were accus
tomed to see, they were unprepared to
see him play as good a game as he pro
ceeded to do. On the face of It, no rea
son appeared why n short man should
not. Play poker as well ns n long one,
but they did not seem to expect It, and
were distinctly aggrieved when ho won
several pots In Micctsslon. Moreover,
they appeared to bo considerably
wrought up about It.
Tho fact that he had on the pre
vious occasion, already referred to,
taken a sizable wad away from them
might not unnaturally have been ex
pected to prepare them for the recur
rence of n similar e vent, but the past
performance had been regarded ns nn
Instance of almost supernatural luck
and no evidence whatever of Judgment
or skill on his part. Hather the con
trary. His having drawn two cards
to a three Mush was considered sulll
dent Justification for Mr. Pepper's
characterization of htm. Ills success
In lllllng the hand was something of
the nature of a miracle. And his hav
ing renpesl a profit from such an ab
surd play wns one of the Inexplicable)
mysteries which are only to be believed
when they are actually seen.
Therefore It surprised and Irked them
greatly to find that he really possessed
Judgment and gdod poker sense. Tho
previous play had occurred almost nt
the beginning of tho sitting, before they
had had an opportunity to size him up,
nnd his performance on this occasion
wns nn Indubitable reversal of form.
It could not bo said that he Inspired
any great respect by his display of
really masterly ability as a player.
Somehow his size seemed to preclude
tho possibility of respecting him. Hut
they wore certnlnly exasperated. P.
seemed Incongruous for so small a per
son to win so much money.
Yet he continued to win. A a mat
ter of course there were many pots
which he lost. Not even the luckiest
player can hope to win every time, Hut
his winnings were greater than his
losses. Once or twlco. when he took
his cards In the draw they had the
thought that he might be trying again
to till a Mush and played against him
boldly only to see him show down three
big ones. Kvldently a repetition of that
folly was no: to bo counted em.
And he wns wary. Time after time
nlalsdell dealt him tempting aggrega
tions of cards which he regarded wv.h
sagacious suspicion, refusing to back
them. Again nnd again a crosscut wa
attempted ngalnst him without success.
Sometimes ho would retire gracefully If
precipitately, and sometimes he would
trail along to the showdown, but every
time he followed the latter course It
was Justified by the event, so that It
began to look us If ho had uncanny
now-ors of perception, and his nntago-
; nlsts were goaded almost to madness. No
such rcdoubtablo foe had ever ap
j peared In the game before, with tho
' single exception of the one eyed man.
I Old man Greenlaw followed his usual
I custom of retiring from the card room
nfter he had placed the Implements of
1 the game on the table and having noth
I Ins better to do had taken a fresh cigar
from his pocket and after lighting It
I had seated himself In his favorite chair
by the window nnd put his feet on the
! sill, prepare-d to wait n reasonable time
for the conclusion of the game. There
j was no doubt In his mind concerning
the result of It. The thought that so
verv little a man should succeed In
keeping his wad against tho combined
onslaught of the four champion players
who had undertnken to impoverish him
did not occur to tho seasoned veteran
who had prollted by .so many of their
triumphs. Placidly conlldent, he held
himself In readiness to assuage the dis
comfiture of the small stranger with
eleemosynary libations after the game,
or even to provido him with passage
money for his trip homeward If that
.should bo required.
Hut the time of his waiting became
unreasonable and the conclusion of the
game came not. Misgivings came grad
ually nnd the condition of anxiety In
which ho found himself as the barroom
clock ticked steadily on grew into
something akin to alarm. Kit her the
little man was extremely pertinacious
and provided with unbelievable funds,
or there was some dllllculty In getting
his money away from him. In either
caso It would be well to sec how things
were going and ho arose and went to
the back room.
From the force of tiablt he picked
up his bung starter on the way, but
almost Immediately he put It down.
There could be no necessity for It, even
If a rough house should ensue,
I'narnud he entered on the scene of
conflict. What ho saw aroused hlm to
frenzy. In front of the little man lay
huge stacks of chips and a pile of hilla
almost ns high, while the table In front
of the other pljyers was scantily em
bellished with the mere fragments and
beggarly remains of onc goodly piles.
Itago and desperation were pictured on
four faces, while one, and that tho
smallest one at tho t ible, shone brill
iantly with content. Something had to
be done, and that right quickly.
liven as he looked the climax cimc.
It had been llassett's d al, and by some
freak of chance each man nt the table
I had caught a pat hand, which soemed
I to Justify hold play. Kaeh one, with
tin! exception of Mr. Hawley, had put
in the put all that he had remaining in
(his possession, nnd Hawley had covered
all liets, Nothing remained but tho
show down, and when that came. Haw
ley w,i.m seen to have a straight Mush,
the only one that iipp-ared.
He was In the very act of raking In
the last dollar in sight when the old
I man Interposed. "YV all can't play no
slch poker "s that In Arkansas City,"
hn declared firmly. "Straight Hushes Is
good if they ain't too in my on 'em.
but fo' a man to hold two In the same
place Is malice premeilltUod, an' afo'
time, as tho lawyers says, It's ag'ln
public policy, an' It don't go, Mo" 'n
that, It's fo'bld by the house rules.
'Cordln' to them a man fo'felts all he's
done win Into the game If he plays 'em
twlc t."
So saying he swept the table bare,
putting all tho chips and money in his
own pocket. The little man looked at
I- m in amazement, but lecoguizlng his
own limitations went away from there
attempting no remonstrance.
"Now," .said old man Cir'ilnw, "they
Is got to lie some way found fo' to make
Pepper give up that hundred,"
POEMS WORTH READING.
--
Omen of lleauen and Kartb.
Above thf worlil a gliro
Of sunup! (tuns and speari;
A srmy no one hears
Of .t nnd air:
Long linn of bronif and cold,
Huge, helmet, fnch a cloud;
Ami hin a fortress old
Inere In the nlsht that phantom teem to
croud.
A rare of flame; a hand
Of crimson alchemy
la wati-el, and solemnly
At It command
Opens a fiery well,
A burning hale.
From whleli a stream of Hell,
A rher of blood, In frenzy letms to roll.
And then, upon a throne.
Like some VASt precipice
Above that Itlver of Ols,
Ilehold a King, alone!
Around him shapes of blood
Pressing each one the peer
Of those Mho In the wood
Of D.mte'a Hell frote up the heart with
fear.
Then shapes, that breast to breast
((allot) to face a foe;
Ami through the crimson glow
The Imperial crest '
Of Him whose banner files
Above a world that burns;
A rat en In the skies.
Anil oa It lllea Into a Death's Head turns.
The wild trees writhe nnd twist,
Their gaunt limbs wrung with fear;
And then into my ear
A word seems hissed,
A messace, filled with dread,
A dark, fnre Killing word,
"Ilehold! We nre the dead,
Who here on earth lived only by the
sword!"
Mimsoi Cawiim,
nn the Death of a Mrcrt Urchin.
Iledouln imp of the gutter.
Handle of rags nnd grime'
Schooled in the nua of evil,
Illpened before his time.
Vagiboml w.ilf or u c 1 1 -,
eiraduate knive of deceit:
llegg.irly, h.ippy-so-lucky
Tlmtny of Poverty Street.
Poor little chip of a gamin.
Worthy of pity alus'
Struck by n train on th crossing.
Crumpled, Inanimate mas'
Heedless of self and Impulsive,
Swift as a cyclone's breath.
Snatching a child from destruction
Met with his own sad death.
Iledouln imp of the gutter.
Ignorant lad of a slum'
Qualities high nnd majestic
Add to the end of his sum.
Noble. Immortal hero:
Angels In he:ien now- greet
Heggarly, happy-gi-lucky
Tlmtny of Paradise street
Josni'll II. Johnston1, M. D.
ralth'e Supremacy.
om f.e .Viiuflus
I open' I wMc the portiils of my heart.
t...,'" , omiti? to forestitll.
Then .! me ii"n, n little way apart,
Cuntent withal.
Hope, peeping through, beheld th speeding
Oat.
Ad niurit through.
In aln 1 i-al'eil. hr f.iu'.steps to allay.
As on she Hew.
Then turning lurk I saw within my heart
I'e-ir rrouihlns tow
"I aiwaya come." he slid, "when Hope
departs.
Law plans It so."
"Nay, If you come, I go," I cried and f.ed
t'ntll I spied
Faith standing so serene and glad,
My steps tu guide.
Gently she turned my feet and led me back
Ho calmly home.
And lo' there l,ot- nnd Hope In waiting sat.
And IVir had gone.
Ansa L. Dm'cur.lL.
Nfi More Itomance.
From the l.nuinxillt Courier Journal.
I often wonder If some day
Some d Linse! will appeal to me,
Heuuest m aid In timid way.
Permit me a true knlcht to b.
Adventu-e.s Inppen nil the while
To geezers In a summer book
Lath chapter brings a mnn a emlle,
cjr at the least a tender look.
Hut folk we meet nmld life's whirls
Let knighthood pass without a etp.
I gms I'v- seen 10.000.000 girls
And nary une haa needed help.
So as I mingle with the throng
I 11ml that life Is dull and gray.
From day tu day I plod along,
Adventure neer lomea my way.
The Dead Volunteer,
'rom tfif Lomton .spectator.
Here lies a clerk who half his life had spent
Tolling ut ledgers in a city gray.
Thinking that so his days would drift
away
With no lance nroken In life's tournnment:
Hut ever 'twlxt the books and his bright
e) es
The gleaming eagles of the legions came.
And horsemen charging under phantom
eklee;
Went thundering past beneath tho orl
fl amine.
And now those waiting dreams are satisfied,
For In the end he heard the bugle call,
And to his country then he gave his nil
When In the first high hour of life h died.
And falling thus, he wants no recompense
Who found his battle In the last resort;
Nor neeiis he any hearse to beur him hence
Who goes to Join the men of Aglncourt.
An Lastem Tide.
From the Adt orate of react.
Mahmoud the eireht on 11 Journey went:
Ills thoughts were on war and conquest bent.
Kasajas follow ed him. musing too;
Put what his thoughts were no man Vnesr,
The Hultan epoke: "My wise VUler,
.Marw-llnus things of thee rhear.
Say. Is It true, as men declare,
That thou know est the speech of the birds
of the ulr?"
KasaJ.ut answered: "Sire, 'tis truth,
A dervish taught me the art In youth.
Whatever bv birds is chtrpeil or sung
I comprehend like my mother tongue."
Two ei-rer. )i owls perilled on a plane tree
bare.
With notes dlsenrdnnt they filled the air.
The Sultan pointed: "Tell me, pray,
What Is It those birds of evil s.iy7''
Kasajas listened: "II sire. I fear
To tell thee plainly the thing 1 hear
Those hateful m reech owls talk of thee!"
"Verily' What can they say of me?
Tell me the truth and have no fear.
The truth Is the best for a monarch's ear."
"Thy servant, sire, obeys thy words,
This Is the talk of those evil birds;
'I am loutent,' said tho elder one,
't'nto thy daughter to wed my son
If twenty villages, ruined all,
To her for her dowry portion fall.'
'Three tlnos twenty such Instead
Shall be her portion,' the other said.
'Ising may Allah, the wise and good,
Preserve the life of the great Mahmoud!
Wherever he rides there will be no lack
Of ruined villages In his track" "
The Sultan's dreams were dirk that night,
When came the dawn of the morning light
He rose from a couth where he found nn
ease.
And sent an embassage of pence
Al.icu Stunh lli.t'.rcn r,l i
The Catbird.
1'iom Suburban Life.
It mimics the vlreo's song,
Insistent and Jerky and sweet;
Like a robin It ripples alone,
I.Ike a sparrow It rhymes with the street.
It call Is'now flutv ri nil far.
Like a eery at sunset nlone;
Now sad ns the wood pewers are.
Now- bright us the oriole's tone.
Now mocking the doughty chew Ink,
Now bold In the call of the Jay;
Now matching the crazed bobolink,
Or tho iiici lowlark'ii brisk roundelay,
And nil through the ni irvellous feat
A something uncanny, untrue.
A tang of the mocker, the iheat,
A hint of a petulant mew!
Amos It. W'rai.s.
Cupid's Advertisement.
rupM Is n busy elf,
You can see this for yourself.
Yet peril ips he'll llnd It wise
Present's' M advertise.
Somewhat In this style maybe,
'llearts extracted pnlnlesslj "
He',1 of course omit lo state
That the after pain Is grcil
And when heart Is gone, 'tis slid,
Man Is apt to lose Mi head,
(ilad'y would he bear some pain
If his heart he could regain
a, p. m.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
In response lo tho request of the Iro
quois veteran I enclose Tom Moore's
poem. W. V. Kllswoiitii.
When Love Is kind,
Cheerful and free.
Love's sure to find
Welcome from me.
But when love brings
ffenrtache or pang.
Tears nnd such things
Love, may go hang!
, If love can sigh
For mo nlone,
Well pleased am I
To be thai one.
Hut should I sen
Love glv'n to rove,
To two or three,
Then gwd-by. Love.
Iovo must. In short,
Keep fond nnd true,
Through good report
And evil too;
Ulan here I swear
Young Iavo may go
For aught 1 enre
To Jericho.
Pchlrmer publishes nn arrangement of
these verses to an old melody,
In crosVng to Staten Island wc noticed
several Hocks of small swallow like birds,
black or dark brown, with white spot on
the back. They skimmed the surfare of the
water apparently for food. Can you tell
what they were? O. If. Douuuitc.
Through the odd chance of coincidence
n wandering ornithologist reports that nil
the way from Hatterna his vessel was ac
companied by large numbers of Mother
Carey's chickens, tho stormy petrel, not
only ns far as Sandy Hook, but well up
the lower bay. The description sketched
In the query Is not far from a descn'p.
Hon of this ocean brood. Mother Ctrey's
chicken nre a pelagic fowl, but their
presence ulthln the northern harbors of
tills coa: has been observed before.
It Is commonly explained ns due to weather
conditions off shore as nffectlng their food I
supply. It will be recalled that for the
greater part of July abnormal cond tlons
of fog held over our eastern seaboard.
The marine life may have been affected by
tho conditions which produced tho at
mospheric phenomena and where the food
Is the birds will be found.
Several friends hnve had the courtesy
to supply copies of nilzaheth Harrett
Hrownlng's "My Heart and I," nhlch
seems to answer the question of J. W. 11.
You see. we're tired, my heart and I,
We sit beside the headstone thus,
And wish that name were carved for us.
The moss reprints more tenderly
The hard types of the mason's knife
As heaven's sweet life renews earth's
life
With which we're tired, my heart 4id I.
You see. we're tired, my heart and I.
We dealt with books, we trusted men,
And In our own blood drenched the pen.
As If such colors could not fly.
We walked too straight for fortune's
end,
We loved too true to keep a friend;
At last we're tired, my heart and 1.
Now tired we feel, my heart and I!
We seem of no use in the world ;
Our fancies hang gray and uncurled
About men's eyes Indifferently;
Our voice, which thrilled you so, will let
You sleep; our tears are only wet:
What do we here, my heart and I?
So tired, so tired, my heart nnd I!
It was not thus In that old time
When Halph sat with me 'neath the
lime
To watch the sunset from the sky.
"Pear love, you're looking tired," he
said,
I, smiling n. him, shook my head.
'Tls now we're tired, my heart nnd I.
So tired, so tired, my heart and I '.
Though now none takes me on his nrm
To fold me close and kiss me warm
Till each quick breath end In a sigh
Of happy languor. Now. nlone.
We lean upon this graveyard stone,
Pncheered, unklssed, my heart and I.
Tired out wn are, my heart nnd I.
Suppose the world brought diadems
To tempt us. crusted with loose gems
Of powers and pleasures? Let It try.
We scarcely care to look at even
A pretty child, or Clod's blue heaven,
We feel so tired, my heart and I.
Yet who complains? My heart and I?
In this abundant earth no doubt
Is little room for things worn out,
Disdain them, break them, throw them by!
And If beforo the days grew rough
We eince were loveel, used well, enough,
I think we've fared, my heart and I.
Please tell me In your correspondents'
e'olumn the conclusion or present status
of the strike In the Colorado mlr.es.
K. S. K. ,
After the Intervention of the Federal
troops and the, quelling of the disturb
ances the Slate conducted n srles of
court-martials of the mllltla olllrers re
sponsible for the losses of life In battles
with the miners. These courts were ended
on May 30. June 7 the workers nnd tho
mine owners refused to accept the Indus
trial peace proposed by tho Federal
authorities, but on June 11 President Wil
son Issued a peremptory order that the
strike should end. Since then the two
organizations of labor have ngrecd to
amalgamate, these being the I'nlted Mlna
Workers and the Western Federation of
Miners. This union being perfected, the
workmen have the strength of numbers
lit their demands, as w.e'11 as an advisory
board, the oicrators find the advantage of
a central authority with which to conduct
negotiations on questions of labor and Its
wage.
I was rather haughtily Informesl by a
young college graduate. In speaking of
history, that authentic history only dates
1000 II. C. 1 reinarkeil that the Chinese
have authentic records for about six thou
sand years. Was 1 wrong In using
authentic? What Is history? Are the
records left by Hamurabl history even If
cut In stone? Is the city of Hamadan a
matter of history, or do we Just hear
about It? Please help me.
Ciuiu.kb M. Skat.
There Is little help against the cocksure
ness of tho youth Just out of college, but
time Is n great corrective, Of course, the
collegian has not yet become aware of the
fact that the past history of tho rare, In
nn ago when records could not be made
because no recording nrt had been In
vented, Is now being studied in tho un
conscious superstitions of the enlight
ened present nnd In tho folk lore of wide
ly sundered communities. In this Inter
pretation of history Jack tho Olant Killer
Is quite as authentic ns the stone) plates
of Meshu, though neither can bo dated.
Tho greatest work on this theme Is
Prater's "Oolden Hough," In which myth
and story unveil gre-.it historical docu
ments. What Is the sourco of the quotation
"peace hath her victories no less renowned
than war"? D. T Ilioninw.
Milton's poem, "To the Lord (Icncral
Cromwell."
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.
Auction Hrldge. F. M, M. says ; Dealer
bids no trumps, which A and Y pass.
Heforo O has time to say a word A leads
the king of diamonds, which is the head
of a long sequence. The dealer, Z, de
mands that the king be left on the table
subject to call. A leaves It there and
leads the queen of dlnmonds, following It
with the Jack and ten, which H wins with
the ace. After a time A secures the lead
ngaln nnd leads tho exposed king. '.
Insists that he can prevent the lead of
the exiKJ.scd card until 55 calls It, ns It Is
subject to call by Z and not tyy A,
This comes under law C5, nnd not G7,
ns the declaration had not been finally
determined when A led. This simply
barred A's partner from bidding. Tho
declarer had no right to prohibit the lead
of the diamond, ns A was the rightful
lender. Had II been tho player who led
It A could 'have been forbidden to lead
that suit. A player, with nn exposed
card In front of him may get rid of It
nt nny time that the opportunity offers,
nnd A could have led It nt nny time that
he was In the lead.
It. I. C. says: 7. dents and bids no
trumps. A passes, Y takes the dealer out
with two hearts and before H has de
clared himself A says to hlm, "It Is your
lend, partner," What penalty Is theie, If
any, for such a remark, which conveys
the Information that A wilt not Interfere
wun ine iwo neari Did unit would llko 11 1
1,i let It nlmiM nU.i ,,,i,l l..,i,1' I
Tho Interpretation put upon A's remark
Is hardly Justified, as a player might
make It thoughtlessly with no Intention
of conveying any hint for his partner to
pnss, nnd a '-dslon muat bo based on
tho bare fact that when A asks his
partner to lead he virtually says, "I
pass." When a player passes out of turn,
which Is A's case. It is still the turn of
the player to the left of tho last declarer
to bid. This Is U. If 11 passes and '.
also passes A cannot bid, as he has al
ready passed. Hut should either U or Z
make a bid over Y, then A could e-ome
Into tho bidding again as If nothing Ir
regular had occurred.
I), i:. K. says; Z deals and bids two
clubs, A two royals, Y passes and H
bids two no trumps. When V. and A pass
Y calls three royals, which It tloubbs,
Z passu. What should A do, holding
nee king Jack to live royals, aca King
small In diamonds, ace and two hearts,
and three small clubs" In the actual
game he bid three no trump?, taking his
partner out of the double.
This looks like bad Judgment. II has
shown a stopper In rlubs, but hn has
also denied the royals and Y probably
has the king queen nnd several more.
With the whole club suit ngalnst him
nfter It's stopper is taken out, and nil
the royals against hlm on the left, A's
game was to let Y play It at royals
and keep him from making nine tricks.
It's double showed bad Judgment, as It
put his partner In trouble and made It
possible for Y to go game on less than
Tour odd.
F. K. L. says: The dealer bids a heart.
A pusses. Third hand holds ace king
queen and small In spades, live small
clubs, and four diamonds to the king,
no hearts. He passe s, as, his cards should
be good for four tricks to help the heart
make. The dealer be ts he should have
been taken out with the royals, as Y can
trump hearts. Y Insists that If '. had
the hearts ho has a trick or two out
side somewhere, nnd If there Is any shift
It should be to no trump.
Y Is taking a bigger risk In calling
four cards In spades without another
sure trick In his hand than Z Is In being
left with a heart. Y Is correct that If
he Is going to shift he should trust Z 1
for something In clubs or diamonds and I
bid no trump, simply to deny the hearts.
Some would call two clubs, but that Is ,
assuming too great a tusk to go game.
If the dealer has the tops In clubs, so
much the better for a no trumper, and
If he has not, so much the worse for a
club call.
n. T. W. says : We have ndopted the
latest laws, I'.ilZ, of the Whist e'lub. A
player turns oer tho last trick nnd tnkes
n look at It. I put down z: points pen
nlty, umler law 00, to which them Is
no objection, although thero are rome
remarks. At the end of theso the player
says: "Let met scu; what took that trick?"
nnd turns the sam trick up ngaln. I
charge him 2."i points more. Now he
bets me 1 10 that having once paid the
penalty for looking at that trick he can
look at It ns long and ns often as ho
like.
Tho law says a trick turned and quitted
may not be looked nt ngaln (except under
law 82) under a penalty of 23 points.
If the trick Is turned and eiultted after
tho penalty Is paid and Is turmd up again
It is certainly looked at after lielng
turmd and qultteel, whether the first time
or tho second, nnd therefore liable to tho
penalty again.
H. J. H. says i The dealer holds seven
hearts, queen Jack high, aeo king queen
alono in spades, and three small elabs.
What Is the opening bid and why'.' He
hlel three hearts.
One spade. To bid three he.irla would
Indicate a desire to shut out the ro.ilr,
which Is absurd. It will bo tlnm enough
to bid tho hearts on the second round.
Poker. J. L. C. says : Six playing, tho
dealer gives six e'anls to A anil H heforo
noticing that he lias dealt tound enough.
C, In tho meantime, has picked up his
five cards nnel finds three aces. He In
sists that It Is no fault of his that there
were too many carels dialt, ami wants
tho extra ones put back. If that Is the
rule, where aro tho two cards to bo
placed?
If six cards nre elealt to more than
one player It Is a misdeal. Tho player
who lifted his hand when he had live
cards should have Known the deal was
complete and stopped the dealer tho mo- i
ment he saw him give one plaer a sixth
card. Then tho deal would stand,
H. T L. says: Seven In tho game, the
fourth man comes Into a Jack, and draws
three cards to a pair, although ho had
only discarded two, his hnnd having been
short originally. Can he do tills?
No. His original harsl of only four
cards Is foul If he lifted or looked at any
part of It, ami he cannot rectify tho
error himself by drawing more thnn he
discards. He should have: called upon
the dealer to make the original hand
good.
H. H. J. says: Three men como In
against tho opener, but Instead of calling
throw their cards Into the diadwood.
The opener shows a spoiled Hush, Can
he tnko a hand in the next deal to rati
Unties tha Jack?
If the opener drew to a four caul Hush
without tho pair of openers ho must
give all tho others a free rldo for the
next Jack, In which ho can tnkes his
chnncn with tho others, but tho present
Jack must ho decided first.
Cisslno. M, L. s.-i-s: Four playing, A
builds a seven. II builds another seven,
When It gets round to A he takes In both
sevens, H bets he can take In only the
one he built.
Is this a partnership game, and If so.
who are the partners? As a general prin
ciple a plnyer Is not bound to take In any.
thing he has not built, hut he may taku
In anything that he has tho cards to fit.
NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.
Tho division of the Appellate Division,
First Department, In Wlekstrom vs. Peck
discusses the meaning of the word "nec
essaries" within the tule as to a hus
band's liability for gexwls purchased by
his wife. The majority of the court de
cides that It Is an elastic term not con
fined to clothing and food ami that what
constituted nee cssatles d p n Is In targ
ineastiro upon the scale and style of Hv
Itig adopted by the husband. Four of Ilia
live members of the court holel to tho
following opinion by Justice Scott:
"The defendant's own evidence showed
that eliirlng the time that he and Ills wif.i
lived together and during the years cov
ered by plaintiff's claim he had had an
annual Income of nbout Jlii.OHf) ami had
expended for the living expense's of him
self nnd wlfo (they had no children)
from J2."e,oOU to jno.noi) a year; that they
had horses and carriages and automo
biles; had resided In fashionable and ex
pensive hotels In tho city of New York
anil had made trips to F.urope and to
various watering places In tills country,
t'nder theso circumstances, although tin
debts Incurred by plaltilirf for clothing
might seem large to men of moderate
means, It does not follow that a Jury
might not find- that the clothes purchased
were no more numerous or expensive than
were suitable according to the situation
In life of defendant nnd his wife as es
tabllehC'l by hlm. If so, the) wete neces
saries within tho legal acceptation of
that hrm, and the husband was liable to
whomsoever fumlsheil them Ip the wife',
no matter to whom the credit was origi
nally extended."
Presiding Justlro Ingraharn dissented
on the ground that the sole question pre
sented was wlii'tlii'r the husbanil was
llablo for $l.",()0ii worth of gowns and
wraps sold to his wife In less than six
yearM ns necessaries. Ho raid;
"None of the articles sold were of the
kind used In the household of t (: defend
ant, such ns food or I'neii or other arti
cles which the master of a hou-e supplies
for tho use of his household. The char
acter of the articles appears from the
bill of pirtloulars furnished by the
plaintiff to hive been articles of dress
anil rather for pusonal adornment than
for ni'ros-ary cloth ng. The plaintiff of
fered no evldi'nce to hmv that the ile
fenelatit's wife was not plentifully sup
plleel with articles of this class by her
husband, that he h.nl ever refused to fur
nish her sufllel.iit money to clothe her
self properly or that there was tho slight
est iiK'esslty for defendant's wife to pur
chase these artlclis as necessaries Upon
tho credit of tho defendant."
A ruling ns to what constitutes nn "ac
cMent il Injury" within the meaning of
an accident Insurance contract u made
by the Fluted States Circuit Couit of
Appeals. Thlrel Circuit, in Pieferieel Ac
oielent Insurance Company vs. Patterson,
where the suit was based on the death of
a pol'o holder who bllpped and fe ll while:
ho was cranking an automobile. The court
said :
"Wo agreo that when a man Is
Injured whllo lining merely what he
Inte'tiels to do In Is not Injureel by an
accident, unless the course of his action
has been interrupted or eletlcetetl by some
unfoti'seen anil unintended happening. To
Illustrate from the facts before. us: Since
the deceased was nttemptlng to statt the
engine of his car by turning the crank
whatever Injury h might sustain from
the ordinary strain of that operation
would properly be regarded as the result
of what he Intended to elo anil therefore
would not be accounted arcliletital. Hut
we can hardly suppose that he intended
to slip and fall in the course of the oper
ation, anil therefore If he did slip and
fall and sustain Injury as tho dlnct ic
sult thereof, the happening would be un
foreseen and unintended ami the Injury
would be ncchlental. Now, untitle stlon
ably direct testltnony wns given that the
dceeaseil did slip anil fall and medical
testimony was also given connecting the
fall directly with his subsequent death."
The same court In Maryland Casualty
Company vs. Morrow Imlds that umler nn
accident policy limiting liability to dis
ability or death re'siiltlng solely from
accidental injuiy. "Independently of oil
other iane.s," there ran be no recovery
where death resulted from the concurring
effect of an Injury anil a preexisting
disease. In tho case in question the de
cedent stubbesl his toe against a chair,
and this was conceded to.be ncchlental.
The Injury was not regarded as serious,
but later a bone wns found to be broken
nnd the amputation of the toe wns de
rided upon. The operation was delajed
because the patient was found to have
diabetes, which makes an operation haz
ardous. Soon afterward gangrene de
veloped In the leg and foot and although
the leg was reniovesl above the knee the
patient tiled. The nutopsy showed that
the decedent had diseases of four dif
ferent organs of his body when he elle'd
In addition to pneumonia. The court
rules that there can be no recovery on
the policy on this grounel.
"I'ven a layman, If ordinarily well In
formed, might be confident that the In
Jury to the toe conlel not have caused all
the diseases named and that these did
not spring up after the date of the acci
elent. As the medical testimony wns to
the same effect, we may take it as a
fact in the ease that when tho too was In
jureel the Insured wns mulcted with some
or nil of the serious diseases Just referred
to."
The latest determination of the legal
status of the sandwich serveel with drinks
In hotels on Sunday Is made by the
Appellate Division, First Department. In
which the court holds that tho liquor tax
law prohibits the sale of liquor on Snn
elay except to guests of a hotel, and ele
flnes a guest ns a person who during the
hours when meals, are regularly served
uctunlly orders and obtains a meal at
the hotel. From the facts In tho case of
Farley. State Commissioner nf Kxelse. vs.
Hronx Hath and Hotel Company, which
was before the court, the Appellate Divi
sion holds that "the sale of Intoxicants
to persons who visited the grill room of a
hotel late In the afternoon, and who when
they were refused drinks unless they
purchased fernd housht sandwiches, winch
they paid for but did not eat. Is a vlo.
lation of the statute." The court also
ruled that special agents of the llxcise
Commissioner, who are employed to In
vestigate at his direction anil to ascer
tain whether the law Is ladng violated,
are not accomplices, whetc, for the pur
pose eif obtaining I'vldence, they pur
chaseMl liquor on Sunday contrary to law,
and so their testimony need not be cor
roborated. Whether the word "Issue" In a win
means nil descendants or only children
was the question before the Appellate
Division in tho accounting proceedings
of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
as trustee under the will of Valentino
Mott. The court said that tho word or
dlnnrlly means all dtscenilants, but when
It appears from the context of tho wi'l
that the testator Intends It to mean chil
dren only the word will he given such
meaning. Tho couit held that from the
following state of facts the testator meant
children and nut descendants: "Testator
gave his estate to his vf, for life or
widowhood, anil directed that on her death
or remarriage the estate should be sold
and divided Into nine part, and gave a
ninth to each of his seven children, and
two-ninths to trustees in trust for a
daughter of a deceased son nnd In trust
for a son of a deceased daughter, and de
clared that on the death of either of his
children before the division of the estate
the share should pass to his or her Issue
and provided that, on the death of grand
daughter or grandson, his or her share
should pass to his or her Issue."
Senator Kern got a letter from nn old
friend who has a Mttle country pine,,
nnd wanted llsh lo put In a cutu little
pond.
"Send me a school of bass," requested
tho friend,
"I'm not sure about getting vnu an
entire school," Kern wrote hack, "but
I'll try to send you a few grades."
NOTES OF MUSIC EVENTS.
Three concerts will bo given by tho co
luinbla t'nlvcrslty Choral Society during
the coming winter. Tho big annual con
cert will bo held ns usual at Catneglo
Hall. The date set for this In Dcc mbcr
1, ami the full chorus of over 1,000 voices
will render tho "Mystic Trumpeter," by
Hamilton llartly, and "The Music Mak
ers," by IMwarel Klgar. Tho sol dsts w ' he
Miss Mildred Potter, contntlto, nnd Clar
ence Whllehlll, barytone.
The rest of the programme Is an Inno
vation In tho musical piomanime at Co
lumbia Fnlverslty. On December 17 tho
idioms will glvo "The .Messiah" In St.
Paul's chapel at Columbia I'nlveislty. Tho
third concert will be held in the C' -em-hla
t'nlvcrslty gymnasium some time dur
ing April. This Is tin first tlniu that two
of the mutual concerts of the society hnve
been held at tho Fnlverslty.
Francis Mncmlllen, the American violin
ist, whoso Ilfth tour of the I'nlted States
and Canada stnrts October 1, Is still In
, l.usliw It, liermaiiy, Mr. Mncmlllen Is In
I something of n dilemma. He has permis
sion lo go to Italy and thence to inn
States, but iln's not know what to do
with llaion llastofT, Ills famous J3.000
Hussion wolfhound, which ho had In
tended lo bring to this country. Tho
llatiin Is the s.cond largest elog in thin
win Id and requires considerable meat and
tlllnk to keep hlm good humored.
A telegram from Tina Lerner from Itot
terdatn state 4 that the lius-lan pianist In
a passenger em tin steamship Ityndam duo
this week. .Miss Lerner was on tho Con
tinent when the war broke) out and ex
perleiu'ed great difficulty In getting across
tho frontier. Her Adierleali tour was
originally scheduled to begin early In
November, but becau'ii of tho l'uropoan
situation she decided to sail at tho earli
est opportunity. As a result she) will be
gin her concert engagements a month
earlier than was originally planned.
Loudon Charlton has lecelvcd a letter
from P.itis from IMinund llutke, tho Irish
barytone who touri'd America last sea
son Willi Mine. Molh.i ami who plans .1
it'turn visit this coming (all. Mr. Hurkex
elesertbes tho fctlrrlng scenes In tho French
capital at tho outbteak of tho war, and
states that he Intends to lemaln in Paris
several weeks longer, as ho Is comfortable
and safe despito the exciting events going
on about hlm.
.Mr. Hurke's American tour Is scheduled
to bgin eailv In October. Tho barytono
w 111 go to the Paclllo coast.
M. II. Hanson, tho musical manager,
Iib-s arrived home from I'uropo. Mr. Han
son suceeeleel In getting In touch with
his varlius artists In lhlrope, nnd has
assurance that thev will all reach tlili
country In time for their early engage
ments. The following Kuropenn nrt'sls nte un
der his inatiagetne'iit I. i rtH'i m Hu"nl :
N'orah Drewett of lierlln, platilt, Willy
Hiinnester. Mario S.inmi.iri o. The Amer-
I 1 "an artists wleun he manage. :ire. with
Ion or two oeeptlons, nlrea.1v In this
'epuntiv. .Mrs. l. II. A 11 ill. V.ela
Llewellvn. pianist: era Hartow. Ame,-.
lean vlnllnl.it- Winifred Hatnbrli-k, harp
ist: Kdyth Wnlki'r. who e omes tu ths
Chicago Opera this year; lleleii Stanley,
Marcelln e'laft. of the limal Ooera,
.Munich: Mrs. Frank K.ng Cluk. nee
Maudo Oakley of lierlln: Luc v March,
I. uell. i Ohtman: Theodore n irr'son,
American Icerytotio: Arthur Aletanle-,
tenor: lllennor Hazznrd lVo" irk, tmler
finer: Mvrtct Shnrliv. the ung mer
lean prima iloium of the Huston (item,
and fleorge Shcllleld, teniir.
Marerlla Craft, the American prima
donna, fer the past live yens the leading
soprano of the) Munich liuvai opera, has
arrlxed In New York after an alienee of
twele mmis. Miss traft, who bus won
a reputation nbtoad as a remarkable ac-tre-s,
has bull called tho "Duse of tho
tipe-rutic stage." After a concert tour
which i. pens in California, in November
tliu seipiavo wilt appear In opera In her
most successful rules "Madama Hut tor
lly." "Mlml," "Vlolctta" nnd probably
".-.lltltlle."
The management of the Sjmphnny So
ciety nf New York, Walter Damrosch
conductor, announces that every member
of the orclu'stra has been heard from.
i Only three) players Harrere, first llute;
Ilstes, llrst viola, and Hcnaril, llrst vio
loncello are still abroad, but as all urn
naturalized and enthusiastic Americans
they will be back 111 a few weeks, AH
the orchestral novelties nro already In tho
library of the society, as they wero se.
lected and ordered last April by the con
ductor while ho was nbtoad and they ar
rived heforo tho war clouds gathered.
Modest Altschuler, conductor of the,
Hii'slnn .Symphony Orchestta of Nfw
York, return d to this city refreshed and
rested from his camp In the Adlrondacks,
where ho speuit thu summer. Tho com
ing season will tax In no small amount
this famous conductor's strength, as
three extensive tours are arranged
besldo. the usual New Yoik subscription
concerts. Kvery playing unit of this or
ganization nt Husslan artists Is now in
New York rehearsing preparatory to open
ing the Pittsburg exposition with a ten
elays engagement beginning September
2. This will bo the eighth season the,
Itusslun Ssmphony Orchestra have entir
tallied th-lr friends at the exposition In
Pittsburg, Pa.
MUSIC, TEACHERS AND PUPILS.
Members) of the e'hopin Club are plan
ning homei edahorato concerts to raises
funds to give to the lntorniitlnn.il Hcd
Cross Association. Tho programmes are)
being arranged by .Mine. Lillian it. IVters,
tin musical director, who was one of tho
original organlr.crs of tho Chopin Club,
which has been In existence ln-e tno
early '0s.
Tin llrst conceit will be given in tho
large ballr n of the Waldotf Astoria on
October 10. A ball will follow the eon
ceil. This benetlt affair will bo unique ill
a number of ways. For example, the ush
ers will bo trained nurses in u'nlfnim and
tin programmes will be distributee! by
physicians disod in updating loom at
tire. Twent-llte "baby grnndH" will Ip
used In the conceit and tlnie will bo
fifty performers plajlng p aims in unison.
Other novelties an ptomisiil At a later
conceit, to be given in th' Hippodrome,
100 pianos will be used. It sud that
this will b, greatest conivit of Its
kind ever given In New York.
When fleorge Ado ilrst found hlinseir
with more) money than he could con
veniently spend, In consequence of
writing fables and das, lie began to
buy liil'in land in his nitlui Newton
'utility. Indiana. Later mi, as ids
loyalties and fume Increa-ed, he felt
tlie need niuri' and inure nf a quiet
place to work--a placo behind the retell
of book agenls, real estate' allotment
salesmen. Insurance men und ciaual
vlhltiirs, all of whom would take up
much of his high priced time. So ho
nrranged to build a little hoin-e on his
farm possessions down In tin- heart of
the felt boot section
He took an architect friend down
from Chicago to pick out u s.ie and sen
what could be done. ,di was Just llko
other people about building lie be.
lli'Ved all he read about the i wt nf
putting up n hiuiM. Wh' ii he saw ,u
a magazine that one could lm Id a
pretty little home Just like the one n
t ie UCtlire I'nr f'llllil nr 1 IHHI he ns.
sumeii that t was gosne truth or c so
the magazine wouldn I print It.