TITE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEK 25, 1921
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Y. W. C. A. RECORDS PROGRESS IN ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
AND-EX-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GIRL JOINS FOR DUTY
Tirza A. Dinsdale, Formerly Student Secretary at Eugene, Reports at Buenos Aires for Preparatory Course Incident to Work Among College
Girls in Latin America to Which She Has Been Assigned.
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BY LUCTLE P. SAUXDERS.
Former Member The Oregonlan City staff.
BUKXOS AIRKS. It. A., Xov. 25.
(Special.) Just as In the annual
meeting- of any other V. M. C. A.
board in any part of the world, the
tffi.slon In the parlors of that orjjan
ization in Buenos Aires was attended
ty a host of persons prepared to
listen to long financial reports and a
lecture on social service. Several
secretaries were on hand, but none
was expected to take part, other than
to be introduced around. They all
appeared thoroughly seasoned in
South America. Then pop! Right
out of the door of the business office
came one who was strangely differ
ent. She wore clothes that had not been
long out of the United States. She
avoided the Spanish-speaking ma
trons and looked somewhat lost. Yes.
ha told one matron, she had Just
come from Xew York on the first trip
of the new American liner, the South
ern Cross. Yet Hhe didn't look Xew
Yorkish. She looked Btrangely like
Oregon. And no wonder! She was
Mis9 Tirza A. Dinsdale, until last June
student secretary at the University of
Oregon, in Eugene.
Hiss Dinsdale, after seeing a few
flections of France and Italy during
the war, craved new fields of en
deavor and when tho Y. M. C. A. was
casting about early in the year for a
South American secretary she ven
tured an offer, said goodby to the
university, where she had been, off
and on, since the fall of 1917. and
packed her trunk. She is at present
pending a year at the central head
quarters of the i8soci.iu6n in Mon
tevideo learning Spanish and prepar
ing to continue student work In Latin
America.
Tlio organization, cheered by recent
successful expansion, is putting forth
an aggressive front. It has a mem
b'Tship of girls from a dozen differ
ent lands. It has gymnasium classes
and tho day Miss Dinsdaio came
across the Kiver Plate to pay her
first visit to Buenos Aires, these stu
dents made their initial appearance in
a gymnastic and dancing programme,
skillfully staged and showing excel
lent progress, in view of the numer
ous obstacles to be overcome where
girls speak different languages and
are of different races. '
To the Y. W. C. A. also belongs
credit for introducing the cafeteria to
South America, and it is still amusing
to hear attempts to describe this
strange mode of obtaining a meal.
Recreation is a real problem In
Buenos Aires because of the crowded
condition of the ctiy. and a gymna
sium means milch in the lives of
many of the girls, who, work long
hours In stores or offices and live in
tiny, dark rooms. In Santiago, Chile,
there is more of the college atmos
phere, tliero are more women students
and one has a feeling akin to the
spirit that is roused on a university
campus at home.
The University of Buenos Aires, on
the contrary, is scattered about the
city In four or five dingy buildings,
distinguishable only by the "Conse Jo
de educacion" shield over the door.
An overwhelming majority of the stu
dents are men; in fact, a very small
proportion of the girls ever go past
the "colegio," or high school period.
It Is pot difficult, despite educational
laws, to find, particularly the boys
of poor families, working after
they have been in the primary classes
but two or three years. The city has
Eight schools, and, indeed, many of
the buildings run three full sets of
classes daily. But the overcrowded
conditions would make a truant of
ficer unpopular.
One of the striking characteristics
of the school child here is a garment
like a uniform which both boys and
girls generally wear. This Is a white
coat like a linen automobile duster,
the chief advantages of which are
that It is easily cleaned and therefore
almost always is clean, and that it
conceals deficiencies In other ap
parel and keens off chalk dust.
Stockings and shoes may admit the
daylight In many parts, but a coat or
apron that is whole does away with
further worries as to clothing.
With the seasons reversed, the
Argentine tot has no thought of
Icicles, Christmas trees and cranberry
Fauce. Me does not know what any of
the three are. In December he will be
thinking of other things. He has
Just finished his closing examinations
and taken his books home for a rest
during the vacation that lasts until
March. Then he will plan once more
to spend cither an afternoon or a
morning daily under the supervision
of a teacher.
The schools here differ in that the
open patio replaces the assembly hall
and there is a brief recess between
each class. In the high schools the
children, instead of the teachers,
move from one room to another. Kach
child has his own desk, these pieces
of furniture being manufactured in
the penitentiary.
Physical educat'on plays a small
iff jT'sTV
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part In the life of the boy or girl,
although in some buildings an occa
sional effort is made to organize play,
and occasionally playgrounds are
used.
I? isn't the crocuses, poking" their
brilliant yellow noses through green
lawns, or the buds on the maple trees
that tell the folk of Buenos Aires
when spring hs come, lor tnere
aren't any crocuses ana piam trees
can't lose their leaves. It is some
thing entirely different a whole
host of youngsters peering out from
entrances of dwellings where they
have been lucked away under layers
of woolen sweaters for three months.
They are under foot everywhere, now.
and in the evenings the strips of
plaza in odd corners of tho city are
full of them.
In the northern parts of South
America the child Is brought up with
the idea of becoming a useful piece of
household equipment as soon as he is
able to toddie about. He may be put
at sorting wool' or when he has at
tained the age of 5 or 6 the youngest
member of the family may be rolled
up in a manta and tied on his back.
The little girls, especially, learn tc
carry burdens very early in life, often
seeming to carry a bundle rolled up
in a cloth on their backs for the
simple purpose of getting used to
having a weighty parcel there. They
trudge after their parents little,
dirty-faced tots, exact miniatures of
the mother or father plodding: on
ahead.
If there Is a factory in the neigh
borhood, maybe they can be put to
work operating a machine; or at least
there is something for them to do on
the haciendas. Liberty and education
are nothing In their young lives.
Despite poverty-stricken homes and
the necessity ior quitting school early
and going to work running errands in
an office, the lot of the Argentine
child, while nothing to boast of, i
heavenly in comparison. In Buenos
Aires the youngster knows he is be
ing cheated of something if he doesn't
have time to himself. His chief mis
fortune is the crowded state of the
city, which does away with the good
old-fashioned vacant lot.
But the city has done its best, and
in place of it. has given countless
plazas end park equipment, and the
tots who get out under the trees apd
stage a few fistic battles are husky
lads. On Sundays the playgrounds
are swarmed wherever there are
swings or teeter boards. A stiiy
fountain that is equipped with a
squirty faucet can be turned into' a
source of joy until the gray-ujl-formed
guardian comes along. A m'an
with a basket of gingerbread ajhd
cakes cut into grotesque anlnial
shapes is a far better repository (for
6-cent pieces than a savings bank.
The Ferris wheel, that looks sorrje
thlng like a Dutch windmill and lris
little swinging cabs around eiii-h
seat, in Palermo, Is beginning to drum
up business and the merry-go-rounds
everywhere are turning steadily to
the tune of wheezy calliopes that
tango.
One of he biggest parks of Buenos
Aires Is that at Parque Patricios. in
a densely populated and podrer dis
trict. It has been fitted up with a
small zoo and gardens, but one of the
most Interesting' portions of the
whole bi; stretoh of greenery is the
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merry-go-round, operated by a pa
tient horse, that walks round and
round inside the circle. This pleasure
wheel is no ordinary affair. It is
hung with shreds of lace window cur
tains that must have seen better days,
and a goodly portion of it Is draped
with Japanese figures and badly
feded crepe. Suspended from the roof
are red baskets and glass lanterns
containing ordinary coal oil lamps.
The animals Intended for riding pur
poses must have lived on this earth
before Xoah took the ark on his
CHESS AND
B. H. BRYANT. Editor.
Contribution of jramftH, ending, prob
lems ami Itt'iiiB of iiUrrt'st. criticism and
club nnten solicited. Send direct to 143
Kast Thirty-fifth street. Portland Chess
and Checker club. Wanhlnpton building.
PHDHI.KM NO. U4.Y
By Jos. Ney Babson, Seattle, Wn.
At a casual this presents a very
attractive appearance. Just a few pieces.
Easy. Try it.
BLACK. TWO PIECES.
AM -vrrv 4,-.. , m , rt t
6 frn vp i-vrir
Wm mwm
v WHITE, EIGHT PIECES.
White to play and mate in three moves.
White kinic on queen on QR4.. rook
on QBli, bishop on j4, knights on K6 and
C'Kt:, pawn on QR5, KKt3. Black kins on
Q4, pawn on QB5.
PROBLEM NO. 1146.
By Sam Loyd. Enough said.
BLACK. FIVE PIECES.
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WHITE. THREE) PIECES.
White to play and mate in two moves.
White king on Ksq.. nueen on KR:
knight on KB4. Blark king on QBS. rook
on WKt8, knights on QKt7 and KKttf, pawn
on QB7.
PROBLEM NO. 1147.
By P. H. Willlama.
White, king oh QRS; rooks on Q and QB7:
bishop on KBfi and QR7; knights on KB
and yBS; pawns a UlitS. 4Ki2 and QR2.
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Toj4 Zice-nos Ijjef Zco
famous cruise, but they provide many
a thrill for fearful tots. It is a great
occasion, indeed, when "pop" decided
to take his entire family for a spin
around and packs his six children
Into one of the seats that were In
tended for two.
The principal places for recreation,
in addition to these parks, the chief
one of which centers around the big
zoological gardens, are the beaches
along the river. Fashionable folk set
out by train for Mar del Plata and
stay at this, the Palm beach of the
Argentine, a large part of the season.
Families in moderate circumstances
go to the Tigre deltas, .where they
hold memberships in rowing clubs
and where they can watch life aboard
the yachts of the wealthy tied up In
the channels. Here are many boating
events; Armistice day, for instance,
being celebrated with a big regatta.
All along the River Plate ere lawn
tennis and golf clubs and small
beaches, but right in the ctiy, beyond
the entrance to the port itself is the
Balneario, a municipal bathing pavil
lion and promenade along the water
front, yet out on a strip of land be
yond the docks and away from all
traffic. This is the servant girls'
mecca, the place for the porter of the
apartment house to display his Sun
day best clothes.
And then there are "criollo" picnics,
where meats are barbecued to the
tune of tangos played by guitar and
accordion accompanied by vigorous
fans. The holiday season in the
Argenine bears no relation to sleigh
bells. Santa Claus, mounted in an
airplane, would make much better
progress.
CHECKERS
White, ten piece... Black kinir 01
rook on K3. hishop on Q4. kniit on Wi,
pawns iin Kli.1. KB.". K.1. Q. uH.1. Htuck
nine pieces. White to mate in two moves.
Rather elaborate, but the solvers will iihd
it rather difficult to solve.
SOLUTIONS.
Problem No. 1139 Key bv H. S. f!o1
dard and J P. Weiss: n-K5eh. KtxB: 2.
KI-K7. P(B4xP; .1. R-UB. mate. AuKUst
Springer says KtxB. FxKt; '1.
Kt-IJBS: 3. RxP. mate.
Problem No. 1140 Key. Q-Kfl. A brand
new solver, Roger Miller. Dallas. Or.,
writes that he is just a kid and would
be greatly pleased to know If he got this
correct. Yea! WxQ, Kt-B2, mate.
Problem No. 1141 Kev. QxBch. RxQ : 2.
P-KtlHtis ch; K-R3; 3. KxR dis ch. mate.
But two solvers send the following. Mr.
Gillette. P-Ktfl. dis ch, B-Kt4: 2. RxBch.
K-R3; 3. Kt-BT mate. H. S.: Godd&rd
and J. F. Weiss.
Solutions have been received from C. O.
Givens. D. Looney, August Springer, E. H.
Decker, Dr. Dalton. J. N. Roak. J. N.
Roberts, -A. E. Schmidt. E. L. White, Pro
fessor C. C. - Kanaga. C. Beta.
B-K5 Is the correct key to No. 11S9.
Sorry It haa a check key and overlooked
it until the solutions compelled us to look
it over. Mr. Gillette's problem with a
check key we have held from publication
for some time; but we are doing all possi
ble to serve our contributors. We have
published a very few. Some with a check
Ky are very pretty af on the third or
fourth move they open up some neat com
binations or variations, but the apparent
check key often spoils their beauty. One
good solver stopped sending In solutions,
being offended because of the publication
of a problem with a check key. Be parent
witn us ana neip an you can to promote
the interest.
GAME NO. 1127.
White. Black. IWhlte.
1 P-K4 P-K321 QR-K
2 Q-K2 P-QKt3 22 Kt-Q5
3 Kt-QB3 B-Kt2'23 PxB
4 Kt-R3 Kt-QB324 R-BS
8 P-Q3 Q-K2!2.-i Q-K4
8 B-K3 0-0'2B P-QB
7 P-B3 Kt-Ba'27 Q-RScb.
8 O-O P-Q4I2 RxBP
fl B-B2 P-Q.V2!) QR-KB
10 Kt-QKt P-K4,30 RxR I
11 B-K Q-K3 31 B-K4
12 P-QKtS P-KR3S2 B-B5
13 P-KtS P-KKt4 33 BxKtch
14 P-KB4 P-Kt.V34 Q-Kt7ca
IB PxP QKtxPlSfl B-B4
lfl Kt-B4 Q-Q3'3(l BxR
17 B-Kt2 P-KR4,37 R-B7ch
15 K-Kt2 P-R4'3 R-BSch
5ft KR-B B-K2 30 Q-B8
20 B-02 B-B3I
Black.
KKt-Q2
BxKt
, QR-K
P-KBS
Q-B4
BxP
Kt-Kt
KR-B
RxR
P-B3
Kt-Q2
R-K4
KxB
B-B2
Q-K2
QxB
K-Q
K-K2
Resigns.
Cliff Sherwood writes from Los Angelej
Cal.. that the chesa coiumn that he Is edit
ing in the Express Is doing fine and manr
are responding in the way of games, prob
lems, etc. Messrs. Fink. Stamer and Smith
are publishing some good stuff In their
chess column In the San Francisco Chron
icle, of San Francisco. Professor C. C.
Kanaga has contributed several of their
publications. Success to you. gentlemen.
Go to the public library for eastern chess
columns.
GAME NO. 1128.
French Defense.
FJ. Lasker. Whltaker'T.a.ker. Whltaker
While. Blark. IWhlte. Black
1 P-K4 P-K3 22 QxBch K-B
2ttP-Q4 P-Q4 23 R-R Q-R7
3 Kt-QBS Kt-KB324 RxQ R-K8ch
4 PxP PxP;2S Q-B RxQeh
5 BKt. P-B3 2B KxR K-K2
B-Q3 B-Q.1'27 K-Q2 R-KKt
. 1 Q-K2CO. B-K.3,28 K.t-sl3 &-K13
I g Kt-B3 0-0 29 R-RS R-T!3
9 O-O-O B-KKt5 30 R-QKI3 P-Kt3
10 P-KRS BxKti31 R-QR3 KxP
11 QxB QKt-yJ 32 PxPrtj K-y.l
l 12 I--KKt4 R-K 33 P-R4 P-UH4
13 B-B5 Q-I32 31 P-R3 PxOP
14 P-KR4 K;-B S.-i PxP K-B3
! 1.1 BxKt PlH .V P-KtT K-B2
IB P-K15 PxP37 P-Kt8(Qch KxQ
17 PxP B-B.Vh R-J7 P-H4
I 18 K-Kt BiPl 39 RxP P-B5
10 BxPc-h KtxB 40 K-K R-R7
I 20 RxKt KxR!41 KtxQP P-H
21 Q-U.lch K-Ktl-42 R-KB5 Resigns.
The above frame is taken from Mr. Shor
wood's column in the Los Angeles Express.
The American Chess Bulletin remarks
that all who attended the memorable path
erinK at Cleveland have occasion Ion to
remember the good teeltng and spirit
shown, and the kindly personal attention
bestowed upon every one alike.
GAME NO. 1129.
Bird's Opening.
Played between' R. Maynard. San Fran
cisco, and Uonald MUKricige of Ls Anite
1, Cal.. In the annual telegraphic mutch
on Decoration day. A. C. B. Donald Mug-ridge
Is only 18 years old. His 44th wns
a blunder. He should have played 44.
K-Kt. Maynard. white pieces.
White. Black. I White. Black.
1 P-KB4 P-Q4 24 Kt-R5 B-Kt2
2 P-K3 P-OBl'J.-i P-R4 P-KR3
8 Kt-KBS Kt-QH3 20 0-B3 B-113
4B.Kt.1 B-U2 27 PxP R.p?1;
6 P-QKt3 Kt-B3 '-" KI-K K-I2
6 B-Kt2 r-KH'29 R-Q K.:!i
7 o-o B-y:l 30 R-R2 R-K R
8 Kt-B3 O-O' 31 QR-Q2 K-Q2
9- HiKt BxH'32 U-R3 R-R
10 Kt-K2 B-Kt4 33 QR-R2 QR-KR
11 P-QR4 B-K3 34 Q-K K-B2
2R.Kt -K2 35 B-B Q-B2
13 P-R3 Kt-U3 31 Kt-B3 . B-K2
14 n-H'J UH-ll 37 BxP Px B
U B-H3 P-B3 3S KtxKP Q-H
IB p-KKt4 B-K4 S! Kt-KB4 RxR
17 Kt-R4 r-KKU4 RxR RxR
15 P-B.1 P-KK14 41 Kt-KBch K-Kt2
IK Kt-Kt2 P-Q." 42 QxR U-W3
20 B-Kt2 Kt-Kt3 43 Q-R7 B-K
"1 p-Q.1 Kt-W4 4 1 Kt-OB4 BB-B2
p-K4 Kl-Kt.1 4.-i P-K." B-Kt
23 Kt-Kt3 P-Kt3'4B PxU Resigns.
Checkers
PROBLEM NO. 13(3.
By !. H. Slocum.
This is a mental invigorator. It i
corker. If vou know whiil that i.
BLACK, 9. IB: KINGS. 14. 111. .10.
Hi li - m
I pr--j .
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WHITE. 12, 23; KINGS. 2(1. 29. 31.
Black to play and win.
PROBLEM NO. 1304.
By William Summers, Los Angeles, t'tl.
BLACK, 1, 2. 4, IS, 111, 24. KiXiiS. 11, lti.
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o 7" 1
9o"" jl 1
WHITE, 12 17, 2. 32: KINGS. 3. , 10. 25.
B.ack to play and win.
PROBLEM NO. 130.1.
By Frank Pollard. Los Angeles.
Bluck. 3; kings. 1. 18. 22. White. 5. 7.
10, 11, 15. Black to move and win.
PROBLEM NO. 1300.
Bv J. Jack. New York cltv.
Black. 10, 22; kings. 16. 24 While. 2!;
klnvs, 3, 9, 13, 23. White to play and win.
SOLUTIONS.
Troblem No. 129.1. Black, king . 10. 14.
White, 6. 9. 27. White to move and win:
27-24. 30-7, 9-U. 7-2. 6-1, 14-10. 2410. 2-7.
19-10. 7-2, 16-11, 10-5. 11-8. 15-11. 8-3,
11-5. 3-H, 1.1-10. 8-11. 10-4, 11-15, 14-1U.
15-6. 2-0, 1-R. 5-1 W. W.
Problem No. 12!6. Black. 9. 1.1. 18;
king. 27. White. 12, 2S; king. 11. White
to draw: 12-8, 9-13, 8-3. 13-17. 3-7. 17-22.
7-HI. 15-19. 11-1.1. l'J-23. 10-14, 27-32, 1.V1C.
22-2B. 19-24, 26-30, 24-27, 30-25. 14-10.
W. 1).
Problem No. 1297. Black. 1. 5. 6, 9. 12;
kings, 15. 23. White, 13. 17. 20. 21: klngx,
7. 8 lliack to win: 6-10. 7-14. 15-18. 13-0.
18-2. H. W.
Problem No. 1298. Black. 10. 18. 28.
White. 24, 32; king. 13. White lo win In
two v.aa: Fir.t way. bv O. H. Richmond:
1S-17(A. 18-23, 17-22. 16-20. 32-27. 23-32.
22-2B. 20-27. 26-31, W. W. Second w:ty. by
Anker Jen-en: 24-211. 10-19, 13-17, 18-23.
17-22. llt-24. 2)-l. 24-27, 22-2.1. 27-31.
25-30, now white having the move wins
by a simple bridge position.
A In Horsfall's Problem IVook this
move is starred. Mr. Jenson shows the
star is out of place. Taoma Ledger.
James Young. Mann Home, city Your
last were very good.
If. J. Brown, of Silverton, Or., sends
both solutions to No. 121IS. Goori!
Bert Berry of Lincoln. Neb. Your splen
did contributions received and will appear
at the head of the column next Issue. This
is certainly good news to the editor and
Oregonian fans, for Mr. Berry is one of the
very best analyxers and composers among
the whole checker fraternity.
GAME NO. 1119.
We have refrained from publishing nny
plav on the Black Doctor fn four or five
years, but Mr. Hathaway contributes the
following game, o here goes: You will
have something to s;ty about it undoubt
edly. ' Just look the Black Doctor following
this over carefully. The author's name
is not given, but we arc almost sure this
is piny by Itenvir
11-1.1
8-12
5-14
22-IS
14-17
18- 1.1
10- 14
25- 24
19- 28
26- 19
14-18
19-16
18-23
1.1-11
7 10
11- 7
10-13
7- 2
17-22
2- 6
22-26
6-10
26-31
10- 26
31- 22
16- 11
13-17
11- 8
22-18
30-2(1
18-1.1
8- 4
15-11
26-2.1
11-15
4- 8
17- 21
32- 27
1120.
28-32
27- 24
32-2S
23- 19
3.1-18
8-1 1
21-2.1
1 1-16
25- 30
16-20
30-26
20-16
26- 23
24- 2i)
28- 24
B. W.
2.3-19
8-1 1
32-17
-13
17-14
10- 17
19-10
7-14
27-23
4- 8
81-21
11- 16
24-20
16-19
23-16
J2-l
27-23
23-16
12-19
20- 16
2- 7
16-12
14-18
21- 14
18-23
25-22
8-10
29-25
10-17
2-5-21
1- 6
21-14.
6-10
14- It
GaVMB NO.
Black Doctor.
By Henigan. Mass.
11-1.1 17-14 !i- 7 22-18 13-22
23- 19 10-17 27-23 6- 9 28-24
8- 11 19-10 6-10 24-19 1- 6
22- 17 7-14 S2-27(A 17-22 30-25
9- 13 25-22 2- 6 26-17 B114-17
B. W.
A Truax played 24-20 here.
B If 4-8 is played we have an ending
fnr white to play and draw.
24- 20 6-10 13-18 26-23 6-10
14- 17 2.1-18 21-25 14-10 14-1X
21-14 17-22 19-1.1 23- 7 010-14
10-17 27-23 2.1-30 3-10 11-1.1
18- 14 ' 10-17 ' 1.1-10 5- 9 14-23
9-18 18-14 30-26 10- 6 1.1-19
23- 14 17-21 . 10- 3 9-14 Drawn.
C 10-15.- 13-16. 81-27E. and we ob
tain problem solution as follows:
8-12 27-23' 24-28 29-22 31-27
15- 8 18-27 19-23 S2-27 25-21
16- 19 11-15 28-32 26-30(B 27-24
8-11 27-31 23-26 27-23 21-17
19- 24 18-19 22-2.1 80-2.1 Dr.
D Retaining the place on 22 draws.
E A draw Is apparent: but if we con
tinue 15-19. 10-7, 11-5, 7-11. 8-12. 11-16
we have another problem; solution as fol
lows:
19-23 22-25 29-25 18-22 23-27
16-11 29-22 11- 7 10-14 7-11
12-1!(F 18-2.1 23-26(X 22-26 1 5-18
11- 7 20-16 31-22 14-10 11-15
16-19 2.1-29 2.1-18 26-22 Drawn.
7-10 16-11 7- S 3-7
X 25-22. in-14. drawn.
F 23-26. 29-2.1 (G, 22-29, 31-22, 18-25.
11-18, 25-30. 18-22. drawn.
G 11-7 would lose at this point, the
position being as follows: Black. 12. 1.1.
IS. 22. 26. White. 20. 29, 31; king. 7
Black to move ann win.
18-23
15-19(H
25-30
22-18
19-24
18-14
24-27
81-24
28-19
B. W.
7-10
15-19
10-15
19-24
24-28
20-16
22-2.1
81-22(1
19-26
12-19
26-31
32-2S
14-10
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15-18. 26-80
18-27. 22-26. B. W.
1 29-22. 20-30. 19-16. 12-19. 26-23. 19-26.
22-18. 28-32. 31-22. 30-26. B. W.
For Durgln's single corner book write to
F. E. Berg, Blaine. Or.
Solutions have been received from Leo
Sams. H. J. O'Brien, D. Hathaway, Ira
Dennis. H. J. Brown, W. L. Bryant. Isa
dore Greenbaum. A. Saunders. James
Young, Frank Pollard, W. Summers. A.
Hart, Harry Glbbs, J. Graham. P. Stot
tenburg, Ira WiLhrow, L. Lemftxue, W.
Scb.aff.
FASHION DECREES BOBBED HAIR
AND NOW THEY'RE ALL DOING IT
New York Beauty Parlors Report Craze Has Seized Maids and Matrons
Alike, and Even Grandmothers.
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NEW YORK. (Special Correspon
dent.) Remember way back
when you shrugged your
shoulders, raised your brows, and
said you. no, not you, would ever ap
pear in skirts above ankle length?
'Member how you closed your boudoir
door one day later, basted the hem
up a few inches above the ankles jes
to see how it looked and felt? Yes?
'Member a short time later you
walked boldly forth feeling younger,
looking younger. In hems skirting the
ground by 14 I'.ncs?
Well, it looks as though that's
what's going to happen with bobbed
hair! Looks aa if we'd all be doin it
before long!
It has met and still is meeting with
opposition from some folk, but glanc
ing over a theater audience or a
smart dance .affair the first thing
you know you're running back home,
taking down your favorite tresses,
pulling them out around the cars, and
tucking them up and under the back
of your neck and wondering well,
wondering just how much couruge
your wavering soul doth possess.
Curious to know just how busy the
scissors are, I inquired at several
smart hairdresslng establishments.
Everywhere they told me the same
tale. Instead of a reversion to the
Btyle, there seems to be no checking
It. I expect it is like the short skirt .
too comfortable, too full of youthful
promise (whether it works out that
way in every case being quite an
aside In the matter), to bo curbed by
the conventional.
In these smart beauty parlors I saw
them young and I saw them not so'
young and I saw them white haired
being divorced from their brown or
red or blonde or black rinirlets with
no single air of martyrdom about
them, emerging triumphantly. In fact,
with an air of "Well, that's done,
thank heavens!"
Said Charles, who has a reputation
here as the smart coiffeur of New
York and lo whose establishment in
the Ritz-Carlton come celebrities In
the social, business and theatrical
world for advice and adornment:
"I average about ISO bobs a day.
They come from Philadelphia, from
Baltimore, from Boston, from Detroit
and from Kalamazoo to have it done.
They're smart women, too. It makes
me laugh when people say it has be
come too common a style for the ultra
to follow now. It Is becoming: more
popular every day.
"It Is American," he added, "dis
tinctly American. The stylo has coma
to stay as long as the short skirt
style, and that is for many, many
moons. You hear a great deal of talk
about the skirts being worn longer
but do you Bee them?" ha asked.
"WThat was against the bobbed hair
In the beginning was the Inefficient
manner In which the shears were ap
plied. A head was laid on the block
presto! and a straight line from ear
to ear In the back was considered
enough.
"Not now," he added. "Not here in
my establishment. I study the contour
of the neck and head, and the hair, la
cut to bring out the best lines for
face and all. The line of the hair has
so much to do with Improving the
face that one cannot ignore this item.
"Pew women and girls improve
their looks by the straight across cut.
Not one girl In 10.000 can wear the
regular "Dutch' bob. uncurled and
banged and worn like a doll's wig.
She is a rare and unusual type who
should attempt It."
The photograph accompanying this
story is of Charles' daughter, and it
Illustrates his point of argument. lie
has a trick of his own of "shingling"
to suit the face. lie calls this partic
ular shingling the "pineapple" cut,
and the principle of It is to build a
symmetrical line from the chin to the
rear top of the head and at the same
time present a pleasing picture from
the back.
The shop window, tightly marceled,
and minutely correct style of "colff"
he assures me has gone into the
limbo of style once forsaken, wher
ever that overcrowded place may be.
Simplicity Is the keynote, whether
bobbed or not. Tho marcel must be
loose and large and as unmarceled
appearing as only the artist hair
dresser can accomplish. In. fact, it
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would better be totally unwaved than
waved too tightly.
Tlie bobbed hair i directly respon
sible for this revolution. Kor those of
us who cannot face tho shears for
reasons peculiar to ourselves, he ad
vises the smart tiling is to Imitate
the boh as cleverly as possible. We
must either sacrifice the long hairs In
the direct vicinity of the ears, leaving
the back hair unshorn and French
rolling it or somehow concealing it
beneath a top layer so that the con
tour will present a bobbed head ef
fect.
So our poor weather beaten old
psyches seemed doomed to oblivion
I pleaded with him to spare the older
woman, whose face perhaps might not
stand the test of the clipping. Where
at he presented me to one who ad
mltted she vas 62 and I had to admit
her beautiful w hite hair was extreme
ly lovely with his particular art np
plied to the shingling. l!ut 1 could
Imagine any number of women, and
not necessarily white haired ones,
who would not bo such a credit to
him.
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The main obstaclo which has spared
many a good head of hair to date, that
of rldiculo or criticism; seems to have
been surmounted and undoubtedly is
responsible lor the rush to the barber
shop.
Of course, now, I do not wish to be
responsible for any rash doings on the
part of my readers. When It Is. becom
ing. I love tho style, but "when It is
not it is horrid." So I would recom
mend, In the face of Its growing pop
ularity, that you try the bobbed effect
and try It often before the final sep
aration is agreed upon between you
and the clipper.
But there's nothing wrong with fol
lowing the present dictates of simple
hairdresslng. Kor, like the simpler
linos in clothes, it usually proves
more becoming to the average, woman.
And. unquestionably, I glean from
observation and from queries in places
where such Information may be relied
upon, it is tho smartest way to do It
up these days.
Nearly $28,000,000 Bullion
Saved From Ocean.
lvrra Find f5ren nif flriiHy In
PalvaKinic Gold From the I.lner
I.nurentlc, Sunk by Submarine.
LONDON, Dec. 24. Nearly $28,000.
000 worth of bullion has beon re
covered from the liner Laurentlc
which waa sunk in January, 1917, off
the north coast of Ireland by a Ger
man submarine.
Operations have been suspended for
the winter, but they will be resumed
again In the spring: when an effort
will be made to recover tho remaining
$10,000,000 to $13,000,000 worth of bul
lion, which is said to be still at the
bottom of the sea.
Great difficulties have been encoun
tered by the salvage crew, for after
three years pounding by the Atlantic
swells the liner has been transformed
Into a heap of twisted debris. Her
decks, which settled down on tho sea
bottom, cover an area of several hun
dreds of feet. The wreck was prac
tically covered with gravel and silt,
as it is in a position where it received
the full force of tho Atlantic gales.
This obstruction had to be removed,
as far as possible, by powerful pumps
placed in position by the divers,
as the golfl waa at the bottom of the
huge mass of wreckage.
CHILD TRAINING NEEDED
Nation's 1'uture Declared to De
pend on Spiritual Development.
DETROIT, President Warren G.
Harding says, "Childhood is the
basis of the future and I believe in
le'.Igious instruction for American
children. The future of the nation
cannot be trusted to the children un
less their education includes their
spiritual development." Dr. David G.
Downey, book editor of the Methodist
Episcopal church addressed the na
tional conference of the church here
with this opening quotation.
"Of course everyth'ng depends upon
what we mean by education," Dr.
Downey continued. "If the term Is
conceived to include merely the train
ing of the body and mind then reli
gion cannot be taught, because re-
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body or mind, but primarily of the
, heart. Serious tliir.kvrs in every age.
j however, have repudiated this con
ception or education. luty nave in
sisted, and in tlicae later day ate
very strenuously cmph.isizlnir the fact
that the heart can be trained; tliiit. in
deed, for the safety of the republic
and civilization at large, it must be
trained.
"This is certainly what tne wIhu
man had In mind w hen be said. 'Above
all cuIturliiK. culture thy heart, for
out of it are the Issues of life.' Many
seem to think that religious educa
tion proposes a mere process of tech
nical training; that It leaves out the
distinctly divine, and that .ts ulti
mate aim is simply the devf lopment
of an ethical system. Xothii.ic could
be further from the truth. It seeks
to develop the Kood and root out the
bad. Instead of overlooking or ignor
ing; the supernatural factor, t'.ift Kreat
aim of religious education is to keep
the child in harmony with God from
the beginning to the close or Itie. It
further Insists that at the prop r age
the rlKhtly trained child will come to
spiritual consciousness and make
personal arcr p: :u:ce of Cl.rit-t as
Savior and Lord,"
Gay and Dainty Italian
Ware Popular for Tea.
Intereatlns; I'ntterim Are umrrou
and llrnir Fvrry Wontnn.
THERE is a fancy this winter Tor
the gay, dainty little tiuijollca
Jugs, cups and plates on afternoon
tea tables. This attractive majolica
ware comes from Italy, uliero for
centuries the shapes of the piecu and
the colors have remained the same.
Clear yellows, soft blues and even
softer p ray - greens decorate the
creamy white of tho china, and out
lines of tust color and d.ish-;s ol
black make tho patterns qu.iintly
smart. "Bevi Amore" is printed
across the front of a chunky llttln
Jug for cream; and lump stiijar goes
Into a matching j.ir of diminutive
size and tapering giaciiilly almost
to a point at the base an egg cup
in Italy where this majolica, ware is
made, but a sunar holder if you will,
on your afternoon ua tabl.-.
Loveliest with this Italian majolica
ware is a tea cloth of Italian em
broidered linen in cut work design.
And, of course, there should bo small
tea napkins to match. If one uses
on the tea table exquisite Irish bel-
leek china, fragile and, oh, so dainty.
the tea cloth will ho of fair Ir!h
linen with simple Madeira embroid
ery, or hand hemstitched. Tea table
appointments are the special pride
of the housekeeper, who knows that
women guests at tea hour aro her
most critical Judges of linen and
china.
GREAT PERIL ESCAPED
Shifting Sands of Old Kiver lied
I'ndcr London Causes Danger.
LONDON. ThiH city has Just nar
rowly escaped a great peril, the pos
sible caving in of Oxford Circus the
shopping center of the west end. says
n story circulated by a news agency.
The danger of the disaster wus known
only to contractors and workers un
derground. They were altering an
exit from the Oxford Circus when the
contractors discovered a biul of
little unknown tributary of the
Thames river which waa covered over
when Regent street was made.
They also found, to their amaze
ment and consternation that they
were meeting the direct "lines "f vi
bration" of the two underground
tubes, the Central London and tha
Ilakerloo.
Tho news agency says that they
realized that If the excavations con
tinued the whole Oxford Circus might
he literally precipitated underground.
There were perilous days and labori
ous nights occupied in underpinning
the buildings above ground and over
coming the side pressure which ws
being felt.
In plnce of the shifting sands of the
old river bed there was constructed
retaining wall of cement which, it Is
declared, has made the great shopping
center more secure than at any time
since the river flowed down the
slopes of the present Regent street.
BYRON RELIC TO BE SOLD
'anions I In I f of Human Skull Once
I'sed as Drinking Cup.
LONDON An Interesting Myron
relic will soon bo offered for salo at
nuctlon. This is the famous half of
a human skull, discovered 20 years
ago. finished with a sliver band In-
srrihed "skull drinking cup iifed by
Lord Hyron at New-stead Ab'oev "
hile living at the abhuv, Kyron
found a human skull of peculiar
whiteness which he concluded had
belonged to a friar. lie .sent the
skull to London with orders to cut it
In half and to have one half elegantly
mounted.
On the return of the cup Pyron in
stituted a new order at the abbey and
consttluted himself "Abbott of tin
Skull." Members of the order were
provided with black gowns and when
a chapter was held, the 'skull cup
was filled with claret and handed
round to the members of tliu order.
FEW IDLE IN GERMANY
Kxport Business of Xew TtepuuIU
Suid to lie Boomlni;.
COLOGNE. Gormany at tho presonl
time has fewer unemployed than at
any period within the last 14 years
according to labor offlciaJs. In the
mining Industry, the building trad
and the chemical Industry the number
of vacancies exceeds that of the un
employed. The total number of per
sons unemployed on October 1 wai
1S9.407.
Germany's export business is boom
ing for tho present, due partly to the
low rate exchange of the mark, and
in many, parts of tho country factories
are said to be working overtime.
Kiissiu Kevlslnp; Tariffs.
MOSCOW. A special commission
has been created for th purpose o(
revising the customs tariffs of the
old government in furtherance of the
project permitting individuate and
concretions to export and import
witn the approval oi tne coinnus-
siariat for foreign trade. Ortiert have
been "issued that the revision of tar
iffs applying to European Russia
shall be completed by December, and
those for Asiatic Ruseia a month
later. The government is resolutely
refusing to permit foreigners to re
claim furniture, office equipment oi
other property owned by them when
the bolshevik! took over power.
Japan Generous to Unemployed.
OSAKA. Japan. The greatest un
employment allowance ever granted
to laborers In the history of Japar.
has Just been given to 31 employes ol
the Asnhl Glass company. This com
pany has been discharging Its em
ployes gradually Fince last spring ow
ing to the dullness of the glass nm v
ket. Thirty-one of the most tkilie
and Industrious workers survled th
storms until recently, when they ert
also let out. They were given a dis
charge allowance of Y. S4 286 ($17.1 13)
to b divided among the 31 men.