The Oregon daily journal., July 21, 1912, Page 60, Image 60

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY
1912.
MISTAKES IN BIDDING AT AUCTION
JL JUub
JUST bow tha important oueatlon
the qutetlon that Is giving every
ona who la at all Interested In
faabloni moat concern h to do with
th,e' width of eklrte. , Early In the
spring there waa mora than a hint of
crinoline ' in the air, instigated, as it
turned out.- by the manufacture of
dres materials, who, naturally enough,
hav found .it difficult to reconcile
themaelvee to a attuatlon that demands
'but 'half -or two thlrda of their former
output, but now it aeemi that all erst
while hoea for a return to volumlnoue
kirta are about to be banished.
; In tha costumes that are being made
ready for midsummer wear at the faah
ionable reaorta may be "read the dicta
for early fall, and midsummer skirts,
though "of fllmsleet material, are, If
anything, of scantier proportions then
1 thoee that are being worn at thla mo
ment!. .Thera la. however, one ImporUnt dif
ference between them and the exaggera
ting that existed during the short lived
'hobble" period. Narrow though they
may be, the newest sklru never appear
to encase the figure, but. contrarlly,
suggest that they have been, as Indeed
la, the case, draped about It, for there
is always a graceful fall or, at the
French express it, a "flou" of the fabric
that la certainly very much appreciated.
- All thla is culte admirably expressed
in tha two frocks I have had sketched
to Illustrate thla article. The first, a
whit marquisette, has a panel of
shadow lace down .the center, Inclosed
by hands of 'English eyeletted batiste.
It will ba noticed that at tha top the
skirt haa considerable fulness pressed
Into gathers, while at the kneea, where
It la banded by tha shadow lace, there
la less, abd still again, that the band
of1 eyelet, which completes the length,
la extremely narrow.
Tha tapering has been very deftly ac
complished by slipping ths side sections
vnder the front panel, gradually more
and mora, or aa much as possible with
out u disturbing tha natural course of
'the top gathera and their resultant
folds. Tha girdle of white aattn and
the closely rolled satin rose give to
thex frock ...- characteristla finishing
touch.
- ; Aa for ha second model finely dotted
whtta net la gathered Into the belt and
again at the kneea, where It la draped
a mere trifle avenly all around, the
length being completed by a series of
four inch ruffles, bordered with Mech
lin Insertion and headed by small pink
satin roaea. The blouse consists of a
fichu of tha net trimmed with Mechlin
insertion and roaea, draped low back
and front about a vest that, also. Is
of tha net shirred, across the top Into
a wida band formed of three rows of
the Insertion. A girdle of white satin,
a cluster of roses where the fichu ends
. tuck into the belt, and another just at
one aide of tha front at the top ruffle,
and there you have the costume a re
markably dainty and effective dress for
midsummer daya.
Before the season commenced I pro
phesied that ecru and cream tints would
be very persistent rival of pure white
this, aummer, and time has proved the
truth of the assertion. In batiste, voile,
and marquisette soma of the most al
luring confections turned out are cream
color, the lace and embroidery with
which they are trimmed being dyed to
match. Most beautiful of all, however,
are the frocks that give the impression
that they have; been yellowed by time.
Their tone la precisely that of old Ivory,
and la procured by a Becret process.
... Wa.alwa.y s- -ma nag --to-- -Invest -such
frocks with an air of qualntnees by In
troducing touehes of old color tints
that harmonise exquisitely, while, st the
same time, affording the character note.
I am designing now such a costume for
a French woman of fashion who is
visiting friends over this side, and who,
I 'must tell you, in spite of her loyalty
to Parle, la much taken with the Amer
ican woman'a manner of dress, and par
ticularly, aa ahe says, with the way she
carries off her clothes.
ZIThgpwn referred to will have, a
-walking length skirt of taffeta (n, thjs
""-nrmeTloWedmT W with" four acal-"
loped ' sections placed one above the'
other, the scallops bound with their own
' taffeta. Draped over this will be a
tunlo of batiste In the same tone cut
: BtraJghtraaHrewrthefTont ahour-r'ftrot"
. above tha laat of the scallops and then
abrUDtlr.POlnted at. tha sides in a ort
of A pannier effect, each soint being
POTLATCH
Former Indian Agent Describes Unusual Ceremonies and Rites Practiced by the Dakota Indians on the Oc
jj.- casion of Their Great Annual Gatherings.
Vritten for The Journal by Cicero
Newell, Formerly United States In--dln
Agent for The Brule Sioux of
4 Dakota.
BTJBINO the past week Seattle has
.anjoyed her Potlatch. a present
ly celebration distinguished by
a term which the Indians of the
northwest used to designate
their great holiday gatherings.
For many years, even before white
men knew there was a western conti
nent' even before it was known that
this earth was a round body, the Amer
ican Indiana were accustomed to gather
m the aeventh moon of each year for
what the Indians on thin coast called
a potlatch. When the moon was full
and round, that was the signal for them
to gather in one place.
I hava made a study of the ancient
history of the Sioux; I have talked with
their prophets and holy mon; I have
teen their histories as recorded on aklns
of animals; I have sat in tha holy lodge
end heard the prophets give the word
Of .-the "Great Spirit to their people; I
anderatand the laws that govern their
ctlona one with the other; I understand
why It la that they require no locks on
thelf doora; I understand why th-y have
no rich or no poor people among them;
I likewiao understand why they have no
fear pt what We call death.
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A Gathering of the Sioux.
la the seventies, booh after General
Custer met his fate on the plains of
Montana, I was United Stales Indian
gent for the Brule Sioux. While there
I had the pleasure of attending their
annual gatherings.
I will apeak of one encampment that
they had near my agency. This was on
the Boss Bud creek nar where It emp
ties into the White river. The Indians
in charge of the encampment selected
a level plateau of land about ope mile
in diameter that was surrounded on
two sides with high hills; the other side
waa a deep canyon that had plenty of
ood and water, likewise good grass for
thtirrowtea.'
A wetk. before the appointed time aet
for the gathering, Indians came there
from tha northern part of Dakota, Mon
tana, and as far away as Idaho. Every
?mlly brought several horses, besides
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OF FIFTH AVt, NEW YORK.
; T CREATOR OF
AMERICAN FASHIONS
Two very attractive frocks for midsummer
arrested a few inches shove the tip and trimming is not put on straight around
fastened to, Ih. taffeta akiri, one i4 or in lengthwise panels,-1t -is arranged
with a buckle and the other with a bow to slope toward the back to produce
of Italian coral velvet ribbon. In- the drooping effect, which I have al-
cidentally the tall like back Is one of the ready mentioned as Important,
new features In connection with round Sashes and draperies, a I mi, are so
akirts. , , . T
" AS in both models of the Illustration,
skirts of cotton frocks are frequently
very long alt around with or without a
atlll more elongated back, and wherever
SPIRIT AMONG
many dogs and provisions to last them
during their stay. Thiy pitcheVl their
tepees in one Kreat circle that was at
least one mile in diameter. The Oehnl
allas occupied one part, the Brulcs an
other place, the Two Kettles, Yanktons,
Slstons and Cheyennes, and other bands,
each had a location by themselves.
Every time a new lot of Indians arrived
on the grounds a great cheer went up,
aad all rushed to give them welcome.
When the day came for the exercises
to commence, there were at least 12,000
Indians present. Every one had one
pony, and some had many more. Like
wise, each Indian had one or more dogs.
White men delight In eating turkeys;
the Dakotas say that they are filthy
birds, that they, like the crows, eat
carrion. They do not eat them if they
can get other meat. The dog Is their
favorite dish When they left that
camp, there were no dogs to go back
with them.
Ceremony of the Holy Tree.
As this was a religious festival, they
fed their holy men on the best they
hsd therefore the scarcity, of dogs on
their return home. While the young
people were enjoying themselves In
singing and lovemaklng, the older ones
were getting ready for their religious
meeting. They selected a place in the
center of this great circle of tepees, that
they made ready for the holy tree.
Tepee poles were put up and covered
with blankets, tepes canvas and boughs
of the "fir tree, so that shelter from
the rays of the sun was provided.
The committee in charge, of that work
selected a tree that was about one foot
In diameter at the base. This tree was
in a cunyon near this circle of tepeeji.
On the day set apart for the cutting
of the holy trse, all of the Indians, both
old and young, were dressed in their
gayest colors, evry face was painted
a bright red, showing that their hearts
were glad. When the hour came to cut
the tree, the Indians had gathered near,
the treet where they could aaa every
thing that transpired. Shortly one of
the holy men stspped out with his pipe
of peace and blew the smoke into l.ia
hand, holding his hand toward the sky.
He prayed to the great spirit to guide
them in his waya.
jrglculat.ed.,aaJoaccPt-tbJkl.,anpwaafta
as much as possible, and even sleeves
are being set in wl'h the gathers, where
there are any, p-ished well toward the
back.
THE SIOUX
Then an Indian maiden who was about
18 years of age took an sx mid com
menced to cut the tree. Her ear rings
.were so long that they flew around as
' she swung the ax, so that she could not
work. One of the women came forward
and untied the buckskin strings that
fastened them to the ton and bottom of
her ears. Then she proceeded with her
task. No man wus worthy to do that
work. Il must be done by a maiden
who is pure and unspotted before the
grent spirit.
The tree soon came down with a
cra-bh As it struck the ground a cheer
vent u? from thousands of throats. The
Indian mnlden wus heroine of the day.
The limbs of the tree were soon trimmed
by willing hands, and then the young
men loaded It onto a wagon. Muny
horsey were hitched to the wagon, to
gether with many Indians, who gathered
around the wagon. It was 6oon out of
the canyon up on level ground.
Then commenced the moBt interesting
feature of the day. All of the Indians,
both old and young, mounted their ponies
and formed u line at least one mile ' In
length across the prairie facing the
place where the holy tree was to be
taken. 1 asked my Interpreter the
meaning of that formation. Ho in
formed me that they would all ride over
the level plain, shouting and shooting
off guns, making all the noise Jhey
could, as they wished to scare away the
evil spirits that hovered near the earth.
.They did not want any evil influences
to come near the holy tree. What he
told mo reminded me of a story trmt I
read about a certain tribe of people that
surrounded a certain city. They walked
around the wails of that city blowing
horns until the walls fell. Perhaps the
same pawers were brought to bear upon
the evil Influences that hovered in the
air at that place.
When everything was ready, a signal
was given, whereupon the whole lino
started to run. tiuch a shouting and
noise arose aa I never heard from human
throats. It seemed as thouch Bedlam
had broken loose. Hotscs fell, throwing
. their . riders - to tha ground,- but they
soon remounted and went on to over
take the bthers. This large cavalcade
swung around the place where the tree
waa soon to be planted. Then tbey re
tired to their tepees.
The men with tha tret aoon cam on
days.
Ve are making some Interesting ex
periments hOw with -tho blouse that is
finished to come down over the skirt,
not In any guise of a peplum, but Just
to end at thf waist line much after the
manner of tho old basques. Thus far
.--jfcfeJnye not-attempted- to-introducs tha--
aeparatcvi waist and skirt, although
evt:n that la not., a. reiwiU possibility,
as It has some advantages which are
worth considering.
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the ground and set! up the tree In Its
place. f
Blood Offerings Made.
The next day, A he great spiritual work
of tho meeting commenced. I counted
some H candidates among the men. and
eight among the women who had made
vows during the1 past year that they
would make hi nod offerings at the
next annual gathering of their people.
The men were dressed In red shawls or
red blankets below the waist, the upper
parts ot their bodies were bare. The
women wore their ordinary clothing.
The women came up first and bared
their arms to the holy man, who, wlt'i
a knife, cut a small piece of skin from
eacli arm. This piece of skin he placed
in the bark of the holy tree. The wom
en rubbed ashes in the wound to stop
the .blood. They were smiling and laugh
ing during tho operation. Not a groan
or word did they utter.
Then the men came forward to make
their blood offerings. I saw the holy
man cut In each brwast two holes, In
those holes he inserted a stick about
the size of a lead pencil. To this stick
he tied a thong of raw. hide;, to that h
tied a skull of a buffalo. 8ome of thn
Indians had four skulls hanging at on
time, one from each breast, and one
from each, shoulder blade. They jumped
up and down until the skin broke, al
lowing the skulls to fall to the ground.
Others were tied to horses, the horses
turned looss dragging tire man after
them, others were tied to the holy tree.
There they pulled and turned until th-sy
had broken th flesh loose.
Reason for This Ceremony.
My readers ask, why did they do this?
If a man was lost in a blizzard and
hnd given up all hope of getting back
to his wife- and-children, he prayed to
the Great Spirit to save him. if the
Great Spirit guided him home, he prom
ised to make a blood offering at the
next great meeting of his people.
If a mother had a sick child or friend
sick, she too prayed to the Great .Spirit
asking him to heal the afflicted one.
If he responded she promised a blood
offering.
White people . called this the Sun
danet, because the candidates looked
at the sun while tlrey f;t dancing
around trying io break the flesh. After
these blood offerings were made, came
the exchange of presents. Thousands of
hr-s, blankets, mnir, bnw and arrows,""
bolts of calico of bright colors, .buck
skin suits trimmed with porcupine quills
and the teeth of the elk were ""given
away. The Indians showed the same
spirit that we manifest at Christmas
time.
OvercalHng the Partner. v
ONE very common mistake in tha
second round of blda Is probably
due more to thoughtlessness than
anything else, and thla la tUYovarcalllng
a partner twice when once la enough
to disclose the situation. It is not
necessary for both to know the attua
tlon, so that one knows It well enough
to handle It. ...
The mistake usually arises ; when
one has called , a suit that tha : other
holds npthJng pf, and .. thla other la
anxloua to show that while he cannot
assist tha suit first called ha haa a
very good ens of his own. So far tha
blda are not n!y correct but convention
al, but 'the mistake ao many players
make is that having said that much It
should be enough. There is no necessity
to keep up tha process of showing
nothing, and every time a player doea
it usually turns out to be a mistake,
and sometimes a costly one. 'i
Here is a hand that shows how this
mistake usually arises In the bidding
between partners:
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Z dealt and bid no trump. A called
two diamonds, which Y passed, and B,
anxious to show that ha could not ba
of any assistance to his partner In dia
monds, bid two hearts. So far, this Is
good bidding, as there has been no In
tervening bid from Y, and B la simply
suggesting that hearta might be better
than diamonds, as B is weak In A's suit.
Against these two suits Z drops his
no-trumper, but A, instead of letting
matters stand where they were, bid
three In diamonds to show his partner,
as ha explained after the hand, that he
could not support the heart call. This
forces B to go on to three hearts or to
let the diamond stand, and sa hearts
would go game a trick easier than dia
monds he overcalled.
Now, three hearts is Just one trlrfas
more than B can make, and three dia
monds was also a trick more than A
could have rrfade, so that no matter
which of them plays the handa It stands
to lose 50 points, Instead of winning
two by cards.
The mistake is In A's second bid. He
has all the Information he wants;
that B Is short In diamonds but long
in hearta, while A Is in precisely the
same position with the suits reversed.
What is the logic of undertaking ta
make three by cards with a hand that
Is precisely similar to the one you over
rail, as If U were not good for a trick
less
If B has no diamonds, his declaration
1. Hist as good as A's. As the cards
He the hands are almost Identical. A
wanted to show that he could not sup.
port hearts, but In this showing he
overlooks the fact that '.ie is assuming a
contract at the name time. He Is giv
ing B Information that B does not
want; because B has already taken the
responsibility of making two by cards
In hearts, not caring whether A could
support him or riot.
Inattention to Other Bids.
THERE are many occasions upon
which an Observant player may pre
vent his partner from falling Into
a trap if he will pay a little attention
to the bidding and draw the proper In
ferences therefrom. There are prob
ably as many more when a player can
take his partner out of a doubtful con
tract for the sake of a better one.
There are times, although they are
not common, when the partner may
have the game just where he wants It,
and from his point of view it is just
right, but from the other aide of. -the
hoard things may look differently and
a watchful player, who knows what the
bids mean, may see that his partner Is
like the dog and the shadow, missing a
rubber for a few penalty points.
Here Is a case of this kind, which re
cently came-itnrtffr my notice; "ftrwhtcrC
I think, the player who held B's cards
missed a very ebviou hamre to win
tha rubber, but through inattention to
the meaning of the bids he lost it.
CURIOUS CONTRASTS IN
How the Religious Teachings Are
By Elfa Wheeler Wilcox.
THE Jains an- one of the many re
ligious sxts which flourish In
India; for, Just ss In the Christian
lands there are countless sects, all
basing their beliefs and creeds
upon the Bible, so in the orient may bo
found as many varying orders, all point
ing to the Vedas for proof of their claim
to righteousness.
The Vedas, like the Bible, have had
many Interpreters; besides which tho
lack of education In India leaves a large
percentage of the people victims of
hordes , of priests, who cater to their
superstitions In order to keep them
under subjection of priest made laws.
The Jains, however, ere intelligent, and
many educated men and a few educated
women are to b found among them..
Their one mania is a virtue ftn rank,
until It has become a vice, as any virtue
may become, if not gujded by common
sci:se and good judgment
The Jains, like the majority of the
oriental religious sects, believe it is a
Bin to take life. "You cannot give life,
you must not take It," they say, But
the Jains have carried the idea tO such
an extreme that thry carefully refrain
from destroying Insect life. Flies and
fleas and vermin of all kinds are per
mitted to live; and the only way the
followers of the faith are enabled to en
dure existence under such conditions is
by the most scrupulous cleanliness.
Their temples are oft times very beau
tiful and notably clean. Tt all of them
are not of this order; and it Is atated
that the keepers of some of these
temples find ths fleas so numerous
that they hire street4 beggars to sit ln
flde In order to give the hungry fleas
forrd.
A man of scientific knowledge In
duced a Jain to look through a mlrro
scope at wdrtip of drinking water; and
afterwafd he Wsked the Jain how he
recortcUed himself to the fact that he
destroyed so hiueh life with every
swallow of wajler.
The man replied that eer since he
had ' looked trweugh the microscope he
hsd tkn pn" t-drink water rmlr n
the dark. But the light of education
will eventually dissipate all such dark
ness.
The VeUs Perverted.
These wonderful and inspiring worka,
Soma Suggestions Worth While By
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On the rubber game Z dealt and de
clared a club; A bid a heart and Y aaid
two diamonds. B passed and Z went
back to the clubs, declaring three trlcka,
to enow hi partner that he could not
aupport the diamond call. A bid two
he:., ts and Y went three diamonds, trust
ing his partner for a solid club suit, on
which Y hoped to get rid Of his losing
cards.
W hen it got round to A, B and Z pass
ing, he - doubled tha three diamonds,
which waa rather' forward bidding, - to
say tha least of It, but he figured that Z
had no diamonds, and that B probably
had a few and A could ruff spades and
force with him strong heart suit. Wheth
er it was a good double or not, giving
Y a chance to win the rubber If he
made good. A set the contract for 300
points, but he lost the rubber on tha
next deal.
I think B should have gone to no
trumps. I sat behind B at '.he time,
and it seemed clear to me that If A
could bid up to two hearts and then
double three diamonds, A should have
enough to go game at no trumps, but
had not quite enough to go game at
hearta, even with the diamonds stopped
and a tremendous heart suit.
B haa both the other sutta stopped,
and If ha calls no trump, the lead will
probably come up to him in clubs, or
his partner will get in one of the dia
monds. As tha heart ault had been
shown in the bidding, it would be bet
ter to have that hand on the table and
B's held up.
As will be seen, If the situation Is
examined, whatever Z leads, A and B
can go game and rubber at no trump
if B is careful to make his ace of
spades while he Is in.
Assisting on Trumps Alone.
ONE of the most difficult things to
Impress upon the beginner at auc
, tlon is the Importance of avoiding
bids on the suit that his partner is
bidding on. In a no-trumper this is
usually clearer than It seems to be
In the trump suits, and few players
fall Into the error then. To illustrate:
Suppose that the dealer starts with
one no-trump, and it goes round to the
fourth player, who declares two dia
monds. If the dealer passes and it
comes around to his partner, that player
At theEndKainbow
The Best Policy, by Wait Mason.
HAVK quit dealing with Mr.
I Punkman, the butcher," said Mrs.
A Jiggers. "I am aure he has been
giving short weight, and most of the
meat I have bought lately turned out to
be bones. When some of his best cus
tomers quit him perhaps he'll realise
that honesty Is the best policy."
"That remark," observed the star
boarder, "remlnda me of ..tha halcyon
days when I went to school. 'Honesty
is the best policy was a maxim In
scribed in my copybook, and I copied
it over and over a million times. It
was flanked by such maxims as 'Birds
of a feather flock together' and 'Evil
communications corrupt good manners.'
These maxima were accepted at their
face value without question.
"But we live and learn, Mrs. Jiggers.
'Tls the sunset of life gives us mystical
lore, and we see things In their true
proportions. Now that 1 am welt along
in years I. realize? full well that honesty
is not the best policy. Honesty has
been an obsession, a monomania with
me all the days of my pilgrimage, and
what has It done for me? Those copy
book' maxims got me started .wrong.
"They" have " fumed my life, and In my
old age I find myself occupying a hall
bedroom overlooking an iron" roof where
on the cats disport themselves at dreary
midnight's cheerless hour; and my repu
Perverted by Some of the Ignorant Native Priests Into Evil Superstitions
and Practices.
the Vedas, nowhere teach anything that
can be construed into approval of
human or animal sacrifice; yet the
lirahmins, who claim to be true Vedant
Ists, have so perverted the original
teachings, that all over India, at certain
seasons the most horrible slaughter of
fowls and goats occurs as part of their
religious festivals.
To propitiate the gods of blood, three
animals are permitted to be killed; and
others have the tips of the)r ears cut to
answer the purpose of sacrifice.
The leading Brahmins of the modern
day are enlightened men of wide educa
tion; and It seems incredible that they
have been so long in coming Into promi
nence as opposing these terrible, bar
baric rites.
The Maharaja of Cochmere sent out
an edict, that on his large estates of
hundreds of acres, no animal should b
slaughtered -for sacrifice, or for food.
It was his action which encouraged the
government to make an effort toward
reform of this ancient barbaric custom.
When the Christian missions under
take to do away with these bloody sac
rifices by religious teachings, ths
Indians point to the fact of our In
numerable slaughter houses where thou
sands of animals are slain In place of
every one sacrificed In India. They
also ask the Christians why It Is any
worse to sacrifice animals than It was
for the Christian Ood to so sacrifice his
son.
Mohammedans are supposed to de
stroy life, save as is necessary for food.
Yet in Java the sultans keen both
wild tigers and lions in cages for their
own amusement, and two travelers were
Informed by the keepers of these cages
that for a small sum of money a llvo
dog would be tossed 'Into the cage for
the entertainment of the travelers. They
declined tha profferad "pleasure," but
learned that agents were on the watch
continually for stray dogs, which were
captured for the food of these wlld,iets
of the Mohammedan sultans
The kindness to animals of which one
hears so much In (Tie orient seems to
ponsttas-ftrUTe'"!n anawtng" old "and
ailing animals to live miserable lives
Instead of destroytrig the unfit.
Betterment Is tt Hand.
Tha higher and mora Intellectual
claaaea of Buddhlsta , are .doing wha(
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would never bid two no-trumps without
a diamond (n his hand, even If ha had
an aca and a couple of kings ln other'
suits, because he knows that such cards,
are of no use to Ula partner, who haa.
a diamond trick, or else ha la going to
aet that diamond contract. :
But when it comes'to tha trump dec
laratlons, many players fall to see It
In tha asm light, and although they '
know (heir partner Is bidding on a oer
tain suit and they have nothing but
the lame suit themselves,: they seem to
forget that everything elaa may ba
against them, and that what tha part
ner wants Is not more trtimps, but some
tricks in the side suits, f
- The dealer, in hie original declaration,'
whloh Is made In the dark, counts on
his partner for two probable tricks,
and when he declares a trump suit he
expects -these two -trlcka- to- -.be-in-the
plain aults, in which he Is any. Unless
the partner has mora than two tricks In
, the plain aulta, he should not aaslst
ths bid, no matter how many trumps he
haa, aa the trumps will probably all
fall together. ,
Hera la an example of aucb a mistake:--"--
--.
C K109 7 8 3
J 7a
0 8 8
K3
Y
A B
OA
4 A KQ 8
0 A J 7 5
Q J 104
3
A oa 5
0 Q04 a a
A 9 7 0 8
9 Q J 8 8 4 8
843
0 K 9
a 8 a
Z dealt and bid A heart, which Is not
a good bid on the opening round, as he
has no winners In the stilt, but that is
not the point. A bid no trumps, and
y, on finding six trumps In his hand,
promptly went two hearts. When A
went two no-trumps Y went right along
with three hearts, which A doubled, and
all the tricks that Y and Z could make
were five of their trumps, which fall
together at the end, after A and B had
picked off seven tricks In the plain suits
and made the ace of trumps,
Y's supporting his partner on nothing
but trumps cost him Just 400 points.
The only consolation for them was that
had A been left with his bid he would
have made a grand slam at no-trumps,
but no player would have gone further
with A's cards, his partner not making
a bid and such strong bidding against
him.
As showing the possibilities of the
game, it Is curious that if the kings of
diamonds and spades exchange places,
A would not make eny more than the
odd trick at ) no-trump Instead of a
grand slam. Instead of hia catching
those two cards, they would stop his
suits and bring In the. hearta.
tation for uncompromising honesty is
so little an asset that I have to pay for
my board In advance, Just aa thoagh I
was a stranger In this house.
"I have to treat all alike, Mr. .Tod
hunter," explained the landlady. "My
rule Is cash In advance, and I can't sus
pend It for anybody."
"An excellent rule, Mrs. Jiggers. How
ever, the psst rises before me like a
dream. A few weeks ago a large gentle
man -with long white side whiskers and
a benevolent manner came here for a
season and you made him an honored
guest. He had the front I have tried to
cultivate all my life and failed. He had
a sort of 'Bless you, my children' air
that inspired confidence and respect.
Everybody in the house kowtowed to
him, and you, Mrs. Jlggera, wept with
delight when he gave you a smile and
trembled with fear at his frown. .
"He had the best of everything while
he was here; you converted the parlor
into a bedchamber; he had the lnrgest
Blab Of strawberry shortcake and the
rhole of the doughnuts. Finally he dis
appeared, and I noticed that you had a
secret sorrow, Mrs. Jlggera
"I'm sure your honesty will never
keep you awake at night," said the land-
Jadyl!QnaevfiiaLiialon-.!0u--bave
handed me plugyed half dollars and
$5 bill I got from you turned Qt to be
a counterfeit.
"That will do, madam," said the star
boarder, sternly.
THE ORIENT
they can to bring the beautiful and
morsl precepts of Gautama Buddha out
of the priest made pit of superstition
and Ignorance Into which It has fallen.
In this they are aided In a masterly
manner by the schools and colleges
which have been established by Annie
Bosant and by the lectures given
through her bureau.
An excellent Buddhist school, In Co
lombo, Ceylon, maintained by a noble
German lady, Mrs. Hlggins, has been in
existence 20 years, and it is now as
sisted by the government. Mrs. Hlggins
Is a Theosophlst, and her Influence Is
all for the good. She has been bitterly
attacked by the Christian missions in
times past, and they fail to show her i
truly Christlanllke spirit today, but her
school prospers, and her children are
loving testimony of her good work.
The- crown princess of Germany
visited the school, the only one In Co
lombo which was so honored.
It will require a thousand years to
"Christianise" the orient. II Is a more
reasonable effort to try to make good
Buddhists In that land than poor Chris
tians. The Intellectual Buddhists possess a
large modicum of every day common
sense. While opposed to taking life,
they nevertheless realize that vermin
and wild beasts must be destroyed in
order to protect human life. Meanwhile
as one brilliant man said:
"We also realize that If we make our
bfcdle our 'homes and our minds
scrupulously clean, no vermin will an
noy us; and if we rid ourselves of all
savagery-we Will not be called to dwell
among savage beasts, and the necessity
for us to kill will not be presented."
Some one has called Buddhism "Di
vine Socialism.'
But in the orient todty this socialism
needs to be dragged out of the hands of
useless and Innumerable priests and put
into the hearts and minds of the, people.
. .IJeither .,He. . .... .
Tbsngafi Don't say you "ain't done
nothin'."
' Madigan An' why not? . .
Costigan Because that isn't good
English. N ' "
, MadlganFaith, I'm glad to hear It;
for bjj the powers, nayther am I,