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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-1-21, Page 2By THREE "`ISHEa--•-�8 Niattze IVB"Caslin: 1dany years no, in Ireland, not far that none but a connoisseur spied dis- frain the city of Cork, lived an old ting,iish the •differences woman and .. her grandson, Jack, a Soon a customer, attraeted by their height, handsome boy of twelve, beauty, inquired the price. Findon!, it far below what he had expected, he immediately purchased a set, without asking any further, queations regard- ing thein. While he was counting out. the money to the merchant, Jack ap- proached him. The purchaser said "1 am buying some diamonds from your master. Aren't they pure and beautiful?" "They are beautiful," said Jack, "but not pure" "What!" exclaimed the astonished purchaser. "Do you mein toeay.they are not diamonds?" "They are not diamonds," was the cool lep,y. "We call them paste." "Paste!" said the'effended customer, with a sniff. - "I can make paste my- self!' If I cannot have diamonds for She was invited to remain for a my money. I will have nothing," and mfortable meal, which was soon pre- sweeping the silver back into his purse, he walked off in high dudgeon. "There!" said the merchant, angrily, to Jack, "you have spoiled another sale for me! That clown would have They had no other., relations, and both worked hard for their food and clothes. The grandmother spent meet of her time knitting, while Jack gatit Bred peat, berries and other treasures from the neighboring forest and car- ried them to the city for sale. One evening, as he sat at the door of their cabin, wearied by a day of labor, he was accosted by an aged woman, leaning upon a stick, who beg- ged him., in the name of charity, for 4 cup of goat's milk. She looked many years older than his grandmother, who carne briskly to the door and invited her in, while Jack ran to the goat -pen, to procure the novated draught of milk, which she drank as though, nearly famished. aced, and readily accepttee their hospitality, the little old. worn -n-who lacked several inches of staeding as tan as Jack -taking her stick, ho'ibled up to the table and partook ravenously' purchased the jewels for the trifle I' ....of the substantial food, asked for them, and enjoyed the pos- .After she had eaten everything that session of diamonds to the loss of no • ons. You have already revealed. see - rets of the trade which I fain would' have respected. You will ruin my business! So leave my house with { your tattling tongue l" tamales three wi""she"s, for your bene- And as Jack turned to obey, the 1 fit, my lad. The first two belong to merchant attempted to inflict upon your ,grandmother, for her care and him a parting kick, but the limb was kindness in rearing you, and shall be paralyzed on theinstant, and the finer - granted immediately. The other one chant discovered, to his horror, that you oan express and I will grant you it was without feeling or power of i on your twenty-first; birthday. Do not,motion. ask for wealth or fame, for such Jack fled from his master's wrath, treasures are not in my power to be- and made - his way sadly back to his stow, 1 control only the hearts and kind grandmother, who gave him a passions of my beneficiary, and can warm welcome and cheered him with hopes of better fortune in the future. But as years passed without any marked change in his fortune, he had almost despaired of ever being any- thing morethan a poor forester, when one day, . at noon, returning home was set before her she arose, and giv- ing her long nose a pull which seemed to double its Length, she said: "I am a fairy, good people, and for your kindness to me I will allow you give you traits of character that will enable you to do much good in the world, and also much evil." The grandmother, who desired her boy to be good, rather than great, said, unhesitatingly: . • "Grant that Jack may always be laden with his gatherings, his atten compelled to tell the truth, the whole tion was attracted by groans near him, truth, and nothing but the truth." in the forest, truth regarding the wound, or failed to tell the truth ;while the rest of you "1 ••1 " said the fair • "but re- , to. dress it so kll:full he would leave have hidden dour coward! characters wcl..l,, y, Following the direction of the sound,�. s, ,,Y. member that perpetual -tenth-telling he discovered none other ,than. his died in a short. time. behind huge breastworks of Iies." course the 1:in ' i v ad) to = may lead: him into difficulties and majesty the king, lying prone upon the Of1,As Jack heal already Wan the affec- GREYHOUND. TAKES T.O SEA Above i�s shown the launching at Birkenhead of Great Britain's mighty new waaehip, Rodney. Princess . \Iary, accompanied by her husband, `Lord LascelLes and Lord Derby, performed the christening ceremony. dangers, and even death itself•ofuseiy from a -heap 'honor-' was ; tions of the vo- ess, to whose may„ ground., an • ., .- = worn. in t e. back. , g te• irhme. atelfalss;tri re, uc hand 's truti..u.ness had elevated "Then," rr t� the t at •.court. Here: he met 'are king's hint, he- was rejoiced: said the.teslas, my ne. Jack knelt beside fallen mon tA wish is that -:the limb which attempts I arch, who explained that his horse had ij daughter, and ' like all the other Preparations were going on for the to injure my boy may become paralyz-! galloped away from has companions int knights he, in time, fell deeply; in love wedding, when the king, who was test - re repent the hunt,- and had thio hien upon i with her. less and ambitious, declared war lad to this owner until he shalt Fe , wn po and make amends." i the ground forcibly,'striking his back 1 But the king declared he would have against a weaker' neighboring mon- "Granted,"fairy. "And now on a shay stick. S-' only the biayeat of knights for his arch, sent vast .armies into his do- Grarnted, said the n p i "But," 'e 1 . husband. main conquered him,: and took.. pos- . you shall see me no more until Jack But, . he added, "I do not think I ,daughter's�! g i 1, : I want each of you," said he, gath-session of his kingdom. has reached: lies twenty-first birth -J. am badly. hurt, and I well give you a Y �,,. da. " t hundred otuads if you will assist me l ering all her suitors around him, "to Jack's prospective father-in-law, y P Then' raieinher stick she passed: to myhunting-box, which is not far tell me the story of yoar life, and jubilant over his additional power, ' g ' g n' theneatest said to' Jack: (whoever can enumerate >g I over her head,describinga away,for I do not wish a gaping 1 it ,rl!ow y O g P g"Don't iwasgone. crowd of mysubjects to gather 1 number of brave deeds shall have. my Dont you think I have shown wis- $talif'Hc role, and , j daughter's' hand in marriage." clam and policy, and deserve great cre- Not long:after as Tack was ether-.' around and seetheir kin' lying g rg' ,me, 8', YI g ., • it forgood management?" x i star o e after dit peat . by the wayside, a traveler, here, helpless and humili�at,ed in the, Then all tall their y, n my riding a j,aded'harse, drew rein beside forest" the other. Jack being the youngest "No," was the reply, "You have been . i The.exertion of speaking him and said: i pe g caused him "Boy, my horse is nearly exhausted, to turn deadly pale, and Jack, who I have lost my way, but if you will had been examining the wound and was obliged to wait until the rest had treacherous to your neighbor, and die - finished. honorable in attacking him when his They related marvelous tales of armies were tie weak to defendhim,. i o braver each succeeding and deserve to be punished for your tell me I a1n on the direct road to stanching the flow of blood, saw in an, their own Y, g i�_ Cork I will giveyou this silver coin ` instant that he could not be moved one trying to make his story outrival wickedness. • W , g : which I held in .m "hand." I without danger. any that had one before. Of cause, such plain talk angered " " said ., • ` ,: t " It i' necessary to add that the- kin and lee raised his arm to You are not," sand Jack, telling the ; I .cannot obey your.majesty," he scarcely Y .g;` • "Youtrying to speak respectfully. all drew largely on their imagina, strike the offender, but it was stricken truth.. took the wrong. branch •said, ryi r pea.they i,i for their wonderful narratives powerless on the instant. , three males back, leaving the Coxk The exertion of walking wi�Il cause. -tions , }"hen Jack's turn came he was Jack, in telling the story of his' life, road to your Ieft, You are now travel!- more blood to flow, and you may die:. and w n`.•therest: with env for had,'of course repeated. his interview ing directly toward- the Big Forest. of your wound is not dressed.immedi- regarded by may,, P. "Is ,: ,, 1all knew he had the privilege of with . the fairy, and how it had ie- it possible?" said the stranger,, ately, 1 gatherherbs for market, and -they privilege , u . thecatalogue ue. of his suited in the diamond merchant's that I am wrong agaanv and but for t know which to use to make you safe. adding more to c g your honesty, mylads, you would now] and comfortable. I will only call my, brave deeds than any of them had case, • So the haughty monarch knew how moneyn n I traveling to almost ser few steps from here to assist me .and But to their-astonishinent he told a to remove the spell; and, while strug- mo e'Y a d v g � Ps , , be enjoying the possession of my! grandmother, whose cabin is but a done.. 'lain death among the highwaymen of she will watch with you while I go to simple, straightforward storyof his ghng with h hss pride, endeavoring to the words of an apology that e ,rem he Pram 1 life and assn ren them uneventful. •i hunting -box andget your viva n the BigForest! the hunts boto �'Yo P of a king, "I 1 duel, would not !,ower the dignity I must speak the truth,"said Jack servant with a conveyance" hadnever slain an enemy an a ue, wogf Jack, WWtiout waiting fora reP Y 1, he ran nor killed a tiger with a club, nor he heard a voice at his. elbow May: I *, « b' jumped into the arena where lions "This is Jack'd twenty-first birth "Welly .said the traveler, you have' hastily to his cabin, informed his 3 Pe bluntly. .lost the half -dollar, but I want you to grandmother and quickly gathered the were fighting to procure a lady's fan, day,",„ and, looking around, they both 1 f h With you until Morning. I am a din Theysoon had the wound neatly and the others professed to have conquer addieesuig Jack, said "What is your wl y g your cabin and let me tarry necessary herbs and bandages, nor incurred any of the dangers whiell beheld ,the ;little witbeeec airy, w o, fiakemeto_._cto Y n Y g i .„ • New Series byr WYNNNNE FE GUS N .author of ' erguson ore c4tiodon Bride Copyright 1925 byiloyle, Jr, ARTICLE No. 14. The trick bidder seems to be flourish, ing lately, for a number of hands have beansubmitted, as examples of the value of trick bids. These niay be all right for the gambling type of players but the writer prefers the sound, conventional bide, bids that really inform. There is no system of biddin that can hold its own with a system that gives exact in- formation at all times, information that really informs. The bidding, if conven- tional, should "mirror" one's hand to one's partner. It should, give informa- tion. nformation.' that will enable partner to act in- telligently in his subsequent bidding. The goal of all bidding at auction is to arrive at the best bid of the combined hands, that is the best bid of twenty- six cards, not of thirteen. A player: who uses trick bids may confuse his op- ponents occasionally but in the Jong run, he loses more by loss of faith of his Partner in the soundness of Itis bids, than he can possibly gain byhis trick biddin. A partnership to be successful, either in business or auction, must be founded on mutual, trust and confidence., For that reason, be reliable at all times. Let, your bids mean what you say. "Every advertised feature a sacred, Pledge," is not only a good motto for business nien but also for auction play- ers. Learn the conventional bids and stick to them. Be reliable, first, last and all the time. a In the following hand, the tricky bidder won out but his gain on that hand has more than been offset by lees of confidence of his 'partner. There's nothing, in these trick bids in the long run so keep away from them. • The ex- ample is given more as a warning than as a model to follow. Hearts - 9, 6, 3 Clubs-A,K,Q J,.10,3,2 Diamonds- 8, 6 : A Spades- 5 No; score, rubber game. Z dealt and bid one no-trump, A bid two hearts, Y and B passed. Z nowbid two no-trump A bid three diamonds, Y doubled and 13 passed. Z now bid three no-trump, A ..,, doubled, Y redoubled and B passed, If youwere holding Z.s"cards,how would you size up the bidding and what would you do? • Y t A Et t Z : Hearts - A Q, J Clubs -9, 1, 4 Diamonds-- A, 9, 2 Spades - A, Q, 4, 2 • In the actual play Z passed and A laid don seven set up club tricks and so set the contract by three tricks or 600 points. A's trick bidding was successful en this instance but Y and Z should have been on the start. Z's mistake cc- curred when he failed to allow the three diamond double to stay in. Iahe had, A would have bid four clubs and if doub- led would have lost three tricks or 300 points. Y made a serious error by re- doubling A's double of three no-trump, He should have realized by then that A could not be doubling on diamonds or hearts: As he held four spades, A's double must be based on the club suit. His redouble is very bad. With Z's hand, the writer would have bid four spades. It should have been apparenthat A was doubling on the club suit andnoth- ing more. At spades, YZ could make four odd without trouble. The hands of all four players are as follows: Hearts - K, 7, 5 Clubs - 8, 5 Diamonds - K, Q, J, 7 Spades.- J, 10, 9, 8 Y Z Hearts'- A Q, J Clubs- 9,7 4 Diamonds-, A, 9, 2 Spades - A, Q, 4, 2 Problem No. 8 Hearts -10, 8, 4, 2 Clubs -6 Diamonds -10, 5, 4, 3. Spades - K, 7,'6, 3. The following hand involves a principle of play that comes up very frequently. Think out a plan of play that you believe is sound and compare it with the writer's analysis that will be given ii"i`the next article: Hearts- Q,. 9, 3 Hearts --•• A, J, 10, 7, 2 Clubs -10, 9, 4, 3 ' Y : Clubs -A Diamonds - 8, 3 : A ' B : Diamonds - K, Q, 4 Z: Spades -A,10,8,2 Spades - Q, 7, 4, 3 and - VT n tru m a 'a3c o- •ids : � � ger a .• �ea-fi; anu'b � F.,.:- ore, ',. ' passed, A bid two spades, Y and B passed and Z bid passed and B doubled: Z p p , , wo .no-trump. A and Y passed, B bid three spades, Z doubled and ail, passed. ' If Y opened the six of clubs, how should A plan the play of the combined hands?; thank you for your gift, and what it has already brought me." "As you please," said the -fairy,. somewhat stiffly. "Of course, the"re- moval of the sPe:1 restores' to their normal condition the two who,,,had your ur behalf " been injured in yo Saying this, she was gone. Then the king, pleased to think he had recovered the use of his arm, without lowering hi .dignity as a king by making an apology to an inferior, was the gracious monarch again, and forgave Jack, oncondition the latter would be more respectful to him in the future. better to keepsilent It is ie , s than reveal an unpleasant truth. Vdy.Ship. I searob the far horizon for my ship, 'My ship :that must' at last come home tome, • i !hued with the old of Heart's lyes g desire, ' . Sailing. majestic on a sunlit see. i Bearing the cargo a my •dreams come true, , Wishes•.and !lopes and plans of all my days, Alt that I am and ale I hope to be After the stoais1 and stress and long delays:, The First Coronation. Charles Charlemagne, King of the. Pranks, S00 I3 O., was the first Euro- pean to be crowned in what was con s+idered the modern` way. Previour,'to his Crowning all rulers, had made away' with the pos•sestor.gf the: crowns and, then: stole them. Impress Irene was empress at the time because she used guile to elevate her son to the throne. Then she put out his eyes and took the crown to herself,"as .int is written. of Athalialt in the Book of Kings." Charlemagne decided to steal the crown from her but meantime the Pope decided to take a hand , claitnI ng that all crowns belonged by divine right to the Polies a"sid consequently the crowns were theirs to -give. One clay when Charlemagne was at prayer in 'church the Pope descended from the altar and placed the crown en Charlemagne's head. Such a. thing; liras entirely unsu,spected but Char1e- maigne deckled to:.let things stand that way. Only in the Mornings.... r ed to, be n who i zn�i w Noticing a FFea'r N g a laborer standing in front of a:.build- ing under oonetruction,, .the foreman enquired: "Hey! Want a Job?" "Sure,^ but I can only work in > the mamtngs," wixh, son?"' iw?liy. mond merchant in the cityof Cork, skillfully dressed. Then Jack ran off ed. , Dear Love; for 711'1 crave this ship of Y e •i "That tyou remove. the spell, good -p Because. I have• .to carry a bather, �confidential t i A eau h of scorn •an,i derision arose , Tl a p , , I need a clerk who is strictly honest. to anform, one servant, gmale in the unemployed parade in the after; the s his stmn,e nat•ra- mother, that you, lave thrown. around will hire you, and you can earn whom the lung named; and in a short at cant," ion of i•, S•1ia.•l sail . serene at iset into the view, anon." l uses brought to a me. I wish to speak the truth from bean half dolltais if you continue al- time the wvounded mannish was tains ttve, but it was q y >;1 For all its treasure trove is but a - -.�- 1,.� 1 I tier bel �es�s and almost close by the king declaring that .Tack my own convictions g t slirilie No man is so z the truth, t Liste*'tipg to S Reprotilleil g 104 Fru. 4 ishe inttstc of 1^andlo, of tufo .stone-, graph, of the piayEar-plano, ie 'tlevclo•p• ing a 118%1' t4ylaMal inned+calni, tezldng,:and• a 118w type of tntuslc-lietQ1). t This l.s music Sprang front lu'l ii,'ii le souree% The lisstener to it Is iput+ely ai •tls,tener. Be oe.es 1lltsr thoughts may wander, hiut lust eye !does not rove, Net for litm they cuatons,ary 1itrrotiu- Iiuinl of musical.perrfontnnaal•eae, the, 1)14W and varied dlst1uctiona of the s+tape, tiiue platform, the, auditorium., the movement, "the glitter, alio oonta,et_.c,f the audience, the personal appeal' of the performing ,amts,, All these tillage are absent, The znitisic, the music alonl+a; 'rs lliue,nt. Strout the 1�c.!uhtsit of vieatemtatcawof the mural- cat ,enlightenment of the Alisterner, ousel coniditlotns, which‘conflate, his interest to the matter itt hand, are ideal condi- tiontsi., The listener who is anxious to giet a,t tbo heart oof.an Isle he is hearing often ooan:pilainis of t1i ,ditstractloiis too obviously before his eyes under the lights* of the 'contcert roans. Ida i& irrsable, withiouit s1iela1a1 mea- sures to that .cilli!, to concentrate neon the music in performance. lie hears it in. the :consent iaoni, Of coiirsa, but !!,caro it acnass, a iso nt'uisicn sot up by what he sees. Only, nail and then that ninelc has in it such >overmaste<r- ing, appeal that lie is swept away from the.non-ess•entblalis about hint, the scene before his eyes, fades out, 1ie`sees nodiv ing save, the inward vision of a mind awakened and inspired by the splen- dor, or the grace, of the. music. Freed From Distractions, For t e d,evate b listener •to music it is the greet virtue of the iuusic of the raclio, the plionograph and the player - piano that, list•;eoing to it, he stye' freed L}rom all the distractions a,ttendiant up on public musical performaince. Ile is alone with this music. Ii appeal .is the umlauted appeal of its own. worth. He listens to it closely, and he hears it clearly, the two factors in 1istesning aladeli are ,essential to au u11aerstand- ing of what is heard. Panther, hie undisturbed listening to phonograph and player. -piano Music, al- lows to the listener not only that for sale, but others, ,Loo. It is .flus pacull'ar vlalue of those inetiuniener. that they can ne peiat their mausti,c over and over again. To be ablie to Bear over and over •again and without disease -Lien, the anusdc lie desires to hear, • is: surely of atdvantago to the .listener, If he a student of music the advanitage is ebrviicius,. eat it Is no leder certain in the case of those wllo'mtereily wieal to hear again, and again the mimic 'they like. Beth1iliomagraph redorcls x.113 pini er:-r } Saari• nT musee. - ,. • : re r�rd rs �'� i� oat -Y. Ip it is safe to lay that it was never'sa. fa,mildam as, it becomes, in the -course ofr.* phousograph and, pbayerpinno perform- ances heard, erfor i1- ances:lueaad, as they usually are heard, -- in conditions which allow .usndasturbe+d and concentrated attention upon .them. There area it is trine, people who, lis- te'ning 10 music, prefer to.ul are the In- terest of ;the •ear with those inane' in- terests of the eye which 'the concert room and the opera house provide. There are these even Who, while +tli.ey listen to radio m.wstc, aloe read a boolk, or a newspaper, 'and •thcsra wag con- verrs,e with their friends • w+hila• the phrondgraph or the tpdayier-piano as performance. But the •sterious lIeteners to miunde, the 'lis,teners who )vise. to listen to it intelligently, lesar ;,;; to the fulfil to take from it•'oh.osie be .+t de- lights o2 it, its +hia:hest .heanty, its list refinements, its noblest eloquence -- such as :these -wild always prefer ta. listen to music with ,the coneeai;tra,Eion possible oa>'ly with -ins sir-roanding un; ta)0ab1e,d, by diis,tra,Ction from without. And radio, the ph,onograiph and the player -plana• provide •(heal with pre- cisiely the condittone they desire. 10 , of right hut no ways to speak t ru gen y on a n p a One day the merchant purchased a uncpnsctous, s private m o p my notmow what a r or said he Sir Jack is the cruel �by an influence which I lot of ratite diamonds, That were such The physicians afterwards informed • -George TJi7iston. in y our place. conat of Ciirnwal•I. t1 t' Redruntlueu 1 thebravest of mykni ,his Having dared powerless to wvie.d or withhold ; but T perfect imitations of the real gems ham that had Jack not spoken it Steps, the Queen Elizabeth Rock Asea majestically out of the sands, Every niotoris•t. through the Lake District sees the Lion and the I,amb,. on the summit of - a mountain near Grasmere. The lion. especially looks Nature's Sculpture. There has beam a good deal of di -I: - mission reoently•of sculptors and thele efforts, -but Dame Nature can do al- most as well as b,uman artists, The Cornish coat ie 'singularly pro lido in faces in th,e rock; carved by wind and wave and .weather. 'Beery,. vlsitar to Land's End is taken to a cer- tain point of 'vantage. where -coil be. seen the rugged features' of Dr. John- son, ohn son, but :in this caee a little imaging tion is required. alit ov- - 'gnorant.that he does , Par better le the .rainarkable like - 1 ,is sen -in-law lay bare my most seca.et thought, g h to .hi . ri ate chambers.' should be I• i . , On'wfch I iter no sail_ to you. i h t h,e would do if ho were n�e�s�sof Queen Victoria on the north „r fl ce w is am B REG'L.AR FELLERS -----By Gene Byrnes. '-1100&141'A 5 E1J Vete/tar W.?' t.1L BRO leM SUT� Ol titA' NE COBBLED UP A \NAOL SAR OF RAZZESIRRY JAprI 014wl-vcr-rA LOO i !I' FekS AC (Copy:401, i0i, by 'rho Heil Synlionte, Coo ) T'LL t36TCHA `eA MA eA\IE'IN1 - PLENTY OF TC' t". l3uttonhead Gets in a .Jam, BECAUSE re`r FIRST G41S 1140UGNT\ 14E IMG WQUHDEtp; THEN WAS SO GLAD 145 VJP.SNT -CNAT �GHE D releY TCOCI- '1Mt ea. nate:-. er as. well carved as one. of the Lrandseer lions in Trafalgar Squats. Strangely onou:gli, appromchtng from the other side, two orthree utiles be- yond, another roce the.sante moun- tain takes- ps'acleely the samo' form.. and on coming closer` thkt ; rock ohange•s to what is called The Leidy the Organ. This, la a great rock in 1,.. the shape of, an organ, at which sits a woman with outstretched betide, a8 though prodiicing "the sound of a great Amen."' Just One of Then. "I haft my money at home," .eveld the 1+>Rdy to the ooa thiotsoa•. "You will have to trust m,e. I amt one of the director's ,.. Rides." "I am entry,, madam," relr}iod utas conductor,• "1 can't do that *i`efl tf 7a11 are tb:•e, attektoaett o44, RttI:"