The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1902, Page 4

GOVERNOR AM Robert Howard R es played with is- Stewart’s jest m € tavern, an’ be on a before, is lookin’ an’ some seedy. Stewart, openin’ his ung raven, an’ then to continyoo his re- s r marks. “Doc, I wish you'd peer into this funnel of mine.” Then he opens his mouth 8g’in in the same egreegious way, while the s 1s essed scouts about tharin with his eye nty owley. At last the shows symptoms of bein’ ready to report we 4 ngy note nothin’ onusual, Gov'nor, z tor, mouth,” says the doc- it’s & heap voloominous.” you discern no signs or signal foreign bodles?” says tish, same as if he can't d sech blindness. e whatever!” observes the Doc. STEWARRT’S A tran, bottom land gone down sort o’ reckons some of wed trouble with Stewart from t wdp'int of the bet- > overdrinks. vinein’ to sooperior folks an V' to churches an’ makin eligion, it don’t act to t from the warm affections he rooder masses—the catfish an aristocracy that dwells along the ey're out for him to the t Gov'nor does what difference does if he's goin’ to try aw in eo’t, or assoome a pulpit es thar'd be some- eacher, t cut no fig- er or no; all an’ make absorh him for incapac’tate e State House »'s pesterin’ vatin’ front up the f one Luse the pen’tentiary Stewart, he's profoundly an bout how he's an’ oppre uprig vou'd feel nest an hat to this ontil he's through, an’ then goes romancin’ along the next. Thar's five wronged gents in that str outfit, five who's as free from moral taint or stain of crime as Dave's infant son—my namesake conj'int with Doc Pe s Tutt. But the sixth is ¢ it. He admits he's a mis creant an’ has stole a hawg. * “However did u steal it, you cundrel?”” demands Stewart. ‘“I'm says the crim'nal, an’ & band of pigs comes munchin’ an’ camp, an’ 1 takes my bie hawg? gamble it the - ¢ ain’t ML to my notion an’ jedgepof hawgs as ever cragklin’.” Us into a foamin’ two gyards who's no shore selects the I'm as eats corn aecordin pone “‘At this Stewart f rage an” turns on the) socpervisin’ the captives: “Whatever do you-all mea roars. ‘‘bringin’ this ommon an’ fessed hawg-thief out ere with these five honest men? Don't you know he'll corrupt ‘em? Bring him 1p t instanter. office pairs to hi pardons the e House 2 utmost prompti- the puil I're your freight,” in Jeff City tw nty- Tt idee of compellin’ after they suffers ich, to continyoo in 1 a low hawg-thief! se merits necessary to pris Now you orals of our that haw is seen no more; but Missourl ober folks gets wrought up an’ ailows its makin’ a mock of a sacred power. Ap’ for Stewart to de aign clement eat him 8o they're 1 concloods of Ste final ake a éx him before oode They decides they’ll construct example at a mon- strous meetin’ that's schedyooled for Han- nibal where Stewart an’ his opponent— who stards for the better element mighty . he's worth about a mil- a home-camp in St is programmed one of these for §'int bates, frequent i the pol'ties of that era. The concpiracy is the more nec- essary as Ste ifter than date, that he goes b: y two days p him like a antelope. or at the town of Ful- , Stewart comes after the better ele :qn Basy Lesson For the BY MRS. E. P. SCHELL. CALL for a trump lead through P r turned up is made by B regular lead upon the part of the first player. For example— turned by West; North, hold- en and other trumps, opens with the nine. His partner, d jack, realizes at once a fourth best card y as a “call through ere are quite a number make the irregular lead strong suit, so that after r t the partner returns that dy been partly es- years this strata- n considered a fine play in f whist, and there is cer- ination in catching the which proves vers and accounts for convention. Recent es have led many that this play than gains. principles in whist d is strong enough to call strong enough to you should do so. apt to occasion pon the other side where the Ameri- ed. it is true that r lead will be und at tk t ch has alre many doubt applies i this case. The strongest objection how- ever, to the use of the “call through the honor” is the strong inducement held out for its exercise under 'improper circum- stances, The result is too often the gain of one trick at the expense of the two hands which might have been played with greater profit. Investigation of record deals proves that very frequently, where this ruse has worked in a most satisfactory manner, tricks have in reality been lost rather than gained by its use. In that connec- tion it may be said that analyses dis- close the fact t} apparent suc- cessfully conducted deals wouid have netted greater gains to the winners by the other and more sound method of play by leading directly up to the honor if the hand should warrant it. Another thing to be considered Is the information conveyed to the adversaries by the irregular lead of the strength and probable composition of the leader's trump suit, which &hould not be risked unless the latter is strong all around, in which event he should have led trumps originally. Too often this is not considered and the adversaries naturally take advantage of the situation by either forcing the €trong trump hand or getting in-a cross ruff before trumps are led through and thereby thwarting the object played for. TROPHY DEAL. A B In the following deal, which was played in the Walbrook-Albany contest for the challenge trophy in 1898, there is a dif- e of three tricks in favor of the lat- two being due to an error in and the third a donation pure nple. The Albany pla 1t long-sense game, the V rump-showing system embody 1 arbitrary conventions, Whist Blayer. THE “HOWEVER DID YOU STEAL IT, SCCUNDREL?” DEMANDS STEWA RT. ment's can aratorical, The bett date an’ gets enough of his to make a par of leg- element, alarmed for their gent, resolves on measures in Hanni- bal that's calc'lated to redooce Stewart to a shore thing. They don't aim to allow him to wallop their t at the Hannibal . With nnibal's meetin’ like he does in o!d Calla that, they confides to a trio of E sturdiest sots—all of 'em acquaintafces an’ old-time - pards of Stewart's—the sacted task of gettin' that statesman too drunk to navigate. ** “This yere Hannibal barbecue, whereat Stewart’s goin’ to hold a open-air discus- ston with his aristocratic opponent, is set down for one in the afternoon. The three who's to throw Btewart with copious liba- tions of strong drink hunts that earnest persen out as early as sun-up at the tav- ern. They invites him into the barroom an’ bids the' bar-keep set forth his most sooperior flask. ““ "Gents, it works like a charm! All the mornin’, Stewart swings an’ rattles with the plotters an’ goes drink for drink with ‘em, hoiding nothin' back. But still the plot falls down. When it's'come the hour West. Dast. D.—$, 10, 9. Trump—Diamond, ace; leader, North. TABLE NO. 1 Albany N. and S. Walbrook E. and W. Tks. N. E. *As 55 1. 3s Ks *6ud 68 bh *Ah Th 3 2h 9h *Qd 2d 10c *Qc 6h Qh *Ad 4d 4c Ac Sh Jd 0h 4h 3c 9c Jh Ke Star denotes winning card. Albany, elght; Walbrook, five. Tricke 1 and 2-It is difficult to under- stand South's play at these tricks. Before piaying to the first he knew that the eight would hold the trick. As he could do nothing but return the suit, he might as well have left the trick to his partner, who could have used his judgment as to the continuation. Why does South play ace and then king? He cannot be making a trump signal, and the Albany team claim to use none hut the “recognized’ conventions. But why does he return the spade in face of the fact that one of the adversaries must be void or calling, in ther of which cases he is probably as- sisting the opposition. If South had taken the first trick with the queen and returned the singleton heart, the play would have been quite intelligible. Trick 5—North has really no alternative but to make the ‘“‘forlorn hope” trump attack. Both adversaries are vold of spades and partner has declared weakness in clubs. Trick 7—ISast lead of hearts is the worst he could have made. The weak trump ad- versary has already renounced this suit, and North is also likely to be out. If East goes on with his established suit and forces the trump leader there may be a chance for his partner's hearts. At any rate it is the best defensive play against the spades, and furthermore the rag has been clearly dropped for the race home. After this lead there is nothing left for East and West but trump ace. The estab- lished clubs and hearts are entirely shut out, Walbrook, N. and S.; Albany E. and W. N. E. S. w. 35 s 53 s Qs *6d 6h 5h *Ah Th 2c ih 24 10d *Qd “Qe 6e 10c *Ac Tc 3¢ Ke 5e Ac *4d Ks 2h gc As *Ad h *5d 10h 9h 48 8h *Ja 9d Jh Star denotes winning card. North and south 5: east.and west 8. Tricks 1 and 2—The North player starts from the top of the suit. It is a wonder North does not continue with the trump. He has an established suit, four trumps and 8 re-entry, which is a combination generally supposed to justify a trump at- tack. Trick 5—It would seem that the adverse devélopment would deter North from trumps at this stage if he did not con- sider himself strong enough at trick two to lead them. Trick 7—Up to this point the play was similar in all material features at the ta- bies. East at trick seven avoids the error made by Hast at table No. 1 and saves two tricks to his side by the lead of the club, in addition to which South’s failure to bring down the trumps together at trick twelve netted a trick to East and West. —_———— A woman's anger, like a glass of soda water, soon fizzes out. i ERY few beginners have any real knowledge of what constitutes a good negative, or what such a one really looks like, and this knowledge is often obtained only by a long serfes of gropings in the dark, at the ex- pense of very much time and material without really knowing what is being sought. If ‘it is remembered, however, that the high lights in a picture are pro- duced by the opaque portions of the nega- tive, through which the sun, not being al- lowed to pass, produces no chemical ac- tion on the paper, but leaves it white as it originally was, and that the intense blackness of a picture, corresponding with the heavy shadow, is only found where the glass or film of the negative is practically clear after exposure and de- velopment, the beginner will hold the key to the situation. It will be seen at once that the major part of the negative must consist of a compromise between clear glass and opaque film, and when one con- siders that only a very small number of very small spots in a view from nature show either clear white or intense black, the reason will be apparent why, in the negative, only a very limited part of it must be elther white or black. A good negative, therefore, is one which con- sists largely of so-called halftone, where the gradation is visible in all degrees of opacity between clear glass and opaque film, but wherein the far largest propor- tion is neither one nor the other. More may be learned on this point by studying a few good negatives made by some friend or acquaintance than can be told in a whole book on the subject. A mistake which many beginners fall into is in the idea that because a certain box of plates fail to make them satis- factory negatives, or a certain kind of de- veloper does not seem to produce the ef- fect which is expected, the fault lles with the plate or developer, and not with their own inexperience and lack of acquaint- ance with the particular manipulations Phetographic— Eeointers adapted to obtaining the best results from elther. The natural outcome of this idea Is that the beginner immediately tries another brand of plate or another developer, repeating the operation before he has become familiar with the use of the new kind, and changing from one to another until the whole list of manwac- tures has been experimented with, and in the end he knows nothing more than in the beginning. Lhe best advice that can be gliven un- der these circumstances is to stick firmly to one brand of plate or one kind of de- veloper, each of which should, however, be chosen with some knowledge of the re- sults they are expected to produce, and to become thoroughly familiar with -these tools, as they may be called, before swap- PIng off for something else. Almost all Plates, paper and chemicals possess cer- tain qualities and characteristics which make them different from all others, and unless a certain brand is used until the student has become familiar with the general principles governing it he will wander through the preliminary stages with very little satisfaction to himself, whatever few successes he makes being more the result of accident than of good judgment. The question of exposure is one which probably gives the amateur more diffi- culty than any other one topic in the whole line of his work. Upon correct ex- posure depends everything In a good picture, and the length of time required is governed by so many factors that it is almost impossible without long experi- ence to form any sort of opinion as to how long to leave the shutter open or the cap off the lens. There are, however, on the market several makes of exposure metres, which are very popular abroad and which are becoming more in use day by day in this country. By the use of these metres it is necessary to know the speed of the plate or film which is being used, and the Fahrenheit value of the for Stewart to resort to assoome his share in of the Hannibal triumvirate is spread he exercises, > cold an’ he'pless in a r'ar room, w Stewart is he’pin’ the third—a gent whom he’s partic’lar fond—upstairs Stewart’s room, where he lays him s an' serene on the blankets, while himse'f, takes another drink an’ j his brave adherents at the picnic gro Stewart is never more elevated an’ loc an’ he peels the pelt from the be ment’s candidate, beginnin’ at hi: ; an’ goin’ plumb to his hind fstloc does it with graceful ease. He a 0 leaves that pol'tician on both sides of trail! « ‘Stewart, however, is regyarded : utmost peril of defeat. He's mighty in the big towns like St. Looey Joe, where the better element is ¢ ed, an’ churches an’ sanctchoo as thicR as blackberries. Even out the rooral regions, wherever a in’ house pokes up its spire, it's ond stood that Stewart’s a heap of pe “ ‘It ain’t that Stewart is sech a apo of nosepaint neither; that argyme go as far as folks who f ons it will. When you- down to a turn on the so many gents who sort o sly that licker is a heap likely winner on the deal. An' on that licker at least, thus falls the the case of Stewart. “ ‘No, it ain’t whisky that's goin’ to kill off Stewart at the ballot i fact that the better elem loc itrer estin’ to a troo believer. ber, an’ belongs to a St tion, where he passes present in person, an’ at high up in the papers. better element’s party a church folks, while pore a sinner ‘hopelessly A 1 times stands shrine an” wor: no altar stand no show. This grows so manifest that even Stewart’s most locoed support- ers concedes that he’ ne; an’ money e spec- ment's Joone is offered at three yoolative people that th entry will run ov rt like a rise over a tow- Stewart hears these misgivin's an’ bids his folks be of good ch b O that election d; my be in sech deep church in Missouri get clost enough to a ripe peach. See ye pouches a roll which ce teen hundred dollars. “T 1ted mu. at’s mi tle; but it’ll do the trick.” - “« “Stewart’s folks is d; the can't make out how & to round up the congregations reat State of Missouri with so n' capita But they has faith in their chief; b word goes for all they've go he lets on he’ll have the churc ag’inst the foe, his warriors takes heart of grace an’ jumps into the collar lions an’ pulls with vigor r ““It's the third Sunday when Stewart, by speshul ents $3 friends pr 0 to a church in 8§ Looey, another in St. Joe in Hannibal; said g with the compiiments of hi that gent's best w for t ““Thar's not a doubt raised: church believes itse'f favored dred dollars’ worth from the of the millionaire candidate, ar pastors sits pl down that amazed s his moonificence none; but he decides this accidental guileful an' w while no thanks tickled to hear he's well bethought the good Chris »f St. Laoc an’ Hanpibal as ressed sives. The better eleme x congratulates himse’f on his good stands pat an’ accepts his onexpectea wreaths. That's jest what Stewart—as cunnin’ as a fox, he is—wants. ““In two days these five hundred dollar gifts is blazoned in the papers. The yarn goes over the State like a cat over a back roof. In four days every church In th State hears of these largesses. An’ bein’ plumb alert financial, as churches ever is, each outfit writes on to the better ele- ment’s candidate an’ demands five hun- dred dollars of that misguided publicist. He gets sixty thousand letters in one week an’ each calls for flve hundred. ‘““ ‘Gents, thar’s no more to be said; th better element’s candidate is up ag’ins it. He can’t yield to the fiscal demand: an’ it’s too late to deny the gifts. Where- upon the churches, of course, resents the favoritism he's displayed about the three in St. Looey, St. Joe an’ Hannibal. They regyards him as a hoss thief an’ a hypo- crite for not rememberin’ them while hiy weaselskin is in his hand; an’ on election day the churches of Missour! In a re- sentful body descends on him like a pan of milk from a top shelf! An’ you hear me, pards! they shorely blots that on- happy candidate off the face of the earth, Stewart returns to Jeff City an' prevails as Gov'nor for a second trip.’ ** For RAmateurs, diaphragm. With these two factors, the time of exposure is simply a matter of reading and counting seconds, and the metres are not only very ingeniously worked out, but are a real source of help and benefit to the worker, no matter how far advanced he may be. Those who are not familiar with their merits are strong. ly advised to Investigate them. To the beginner in photography, who has as yet never connected himself with a camera club or similar organization, s suggested making plans to do so as soon as the fall work of the clubs begins to take form. Meantime let him devote him.. self assiduously to work along any .ine of photography that pleases him best, collecting as many good negatives as pos. sible during the summer, with the view of joining a club in his neighborhood, or, il none exists at the present time, with the idea of helping to establish one in the early fall. The advantage to be gained by membership in the photographic club is twofold—each member helps himself very materially by the advice and expe- rience of his fellow members, and in re- turn imparts to them valuable informa- tion from his own successes and failures Print’ competitions, lantern slide exhibi- tions and all sorts of comparative and compétitive work are features of the ltve camera club, and it is not by any means often that the best negatives or prints are those from which the most help is obtained. Indeed, ome of the best sug- gestlons seen lately is contained in the announcement of an exhibition by one of the neighboring camera clubs in which only failures are entered. If these bad negatives, spoiled prints and imperfect lantern slides are put to the proper uses many very valuable lessons will result from them. In collecting material for the winter's competitions and exhibitions Bowever, keep constantly in mind the fac that quality and ng Quantity is the ob- Ject almed at, and never expose a plate except with good and sufficient reason. »