Life, 1922-11-16 · page 13 of 36
Life — November 16, 1922 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page presents three bridge card game problems (numbered 93R, 94B, 95K) for readers to solve, followed by a humorous cartoon. The cartoon depicts two men in rural/farm attire discussing running a railroad through a barn. One man protests that he has "a hen settin'" (a brooding hen) and cannot allow it today. The joke satirizes the clash between modern industrial progress (railroad expansion) and traditional agricultural life. The farmer's concern for his hen's breeding schedule takes absurd priority over the railroad's construction needs—mocking rural resistance to industrialization, or perhaps the farmer's stubborn, narrow perspective when faced with major societal change. The casual, colloquial dialogue emphasizes the cultural gap between progress and agrarian tradition.
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Bridge Problem No. 93R v Jr109 & 62 753 @AK1052 WAK3 Y aKij4 @J108 @J976 9 76542 & Q1098 @ A62 4Q A and B are husband and wife. YandZ are the same. It is a “‘friendly” game for five cents a point. After bidding four hearts, B discovers that her ace of hearts is the ace of dia- monds. She admits as much across the board to A. A turns purple and appeals to Y. B turns pink and appeals to Z. How is a general panic averted? Solution next week. * LIFE: Low Bridge Bridge Problem No. 94B 9 A87 @KQi0 @Ato2 &KQ64 af B z A bids one heart. Y bids a no trump. B raises the heart. Z crashes in with a long tirade about the rents they were asking for houses at the shore this season, the best recipe for grape jam, how to pronounce “Batouala” and where Balieff’s Chauve-Souris gets off. What is a tactful way of reminding Z that, after all, bridge is bridge? Solution next week. 9 10642 &A86 oK543 oe @J3975 Q Bridge Problem No. 95K WK &763 @A6 a— - v- a@KQs5 ree a- @Ks 429742 43 a9 98542 ee A shoots a finesse through Y and loses. Having previously peered carefully in Z’s hand and been con- vinced the king was not there, she is not only puzzled but annoyed. Then what? Can she force her partner to pay up her share of the loss, or should she sue her oculist for mal- practice and a pair of new spectacles? Solution next week. “Waal, young man, what do you want?” “We're running a railroad through here.” “Goin’ to run it through my barn?” “Yep.” “Waal, you can’t run it through to-day: I’ve got a hen settin’, comicbooks.com