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"BRITISH WHIG NEWS AND VIEWS FOR WOMEN READERS 193. Do not get into the habit' of | | | Rideau Hall Coffee 48 Cuticura Soap and Ointment Work «Wonders TO CLEAN BUCK or CANVAS SHOES ALWAYS USE "PURE WHITE" { Honor or Wind, and claiming it for a holding on to a long string of mixnd Honors and Winds: you cén Bee at once that you would have to nfake over your entire hand to make these honors and winds of scoring value. The ratio of chances is against you. Another point, the earlier in the game you discard an Honor or a Wind, the less chance. there is fo: any other player having two of such "Pung." 194. You can'gamble on an odd honor, or one of your own Winds for a few turns round tke table, but it you have only one, do. not hesitate to discard it for a tlle which you neaa to make your hand nearer "game." ° 195. You will find that as a gen- eral rule it is not advisable to call "Chow" on the first few discards, at the opening of the game, unless of course, you are playing for a quica ¥ WF a N GG - » Ry . CG. M. LE HAIN Copyright by the RENOUF PUBLISHING co, of Montreal. | what the hand contains. (I really be- lieve the reason for this is to con- fuse an onlooker in case he wanted to signal to another player what the hand contained.) 203. He will draw a tile and put it in his hand, move it 'around, and change the positions of several oth- ers, ending by discarding actile which you perhaps figured was part of a completed play, concealed in the hand. 204. For instance: He might place three tiles together, slightly separ- ated from the rest of his hand. This may be a completed "3 of a kind" or "sequence" but in any case the in- tention is to make it appear so. But it may not be. If all at once he draws a tile and adds it to the three, and then discards one of the three; any idea of it having been a "'completad three" is badly upset. Mah Jangg--Galley Two-- "Mah Jongg." As you know, a "Chow" has no scoring value in points. It is quite possible that af- ter the players have drawn and dis- carded a few times and you have had a chance to draw; the whole as- pect of your hand may be changed, and you may then regret that you have perhaps spoiled the possibili- ties in your hand. 196. For instance: Suppose you fill a "Chow" in characters at the 205. Another very effective bit of Chinese play is to expose a certain number of the tiles in the Hand. It would seem reasonable to suppose that if one can see about half tha tiles in a players hand, some sort of idea might be formed as to what is going to happen. I know one Chin- ese who will sometimes expose ah his tiles except two. The two he holds in his hand are, as it were, the "key stones' of the hand, and if he goes beginning of the game. After a few turns around the table you may have drawn several "bamboos," and some of the other players may have dis- carded "bamboos," which you could "Pung" or "Chow," and your hand begins to shape up for a farn for all "bamboos." You will then regret that first "Chow" in characters = which you cannot get rid of. Of course, fa you draw the tile which fills a se- quence in your hand, you might keep it, for a while, because if you find that you have to alter your tactics and break up your hand, this se- quence may be useful. As you get more familiar with the game, yon 'will be surprised how quickly hands may be completed by a few fortun- ate plays. . 197. You will have to figure out the merits of each hand as it stands, and reason according to your own ideas the best line to follow. 198. You must try to figure out a safe game for yourself according to your hand, because one of the other players may have a streak of luck and be rapidly completing a big hand If he has "declared," or has a big score of Honors and Winds on the table, sacrifice your hand to go "game" on any score, however small. 199. If you figure out that yoar chances are too slim to go "game," then you have the option of getting as high a score as you can filing "Pungs" (therefore, in discardiug break up pairs last of all), ar else you can try to make the game a "draw," by discarding tiles which you think will not be of any value to the other players. 200. You already know that you must watch carefully the discards and plays of the other players, but do not overlook the fact that they "Mah Jongg" the completed hand is generally a surprise, not at all what one might figure out from the ex- posed tiles. Question. May a player pung or chow own wind to make one pair? Answer. A player may claim from the dis- card a tile of his own wind to make hand, and he call "Mah Jongg." The word *'chow" is the call made when a sequence is completed by claiming a discarded tile. A player ha sno claim on a tile ot his own wind if he has only one in his hand, unless to call "Mah Jongg." -- Question. In Section 151 c¢ you say that a closed "Kong" can be robbed :o complete the "'Thirteen Unique Wonders" hand. Does this mean that you may rob the kong to get your thirteenth different tiles, and then may proceed to pair up to any of the thirteen, in order to finally com- plete your hand of one of each wind, honor and terminal plus one tile 1 pair in with any of the above. Unless this is meant I do nét see how you can collect a complete hand, for if WOMEN! DYE ANY GARMENT OR DRAPERY are watching you also. 201. It is not possible in this book to relate the endless little bits of "bluff" the Chinese get into their playing. It is impossible to figure working.for. 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Kindly clear me up on this point, Answer, You cannot "rob a Kong" at ali unless the tlle claimed enables you to call "Mah Jongg." In the case of the "Thirteen Wonders" you would have to have your hand complete ail but one tile. Say for example: You have a pair of one circles, and ' a tile of each of the winds, of each ot the honors, and of each of the ter- mihals, except a one bamboo. Now, if another player declares, a closed Kong of one bamboo, 'you 'tafi 'rob that Kong" to complete your hand. But you can do nothing if your hand is not complete except for that ono tile--you capnot claim the tile jus: to complete the "Thirteen" different tiles and then wait for your chan-e to complete your hand by matching up any one of them for the necess- ary pair to call "Mah Jongg." Question, . Also, supposing you are playing a friendly game, without a limit, what -would the "Thirteen Unique Won- ders" hand, duly completed, score? According to the ordinary rules for | scoring, the tiles in this hand ars not in groups, and represent no scor- ing vaue. Answer There must always its arrangement as to the value of these exceptional hands even though you do not play with a limit for the general run of the game. As a mat. ter of fact be some defin- | player with a hand all oné suit has the value of his "Pungs or Kongs* only--there is no doubling because the player did not go 'game. The mere fact of holding thirteen tiles of one suit gives no farn at all to a los- ing hand. . Question. If playing without a limit what would these different specials hands rn a -- score? For instance: The tiles in the 13 Unique Wonders are not granted and have no face value. Presumably the other special hands mentioned take the face value of the different groups, plus the farns for honors, winds, etc. Answer, There must always<be some bonus decided for these extremely rare hands, whether you. pay the rest of the general run of the game without any limit. The face value of the "Thirteen Wonders" is really noth- ing, unless the pair happens to be a pair of honours, or a pair of winds either of the round or the player's own wind. (To.Be Continued Next Saturday) ------ An hour may destroy what an age was in building. 4 nod, with a dry cloth. Le And sec how many | Meade in Canada There's nothing like Bon Ami for cleaning mirrors. You put it on with a wet cloth-- wait a moment till it dries--then wipe it off Not a trace of a streak or a blur--not - even the tiniest scratch. dust and the dirt, and leaves the delicate mirror surface clear and glistening. ; Bon Ami never soils or roughens the hands, » Cleans Mirrors . Easily, Quickly! 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