CHESS PLAYING AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMENI do not say that I am the champion

woman chess player of the world. But.as I have never been really beaten In afair and square game, Ithink that I canlay some claim to being an authority onchess.

1 have played several times at an enor-mous disadvantage, and have come outpretty well, so when I say that chessplaying as a profession for women is apossibility, I can be believed.

They say that a chess player must be-fja to learn to play chess a long time be-fore he is born. That means that youmust have a fair endowment of intelli-gence and a certain amount of good,common sense. With these two qualitiessupplied, there is no reason why youcannot play this most intellectual gamein the world.

1 did not learn to play chess until afterI was married. My husband was a pro-fessional chess player, and because Itook an interest in the game he taughtme how to play. We have what north-erners would consider a very nice stockfarm near Georgetown, Ky., and whentired with the outdoor life, or when theweather was bad. found it very pleasantto play chess in the house.

A great many women who begin tolearn to play chess find It hard on theirnerves. They say it tires them, and Ihave known women to become hyster-ical over the game and give it up in de-spair before they had learned the secretof the moves.I did not have that experience Iliked

to note the progress of the "pawns" andto learn the different directions in Whichthe "knights" and "bishops" startedforth on their career of triumph. The"kings" and "queens" and their troublesfascinated me and I could see the possi-bilities of the "castle" long before Iknewhow to clear a way for it.

My first big game was with my hus-band. He agreed that at a certain timeI should play a match game with him;he was to be blindfolded and Iwas to useboth eyes. Of course I had to call themoves but we played the game andwhen I tell you that Iwon you can im-

agine that Iwas very well pleased withmy progress at chess.

Today although he has been a cham-pion for a long time I can still beat him.

but he has to make certain concessions.Ifbe takes offone of his pawns and givesme two moves at the start I can general-lycatch his kingat the close of the game.

There is no woman living who canbeat Mr. Showalter In an even game,and as for the men?well, the annualchampionship games in which he plays

decide that and the world knows therest.

Last summer I had the greatest dis-appointment of my life. Twenty worn-

en representatives of the different chessclubs all over the world met at the Ho-tel Cecil in London for a chess tourna-ment. I could not go because I couldnot- leave my baby. Mrs. Worrell.America's representative, came outfourth.

Previous to that I met Mrs. Worrellfor a series of match games. Theystopped 3 to 2 ln my favor, and onedraw game. In the middle of the nextgame we were interrupted on accountof sickness at home. I have not playedsince. I am a very slow player. I liketo play only fifteen or twenty moves anhour, which means a thought of threeor four minutes on each move.

Using this rate of speed Iplayed a match game with Mr.Itell Buz, late a director in theManhattan Chess club of New York, nndnow of the German army. I won thematch, five games up, five to three atthe finish.

I also played a match game with E.Lasker, champion of the world, fouryears ago In which Ibeat him fivegames. He took off a knight, giving me,of course, some odds and himself ahandicap.

I won a single game on even termswith Mr. N. Jasnogradsky. who Is afamous chess player. I also won agame from Louis Schmidt, the violinistand chess player.

If I wore to advise a woman to takeup a game I should recommend chess,because it develops the mind and inter-ests her at the same time. The onlyrequisites are, as I said before, a goodmind and common sense, and to thismust be added good physical health.With a baby the matter ofhours isn't al-ways to be regulated, so temporarily Ihave given up chess playing.

Am I open for match games? Tesand no. I want to play again, and lamready to receive any challenge. I donot play for money, and perhaps on thataccount I cannot be called a profession-al, but I am a woman chess player andI would like to play any woman In theworld. NELLIE M. SHOWALTER.

PILLSBURY PONDERING A NEW COMBINATION

SOME LAWS TO PASTE IN YOUR KLONDIKE HATUnder the laws of the United States

miners have much greater freedom thanunder the Canadian laws.

To a great extent the men In each min-ing district may determine for them-selves the laws by which they shallabide. Thus, a solitary miner may dis-cover a region rich in ore and may stakeout, say, twenty acres, which may bedone up to a limit of 100 acres on pay-ment of $10 or $20 an acre, according tocertain conditions.

But ifother miners come in bpfore theclaim is duly recorded they may organ-ize what is known as a miners' districtand declare that no single individualshall be allowed to stake out more than1500 feet by 1500 feet. The originalclaimant has to submit or go into end-less lawsuits, which he is almost neverprepared to do.

The I'nited States government saysthat no single individual can enter orlocate upon more than 100 acres, nor canan association enter upon more than 320acres. The government, before patentissues, requires payment formining landat the rate of $10 per acre where theclaim is situated more than fifteen milesfrom a railroad and $2u per acre wheresuch claim Is located less than fifteenmiles from a railroad. The owner of aquartz mill or reduction works not own-ing a mine in connection therewith mayalso receive a patent for his mill at $5per acre.CONCERNING THK RIOHT TO MINE

The location must be along a vein orlode; it mu3t be distinctly marked onthe ground so that its boundaries canbe traced correctly. The record mustcontain reference to some natural ob-ject or permanent monument to identifythe claim and all lines must be parallel.Remaining details are governed by reg-ulations established by the miners ofeach district, not inconsistent with na-tional or state laws.

The right to mine can be given inpublic lands only, and said lands mustcontain valuable mineral deposits. Twominers tried to file twenty-acre clfiimsonce in such a way us to obtain controlof the entire length of both banks of acreek thirty miles long. Other minerscame in and organized a mining district.Then they declared that no miningclaim should extend along the creekmore than 1500 feet. The original claim-ants went to court nnd petitioned thatinasmuch as they had taken up theclaim primarilyfor the purpose of cattlepasture, they should be allowed to holdit. The court ruled that a claim forcattle pasture running in a strip onlyone foot wide could not be entertainedand dismissed the petition.WHAT AN APPLICANT MUST DOAn applicant for a claim must file in

the proper land ollice an application fora patent under oath, showing a com-

pliance with the law. He must file alsoa plot and field notes of the claim, orclaims, in common, made by or underthe direction of the surveyor general,showing accurately the boundaries,which shall be marked distinctly byboundaries on the ground, and shallpost a copy of such plat, together witha notice of such application for a pat-ent in a conspicuous place on the landor claim in question.

This posting must be done before the

filingof th-> application for a patent. Hemust also file, when he applies for hispatent, the affidavit of at least two per-sons that such notice has been dulyposted, together with an exact copy ofsuch notice.

The register of the land office thencauses to be published in a newspaperby him designated as the nearest to theclaim, for sixty days, a notice that suchapplication has been made. He mustfor the same period also post such no-tice in his office.

At the time of riling his application, orwithin sixty clays, claimant must filewith the register a certificate of the

surveyor general that $500 worth of la-bor has been expended upon improve-ments made upon the claim by himselfor grantors, and that the plat is cor-rect, and shall give such other descrip-tion as is necessary for identification tobe incorporated in the patent.LANDS OPEN TO ALL CITIZENSAt the end of sixty days tho claimant

must tile his affidavit showing that theplat and notice have been posted in aconspicuous place on the claim duringthe period of publication. If no ad-verse clulm is filed within sixty daysthe law assumes the applicant to be en-titled to his patent upon payment to theproper officer of $.". per acre for the landembraced within the claim.

All affidavits under the mining laws ofthe United States may be made beforeany officer authorized to administeroaths within the land district where theclaim may be situated, and all proofsmay be taken before such officer.

Mineral lands are open to explorationand purchase by all cltisens of theUnited States, without regard to sex,and those who have declared their in-tention to embrace citizenship. Allper-sons born or naturalized in the UnitedStates and subject to the Jurisdictionthereof, and none others, are citizens.

The right to mine can be given onlyin public lands, and such lands mustcontain valuable mineral deposits. Noclaim located shall exceed 1500 feetalong the vein, nor shall It exceed 300feet on each side of the middle .if thevein at the surface. It is not necessarythat the locator should be present on

the gmund. One may locate as agentfor another.DOMINION GOVERNMENT LAWS

The laws regulating placer miningwere amended last week by the Domin-ion government, and will doubtless beless unsatisfactory than the regulationspromulgated last fall.

Among the new rules are the following:Every miner and every' one employedby a miner must take out a miner's cer-tificate, for which the fee is $10. Eachmining company must have a certifi-cate, for which $50 to $100 is charged, ac-cording to the amount of the capitalstock. A miner's license gives the rightto hunt, fish and cut the timber neces-sary for mining purposes.

Ordinary claims will be 250 feet wide,and discoverers' claims 500 feet wide.The Canadian government reservesevery alternate ten claims, and may s«llthem at public auction. Grants for min-ing under water may be given in five-.

mile sections for a fee of $100 and 10 percent of the gross output. Recording orrenewing mining claims will cost $15.

Five or more miners who may be 100miles from a government recorder mayelect an acting recorder, who shall trans-fer to the nearest officialrecorder withinthree months all records and all feescollected. Mining claims thaT produceless than $2500 annually are exemptedfrom the 10 per cent royalty. Recordsshall not be Issued for more than oneclaim to any single individual in thesame locality.

Among the regulations left unchangedthe following are important: A claimmust be marked by two legal posts, eachfour Inches square and at least four feetabove the ground. They must be num-bered 1 and .2. A legal poet marked"discovery post" must also be placed onthe lode when it was discovered. On No.1 post must be written: 1, Initial post;2. the name of the claim; 3, the name ofthe locator; 4, the date of location; 3,approximate bearing of No. 2 post; 6,length and breadth of claim; 7, the num-ber of feet to the right and the numberof feet to the left of the location line.On post No. 2 post must be written: 1,the name of the claim; 2, the name ofthe locator; 3, the date of location. Theline from No. 1 to No. 2 must be mnrTteddistinctly by blazing trees or plantingposts.

SHOWALLER AT PRACTICE PILLSBTJRY READY TO CHECKMATE

Reforming College SportsThe attention which the athletic com-

mittee ot Harvard's board of overseersis now paying to the matter of reform-ing college athletes so as to bring themback to a simpler and less objectionableform should result in correcting some ofthese abuses. College sports have theirlegitimate value and it should be the aimof the college authorities to rescue themIf possible from the plane of the pro-fessional athletic exhibition, wherequibbling and money making are themost prominent features, and place themwhere they will serve a useful purposeIn the all-around development of collegeyoung men and women. ?Detroit FreePress.

Such Is FameA Prussian officer in the German army

has been ln the habit of questioning rawrecruits on simple matters of nationalhistory. Here are a few replies to hisquestion: "Who is Bismarck?" "Bis-marck was emperor of the French.""Bismarck is dead." "Bismarck is apensioner and lives in Paris." "Bismarcktook part in the campaign of 1870 and re-ceived a medal of good conduct." "Bis-marck descends from the Hohenzollernsand was born on April Ist." Of sixty-six recruits whom the officer had to in-struct twenty-one had never in theirlives heard the name of the iron chancel-lor.?Brooklyn Citizen.

General John M. Wilson, the chief ofengineers, has completed a collection ofpictures of his predecessors ln officesince the organization of the corps in1802, which have been hung on the wallsof his office. There have been fourteenin all, one of whom. General Joseph G.Totiten, held the office for twenty-six

LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 189524

WENDELL EASTON, President. GEORGE EASTON, Vice-President.GEO. D. EASTON, Secretary. ANGLO-CALIFORNIA BANK, (L*d), Treasurer

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