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THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 
AN IDEA WORTH IMITATING. 
T IIE above photograph suggests an excellent idea 
for those who happen to live in a “ tramp ” 
district, as the old adage “ Once bit, twice shy,” would 
assuredly hold good in tliis case. Were it not: for the 
fact that this “snap” was taken in the Vale of 
Aylesbury, and that the “ pursuer ” is stuffed, the 
consequences might be quite as serious as the picture 
suggests. — Mr. Stanley H. Robinson, 167, Castellain 
Mansions, Maid a Vale, W. 
MONUMENT TO ADAM. 
T HIS monument erected to the “ memory of 
Adam, the first man,” is the only one of its 
kind in America, and probably in the world. It was 
erected in 1909 by Mr. John P. Brady, a well-known 
contractor and builder, of Baltimore, at his country 
place, “ Hickory Ground,” near Gardenville, in the 
north-eastern suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. . It is 
composed ol stone, bronze, and cement, and is sur- 
mounted by a very large and accurate sundial, 
especially calculated and constructed for the latitude 
in which the monument is erected, N. Tat. 39° 20'. 
Surrounding the hour figures, in a circle on the dial, i s 
the motto, “ Sic Transit Gloria Mundi ” (So Passes the 
Cdory of the World), and the dale, 1909, and on either 
side of the shaft, is a sunken panel with sunken letters, 
the two reading : — 
“This, the First Shaft in America, is Erected • 
'To the Memory of Adam, the First Man.” 
The monument has naturally attracted much alien* 
lion. Mr. Brady has stated, among other things, in a 
newspaper interview, that “ where so many others of 
lesser worth have been honoured, he thought it about 
time that something was done for Adam.” — Mr. Claude 
L. Woolley, 302, W. Madison Street, Baltimore, 
Maryland, U.S.A. 
A CRICKET CURIOSITY. 
^pilE REV. II. K. WOODWARD, while acting 
L as Chaplain to the City of London Mental 
Hospital at Stone, got the accompanying snapshot, in 
August. 1912. While the hospital team was batting 
a rather erratic bowler of the North Kent United got 
in a straight one, and jus a result, the off bail fell off and 
the leg bail slid along and balanced itself on the middle 
stump. Seeing that something unusual had happened 
Drs. Patterson and Simpson and the Chaplain ran to 
the wicket, with the result that out of the Chaplain’s 
bag was produced a camera— and here we have the 
result. Have any of our readers ever seen quite the 
Same thing ? 
Solution of Last Month's Bridge 
Problem. 
The bystander was right. A and B could win five tricks out 
of the seven. Play as follows : — 
The card underlined wins the trick. The card immediately 
beneath is led to the next trick. 
A V B 2 
Hearts queen Hearts king 
Clubs 4 Clubs 6 ? 
Hear ts knave! Clubs ro 
Hearts 4 Hearts 7_ 
Spades 4 Hearts 3 
Clubs knav e Clubs 8 
Clubs 7 Clubs 9 
Spades knave Hearts 6 
And 13 must win the rest. 
If at Trick 2, V leads a diamond, A trumps his partner’s king 
with the 4, and A B win six tricks. This was the play that A 
had in view, but Y knew better than to fall into the trap. 
