Show t vai 77 D ia M TN D 0 A R all em or c HEN one considers the large number of per sons who tal e pleasure in games of solitaire it does not seem unlikely that a new variety will arouse some interest 0 one Is herewith pre sensed it Is granted that there are subtler species 0 of brain toll but nothing is more capable of relaxing the mind after a period of hard work than a game of solitaire and indeed several far more desperate forms of tion might easily be imagined so let us see what can be gotten out of D a mond first shuffle the cards well and select the one from the top of thi deck this card is to form the apex of the diamond and we will suppose it for the sake of example to be a five live fig 1 next remove from the deck the three cards preceding it in this case two three and nd four of any butt tor for suits do not enter into this game at all and then place at the bottom of the deck the card following the anex arlex card a six we are now ready to begin deal off the cards tour four at a time turning them face upward in one leap at the side until a six appears when it does place it at the left over the five fig 2 just covering one halt of the five while leaving the index of that card plainly visible A six Is placid at the bottom of fig I 1 fig 2 fig 3 D J fig 4 fig 5 the deck to insure the appearance of at least one of that denomination on the first deal without which there would be no beginning to the game of course it may not be wanted in case two sixes show up before the cards are all dealt out on the first deal the next card that we want is either another six fig 3 or a seven fig 4 or both fig 5 it if the last be pos bible sible the right cards being picked up as often as they become exposed as they aie ale dealt off foar at a time the removal of one wonted card from the deck frequently exposes another on the first deal there will be no remain der but whenever there is a remain der of one or two or three cards they are placed on top of the deck and an other deal is made on the side as before we will thus on top of the nal five in time get two sixes three sevens evens and four eights now we know that we cannot get live nines for the obvious reason that there are not that many in the deck but the fifth card which we call an extra ol 01 t bat row Is supplied by the fourth seven the next row con mists of four fout tens and the two remain IF fig 6 ing sixes tor for extras and the next rov v the seventh of the four jacas jaci s and the three remaining fives for extras thus we have naif of our diamond fig 6 we observe in this figure that the extra cards in each row run backward from the apex while the key cards at the lefthand left hand corners run forward note also here that there Is no special relative position for the extra cards in each row so long as the left hand corners are properly consecutive we annot start a row with an extra card it Is not ne cesary to complete one row before starting on another on the other hand it is not bermi teu tea to place 4 i card over another where tae former would be disturbed by the placing of a third one beneath it for instance should the game be at the stige indi bated by fig 7 another nine or the extra card of that row viz the seven could not be placed because it would have to be disturbed by the arrival of another eight when the latter turned up nor could another ten or its ex cx tra a six get in until another nine had been placed nor another queen r i J I 1 1 17 17 I 1 1 I 1 ia F 5 1 1 1 if F I 1 iq I 1 T ia 1 t I 1 flo I 1 e e tf T 1 f r f 3 J J fig 7 or its extra a four until another jack bad had been placed in the figure referred to only an eight and a jack bave have right of admission the rest of the diamond Is made up in ili a similar manner always rehem brin burin or on the gacond half that Is i after seven sevela rows have been started that the first I 1 ey card of each next succeeding row Is placed to the right instead of to the left and only when it can be placed on two cards fig 8 shows the completed diat nond the player has three chances to complete his diamond it if he finds him self at a standstill at any stage of the game by reason of there being no re bainder after all he has in his hand have been dealt out four at a time he may remove the last card of the row started last whether it be an extra card or not place jt on the top of ol the deck and deal again it if he again gets stuck ho he may do the SL S L 17 1 1 fujs i IT IT 1 17 r 1 11 10 11 4 4 41 91 4 ir A fig 8 same thing but he may not do it a third time it if he gets to the end safely without removing a card at all he has a dia mond of the first water if he removes a card once he has a diamond of the second water and if 11 he has to remove a card twice a diamond of the third water if he does not get that he does not get anything and the cards must be shuffled and a new game started the principal advantage of this dl ill version is that it is by no means easy to get a diamond of the first water its requisition being quite rare in fact and it is safe to say that the player wl wt I 1 extract a distinct amount of in enjoyment if he does get it it it is the sincere hope of the writer and inventor that every reader will be at least occasionally successful in this momentous struggle there are several points to be ob f Z L IQ E IQ E L 1 F 1 1 1 K JA i JA 1 JA 1 IQ t 14 4 J 10 1 a 1 41 J 14 4 ir i r C ar 7 7 fig 9 served in this solitaire game ot of dia mond they are as fellows a the first tour four rows and the last four rows have no extra cards t b the fifth rows rom each end have one extra card to each and one only c the sixth rows from each end have two extra cards in each and two only d the seventh row counting from either end has three extra cards note there are no difficulties about these points in the first half of the diamond as the extra cards only become so after the correct number of thir denominations have been safely placed in the first three rows but in the second halt half of the diamond it Is advisable to keep points b and c well in mind in case too many cards in sinuate themselves as extras in the tile eighth and ninth rows when they properly belong to the last two rows e it is a help to recollect that no extra card is numerically consecutive fa V ia t F la I 1 3 1 F 1 I 1 pa 7 A A ic 8 Q C fig 10 to the key card of a row there being always at least one denomination be tween them f the player should arrange his cards in a neat and orderly manner so as to facilitate his knowing what cards are wanted at a glance the reason for removing the three cards preceding the first one laid at he the apex of the diamond is quite sim pie die they are not wanted if the apex card should be an ace remove the jack king and it if a two remove the queen king and ace and so one pigs 9 and 10 show the appearance of tha the completed diamond when the apex ape x cards are a ten and an ace re hely ely david H dodge in new york times humanity Is always ready to 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