Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 90

& /HE BRIDGE FForum * responded. “If I didn’t T'd quit the game. What's the use of shuffing a lot of little pieces of cardboard, distribulirg them among four people, talk'ng out ioud a little, then tossing the bils one by one st thes middle of the table until all of them are assembled in thirteen little batches of four each. That'’s all there is to bridge un- less you take ihe game serious'y and get the thrill of competition by trying your best.” It was perhaps a good thing that certain mar- ried couples were not on hand to hear him. S:me of those present would have thanked him for expressing their ideas exactly, and dormant domcstic controversies would have been made lively again. (Cauiion: Do not show this to your wife or husband. as th> case may be.) OU take your bridge so seriously,” Il said a player to her partner. “I hope to tell you I do,” he A Pretty Finish. Several readers were unable to figure out how a heart small siam was made on a hand pub- lished recently on this page. The finish of it was so pretty that it is probably worth giving. South had taken the first seven tricks and was sble to read this as the situation: AJ10 VYKS &6 3] NORTH = ] F SOUTH & None VA $KJI032 & None South, needing a'l but one trick, led the jack ot diamonds to Wasl's qu2en. Whatever the Titter returned was bound to be wrong. If the spade qu2en, it was ruffed with the ace, the dia- mond 2 ruffed with the 3, the trump king led, then the-spade jack and the club. If a small spade, the 10 took it, then the jack was ruffed, the diamoend 2 ruffed by the 3, the heart king i>d, then the club. If the diamond ace, it was juffed by the 3, the spade jack ruffed by the ace, iwe good diamonds taken and the trump king won the last trick. If a smali diamond, it lost to the 10, a small diamond was led to the trump king, thea the irump 3 to the ace, diamonds taking the two last tricks. A Law a Week. What occurs if a player has played after a r>nounce, and it is them corrected, or if an op- ronent has led to the next trick after a re- rounce, which is then corretced? The player may withdraw his card and, with- 1t penalty, substitute anpther; the oppouent v he has led to the next trick may change his 1rad if he sees fit. What is the latest that a claim of revoke may 1: zally be made? Systems Summarized. At the moment there is a sort of epidemic of pocket sized summaries of promineat sys- tms of contract bidding, very useful little things for those wishing to get the details I iefly without explanation of the reasons for toem. Five of them are on the forcing sys- tym. PFour cf these, each carrying the state- 11ent that Ely Culbertson approves it comtents, are “Learn Contract Easily,” by Elizabeth B. Tanfield and Alice Dayton Wood; “Ready Ref- ~.enoe Contract,” by Harold Thorne; “Pocket C mtract Bridge,” by Elizabeth Ciark Boyden nnd Mrs. Prescott Warren, and “Contract Step 1'7 Step,” by Robert M. Brannon, in addition i3 cme by Mr. Culbertson himself calied “Cul- 1 srtson’s Pocket Outline of Contract Bridge.” I{ilten C. Work has issued one on his system, called “The Gist of Contract Bridge” There i siso the Shepard Barclay set of “Pocket Charts on Al Systems.” Contract Systems. What is ihe correct bidding of these hands, opponents constan'ly passing? DEALER Wlone ¢AQ853 PARTNER 6103 YAKE32 K &HAKQIJI3 Play>rs who make their .two bids forcing, f1arantecing game strength, or thcse who show four general high card tricks with a two bid, would open with one spade. Partner, to show the balance needed for game, would make a jorcing takecut of three hearts. Dealer can minke the first choice response of & new suit, with four diamonds. The fercer, virtually sure of a slam, dare net bid five clubs to show his <ther suii. That cail of exactly game is likely t» clase the bidding. So be says six clubs. Dealer, fearing a possibie short ciub j wtmer, had betier call six spades, his rebid- «able suit, containing more tham four tricks, inviting partner to call six no «r let the bid alone, which the latter does wit iwo cards of the suit. These who show just six probable tricks and three bigh ones with a two bid cam start with two spedes. Partacr, teo show the strength of Wis haud, cannot force with a heart bid of «ae more than necessary, for four hearts would s & game b'd and ne game bid is fording. 1'our cubs is the correct feroer, Dealer mow cm Bd four diamonds. IMartner, to show his ¥ oarts, wast avoid the mnimum of four and $e Qiczt> slam by gcing to five hearts. Teoaler NAQJIT514 »H62 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 17, 1931. The Player Who Takes His Bridge Seriously Defends His Attitude Rules and Bridge News of the W ool BY SHEPARD BARCLAY. RUFF LUCK. NORTH aA9S vEKQ2 PKQ4 HJIVT6 His pactaer, after East went by, Could almost be a dunce And still, with all that string of spades, Would bid the game at once. WEST & None WAS ®ABS SAKWE5432 Whereat he blithely doubled them; Poor East said, “Quit your kidding; Your rules will break us both unless You listen to the bidding.”* et showid kmow that his It seemed that West récalled some rule About his honor tricks, That when he had as much as four, The foes were in a fix. North dealt himself this no trump hand, With which the most exacting Would never think of saying “pass, So opened the contracting. » SOUTH AaKQJi08s2 yJiios & 743 é None EAST A743 ¥9876538 eJ109 N high clubs are worihless de- fensively swhem in a suit so lomg, especially simce Somth's jump bid showed certain ability to ruff the suit the hand below. East, known o Seuth as tricky bidder prone to making “psychics” disturb the opponents, particularly whean only they are vulnerable, ncw stuck m a gorilla- Teaching Russia’s Illiterates Continved from Sixth Page with me shows a peasant woman who waats to Join the ocollective farm plan. She is shown standing on the road, where a sign points to “community agriculture,” which is visible in the background as a model farm, worked by machinery, with prosperous looking buildings. The peasant woman is determined to go there, but she is shown being held back by three men —her drunken husband, a frenzied priest and a rich kuilak. ‘The religious posters are inescapable. I saw them everywhere I went—in exhibition build- ings, in the parks, in museums and eisewhere. In this connection it must be remembered that the Greek Orthodox Church, before the revolu- tion, was an established church, closely linked with the Czars. It is probably only natural that the revolutionary leaders should oppose a re- ligion which, from their point of view, had always been on the side of the oppressors of the common man. There are many museums in Russia given over wholly to anti-religious prepaganda, which conmsists chiefly of posters. These posters seek to teach that religion is oniy an invention of man; that one is trained to be riligious, and not born with ‘a religious faith er a need for religion. The various religions of the world are described, and it is shown that each is different, and it is argued, therefore, that God is an invention of man—since, the posters say, if there really were a God there would be only one God and only one religion. - ‘These posters also show pictures of scientists who bav: spoiten against religion. They teach, in addition, that man has no soul, and that his body is a simple physical mechanism. Each poster, of course, adds that religion was in- vented by the capitalists to keep men from thinking. THIS campaizn has been pretty effective. A known religious believer cannet get a food card. He cannot vote or hold a government position. The priests are almost beggars. Chil- dren cannot be given religious instruction. Fully 900 Russian monasteries have been closed. In Moscow there is a great exhibition build- ing in the Park of Culture and Rest, and in it one gets the full force of the poster cam- paign. The park is for the working man and woman, and in the exhibition building there is a complete set of “educational” posters. Here are posters showing how te kesp one’s hoeme clean, how to take care of the hair, teeth and nails; what foods to cook, and how to cook them; what sort of clothing is most healthful and enjoyable; how to prevent disease and how to treat illness. Here, also, are posters contrasting the pasi- tion of the average Russian today with his position under the Czars, posters which purport to show how much better off the Russian worker is than the worker in capitalistic countries, posters showing how the capitalistic natiens are (supposedly) planning to make war on Russia, posters urging the people to “smash alcohol”—. istic war, forced on the masses by designing capitalists in & struggle for world markets, pesters uring the people to “smash aloshel”™— for the gevernment is conducting a “dry™ cam- paign, a'though it makes and sells lquer itself. oo warfare call of two hearts. What should South now co, and what shouid be the regt of the bidding? &AKD3 VK5 PELIT »H9865 & Q10875 ¥ None ® Q63 S»AJI0T3 as ¥1097632 ¢ 10985 HK32 &Hic 4 YVAQJISs4 ®AK12 »Qe Problems of Play. Hearts are trumps. North leads and his side takes all but one trick against any de- fense. How? 887 vas ®AK &K NORTH Cardwell E. 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