Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1931, Page 86

Three aces make a tempting hand And many players bid it, But when they take no other tricks, They rue the day they did it. Such hands are like a human shell; It’'s hard to count the cases Of men who have no push and grit, But. brilliancy like aces. The kings and queens and jacks and tens Can well decide the game, And simple folks who plug along # Can get there just the same. Unless you have the stuffing, too, They’ll knock the stuffing out of you. ONSIDER the real bridge bug. To hear him talk you would think he was born with a pack of cards in his hands, that he was a bridge player first and took up the busi- ness of being a human being later, if at all. He eats, drinks, sleeps, works and travels with nothing apparently in his mind except bridge. Mention politics, finance, the weather or your health and he ccunters with some slam he made last night. H:> constantly puzzles over hands, new ways to bid them, new ways to play the various combinations of the cards. He thinks up argu- ments to cupport his theories and help him win arguments against other theories. He wrestles with the laws of the game. He concocts improbable situations apparently not covered clearly and then suggests remedies. He can improve the scale of scoring, to make it all beiter balanced. He can even revise the code of ethics for the betterment of the game. He builds up and tears down. God biess him! A Law a Week. Why is it that a player whe failed to follow swit and then corrected his misiake before his It would be unjust to the declarer to make him suffer because of a rule infraction by his adversaries. Therefore they are obliged " to pay e penalty. The declarer can make the offender play his highest or lowest card of the suit led, or he can, if he prefers, treat the improperly played card as an exposed . eard, which he can make the adversary play whenever it can legally be played, but he can- not enforce both penalties. If the renounce is made by the dummy there 8 no penalty. It must merely be corrected if ° discovered before the declarer’s side has played or led to the next trick, declarer substituting any card of the suit led. If the renounce is by declarer there is no penalty unless the adversary on his left has played after the renounce. In that case de- clarer, because of his offense, may have received information that the adversary cn his left holds a particular card, which the latter might mnot have played but for the declarer’s offense. It would be unfair to let the adversaries take the risk of suffering because of the declarer’s irregu- larity and therefore the declarer is punished. He may be required by either adversary to play his hiz et or lowest card of the led suit, after which the one at his left may, if he wishes, . withdraw his card and substitute another. What gecurs in this case? FEast dealt end bid ome hcart, South ome spade, West two hearts, South two spades, East three hearls, South three spades. West now said: “Four spades—oh, I mean four hearts.” Contract S ystems. How would you bid and play the following hand, South being the dealer and both sides vulnerabie? &d53 VY953 ®J8T MHKB53 AKQTG42 NORTH PEQ4 | oK 4 ,E, Q07 SOUTH H109 vJsia $06542 aJs West, of course, starts with a spade. East would be foolish to bid any number of no trumps until he can learn something more about his partner’s hand which may reveal slam THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 28, & 7uE BrRIDGE ForuMm * Hollow Shells; Al Bridge Players Owe a Debt of Gratitude to the Real Bridge Bug—He Is a Thinker Who Creates—He Has Improved Game. Continxed from Third Page with pleasure render them; to count upon my utmost efforts and command them in their favor.” his father. It was s difficult situation for Wash- ington whose policy as President was to avoid any entanglement whatever in European affairs, but he forwarded money to the Lafayettes out of his own purse and instructed Rufus King, then our Minister to England, to do what he could, which King did the more readily as he himself greatly esteemed Lafayette. Fortunately the star of Napoleon Bonaperte was now in the scendant and his infleence united to that of Washington secured Lafayette's release. ‘The part that Monroe and his wife played in efforts in his behalf, Lafayette said: am happy in this opportunity te offer you my affectionate thanks for the kind and friendly interest which you have been pleased my behalf, I am sure your good heart out of the coalition fangs. my heart shall ever be bound by the _ most Nvely gratitude.” ANDnovcomesuplemlng . Aftes leaving the White House in 1825 on th inauguration of John Quincy Adams as his successor Mr. Monroe and his charming wif retired to their home near Aldle amid the beautiful rolling country in the foothills of the Blue Ridge and here their first distinguished guest was the great Frenchman who owed largely to them his own liberty and the life of his wife. He was then on that remarkable tour of the country when he received such wonderful demonstrations of affection from the American people and when Congress voted him a sub- stantial sum of money and a large tract of land in recognition of his services during the Revolution. President John Quincy Adams came to join his two friends and after visiting together at Oak Hill they proceeded on August 9, 1825 to the historic seat of the county, Leesburg, where smoncotlo,mmoplenmtonvetpem welcome. They arrived in a barouche drawn by four splendid horses and escorted by military, and as they passed into the court house yard, where the Declaration of Independence had 1931, and Secretary of State under Madison, suc- ceeding him as President and serving two terms. During his second term, in 1823, a discussion attempt on their part (a foreign power) to ex- tend their system to any portion of this hemis- phere as dange:ous to our peace and safety,” assumed and maintained are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future coloniza- tion by any European powers.” Monroe @id not realize that he was thus the Republic, but so it proved. Dust a Real Menace. TH= question of dust explosions is one that is of serious ccns>guence, for it is estimated that there 2re 20,003 industrial plants of one type or another whicih are under the constant threat of a rending blast followed by fire, and employed in these plants are more than a mil- lion and a half workers who turn out products the threat of explosion. Fileur mills, starch fac- tories, spice-grinding mills, sugar and cocoa pulverizing plants and cotton mills, The lat- ter, because of the static electricity developed by the machinery, are especially open to danger unless proper safe-guards are taken. The Bureau of Chemistry and Soils has made an exhaustive study of the whele fire hazard situation and many preventive measures have been discovered and perfected. This informa- tion has been accepted eagerly by the various industrialists approached and they have acted *guickly to set up the safeguzrds which not only protect the lives of the workers but go far toward preventing large prcperty and material losses. trump as soon as they heard West’s spade rebid AK93 v542 g OKT4 HK1072 SOUTH &AQ752 ¥AQJ63 *Q A5 The Average Hand. Julian Barth, captain of the Chesterfield Club team of four that holds the Eastern contract champicnship, is also a bridge instructor who one jack, and 50 on down the line, -everybody will average a fourth of the tricks, or three and a fourth. Problems of Play. Spades are trumps. South has the lead and needs all but one trick. How ean he get them South make his contract? aQJI9s ¥932 102 BEQ54 NORTH PKJT g. E ] SOUTH AA2