Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1933, Page 30

MAGAZ Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIMS. Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auction player. He was captain of the re- nowned “Four Horsemen” team, and has won 24 national championships since 1924, One No Trump Opening. N yesterday's article I gave the re- quirements for making an open- ing bid of one no trump and stated that with one type of holding it was advisable to bid a no trump snd yet with identical values but no tenace positions it was best to bid & suit. After the bidding has been opened, regardless of position, the partner of the opening bid- der s expected to ¥ keep the bidding open should ne hold as good as a “distributed trick lus.” That is a g, queen and Jack, even if all these cards are in different suits. This will be fully explained in the article on re- sponses, but with t this bare oldin and no biddable suit the response is always one no trump. Maneuvering the Declaration. Several years ago I asked myself the following question: “How can the through - strength - and - up -to-weak- ness’ play be made to serve the de- clarer as well as the defense?” I made a study of this and the answer was ob- vious. The declarer can benefit to the greatest extent if he can force the op- ponents to disobey this rule or if he can impel them to lead through weakness and up to strength at the very outset of the play of the hand. In order to do this the declarer must maneuver the bidding so that the op- ening lead will be up tenaces. If his hand contains tenaces he wishes the lead to come up to him: but if his hand will not suffer because the opening lead comes through it, then the partner| must be made to bid no trumps. With the following hand one no trump would be bid: | over-one response either shows a legiti- | mate two-suiter of the aggressive type | score. INE PAGE. ‘This hand invites the lead to . Now change the spade queen into the club queen. The hand is no longer a m,Onz cum\fldhwm PUTR P BBECSYEE Suppose your partner hoids the fol- lowing hand: ?Iflll—q XX amonds—X 10 X X fearts—J x x X lubs—10 X ‘The response would be one no trump. You should now bid two no trumps, the strongest kind of an invitation to continue the bidding, and he would then contract for game in no trumps. Maneuvering on Second Round. Ma! our partner is able to re- lpondyb:o yyour opening bid with an- other suit. It is still to your advantage to have him play the hand at a no- trump declaration. This you do by making a bid in another suit if pos- sible, or else by rebidding your own suit strongly by giving a jump bid in it. Here is an example: Spades—K J x X Dismonds-X Q J x Hearts—A X Clubs—A X X You should bid one diamond. Your partner holds the following, and bids one heart: ades—Q x x fearts—K J x x X ‘The next natural bid by you seems to be two no trumps, as the outlook is very bright for a game. But what have you to gain by playing the hand? You know that your partner has some values. The heart lead through you cannot hurt. A club lead may be into the a\lxeen in your partner’s hand, or even the jack, ten. Bid one spade. Now, your part- ner's reply is one no trump, and you then bid two no trumps, and he should raise to three. The bid of & second suit over & one- Diamonds—x x Olubs—Q x X or else proclaims excess values in the hand. It is not a response force unless it is still & one-over-one, but does con- stitute an invitation to partner to re- bid. When able to bid three suits the partnership should be able to arrive at | a safe declaration if only for a partial | (Copyright, 1933.) ades—A Q 10 Diamonds—Q x X earts—K Q 10 xx Clubs—A 3 Meal With an Individual Touch Adds to One’s Enjoyment BY EDITH M. BARBER this column in favor of meals with an individual touch. I am sure that you agree with me that there is an‘added enjoyment to any gath- ering when the food served is just a little different from the ordinary. 1 always look forward, especially to supper with a friend of mine where the louisiana influence is ,almost certain | to be found in some of the dishes chosen. The other night the buffet supper of the type served was even better than usual, and that is saying & lot. First there were tiny peeled toma- toes, topped with a mound of caviar surrounded by & ring of green may- onmaise and served on a leaf of dress- ed lettuce. With these came toasted 8nchovy canapes paun M. Barber. and olives — enor- mous ripe oilves which had been im- I HAVE expressed myself often in mersed with & clove of garlic in a bath | S€ason. The main course was made up of olive oil to chill for several hours. ext came a bubbling casserole of ehicken, mushrooms and small sausages surrounded by a delectable, thin, creamy sauce. 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For a finish, then came & bowl of eggnog and dark frult cake and | pieces of citron cake of the white fruit cake type. | which can be made from any number |of things—such as shrimp and ham, as well as chicken and sausages, with a sauce, of course, and plenty of rice. ‘Wild rice, like most other wild food, both vegetable and animal, is somewhat It may be bought at food specialty stores and costs several times 8s much as either white or brown cul- tivated rice. Most of our supply at of the guests, a native of that State, had never tasted it at home. I went to a dinner the other night which was specially planned for a French guest to give her a typical American meal. It began with caviar canapes, broiled olives in bacon and potato chips, served in the living room. Then came at the table a fresh fruit cup of pineapple and strawberries. The latter came as a special treat, as, ac- cording to our French friend, they are unknown in Paris out of their usual of a broiled steak—very thick and very brown on the outside, juicy and rare inside, as we Americans like it; baked potatoes, chives, vegetables were | string beans and carrots. | Small, rich, bran muffins, made with | sour cream, gave another typical Amer- ican touch, both because of the cream and because they were raised with the cream and soda. Yeast, as you know, We asked our hostess to name the | main dish, but she could only say that | IS Weary and worn from so much labor it was something like & “jambalaya,” |8nd lack of food. She then becomes present comes from Wisconsin, but one | NATURE"’S CHILDREN theirs. There was once a tribe Rize who followed a plan along ti . When their community became own. ‘The city gates of an ant gxlnded against all comers who ow the pass word. On the day of the great “nuptial flight” the guards are busily engaged in opening wide the party streams forth the doors are re- duced to their former size. Sometime the swarms of ants will be 30 great that they will appear as a cloud hiding the sun. Of course the ants from neighboring ant cities have Jjoined the wedding party and thus the couples meet and wed. After the wedding the les sep- arate never to meet again. e bride- grooms, who have never done a stroke of work or even fed themselves, now are a drug on the market and soon be- come a part of a bird's or lisard’s din- ner. The brides, if there are many who have descended at the same spot, will help each other remove their wings. These are easily detachable, and are either bitten off or rubbed against some rough object. Sometimes you may find & neat little pile of wings, where the brides have de-winged together. PFrom now on, the young brides, who have been waited upon, fed and treated with great deference, must labor hard to construct nurseries for their first children. Each selects a stone or log under which she creeps and ex- cavating. It may take months for her to finish the room and at the end of this time she will no_longer pretty plump bride. Her hair and teeth will be worn off, her antennae ragged and her body scarred. Her first eggs are laid and she often eats a few of them to break her fast and to have pre-digested food ready for her babies. After the grub-like looking infants have been cared for and have spun their silken wrappers, the second group of eggs is laid. By the time the young ants appear and their bodies become hardened, the mother the queen-mother and from now on her oldest children take over all the cares of the household and the nursery. Good roads must be bullt at once to connect with the outside world. Food must be brought in and a herd of cows (aphids) located. All plant growers know that the aphid flocks are numer- ous and the ants are more than wel- come to them, but they drive the cows to fresh pastures, likely to be on an- other healthy plant, so little assistance can be expected from the ants. ‘As long as the queen lives, a flourish- ing city is seen. During her life, if she lives her allotted span, which is about 15 years, she will lay hundreds of thousands of eggs. Some ants raise fine mushrooms, others ant rice, and still others devote themselves to war and sacking prosperous cities. Their ways are wonderful, and their industry is beyond human comprehension. King Solomon decided they were a wonder- ful people, and others have found it so. (Copyright, 1933.) Many Teachers Affected. ‘Thousands of public school teachers in the insular and provincial service in the Philippines are affected by the new order issued by the director of educa- tion to the effect that all instructors must either qualify in civil service ex- aminations or lose their positions. is the only leavening used to any ex- tent in bread in France. For salad there was a bcwl of crisp lettuce, dressed with that spicy dressing containing ground celery and green pepper, and with tiny cheese balls served in the bowl itself. Dessert was course, one of our favorites. This meal has the stamp of no spe: cial section. Probably in almost an: place in this country where good cook- ing is the rule it might have been du- plicated, but it would not have been surpassed. A friend of mine who is living in Paris, but who is here for a visit, begged me to give her plain food for luncheon when she came to my home, 80 I chose oyster stew, celery, led beef with cream gravy, corn cakes, avocado salad with chili sauce and coffee. I knew she liked oysters, as I had eaten dozens of them with her in Paris, but & stew is not known there, nor is the dried beef or corn cakes. Nor are avocado pears obtainable there. All of these meals prove my oft-as- serted principle, that any meal where foods blend well and which has that individual touch is appropriate to serve to any guest. —_ Color Affects Temperature. Experiments with paint of different | colors made upon freight cars revealed | the fact that the lighter shades were cooler than dark ones. Yellow was found to keep the interior of the car cooler than red, but red was superior to black. 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AND SAFEGUEARD It is true that he made him- self master over a mighty em- pire, but I am doubtful that he deserves to be called “great.” He did lttle to than kil if resent rate for s ousand years. er the capture of a single city, if we may believe the fig- Khan’s forces killed 160,000 child, and tha % | was 'just one of many cities which he |d: your 4 you know anything about, you are a reflection of your sur- hold your own t, 1933, What Price . . . ECONOMY? Genghis Khan was an expert at find- ing excuses for his wars of conquest.|to him. Among the “insults” which he used as reasons for his flerce warfare against UNCLE RAY’S CORNER the Turks was his claim that they had cut off the beards of envoys ;’m to Born in Central Asia, in the year 1162, Genghis Khan found himself anlm lt;f Mmsol{ tribes when he was y s of age. D the 62 years wh{:!: followed, mmurgum time lou; agains er Mongol tribes, brought them low. Then they e we may transiate the name as “Perfect Warrior Emperor.” U8 | Genghis Khan did not stay at home during the wars. He went with his armies to direct the battles; and he proved a skillful military leader, The Chinese ruler made peace with him by giving him a princess as a wife, along with 3,000 horses. The peace did not last long. Genghis Khan renewed the warfare until he was lord of land stretching far below the Yellow River. When the soldiers of the Khan marched across their borders, the Turks fought sternly to drive them back; but city after city fell before the Mongol foes. After the capture of each city, the natives were robbed and slain. This warfare caused many Turks to advance into Southeastern Europe. In later years the forces of Genghis Khan fought their way into the section of Russia known as Georgia, and won power there. When he died, at the age of €5, Genghis Khan was ruler of land from the Dneiper River to the Yellow Sea. 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