Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1933, Page 25

MAGAZINE PAGE. Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIM: Mr. Sims s universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auc- tion player. He was captain of the: renowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 national champion- ships since 1924. Responses. ANY hands with which a ;fé sponse to partner’s ng is obviously requln?‘:‘r’a pre- cluded from the One-Ovei- One because they'do not have dabl> suit of higher rank than the It is then necessary either take No Trumps, or to raise in partner’s suit, according to the r «turr nt one's noldin_ s Weakness Take- Out in Lower Ranking Suit. A take-out in another suit may be advisable from extreme weak- Dess in the hend because it is a misfit for pariner's suit, the and length of your weak take-out suit seems | : 10 offer greater safeiy for a low con- tract, even though that contract be for two odd, as an alternative to a pass. In other words, ycu are so weak in primary values that you would pess but for the consideration that your un- even distribution compensates for your weakness in face cards, and impels you to seek safety in bidding rather than passing. If your partner opens with 1 heart, and you hold a singleton or worthless doubleton in hearts together with 6| clubs to the Queen but without any other face card in the hand, look for & safer refuge by bidding 2 clubs. Since you would also bid 2 clubs on 5 clubs to the A K J with an outside pnm:ry‘ trick, but lacking normal support for | mmn he has made to your take-out, clarify the situstion for him. He may then be able to take further ac- tion which will reveal your apparently pitiful misfit hand as the modest key to a game contract. w o813 | VE-H8-13 | s A | Here is an example where the bid- ding was nr'. open on two Queens and ultimately a game was bid and made. The bidding: East ( uth 2 Cl( 3 Ht (5) H(T) Pass (1) An aggressive type of hand that |18 far more than a minimum. | (2) A distributional take-out with- | out any part of a primary trick. (3) This side is not vulnerable, therefore the bid is sound. (4) North is released from any cbli- gation to bid, even over a response force by West's overcall. His bid as- sumes a Very ic aspect al- though not forcing. It is certainly a two-suiter. | (5) The four hearts to the Queen beccme a very important offensive fac- | tor and if his partner is short of | diamonds game is apparent. | (6) Showing a diamond stop and a | high club. Of course, North has no | hearts, it is evident that at this point | jse." o¢ the extreme weakness in his | your partner is completely in the dark | i L S0 GE RS Tegarding the nature of your take-oub.i He is faced with a guess whether your bid was based on distribution without rimary strength or on a hand with g‘mch Yyou would have opened the bid- ding he passed. Clarifying the Situation. ‘The fog will not hover for long. Your Rext bid, in conjunction with whatever tfully assumes at this time the ility of a slam in the hends. (7) South’s response is “signing off.” In effect he is telling his partner that his raise was made on distribution and four hearts. The play does not call for sny detail as the hand is foolproof. No play could avoid losing the two| aces, (Copyright, 1933.) Thornton BEDTIME STORIES % B Reddy's Happy Surprise. mnlnfl warmth are all we need. § ndeed. s them we're rich indeed . UNNING swiftly over the snow, taking care to keep out of sighi from the farmyard frcm which he bad juct enticed away the Doz end then given h'm th: elip, RodZy Fox circled around so as| and come poking around this pile of | brush. It is time for me to get away. T'll Jeave one of these hens here and take the other with me. Then we can | no:xlw“htek after dark for the one that is left.” With his nose he pushed *the one under the brush still farther under, kicked more snow over it. picked up the other by the neck and swung the body over his shoulders. Then, as care- fully as h> had approached it, he left to come up tack of a big pile of brush | that pile of brush. Once sure that he near the hen hcuce. He chuckled .s’couldn't be seen from the farmyard, he | | he ran. “it worked. My plan worked just as I thougat 1t would” mutiered he. “There is such a thing as luci—good luck tnd bed luci. I've b2en lucky more times than I can Temember. But thoce who depend on being lucky are not likely to live long, or if they do live long they scldom live in comfort. Cld Nothr Nature gave me a keen nose, gaod eyes, sharp ears and swift would do me little good head. It is the use my his head who lives long- | . Reduy has a fat hen, bu. she n' to g-t 1 if I hain't used my head end pienned trhat chance for her. Chanees do just heppen sometimes, but more often they are brought about by care- ful planning. I wonder if she caught more than one hen. She had time enough to get two.” He was getting near that pile of brush. Now he moved slowly and care- , taking advantage of every bit of cover to keep from being seen. The farmer who owned those hens was in the henyard. The hens, knowing that now there was no danger, had come out of the hen house and were busy with the breakfast which had been so Tudely disturbed by Mrs. ddy. Be- fore he reached the brush pile Reddy's keen eyes saw thei the snow coce to the edge of it had been kicked un. “Mrs. Reddy did get two!” he thought exultantly. “She left cne there and covered it with snow.” ‘Taking care to keep the pile of brush between him and the henyard he then darted forward. Yes, there, pushed partly under the brush and lightly cov- ered with snow, was a fat hen. In an instant Reddy had it by the neck and had pulled it out. Then he dropped it in sheer surprise. There was another in under that brush: “Three!” he gasped. “She got three! ©Oh, my, oh, my! That's the kind of a mate to have. I can always depend on het to do her part. Now what shall I do? Shall I eat ane here and take the other away with me for future use? I certainly can't carry both; they are too big for that. No, it won’t do to eat one here. That man hasn't found out yet that Mrs. Reddy was hiding behind this pile of brush. If I eat~ane here the feathers will give our secret away, and we may want to use this pile of brush again” Cautiously he peered around the brush. The farmer was still in the henyard. He was counting his hens. Reddy locked toward the house and barn. A big Collle Dog was just en- tering the dooryard. He looked tired and 2 bit sheepish. At sight of him Reddy grinned it,” hes muttered, ‘That settles Dog is likely to come over here “THERE!” HE GASPED. “SHE GOT THREE!" trotted swiftly in the direction he had seen Mrs. going. On the edge of the woodland he found her licking her lips in the midst of a lot of feathers. “My." sald she, “that was a good breakfast”! Reddy sald nothing. He was too busy | with his own brezkfast. 1 (Copyright, 1933.) | My Neighbor Says: Cream cheese sandwiches, cut in fancy shapes and served with hot or cold beverages, make nice afternoon refreshments. A handful of salt in the water when washing spinach will cause sand to sink to the bottom. ‘White rings and spots made by hot dishes on tables can be re- moved by wetting with camphor and polishing with a good furni- ture polish on a soft cloth. Rub until dry. Worn sheets which can no longer be turned and darned may be used to cover ironing boards, and old blankets make good pad- ding. Long strips of old linen sheets may be set aside as band- ages tightly rolled up, fastened with a sefety pin, and inclosed | in blue dust-excluding paper, un- til they may be required. (Copyright. 1033.) | TOOK PILLS FoR 30 | YEARS, THEN CEREAL | | BROUGHT RELIEF Mr. Forsythe Endorses ALL- BRAN for Constipation loss of appetite and energy or any other of the frequent effects of constipation, read this voluntary letter: After taking pills and tablets for about thirty vears for consti- | pation, 1 started to take you ALL-BRAN three times a day ac cording to directions. Today can eat cheese, and that is bind ing, and certainly feel fin Mr. Ed. Forsythe, Box 219, Youngs- | town, N. Y. Science says ALL-BRAN pro- | vides “bulk” to exercise the intes- tines, and vitamin B to further aid regular habits. In addition, ALL- I N is rich in blood-building iron. The “bulk” in ALL-BRAN is much like that of leafy vegetables. | | Inside the body, it forms a soft | mass, which gently clears the in- testines of wastes. | Isn't this pleasant “cereal way” far more healthful than using pat- ent medicines—so often habit- | Ca /i fornia PRUNES forming? | Just eat two tablespoonfuls ||/ daily. In serious cases use with | each meal. If not relieved this | way, see your doctor. | Get the red-and-green package | at your grocer's. Made by Kellogg attle Creek.—Advertisement. | T except, she said. | she gives fellcws for going errands. If you suffer from headaches, j| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933. WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S. Patent Office. ‘When Ben McCauley's tallyho trav- eled from Washington to the Benning race track, carrying the Capital's elite? LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Us fellows was standing around the lam post tawking and argewing, end Miss Winkle started to go passed carry- ing a little cage with a canary berd in it just sitting there peacefill as if it was used to travelling, us feilows say- ing, G, look at the berd, look at the canary, what's its name, Miss Winkle? 1 just got him and I haven't named him yet, Miss Winkle said. But I been thinking about a name for him. I| dont want to call him Peet, so many canary berds are called Peet, and_yet Td like some appropriate name. Per- haps some of you boys know a good | appropriate name for a canary. Now that's a good chance for you, and I'll g've a little prize for any name that Sounding like a exciting ideer, and Puds Simkins sald, Why dont you call him Spot? ‘Why should I? He hasn't a spot on his little body, is that appropriate? Miss Winkle said, and Puds said, Yes, because it would mean this is the very | spot he was named at, and this lam post could be the monument. I hope he wont need a monument for many years, Miss Winkle said, and Sam Cross sald, Why dont you call him Sport, Miss Winkle? Sport would be apprépriate because the ony sport he'll ever have will be hopping around | that little cage, he said. Miss Winkle just shaking her head, and I said, Well how about Prince, Miss Winkle, after his liitle foot prince on the bottom of his cage in the sand? ‘This is a berd and not a dog and I wont listen to any more dog names, Tl call him Peet, Miss Winkle said. And she kept on going, us fellows | not worrying much, because even if she had gave a prize it wouldn’t of | becn anything grete judging by whot | Jellied Apples. Soften one tablespoonful of gelatin in one-fourth cupful of cold water. Combine two-thirds cupful of white sugar with half a cupfulyof bolling water and two cupfuls of pared, sliced ~> |DorothyDix| %% Like Everything Else, It has the Element of Luck, but We Have to Put Our Hearts Into It. S MARRIAGE s lottery? Undoubtedly the great majority of people be- lieve it to be the greatest gamble on earth. That is why so many of them marry on the grab-bag principle, and they cons! the result purely a matter of chance. Nothing is more common than to hear a man of woman say: “I hope I'll have the luck to get a good wife or a good husband.” usly enough, this view of is to a certain extent justified, since neither age, nor intelligence, nor prudence, nor experience seem to be any guide in picking out a mate, and since no prophet can foretell what gort of husband or wife any man or woman is going to develop into. A ‘THOUSAND times have all of us seen marriages that we were cer- tain would go on the rocks sail safely and serenely over the matri- monial seas, and we have seen marriages that we were sure were made in heaven, and where the high contracting parties would live happily ever afterward, end in divorce. We have seen men and women who have been divorced several times make just as disastrous a choice of a fifth or sixth mate as they did of the first. ‘We have seen marriages work mircales in the character and habits of men and women that changed them from what they were into what was to all intents and purposes new individualities. We have seen boys who were rounders develop into the most domestic of lawn-mowing and perambulator-pushing husbands and fathers. And we have seen silly, Irivolous, extravagant girls, who never even helped mother with the dishes and who kept father in debt for their fine clothes, metamorphosed by mar- riage into penny-pinching, hard-working wives. SO ‘THERE you are, and, observing these things, it is no wonder we have come to believe that marriage is such a chancy sport that it makes horse racing and poker and roulette look like sure things, and that just s good & way as any to select a life partner is to shut your eyes and grab the first woman or man you can get. It seems, however, that this prevalent theory that marriage is a lottery in which you. draw a capital prize or get a blank according as Dame Fortune smiles or frowns upon you, is erroneous. Anyway, it is not sustained by law, for the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals has recently handed down a decision declaring that “marriage. is not a lottery but is the product of skill and judgment.” ¢¢JT IS CLEAR,” said the judge, in elaborating this opinion, “that mar- riage, while not wholly in the control of the individual's will, is largely the product of it. His or her initiative and determination and pertinacity and skill in love-making are more directly potent in winning in this scheme than is lot or chance.” . ‘This is also indisputably true. Fate does not bestow its blessings upon us unsolicited. We have to go after the things we want with all the pep and force that is in us. And we have to be willing to take the risks of the game. We cannot even win in a lottery unless we have bought a ticket in it. So IT isn't by chance that men and women marry, but it is mainly chance whom they marry. Perhaps not one man in a thousand ever marries & woman because she is of the type that he desires in a wife. He marries some girl because she was friendly and chatty when he was lonely in a strange boarding house, or because she has a desk next to his where he works, or because they were marooned together on a house party on a rainy week end. And women marry for just as inconsequent reasons. While in marrying we may be the sport of the match-making gods, who seem to bave 2 devilish sense of humor in the way they unite people, the way a marriage turns out is mostly a matter of our own volition. Cnce the drawing in the lottery is over, we can make the marriage a failure or 2 success as we will by the manner in which we accept the result. We can make the best of it, or we can spend the balance of our lives bemoan- ing our misfortune in not even getting a break for our money. MAKXNO a happy home isn't an accident. It is teamwork on the part of a husband and wife, putting the best that they have into their marriage. It is a matter of intelligent adjustment, of mutual self-sacri- fices, of love and patience and forbearance. It is the man working to support the home, and the woman working to make it a place of peace and ccmfort and rest. Nor is being a husband or a good wife a matter of chance. /It is a man being faithful and tender and considerate of his wife, and of a woman using understanding and tact and gentleness and loyalty and devotion. Thousaands of men and wcmen who have drawn capital prizes in the matrimonial lotiery have thrown away thelr treasure, 8s a spendthrift lets easy money slip through his fingers. And thousands of men and women who have drawn pinchbeck husbands and wives out of the grab- bag have somehow turned them into pretty satisfactory mates. DOROTHY DIX. i (Copyright, 1933.) | are tender. lemon, spples. Cook slowly until the apples 1 DIDN'T KNOW | WAS SO HUNGRY! THIS BREAD'S AWFUL! FLAT AND TASTELESS. IS FEKS GIRLS, GIRLS, MUST SAVE SOME BREAD FOR DINNER! Add the juice of half l:CWl until perfectly set. | for “bargain” bread. She almost lost her- soctal reputation . . . THOSE SAND- WICHES ARE TERRIBLE! SHE WON'T EAT ANY HERSELF ANOTHER FAILURE WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY PARTIES ? WANT THE Arrange the muvver sald t' herself: “My dear Drain the sirup from the apples in a mold. Cover with gelatin. | %Y epples. Combine the sirup and the gel- | Chill until firm. Serve with whipped atin. Stir until the gelatin is dissolve MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Baked Curls. ‘Tangerines. Farina with Cream. Egs. Bacon Corn Gems. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Creamed Cauliflower. Boiled Spinach. Buttered Beets, . Grapefruit. Cookies. DINNER. Tomato Soup. Stufted Presh Shoulder. Remove the leaves, cut off stock and soak half hour, head down, In eold salted water, to draw out the insects. Cook head up an hour or more in boiling salted water. Drain, separate the flowerets and beat in a cream sauce. STUFFED SHOULDER. Have the shoulder boned and stuff as you would turkey. Save all the small pieces that will not slice up well. Run through meat chopper, add 2 potatoes, % cup bread crumbs and a little gravy, if you have some left, and 53! and pepper. Make into little cakes, dip in bread crumbs, then in beaten eggs, then in bread crumbs again and fry brown in deep fat. (Copyright. 1933.) Oyster Toddle. Oyster toddle is a kind of chowder. | Chop a quarter of a pound of fat salt pork and cook slowly until well dried out. Add two cupfuls of sliced raw potatoes. Cover and cook in the fat until very tender. Pour in two cupfuls of hot milk and cogk for five minutes. Thicken with one teaspoonful of flour worked into one teaspoonful of butter. Add three cupfuls of washed oysters and salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the fire as soon as the oysters Serve hot with crackers. SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. Seems like I nebber seed so many nuts on a cake before. I mhlm will be comin’ home hungry an’ I'll put some extras on fer him t' pick oft— (Copyrisht, 1933.) THE GIRLS SEEM TO [ HATE ME. THEY DIDN'T EVEN TASTE MY SAND- WICHES TODAY FROM NOW ON, | BEST BREAD BAKED ! LATEF MORE BREAD? WHY, JOHN! YOU'RE WORSE THAN THE GIRLS WERE THEN YOu WANT b WONDER Don'ttakea chance of spoiling a single meal by serving tasteless bread. Your grocer has slo-baked Wonder Bread, delivered fresh each day. Its the very best WHY NOT? THIS 1S THE BEST BREAD ) “f{f;ig IVE EVER TASTED quality. bread baked. Never variesin The #WM ' WOMEN'’S FEATURES. SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. SECURED WS FIRST BIG STAGE ROLE BECAUSE WE WAS FRIGHTENED. THE ROLE WAS TWAT oF A NERVOUS MAN AND HE SHOOK SO FROM REAL NEQVOUSNESS THAT HE WON 1T/ something that isn't worth saving? I refer to teeth that have infection in them that is disease and i the many months, even years. The big point that is now known, but which was unknown when many of us were children, is that the proper diet will build strong teeth and prevent decay, and instead of man becoming & toothless mortal, a little thought will enable him to have the strong, healthy LEANING of the teeth is im- |teenth of his ancestors. portant, but it is only half the |~ Dr. Weston Price of Cleveland, re- story. You wash or brush your | search worker in dentistry$ carried out teeth to protect them, but | extensive researches on the effects of what is the use of protecting | various diets in the prevention of teeth decay, and states that by feeding 40 se- lected children in Cleveland with a spe- clally prepared diet, he stopped dental decay in every one of them. The food which he fed them consisted of milk, whole-grain buns with high vitamin | butter, and a beef-stock soup in_which | there were plenty of vegetables. Within a short time all signs of an increase in teeth decay in the children had ceased, | and their whole physique had improved | enormously. This diet should not be difficult for mothers to obtain and prepare, and should mean much to the health and appearance of children. Oyster Soup. Take one quart of oysters. Put in a saucepan one quart of milk and one pint of water with salt, pepper, and That Body of Yours BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. reading danger—heart 'umatism—throughout If your dentist, by testing your teeth and an examination by the X-ray, advises that teetdh, however healthy in appear- ance, should be removed, don't de- lay but get rid of them. Very often the individual waits until he feels Gecides to have the teeth removed. By the time theu- | matism makes it- self felt, the trou- | an ble has likely been | to a boll, add the oysters and let the developing for | whole simmer for five minutes, Thicken | with cracker crumbs. 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