Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1933, Page 29

MAGAZINE PAGE. Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIMS Mr, Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living comtract and auction player. He was captain of the re- mowned “Four Horsemen” team, and has won 24 national championships since 1924. Responses. ~ S I have said before, the fact that you are unable to respond one-over-one does not neces- sarily #hply weakness. When ou (®elop a partnership you will find that the advantages are all for you if you do not overbid your band. Providing that your partner has some reserve behind his bid he will always allow you some leeway to give you a fur- ther opportunity to show your true values, Three pri- mary tricks in the opener’s hand and three in yours only account for six tricks. The aver- age contract play- er is not a ma- gician and to pro- duce the surplus tiicks without distribution does need some kind of magic. Good players can often pick one or two tricks out of the air by making subtle, brilliant and ingenious plays. ‘These triumphs are achieved by the squeeze play, the end play and the strip play. Nevertheless, the finest player cannot make four extra tricks against perfect defense. In one of the national championship events of last year I sat in the South position and the following deal came along: AAQ-T42 vk & 10-7 4 J-10-8-5-3 v) North and South vulnerable. ‘The bidding: North East South Explanations of the Bidding. (1) The hand contains too many losers for an opening two bid under our system. Any response from the partner will be carried to game. (2) My hand contained fine playing @evelopments and game possibilities, MENU FOR A DAY. LUNCHEON, Shrimp Wiggle Tozsted Crackers Preserved Peers Spong> Cake Tea DINNER. Cream of Potato Soup Pillet of Sole French Fried Pctatoes Green Peas Lettuce, Russing Dressing Banana Blanc Mange Coffee SHRIMP WIGGLE. One quart mik, cne can peas, two cans chrimo, one-quarter cup flour, cne tablespocn butter, one-quarter teaspocn ca't, one- quarter teaspoon pepper, Let milk ccme t9 a boll; add drained peas, then dissolve flour in water. Add this to milk and peas, then but- ter, salt and pepper. mixture come to thick consist- ency, then add shrimp. Let cook about 5 minutes, so as not to break shrimp. Serve on toasted bread or crackers. BANANA BLANC MANGE. Onz quart boiling milk, add all cun suger, a pinch of bl 2 pu) bananas and the stiffiy-beaten white of one egg. Set away to cool in a mold. Serve with thin custard sauce. (Copyright, 1933.) AN ALEALINE reaction in your system will help of keep flu away — and Florida grapefruit (Na- ture’s biggest package of Vitamin C) creates this highly desired condition in these danger- ous days when flu is stalking through the land. Eat the fruit, drink the juice in abundance and with delight — it’s such a happy way of help- ing keep away the dreaded enemy flu. Florida oranges are equally effective — mix Florida orange and grapefruit juice, the combination will delight you—the flavor is better then either (if possible), a perfect blend of goodness! In these unsettled winter days, Florida citrus juice is a sunshine cocktail supreme. Florida grape- fruit are bulging with goodness — cannonballs yet it is not strong enough to warrant a jump take-out. (3) The three-club bid denied ade- quate support for hearts, but denoted additional values, otherwise two spades or two no trump would be the zfirnm minimum reply. At the same e it is not a respanse force. (4) The heart sujt was not rebid, al- though 8 six-card suit would generally be bid a second time. My bid of three no trumps showed my partner a pos- sible diamond stop. (5) A definite slam try, and shows both a heart honor and a diamond stopper. (6) The spade king eliminates any finesse in spades. With a heart honor located in North's hand this suit is al- most solid. The possession of two long suits to run off assures a very fine play | for the slam. The Play (* indicates card taking trick.) Trick West North East South 48(1) &7 4K* ¢4 v 3 6 9 K Q A . A -92 . On the lead of the heart Q at the eighth trick, West ~ was hopelessly squeezed. ‘West held the following cards: # J-10-8 & K-10-9 North held the following cards: ® A-Q-T »A-Q-J All that I had to do was to retain the suit that West discarded, finesse the club and win the balance of the tricks in North's hand. Points of play: (1) The diamond eight was an evi- dent short opening. (2) With the fall of the heart J on trick 2, I marked West with five spades and five clubs. If this was the case (it turned out to be s0) I could not set any sult up and, therefore, the only chance I had was to make a squeeze play. The plans for this squeeze actually started after I cashed in the second trick. (Copyright. 1933.) Mr. Sims will answer all inquires on con- tract with self-addressed, stamped enveliope. My Neighbor Says: Pork, unlike beef and lamb, must be well done. It is best to allow about 30 minutes per pound for roesting pork. Always wrap table or bed linen which is to be stored away in dlrkhlmm!xwk&pltmm turning yellow. When a small amount of cake is eaten at a time, cut the slices from the center of cake. Push the two remaining pleces close together like a whole cake, and this will keep it moist and soft for several days. SCREEN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933.. NATURE’S CHILDREN BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. BLOODROOT HE Indisns knew the lasting qualities of the bloodrcot stain and rubbed their faces and tomahawks with the juice be- fore going into battle. The cool. moist woods are the fa- vorite home of the dainty white flower. As soon as the bright warm days of April eppear, clouds of white flowers are seen on the damp ground. The buds are exquisite pearls, wrapped about with papery shields and set on long slender stems. These stout stems are filled with the "b%," and in vlc?:s these flowers you soon realize Valuable the stein must ave appeared to_the warring Indians. The leaves do not appear until the flowers have fulfilled their mission. As they work their way up into the world they are turned wrong side out. They are very lovely, indeed, -with pinkish veins and lobed edges. It is their duty to make the food for the coming Spring. It is stored by the parent Toot stock. The fragile white petals open slowly, and if the day be dark and glcomy the flower hostess will not open her shutters until the sun comes out. Then u sce her golden center. The two- f:bcd stigma opens to receive pollen from other flowers before its own is ripened. You can see it standing right over the seedbox in the newly opened flower. After the hungry insects bring pollen from other flowers, the blossom mother drops her petals and gets busy developing her seed babies. The “early birds” among the insects rush to get the first pollen, and, though no nectar is served, guests are many and work industriously to gather the golden grains for their own wee babies. ‘These flowers will transplant and flourish in your rock garden or shady nook if conditions are congenial. They are not cutting flowers, but Spring an- nouncers. From Nova Scotia to Flor- ida and westward to Neb the flowers herald the coming season. In olden days the mothers used to meke their own remedies out of herbs and rocts. The juice of the bloodroot was sprinkled over Jumps of sugaer and wes supposed to be a sure cure for colds and coughs. As sugar was 80 scarce in those days, no doubt a bit of sugar was most welcome to the afflicted one and the cold was forgotten. (Copyright, 1933.) ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. SM WEIGHS 212 POUNDS, BUT 1S A SKILLFUL DANCER, PLAYS FAST TENNIS, GOLFS (N THE 90'S AND IS AGOOD SWIMMER. SHE IS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. Thomforr Nature’s safeguard against VICTOR MCLAGLEN GAVE: 200 TURKEYS To DESERVING PERSONS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. oo the “flmu” trus delight — and Florida oranges, re- gardless of size, are bargains in extra juice. The small ones are extraordinary values if juice is what you want. Three times a day or more ~— salute your taste and safeguard your health! D — TANGERINES WILL TANTALIZE YOUR TASTE Florida tangerines are the third member of Florida’s famous citrus fruits — but s0 differ- ent. The peel comes off with one twist of the thumb. The segments come apart like the pet- als of a rose. Each is a delicious, healthfal mouthful. Nothing can equal them in salads. Buy a dozen today. W fil FLORIDA ORANGES ¢« GRAPEFRUIT « TANGERINES v MODES OF THE MOMENT WOMEN'S FEATURES. B—I5 —_— By Thornton W. Burgess. BEDTIME STORIES witted and that he had been tricked into leaving that gate open. “It is & long time since I have seen any signs of a Fox around here,” he Farmer Sets a Trap. the traps of Gare mauht How thew viek et Yor. ND those who set them appar- ently care as little. A sneaking, unfeeling, thing is a steel trap, in wait for its im, and in all the Great We:ld man alone is ca) of such treachery as the use of it. ‘The farmer from whom Reddy Fox and Mrs. F-edéy had stoien three h?s was angry. He was very angry. To him they were merely red-coated rob- | bers who had killed for themselves what he had intended to kill for him- | self later on. From his point of view they were just thieves. It didn’t occur | to him that according to the law of | Old Mother Nature, which is the law of the Green Forest and the Green Mead- | ows, they had done nothing wrong. In the ‘eyes of Reddy and Mrs. Reddy they | had just as much right to those hens, | if they could get thim, as he had to’ the rabbits and grouse and ducks he wu&b:h’:c. 'fhzynwm simply 5 ol g W of self-preservation, | “NOW, 3 4 saving themselves from starvation. ‘is ‘?"c’)‘t} ’fiifis‘?" cHAgcxs(on% e continued, “but now that they have been here once, they will come again, . running if I know anything about it. It must How and where the two|be that they are having hard work to been obtained he didn’t|get enough to eat or they never would know. It was enough for him that|have been bold enough to come here ‘were missing. in broad daylight. Well, one of them “It was just chance that that other | anyway will have to pay for those hens. Fox happened to be near when I left|A good fox skin will be worth more that gate open.” thought he. He didn't | than three hens. I'll set a trap. They once suspect that he had been out- wun‘t.,bebukwnlcht, They have had too good a meal for that. But two or three nights from now_they will come to look things over. I'll have a trap ready then and one of those Foxes pay for those hens.” ‘Two days later there was a lght snow. Late in the afternoon the farmer got out a trap with wicked steel jaws. Fhe chain he fastened to & sl o, The hens were in the henhouse. It was still snowing lightly. “Couldn’t be bet- ter,” chuckled the farmer. “There will be just enough snow to cover every- thing nicely. "I won't need to use any bait. T'll just leave the gate ajar as if I had forgotten to clote it, and I'l set the trap just inside where Mr. Fox will step in it when he enters to see if he can get in the hen house.” ‘There was a small doorway o into the hen yard from the h’en mhuue.m‘ It was just big enough for the heng to pass ‘through comfortably, and at night was closed by a sliding door. To- night this was was left open, but in- side the hen house a big empty box was so placed that the hens could not get out, and any one trying to get in would simply walk into the box. From outside it looked as if the closing of the sliding door had been forgotten. The yard gate was tied so that it was open just wide enough for a fox to | pass through easily, but so that the | wind could not blow it wide open or shut. The snow was dug away just | enough to place the trap a little below | the surface just inside the entrance. A plece of white paper was laid over the Ban,of the tap nd then sow was htly sifted over the whole, The chain and the log were buried in the snow and the surface smoothed over. It was still snowing lightly and in a little while the .surface showed no trace of having been disturbed. “Now, Mr. Fox, come as Soom 88 please,” chuckled the farmer. * you do come you will stay a long tame. (Copyright, 1633.) New a year ago.. 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