Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1933, Page 22

M Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIMS. My, Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auc- tion player He was captain of the renowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 national championships since 1924. Encouraging a Slam Over a Jump- Raise. 7 ONTINUING yesterday's discus- sion of the first kind of en- couraging bid—naming a sec- ond suit—we will take a two- suiter opening hand. The bid- ding has been one spade, three spades: 8—-AQxxX D—Q x H—A QXXX C—x With this hand, you must sign off by bidding four spades. as your one and & half primary tricks in hearts formed part of your re- quirements to open the bidding. To bid four hears, you should hold a clear outside trick, since spades. Your part- ner must hold two aces and the king of one of your long should four it to six If he goes on after your minimum response, your excellent | distribution for suit play should make contract almost unbeatable. D—AKXX C—Qxx the slam B8—AKxXX H—x T would bid four diamonds. If he| now says four hearts, you know_there is & duplication, and must sign off with four spades. But if he bids five clubs you should bid six spades—his high cards are likely to be A K of clubs and the queen of spades. If his clubs are A J 10 x, then he must hold the ace of hearts. The danger is that he may hold three little diamonds and K UNCLE RAY’S CORNER When the Earth Shakes. AST month we received news of a great earthquake in China, and were told that the quake destroyed thousands of homes and brought great loss of life. Such an event turns our minds to the general subject of earthquakes. There is seldom, if ever, a day when a quake of some kind does not take place SCENE AFTER EARTHQUAKE AT MESSINA, ITALY, IN 1908. somewhere on the earth. Japan often has four or five earthquakes in a single day; but most of them do no damage. Now dnnd then 'l:lmu mofimhxl;a ‘which does arm. er readers of the Comgu:m remember_the ter- rible earthquake in San Francisco which brought loss of life and caused a fire which destroyed a large part of the city. That happened in 1906. A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. \RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S selec- tion of young Lewis Douglas of Arizone as Director of the Budget in his administration apparently handed political observers in the Capital a jolt as severe as any they received when the cloak of secrecy surrcunding the major appoint- ments in the administration was finally withdrawn. Few of them had heard his name mentioned in the speculation for high place in the Roose- ‘velt regime. Not that _they don't know Doug- las. During the session of Congress many persons com- mented on the way the young Arizonan forged to the front in the House. “The third Senator from Arizona” is the way some observers describe him, for he is his State’s only representative in the House. His constituency em- 'braces the whole State—more than 35,000 persons. SCREEN ODDITIES BY CAPT. ROSCOE FAWCETT. LLAIN CREAM SODAS AND QUANTITIES OF CANDY DALY, \TTY CONTRACTED , AS THE- RESULT BITE, THE ONLY CASE OF TRUE JUNGLE WSTORY. ANSERICAN MEDICAL. AGAZIN E PAGE. x in hearts—but if the heart ace is not over the king, you can throw one of your small diamonds on that king and the other on the long club—an even-money chance well worth taking. Again, the opponents may not open hearts, and then you can throw the heart on the long club and surrender a diamond trick. The second kind of encouraging bid is & jump-response in no trumps. This characteristically denies ion of a second suit on which to base slam-play, but afirms excess values in terms of primary tricks. Since partner's re- nse of three spades proclaimed a similar lack of a serviceable secondary suit. you must not expect any low cards to be established in the play of the hand except, naturally, in your main suit. Be pessimistic, therefore, in en- couraging a slam under these condi- tions. You should be able to count your losers at this very point if a slam is worth trying. To make the four no- trump reply you should hold a high honor in every suit, with four clear primary tricks ond a queen or so be- sides. S—AKxxx D—KQ H—Ax C—QJ9x Over the three spades response, bid four no trumps. If your parner has no more than an ace and a king, this contract—or five des which with a minimum he is likely to prefer—cannot be in weal danger. If he has two and a half primary tricks, six no trumps or six spades can hardly be defeated. In a tournament, your ner should in- cline to the former; rubber play, the latter would perhaps enable you to pro- ceed sooner to the next deal. In these upper registers of the slam- zone, where very precise counting of your losers is essential, you will realize why my table of primary trick valua- tions is so simple and so uncompromis- ing. I try to eliminate guessing on big hands. Kamn, Von Zedtwitz, Wernher | and I could work together 10 hours a| day for 10 years without finding a legit- imate way to obtain this precision if we were compelled to give K Q J the same primary value as A K or if KJ10 to count the same as an ace. (Oopyright. 1933.) Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on comtrace that "are addreased to this news: er with self-addressed, stamped en- pe. During the last 950 years more than 1,200 earthquakes have taken place in Great Britain, but only 22 of them have been strong enough to cause damage. Xt:gr! has been more badly treated by earthquakes than any other nation except Japan. In 280 years Italy suf- fered harm from 209 earthquakes—and this does not cowu;\kt htlx‘nd.r:ds of small quakes which place. One of the worst Italian earthquakes occurred in 1908. The center of trouble appears to have been under the water between the island of Sicily and the mainland. Sea waves raising to a height of 35 feet were caused by the quake, and buildings in_ the city of Messina, Sicily, were shaken down. About 75,000 persons lost their lives. The great disaster in Japan 10 years ago will be recalled by many readers. ‘The known dead in that earthquake numbered 99,331 Farthquakes are due to something which takes place under the surface of dry land or beneath the bottom of the sea. A great slip of rock magses, at the place of a great crack or “fault,” 1= “blamed for what happens to the world above. The cause of the slipping is not en- tirely clear. It may be due to the| shrinking of the crust of the earth, or to pressure from steam which forms when water is heated by hot rock un- der the earth. Many earthquakes come at the time n{m eruptions of vol- canoes. Most earthquakes occur on islands or on parts of the mainland not_far from the coast. (For “Science” section of your scrap book.) Several thousand more copies of the “Surprise Leaflet” will be mailed with out charge to readers who send me a| stamped return envelope. This leaflet contains riddles, and tells how to per- form magic tricks. UNCLE RAY. (Copyright, 1033.) Douglas—“Lou,” as he is called by his friends—is only 38 years cid, and looks even younger than that. He is| ! tall, soft-spoken and even a bit timid | at times. ‘When he first came to Congress it was a familiar sight to see him astride his bicycle wheeling his way to and from the Capitol. “Need exercise,” he explained. “That’s the only time I have to get it.” He doesn’t “bike” any more, however. A kid in his neighborhood had been casting envious eyes for a long time at his bicycle. One morning Douglas called him over and told him that it was his. ‘The biennial base ball game staged in the Capital between the Democrats and Republicans of the House will be played in the future without him. He was the star pitcher for the Democrats, having learned how to put 'em over the plate when he was at Amberst. His activity as a member of the famed Economy Committee in Congress brought ! him to the frcnt ranks among House leaders. In the face of possible defeat for re- election he vigorously opposed expen- ditures in Government. It was that, some declare, which attracted Roose velt and his advisers to him. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933. LITTLE BENNY I was starting to get dressed this morning and I couldn't find my other stocking, thinking, G wizs I bet that dog went and took it. Meening my new puppy Junior, and Just then I heard pop downstairs, say- ing, For Peet sake I ony see one shoe here, that dog couldn’t be a bigger nuisants if he was a monkey. them, ms said, and pop said, Propen- sity be hanged, is this if it'’s mine can I put my shoes on the floor or not? Now Willyum dont carry on, I'll find it for you, after all your shoe is big enough to be visible to the naked eye, hee hee nothing persone], ma said. And pritty soon she said, Here it is, Willyum, under the sofer in the living room as big as life, now isn't that just too cute. No, it isn't, if you insist on a frank anser, pop said, and ma said, Well for land sakes what's this under here with it? My good hand imbroidered hanker- chiff of all things, with one corner chewed unmercifully, now that's ag- gervating. No, that's really cute, pop said, and ma sald, I sippose you'd compare your big unwieldy shoe to my good hand imbroidered hankerchiff, and pop said, I wouldn't exchange that shoe for 5 dozen hankerchiffs all dripping with priceless lace. Yee gods now where's my ferst shoe, this is getting to be a vicious cercle, he said. It cant be far, it was just here a few moments ago, ma said. Here it is un- der the bewro, well, he certeny is a thorough little fellow anyway. And here’s my 10 doller Prentch nitegown in the same place, well now that’s too much, I'm going to spank that puppy. ‘We'll take terns, I'll spank him ferst, where is the animal? pop said. Wich by that time he was up in my room, and I quick locked him in there till after breakfast for his own sake. College Humor First Mug—I hear Elsie had to take 311" twice to get through her opera- on. Second Mug—Ya, ane to operate and the other to keep her from talking about it. Red Cat. ““Who,” asked the spoon of the fork. “was that ladle I saw you with last night? “That wasn't no ladle,” rejoined the ready fork, “that was my knife.” —The Pointer. hl'xl'gue'l methhu—dovenn about our Yes, he's pigeon-toed. gg—Weh mst ran aver'h: dog: in_the road? He (disgustedly)—Oh, no, we chased him into a kennel. JOLLY POLLY A Lesson in English BY JOS. J. FRISCH. A NEWSPAPER EDITOR DEMANOS AN HONEST DOLLAR. IN S0 FAR AS MOST OF US ARE (ONCERNED, WE CARE NOTHING ABOUT A DOLLAR'S PAST. —Grammarians are generally that “in” is superfluous in “in so far as.” Hence, we say, “So far as most of us are concerned.”. In the construction, “He did not do much to advance his object. save in so far that his gracious ways everywhere won es- teem and affection,” substitute “though” for “save in so far that.” Chiffonade Dressing. French dressing, two tablespoonfuis minced pimento, two tablespoonfuls minced celery, one teaspoonful minced parsley, two teaspoonfuls minced onion, one hard-boiled* egg, finely minced. Mince ingredients finely and mix with French dressing. Serve with lettuce, endive or romaine. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice. Baked Eggs. Bacon. Rice Pancakes. Maple Sirup. Colee. LUNCHEON. Nut Loaf. ‘Tomato Sauce. ‘Whole Wheat_Biscuits. Cream Ple. Tea. DINNER. Cream of Mushroom Soup. Fried Liver and Bacon. Boiled Potatoes. Carrots and Peas. Candle Salad. French E Peach Tapioca with Cream. Coffee. RICE PANCAKES. Dissolve one teaspoon soda in half teaspoan salt, two beaten egg yolks, one cup cold cooked rice pressed through vegetable press and finally fold in stiffiy-beaten whites of eggs. Bake until brown on well-greased griddle. NUT LOAF. Mix one pint of ground almonds and English walnuts amount of soft which have been moistened with a little cold water. Season with salt and a little pow- dered herbs; add one cup of milk b-‘xl:d two tablespoons of melted til tender; drain and stock for the sauce. Put serole dish with the peas, with the sauce, mix well. and place in moderate minutes. " - Sauce.—Put the oil or and onion into small pan cook until the onion is tender; add the flour, mix well, then one cup of the boil 3 minutes; ad salt and put the have been mixed seasoning and center of the . with the finely chopped tn N The speakie snake would not Although he searched the press in To find a single three-line thmudmhfl%. 3 Goes sl sort ot Glever stunts The And But never once-does he evince A wish to shine in public prints. ‘The speakie O’er tundra, ice and ‘Will drive a savage wolf away And hold a griszly bear at bay, But would not do a single caper To ‘The speakie dashes through fimmmm And does not pine and away 13 Nor think his subtle skill and craft ‘Were very badly photographed. The speakie lion’s forceful part And then But none of Earn handsome Too bad th Don't un<>-4~nd that they are good. MODES OF THE MOMENT Says: At Least It Sharpens Our Appetites Has Depression a Bright Side? |DorothyDix| Remembering What You Used to Have, Why Not Appreciate Flavor of What You Have Left? N these times the world hears complaints of those who have “zeen better days,” as the phrase goes. Theirs is, indeed, a sad Ict, for no one will dispute tgm poet’s assertion that “s sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.” To have known riches and luxury and to be cast down into the hard ways of sordid poverty; to have been feted and flattered and admired and then thrust into obscurity; to have known love and to be left lonely and forsaken, is to be tormented by tastes and habits that cannot be gratified, by desires that cannot be realized, by humiliations that are always fresh, by longings that leave the heart open with emptiness. Fate can deal & human being no crueler blow than that. . FOH-TUNAT!LY. however, there is another side to this picture, although we seldom contemplate it. And just as our memory of the good times we have had and lost deepens our misery, so the memory of sor- rows we have endured heightens our enjoyment of the good things that come to us. ‘The most common illustration of this is in our health. We may go along for years being hale and hearty and think nothing of it and have no lar sense of well being. Then let sickness come to us, let our be torn with suffering, let the fear of death cast its dark shadow over us, and then let health return to us again. IT is no commonplace, then. It is a miracle. Just the relief of being out of pian, of being able to sleep again, of being able to eat once more, fills us with happiness, and when we feel our strength coming back and realize that we will soon be able to take up our ordinary lives again we are flooded with a surging joy. It is 5o wonderful to be well again! And it's the same way with money. The le who have always been rich, who have been full-fed, who have only had to write a check !ormythms‘mzy ht they wanted in order to possess it, miss all the finet flavor of having the things one wants because they have always had them and so have no standard of comparison. Tfllmwhohljlltmnhlmedlnnerevmdlyolhllluehu no special refish for it and finds fault if the chef has put a dash too much or s grain too little of seasoning in a sauce. It takes the man who had gone hungry in his youth, and who looks back upon the time when he thought he had a feast if he had all the corned beef and cabbage he could eat, to savor & good meal and offer up a genuine thanksgiving in his heart every time he sits down to a well spread table. ‘The woman who has always been lapped in luxury, who has always had beautiful clothes and lived in lovely houses and has had somebody stand between her and the world, is often peevish and fretful and dis- contented. But to the woman who has had a hard, starved girlhood, who has had to scrimp and save in order to get the cheap, sleazy silk to make her a gown, who has gone without lunches to buy her a pair of near-silk Mckhmm‘ t.&;:mnhlryulemmjm&mbe-blewmldecqn ou of c 3 THE woman who has never had a home of her own before gets more pleasure and thrill out of a three-room flat or a cheap ow n in the suburbs than the woman who has always had them does out of her Eheeumwponmdmhomeanthenvmuemdhervuhmtm It takes the woman who has had to earn her own bread and butter, who has had to fight her own battle and be haunted by the fear of what .wutmm h:twmh wul; hjer ‘il ::‘em:ell sick or‘:t}st he; job, to know how blessed just & e women, safe and warm at her own fireside, with a good husband to take care of her. o IT is the same way with marriage. The only people who really appre- ciate & gcod husband or wife are thoce who heve had bad ones. ‘When a young man marries a girl who is sweet and amiable and uncelfish ::1& lx::l-m nu.k;‘ mz a p]]e::a;xot h‘l’: comrg:ub]e home, he thinks he is more n is com! and doesn't feel exungo ln{ u:o'.e ?:l th;;xk;»w her. S e with a girl. gets a husband who is domestic and considerate and courteous and kind and generous, she wll;dde‘:al l:‘h‘;’fl. he is doing no more than his duty and is nothing to write home about. But let either one draw a grouchy, cantankerous, selfich, quarrelsome, disagreeable mate in the matrimonial lottery, ard then if fate is kind enough to give them a second throw of the dice and they win a blue- ribbon prize husband or wife, they realize their luck. Tmmwulthemmnthltlmumlbmndwflkmdom one. They know how y & home can be, and o they know mm-mmmdemmsm thy and understanding s mue;homfl;th:fl;:hgmolmtm‘d"pe{u. e ® of wonder why we are called upon to endure hardsh misfortunes. Perhaps uuwmueu.wm;oymmmmblgshfi that come to us. Sunshine never seems so bright as when it follows the storm. And perhaps that is a helpful thought for these days. DO More Truth Than Poetry BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Hard Luck. NE WP’;‘E was clected 8 Plenty of Practice. Jim Farley is pretty well fitted to referee all impending fights over Like It. seems to think he Apparently Tammany didnt worry about voting machines, all the members dog will pull a sledge (Copyright. 1933.) Brushes Away Gray Hair Keeps Permanent Wave | Now you can really look Jounger. an ordinary shade—whether “blonde, m"nn or black. It is so easy to do—at Brownatone. Over 20 years success. Guarinteed barmless’ Active coloring P L S i Cannot affect waving hair, see his picture in the paper. years amall he receives no extra g does not seem to think is art; simulates a little rage trots calmly to his cage. these, it would appear, e fortunes every . folk of field and wood NATURE’S CHILDREN a grassy ex- terior and lining of horsehair. Four or five green eggs are laid by the 1st of | June. The parents are devoted to each | other and their children. Their ba- bies are sparrowy looking youngsters and resemble these birds until they are two years old. | After the family duties are over, the deserted and the finches are seen in the orchards and woods among | their friends and relatives. They talk | among _themselves with a low warble | which has been likened to humming. (Copyright, 1933.) Everyday Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS. Sleep is essential. There seems to be | a limit to te amount of sleep one may lose. Some can stand more loss of sleep than others before serious conse- quences set in. The average amount of sleep you can lose without loss of efficiency is something like two days. Most people imagine that the well known nervous disorder called insomnia | is equivalent to loss of sleep. There is no comparison between'them. Some in- somniacs say that they have not slept | for days, but that is really a misstate- ment of fact. In every case of insom- nia, you have your naps, which tell a story other than a complete loss of sleep. Excitement or interest is the thing that prevents sleep. Monotony is the thing that produces sleep. Parents sometimes find it hard to get their| children to sleep on time. Provide for | a monotonous house along about 8 o'clock and the answer will be forth- coming. Old people seem to require more sleep than a man or woman of 40. But this is generally not the case. They only seem to require sleep. As you grow older, more and more things be- come monotonous. Sleep is one's re- lief from a world no longer regarded as interesting. The habit of retiring from this world of monotony will account for the long periods of sleep which seem wmfiu to those who are growing ol SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. COR! Remember, muvver, control yer tem- per! This here cat had halerotis if anybody eber had. No, mam! I aren’t usin’ my own toofbrush on her—it’s Drandpa’s. | Nature that possess! | the right of retention. Any one who | finds an empty house becomes the \ WOMEN'’S FEATURES. BEDTIME STORIE “That is quite all right,” replied Mrs. Jimmy pleasantly. “It has been a hard Wl.nkdr. hasn't it?” ‘would surely starve to death. I suppose that when the weather too bad you 3‘ Jimmy just went to sleep and for- Mrs. Jimmy nodded. “Yes,” said she. “We started the Winter very fat, and when the weather got too severe we and three of the children curled up to- gether and kept each other warm while we slept. Now I think of it I haven't ::In you or Reddy around here for some 0,” replied Mrs. Reddy. “It became 80 hard to get a living around here after the great storm that we de- cided to try another section for awhile. ‘We have been back only a few days. I see you are occupying our old home. Do you find it comfortable?” “Very,” replied Mrs. Jimmy. “It was By Thornton W. Burgess. owner of it by taking possession. found your house empty and took pos- session, therefore it became ours.” “And there is also the Jaw that who- ever is strong or smart enough to take and hold possession of a thing has & right to it,” said unedn‘igdy slyly. doesn't concern us. No one ever has tried to take anything from us. They are welcome to try if they want to, but nobody seems % want to.” “What you really mean is that no one is s0 foolish as to try,” amended Mrs. Reddy. Mrz. Jimmy grinned. “Perhaps that is it,” said she. “Where are you living now, Mrs. K2 “Oh. just here and there,” replied Mrs. Reddy. “We had expected to oc- = ! = Wirsyiz i “EXCUSE ME, MRS. JIMMY,” SAID SHE. “I DON'T WANT TO IN- TERFERE WITH YOUR HUNT- ING.” eupy our old home, not knowing that you had moved in. As it is we are quite by chance that we discovered that [“homeless for the time being. By the you were not using it. There are so many of us that we need a good sized bed room and we have found that one of yours just right. Of course, had you been at home and using it we would not have thought of it for ourselves.” “Of course not,” replied Mrs. Reddy pleasantly. “So when we found you had given it up we moved right in,” continued Mrs. Jimmy. “And I suppose that now you con- | sider it it yours,” said Mrs. Reddy. “Certainly. Why not?” retorted Mrs. Jimmy. “It is the law of Old Mother lon carries with it Pillows for way, are you and Jimmy planning to remain in the Old Pasture?” “I don't know what Jimmy is plan- ning to do, but I am not,” declared Mrs. Jimmy in a decided tone. “It has been all right for this Winter, but I don’t altogether like it as a location in which to bring up a family. I am going to move back to my old home on the edge of the Old Orchard and I think I shall do it soon. The three children, who have been with us all Winter, will be leaving any time now. What Jimmy will do I can't say.” Mrs. Reddy and Mrs. Jimmy parted the best of friends, and by being tact- ful Mrs. Reddy had found out what she wanted to know. Easter Gifts BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. ONE OF THE NEW PRAYER PILLOWS OF ORGANDY ORNAMENTED WITH THE FLOWER AND BUD APPLIQUE OF HANDKERCHIEF LINEN. HE prayer pillow is a chaste new type of boudoir pillow. As the name implies, its place is on the bed, not at the head with other boudoir pillows, but alone, in solitary dignity, at the foot. Only when in use is its place on the floor by the bedside, where it makes a soft cushion for the knees. It is a development of the old-time kneeling cushion of sturdier type of embroidery, which was used be- fore the Prie Dieu in a chamber as well as on the bare floor of a church. ‘The modern prayer pillow is distinctly for bedside use. The saccepted shape of the prayer pillow resembles that of a muff some 12 inches wide. The filling may be down, feathers, floss or other substi- tute for feathers. The ornamental cover may be quilted, embroidered or be of fine applique. It may be secured to the pillow or be removable, as a pillowcase. From the center of each end a length of the material, gathered tightly, extends something like a textile tassel. The gatherings are concealed under a cord of ribbon wound about them. If of ribbon, a small bow lends further ornament. A charmingly dainty prayer pillow is made of organdy, now so fashionable, and is ornamented with handkerchief linen flowers and foliage applique. As the color of the pillow shows through the organdy, the hue should match found in other bed or accessories, or carry out one of the colors in the scheme of the room. The DOT: Honestly, I feel bad about Edna. She’s always left out when the crowd gets together. PAT: Well, you know the reason. It’s a shame, too— she could easily avoid it. DOT: Yes, you mean of the pillow, or it may be lighter, to match the color as it appears through the organdy. A flower and bud applique pattern can be had for 10 cents and self-ad- dressed and stamped envelope sent with a request directed to Lydia Le Baron Walker, care of this paper. This de- sign was originated expressly for choice applique and is exquisite when carried out in white handkrechief linen or in dainty colors. When in color it is handsomest if it matches the shade of the silken pillow covering beneath the organdy. From the organdy cut a strip as wide as the muff pillow, allowing enough for 4 or 6 inches extension on each end. Hemstitch the ends, or hem and edge with lace. Cut the flowers, buds and foliage from linen in sizes and shapes given on the pattern sheet and arrange as pictured. Position them 80 that they come in the center of the organdy strip. Baste in place and run in fine stitches to the organdy. Seam raw edges together. Slip over the pil- low and tie the ribbon tightly around the organdy at each end close to the . Make the organdy flare at ends of the frills. Not only is this an exquisite prayer pillow, but its cover is easily removed and laundered. Nothing could be more appropriate for an Easter gift than such a prayer pillow. Moreover, it costs little to fashion, although it would be expensive to buy. There is historic background for these pillows and a beautiful mg- nificance. (Copyright. 1933.) iration odor in underthings. Why don’t you tell her LUX takes it all away? Keeps undies new looking, too. LUX for PAT: I'll try. Any girl can avoid offending—just Lux Underthings