Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1933, Page 38

MAGAZINE - Contract BY P. HAL SIMS— Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed greatest living contract and auction player. He was captain of .| the renowned “Four Horsemen” | team of four, and has won 24 na- tional championships since 1924. -Responding to An Opening Bid of “ One No Trump. AM deliberately repeating myself in explaining the theory of this re- sponse procedure because it is im- ¥ possible to exaggerate its impor- {tance and I want to make sure that you do not content yourself with memoriz- I will give. . you to understand | the underlying the- ory, the reason for ‘ handling the bid- 1@ naturally right bids by apoly- ing the theory to each individual hapd as to you. Sometimes you must, on results, over- bid a hand; at other times you mas play a hand at three in your suit when your partner could, as the cards lay. have delivered three no trumps. My system is fallible like the others, and it is precisely in connection with no trumps that I believe risks should be taken in game contracts. By “risks, however, I mean the risk of being set one, at most two tricks, on an unlucky hand, very seldom doubled. I do not mean the Tisk of being doubled and set three to four tricks with no play what- ever to make the contract. That should never happen to you in constructive bidding. The methods here advocated will relieve you of all fear of heavy Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. The -Joyous Whistler. In spring is life surpassing fair, in the very air. 2 o —old Mother Nature. OHNNY CHUCK was a wanderer these early spring days, but he ‘was by no means a cdreless wan- derer. In .this he differed from young Chucks, just starting out in the pride of their self-confidence to see the Great World. Johnny was too old and too wise not to know just what he was doing at all times. Although he took some chances, as any enterprising per- son must, he tried to have at all times a line-of Tetreat to a place of safety. for well he knew that he might at any time meet Reddy Fox or Mrs. Reddy or Old Man Coyote or a Dog. These were the only ones he feared always, excepting the two-legged killer with a gun. So when Johnny whistled the alarm signal and started off in a hurry Peter Rabbit followed, for Peter reasoned that Johnny was safe he would be ‘But this time Peter was fooled. Yes, sir, Johnny fooled him this time. He made straight for some trees and up one of these he climbed for a shott dzunoe. He looked down at Peter and grinned. “Come on up,” he invited. “There is zoom enough for two.” Now he knew that Peter couldn’t climb. Of course, he isn't’ much of a climber himself, but Peter is no climber at all. Peter locked up at Johnny Chuck, made a face, glanced back at Reddy Fox, who was headed that way, and took to his long heels. Away he went, lpperty, lipperty, lip. Johnny watched him. Then, just to make sure that every one within hearing should know that danger was abroad, he ‘whistled that shrill alarm note again. It wasn't wholly to give alarm that| he whistled either. It was partly a| challenge to Reddy Fox and there was in it, too, a bit of joyousness. Johnny was thin and he was finding little to| eat as yet, but there was joyousness in the very air. He heard it. He smelled it. He felt it. That was why Te had wished he could sing. That is| © why instead of scolding Reddy Fox #COME ON UP,” HE 'INVITED. “THERE IS ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO " when the latter arrived just below andk 'PAGE penalties in this range. You will, over, be relieved of the men- tal predicament inherent in many 3 tems—the awful guess whether, as-de- clarer, to rebid no trumps'over: a ‘suit takeout; whether to bid three no trumps if responder rebids his suit; whether, as the responding 'partner, to pass the opener’s two no trumps after you have made a suit takeout. You will not al- ways be right, but you will not be seri- ously ‘wrong. If you are doubled, you will be able to redouble confidently and successfully on at least half these oc- casions. You will find that Sims play- ers will seldom venture any doubles of’ other §ims players who voluntarily ar- rive at three no trumps. When Responding Hand Has No Biddable Suit. In these circumstances, your choice is between passing and bidding two no trumps. You are abandoning safety and aspiring to game; you are telling your partner that you want him to bid three no trumps, although you cannot contribute a suit of five or more cards to work with. ‘Though having only high cards without suit length, and-as- suming that the opener also has no suit to work with, you are promising at least a good play for nine tricks, and assurance that if the contract is not made, the penalty will not be serious. The Normal Minimum Strength for Raising. ‘The normal standard minimum hold- ing on which to raise the opening no trump bid to two no trumps with no suit to bid, is one and a balf tricks distributed over three suits. = Include Q J x as a half trick for this purpose, the other values being primary. The less your values are distributed, the greater the need for additional strength on which to raise. Lay out any hand conforming to my requirements for an opening one no trump bid, and place three kings in the dummy. This. will practically always make the hand safe | for nine tricks. However, with only | an ace and a king, I would pass and' not raise. I would look to an addition- al queen or a jack and a ten elsewhere in the hand, or else both the blank suits would have to consist of four cards headed by the ten or by nine- eight. Roughly, in this situation queen may be represented by a jack and a ten, and a jack by two tens. ACopyright, 1933.) G' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1933. more- | * (33 ']Dorothyl)ixl g T is officially stated that swindlers pay mailing-list houses five times as . much for names of veteran victims of get-rich-quick schemes.as:they ¢ do fof those of new prospects. This is most interesting evidence of how little wé profit by experience. Once a sucker, we seem destined 1 ckers, just as gullible and easily fooled, just as rash ess, using just. as little judgment in our affairs the second o third-or fourth"time. as the first. | Tt is ‘easy 'to see how we can be deceived when we are young and ig and unsophisticated and ignorant of the chicanery of the .world and unfamiliar. with. its disappointments. Nor is it difficult to understand how we blunder into making an initial mistake. The thing that passes eomgrehumm is why-we keep on believing in the pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow; why we should continue to have an optimistic faith in wildcat stocks with beautiful prospectuses that promise to pay 50 per cent on the dollar; why we keep on buying gold bricks after we have ac- cumulated a large assortment of them. TH.! old proverb says that the burned child dreads the fire, but that does not seem to be true jn most cases. Occasicnally a precocious infant does put cause and effect together and steer clear of the flames for fear of scorching its little fingers, but for the most part people learn nothing from their sufferings. As soon as their wounds have healed, they go straight back and ask for more punishment. 2 You can take such a simple thing as our health as-an example of this. ' Virtually every one of us knows exact]ly the things that we should do and leave undone to keep us well, and we have acquired this expensive information through illness, through operations, through days in pain and weary weeks in hospitals. But do we profit by the knowledge we have thus gained? Not at all. The minute the doctor dismisses us and we are well again, we return to our old routine of living and' commit the same crimes against our; bodies. THE man who has had a breakdown from overwork can’t get back quickly enough to his desk. The woman who is a bundle of -nerves from too much gadding and not enough sleep plunges into an orgy of clubs and shopping and dinners and teas and night clubs. The fat woman reaches for another pound of chocolate creams, though she knows it will make her heart do queer things. ‘Then there is the handling of money in which the blunderers show an uncanny talent for repeating themseives. Bankruptcy teaches them nothing. They will go right on buying orange groves in Nova Scotia and financing schemes to make gold out of rain water. It isn't surprising that these who have always had money should think they will always have it and be wasteful and improvident. But you would think that those who have known the bitterness of poverty would have had its lesson etched into their very souls. * AI.L of us have known rich people who were reduced to dire poverty and who by some fluke of fate again came into money. But did they cherish every dollar and g‘rovlde against another possible rainy day? Had their experience taught them to be thrifty and prudent? Hardly ever. &%xmmnmmmmmmmm,uuwm.nup Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con- tract that are addressed to this newspaper with self-addressed stamped envelope. The O0ld Gardener Says: ‘There are no lovelier - low- growing plants than tuberous rooted begonias, and none which will grow as thriftily in shady places. These begonias do well with only one or two hours of sunlight a day. It is necessary to start them in the house, however, in order to have them bloom early in the Summer. They should be set in boxes of loam and moss as soon as pink swelling shows in the tubers. The top of the tubers should barely sppear above the soil. Very little water should be given at first, but more will be needed when the leaves form. The plants should be shift- ed ‘to pots when 3 inches high, and then to the open ground when Summer weather is well estab- (Copyright. 1933.) ‘Then there is marriage. How seldom does one’s experience in mar- riage teach one anything, either as to caution in choosing a mate or how to treat a husband or wife after one has got one. Even, an unhappy mar- riage lights no red lantern of warning along the road to the altar, fm’ daily Tirough the Glsliusioning ahd ScuFnE proces of Sivores gebtng.martied ig and searing process of divorce getting-] again within the hour of receiving their decrees lllohl'c.“ TRANGE, indeed, is the way optimism overrules experience in human A woman will forgive her husband seventy times seven for his always believing his last promise that henceforth he will be as the house cat. A woman will pull her husband out of the gutter year after year, believing that each drunk is the last, though her experience has taught her over and over again that he is a poor, weak creature who could not stand alone even if he wanted to, and a liar whose. :o;.d e.l'm(;tr b.e ;mimed‘non. Angetuunmm wi;ho wlililu been miserable with gging ora e Bt oy g g marry her twin sister 8 not most of the domestic strife in homes the absolute result of our refusing to learn from experience? We all know the peculiarities and prejudices of those with whom we live. But does that teach us how to sidestep them and get along without friction? We know the subjects that will always start a family row. But do we avoid dragging them into the family mmuom We do not. We go on from the alfar to the grave or the Ce court having the same old daily spat over the same old (Copyright. 1933.) WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U. 8. Patent Office. 8055, YER YOH AH, ONE DARKY When “Old Grease Spot” was a familiar figure around an old restaurant at Thirteenth street and New York ave- nue northwest? Pork Chops With Apples. Have five pork chops cut about 3;- inch thick. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon- ful of salt, dredge with flour and saute until a golden brown. Slice four tart cooking apples thin and put them in a slices and add 12 cupfuls of cider. Cook in a moderate oven for 1} hours. Turn the chops over so that both sides are are seasoned by the apples and baste occasionally with cider. MORE TRUTH BY JAMES J. Passing the Buck. _Science ‘attributes laziness to germ | Gtion. o Although one needs but little zest To sound & pipe or beat a tabor, ‘These occupations I detest; I find them both too much like labor. | In_ what T like to call my mind Minute bacteria are lurking, ‘Which somehow makes me disinclined To any ‘shape or form of working. When I was young, beyond a doubt, Like all rambunctuous kids I acted; “To wit, I leaped and ran about And drove my parents half distracted. But germs which make for love of ease, Defying science to resist ‘em, Were then engaged, by slow degrees, In finding lodgment in my system.| ‘Thereafter I became the tool Of these unseen, malignant creatures; I took no interest in school, I felt no friendship for my teachers. No sense whatever could I see In conning books with ceaseless ardor; An aducation meant to me ‘That I should have to work the harder. And so, if T today prefer To lie beside a singing river, To listen to the partridge whirr And watch the shining birch leaves quiver; If 1, the fickle jade called Fame, Am not with eager heart pursuing, Please do not put on me the blame; It's all those dog-gone microbes’ doing. Mussolini to Hitler. “Gimme back that spotlight!” Not So Difficult. Mr. Farley is finding that he can fill most all the post offices without resort- casserole. Lay the chops on the apple |ing to the selective draft. Light of Hope. | After the racketeers get through shooting each other, the law of self- preservation will force us to get rid of them. 300 Childrens COATS Reduced for Saturday 1.98 2.98 4-95 1to6 2t0l10 Stol4 blue green tan red FURS—CAPES—THROWS SIGMUNDS 7th&Hst WOMEN'S FEATURES. THAN POETRY MONTAGUE. Born Too Soon. When a Knight of the Round “blei straddled his steed To run an opposing knight through, He cried to a _dame Who was watching -the game: “Dear lady, I'm battling for you!” And when theflovponenz was neatly iped of The slayer fell down and on his knee, And the fair maiden-cried, ‘With excusable pride: “Oh! to think that you killed him for me!” When the ‘lovely Elizabeth cherished a grudge At a noble whose fame was in flower, He spent the next year Of his earthly career Confined in a cell in the Tower. And when the fair Monarch was told = hgvdhenpuced = a e hard, flinty flags to and fro, She airily said, With a toss of her head: “Gramercy! They come and they go!” Alas that the nobles and ladies of old Cannot stroll along Broadway some night, And pause, for a while, To look on, with a smile, At a brisk, busy racketeer fight. Alas, in their heyday they only beheld Mere private-theatrical crime. It is really too bad That these great people had To be born far ahead of their time. Sigh of Relief. | Well, the Babe's gone to work again, so we won't be asked to contribute to a beriefit for him. ‘T'HE surest way to make a dull soup intetesting is to add a little Lea & Perrins Sauce. It's the most useful friend a soup ever had. It makes a flat soup delicious and a fine soup THE © SONNYSAYINGS The big fellers is habin’ their Tourma- gent today—an’ they:must hab been trainin’ on salt mackinaws the way they hollers fer water! (Copyright, 1933.) Corn Fritters. Mix 2 cupfuls of canned corn With 1 teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper, 2 cupfuls of flour, 1 teaspoonful of melted shortening, 1 egg, well beaten; 1 a cupful of milk and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls into deep, hot fat and fry for about three minutes. Serve with maple syrup Lets abolish ired Soup mhiu. Add from v of Lea & Perrins to according to yout own nne.P‘l?ry it at your restaurant—and try it at home tomorrownight. You'll ‘wonderhowyou gotalong withoutit. FREE—A new gives 140ways to to dishes men like. Yours for the asking. Write & posal to Lea & Perrins, Inc., 258 West St., New Yock. LEA & PERRINS Sz INAL WORCES PFIS'DENT ROOSEVELT and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will have much in common. when they sit down in the quiet and easy. informality of a-White House study and begin their economic conversations. It a belief Donald back in the days of the World ‘War when he went his foreign policy he was eager to talk | things over “with my friend Ramsay MacDonald.” | | ‘The British prime minister entertains | the.same feelings. | One who sat in the Senate chamber | that historic October day of 1929 when MacDonald was here for his conversa- tions with President Hoover need -only recall what he said in that”forum to realize this. “Ah, Senators!” he exclaimed, “as long as you conduct your negotiations by correspondence over thousands of miles of sea you will never understand cach other at all. “In these democratic days, when heart speaks to heart, as deep speaks to deep and silence talks to silence, personality, personal contact, exchange of views by the lip, sitting at two sides of a fire- place, as it was my great privilege to My Neighbor Says: Freshness of fish can be deter- mined by the elasticity and firm- ness of the flesh. The odor, of course, is a valuable aid. ‘When making bread, never put hot water on yeast cake, as it kills the yeast plant and conse- quently prevents bread . rising. Use lukewarm water. Cream may be made sour by adding one-fourth teaspoonful of cream of tartar to one and one- half cups of cream. A piece of adhesive tape put on the inside of a thimble will grinned up at him, Johnny grinned! ba cf “I see that while you were asleep; all winter you didn't forget how to climb,” said Reddy. hoped you had when I headed this w I believe I could get up there myself if I should oy “Come on,” invited Johnny Chuck. “There is room for two. Come on up.” Johnny grinned down at Reddy in such a way as to show all his teeth and espe- cially the long sharp front tecth. Reddy grinned back quite as if he didn't see those teeth and quite as if they were the best of friends. He knew that on the ground he would have a real fight to kill Johnny Chuck. Johnny could and would put up a fierce battle as long as there was a breath of life in him. Reddy was sure that he could scramble up to where Johnny was sitting. That 1s, he could if there were no one and nothing to interfere. But with those sharp teeth to meet him it was another matter. | “I fear it would be crowded,” replied Reddy to Johnny's il ation. “You look so comfortable I wouldn't disturb you for the world. Bv the way aren't you a long way from home?” “I don't know,” replied Johnny, and grinned again. “What do you mean know?” demanded Reddy. “Just that,” replied Johnny. “You see, I haven't any special home at pres- ent, Home is wherever I happen to be. Just now it is right up in this tree, and ‘will be as long as I have such a hand- some _neighbor.” “Sorry I can't stay,” grinned Reddy. “I have ‘an engagement over in the ©Old Pasture and must be moving on. T'll be seeing you later.” “Not if I see you first.” Johnny Chuck, and both X Reddy went on toward the Old Pas- ture, anf Johnny watched him. Twice he whistled and there was joy in that It was spring. ‘He had out- witted Reddy Fox and he tingled all over with a joyous feeling. He whistled because he just had to whistle, If he couldn’t sing he could whistle. (Copyright, 1933.) you don't retorted ed. make it fit if it is too large. (Copyright, 1933.) s You alone control A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. do this week end with your President— these things are to be as important as anything else in laying the foundation of lln enduring peace all .over the world.” e It's important aiso that the British prime minister, probably the most trav- eled of present-day statesmen, has things behind his back. As for Ramsay MacDonald—his long absences from London apparently not only have improved his health, but benefited him politically as well. flavor. baked. 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