Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1933, Page 38

MAGAZINE PAGE Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIM Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the oreatest living contract and auction ~layer. He was captain of the renowned Four Horsemen” team, and has won 24 mational championships since 1924. Responding to One No Trump. ONTINUING yesterday's-discus- sion of the immediate raise .of partner’s opening one-no-trump bid to three no trumps after you have passed, I will give vou a few example hands justifying this response: . A X X %A . A Qx xxxx . A XX ts. A K x 5 x AL & xx ts. A K X These are examples of minimum hands of their respective types on which this response could be made. Note that the primary and second- ary requirements are greater when their strength is less evenly distributed among the suits, and that doubletons always require additional value else- where to offset their weakening effect in hands which are destined to be| played at no trumps. ‘What Happened When I Disregarded | My Own Advice. | During the Summer we played an extremely interesting and stimulating team match against four of the finest | players in the East captained by Mr. | Harold Vanderbilt. Total scores on the | 160 hands, which we played in four sessions, decided the result. Sitting North, I opened the bidding third hand with one no trump. East , South bid two no trumps, and bid three. In my over-anxiety not to miss any possible game, and because things had gone very well for us up to | then (this was one of the last 12 hands) | e M " 50 MM M MX MM Bl " PH WM “x DR OR ) Cl 89 ag gu Qv ag ©n L3l 1 undoubtedly overbid my hand when | I rebid it to three. Unless my partner | could, after passing as dealer, give me | the jump raise, I should not have felt | 80 hopeful of game and should have assed, especially as we were vulnerable. e 5 of clubs was opened and we were set two tricks, 300 points. i I Blame Myself Not the Cards or the System. On close analysis, although I have | three primary tricks plus a queen | and three tens, my protection is so | alight in both black suits that the | My Neighbor Says: To clean wallpaper, first brush the walls thoroughly with a dust- er tied over a long-handled broom, and wipe them with clean cloths until all the dust is re- moved. Then cut-stale loaf of bread into quarters and with the pleces lightly wipe the paper, holding the bread. by the crust. Begin at the top and rub down- WArd—never up or across. Lemon juice _sprinkled over cooked spinach makes it more palatable, If you soak new clothespins in cold water for half an hour, they will not split and will last longer. White curtains that have be- come yellow and brown from the sun can be dipped in diluted cof- fee and become & pretty ecru. ‘The darker you wish the curtains the stronger the coffee shoud be. !a horse might step in the hole and| (Copyright, 1933.) HEN Ivory costs as little as it does these days, it really seems extrav- agant not to get all the good you can out of this fine white soap. ‘When you put Ivory for faces and hands and baths, your fam- ily gets as pure a soap Of course, you know how doctors feel about Ivory—they even advise it for the IVORY 99 44/100 0/0 PURE The 01d Gardener Says: aecud!nlhm me it goes into the ground. The hand is not & flowers are white and lilyli P h offering no sound ‘The mistake In other 3 passing, raise me immediately to three, ame was perhaps just possible, but glghly improbable. I was rather lucky to make three tricks in and thus go down only two. player, not the Sims system, must take the blame for this defeat. (Copyright. 1933.) Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on contract that are addressed to this newspaper with self-addressed stamped envelope. BEDTIME STORIES %500 “I don’t understand what he wants to harm us for,” said the black Chuck. “Neither do 1" replied Johnny. So they talked it over and were quite friendly despite their recent fight, and MISCH!EF often is unintentional. | Johnny remained to gossip longer than king ghnunn at _two-week intervals. ‘eruvian daffodil and sea daf- be forced indoors in Winter. (Copyright, 1933.) ‘What They Saw. Migchief, though without intent, Btill the' victim will resent. —old Mother Nature. Indeed, the one who commits | he had had the least idea of doing. At it very often has no idea that | last he made ready to go, but before it is mischief. But the re-|doing so sat ug for a look around. At sult is just as bad for the|once he discov that hunter return- victim as if it were done with deliber- | ing. ‘Didn't I tell you he would be ate intent. Just take the case of the back?” demanded Johnny as he sought black Chuck in the field next to the | a hiding place in the old wall. Jand of Farmer Brown. That black| Then Johnny and the black Chuck Chuck had dug himself a home there.| watched the returning hunter. He He had no hard feelings toward the | didn't come over to the old wall. owner of that land. In fact, he didn't| went straight to the black Chuck’s give that owner so much as one wee | house. He poked something down in- thought. He was simply obeying a law | side. Then with a shovel he filled in of life, which was to make a home that hole from the mound of sand. He Where he could find plenty to eat with | found the back door Johnny had opened little risk of harm from enemlies. That| == — field gave promise of being a rich feed- ing ground with the finest of grasses and the sweetest of clover. So he dug a house there and piled | the sand in front of the entrance to make a mound, and it never had en- tered his black head that that mound of sand would offend anybody or that that hole which was the entrance to his underground house might harm any one. He was wholly unaware that in digging that home right where he did | he was in mischief, so of course the Ihischier was wholly without, intent. | But this made no difference to_the| farmer who owned that field. That was his meadow and the grass and clover growing there was intended for | his cows and horseschflt;shndmnoélae et:l spare for hungry Chucks. [oreov close by a garden was to be planted and he couldn't afford to have his tender plants eaten almost as fast as they appeared above ground, as would surely be the case with a Chuck liv-| ing so near. Then, too, that mound of sand would interfere with the mow- ing machine when cutting the grass, | and there was always the chance that “HE HAS GONE AWAY,” REPLIED JOHNNY. and he closed that. away. “I wonder,” sand in my doorway will keep me out. break his leg. So when a hunter had 1t he does I'll fool him.” come along the farmer had told him!| about that Chuck and the hunter had hidden behind the stone wall to watch for_him. | But it was Johnny Chuck, who had | fought and driven out the black Chuck, the hunter saw and tried to shoot, while all the time the black | Chuck was hiding in that very wall behind which the hunter lay. When at last the hunter gave up and went away Johnny scampered over to the stone wall on his way back to Farmer | Brown's land, where ‘hunters Wwith| terrible guns were not allowed. He found the black Chuck still hiding in | the wall. | “You can have your house and your | field; I don't want them,” said Johnny gruffly. “You'll be lucky if that hunter doesn’t get you with his terrible gun. “T heard his terrible gun and peek- ing out I saw him hiding behind this wall, but I couldn’t see who he was shooting at. Who was it?” inquired the black Chuck. “It was me,” replied Johnny grimly. “And if you had been there in my place it would have been you.” “Where is he now?” asked the black Chuck anxiously. “He has gone away,” replied Johnny, “but he’ll be back again as sure as my name is Johnny Chuck. MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Orange Juice Cornmeal Mus';‘l Pish Hash Doughnuts Coffee LUNCHEON. Escalloped Oysters. Baking Powder Biscuits Apple and Celery Salad ‘Cookies Tea DINNER. Tomato Soup__ Baked Stuffed Haddock, Egg Sauce I Mashed Potatoes reen Peas Lettuce, French Dressing Cracker Plum Pudding Coffee FISH HASH. Place 1 pound of salt fish in dish on second cover of stove. After it soaks awhile, the water again and let it just steam, but not boil. Use about 6 or 7 boiled potatoes. Chop all togeth- er and fry in pork fat until brown. Maisten a little with milk. sensitive skins of tiny new babies . . . ‘When you use Ivory for your silks and woolens, you are using the soap which c salespeoplein the finest shops recommend. When you use Ivory for dishes, your hands stay smooth and soft. And here’s the final fact—when you use Ivory for all these purposes you actu- ally save money! SOAP «IT FLOATS> in the bathroom as can be made. Then he went | | said the black Chuck, “if he thinks that just throwing some MODES== OF THE MOMENT Telephone Conventions. EAR MRS POST: In your col- umn the other day you said the reply of a mald on the telephone, “Mrs. Jones’ house —the maid speaking,” was too commercial. It seems to me that the announcement, “It is the maid speak- ing,” is more practical than the re- turn question of the one calling; “Am 1 speaking to Mrs. " “and the conventional tele- hone_ conversa- tion in business is Person calling: “Broadway 6712.” Voice: “Smith, Jones & Co.” P. C:_ “Mr. James Smith, please.” 2nd Voice: “Mr. James Smiths secretary speak- m%' e Emily Post. Brown of the Greentree Corporation to speak to Mr. Smith.” 2nd V.. “One moment please,” or “Mr. Smith is not in the office at pres- ent. Can I give him a message?” Calling a private house: Person calling: “Park 0101.” Voice: “Hello.” P. C: “I'd like to speak to Mrs. Jones. This is Mrs. Green Johnson.” Voice: “Just a moment please, madam.” Or. in answer to “Hello,” if the name is unknown to Mrs. Jones, the servant’s volce announces after a few moments in a politely apologetic tone: ‘“Mrs. Jones is unable to come to the tele- phone just now, madam, may I take message?” A member of the family, or a social secretary, omits “madam’ or_“sir.” If the person calling is a friend and it is likely that her name has not been e perhaps asks: ‘‘Have waits a second, and then Now at the lowest prices in 17 years GOOD TASTE TODAY BY -EMILY POST. dictates: “This is Mrs. Green double e-n) caj (g-1- Hotel Waltoria until ask Mrs. Jones to ease ore 12 this morning or af- ter 5 this afternoon.” Obviously, if the person calling is not a friend and has no message to give, the chances that Mrs. Jones will come to the telephone then, or ever, are slight. (Copyright, 1938.) | Pointed Paragraphs | One way for & young man to find » girl out is to call when she fsn't in. ‘The woman teacher who can’t make her eyes behave must have unruly puplils. Most men think that they are am- bitious because they find fault with their present condition. A near-thoughtless man is one who | thinks only of himself. Men are like rivers—the deeper they are, the less noise they make. Hustling, bustling men waste half their energy in kicking up dust. ‘Turn about isn't fair play when the pen;xlde blond becomes a brunette again. It sometimes happens that the man ' who dubs his house a castle has the moat in his eye. A woman knows that her new gown is* not a perfect fit when another woman tells her it is. The short lie often casts a long hadow. Price of liberty frequently depends upon the judge. = Alimony is the thing that often makes & man figure in a divorce suit. The art of knowing how to make oth- rs, supply your wants is sometimes called success. 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