Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1933, Page 25

MAGAZ Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest living contract and auction player. He was captain of the re- nowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 national championships since 1924. No Trump. NE more suggestion about the | 4-4-3-2 distribution: When Four-Card Suit Responses to One| O vour hand contains two' bidda- ble four-card suits, this is in | itself a justification for expect- ing a no-trump game, even if the other suit holdings are worthless. With both | majcr suits biddab'e, take out first in spades and then in hearts if partner responds with two no trumps. If, in- stead of this, he raises the spades to three, bid three no trumps, Sp.KJxx Dl ox x Hts. K I x x Clx xx should be bid in this manner The great promise of a K J X X holding is that the partner is almost | certain to hcld A x x, so that you should have a finesse to make three or even four tricks in the suit. With two such combinations in the hand, the dummy may well contribute eight tricks in play. and should yield six, anyway. If in one of these suits both the| queen and the 10 or held by the enemy, the apening no-trump bidder is likely tohold AxxxorAQxor Al09 in the other, He can make his early play in the better suit or suits and prepare for an end play in the other. | Sp. K Jxx ST Hts. x x x G RIxx { would be bid—one no trump, two spades, two no trump (or three spades), three no trump. Were the heart holding Q 10 x, you should raise to two no trumps and not mention the spades With 8. K J xx Hts. x x x you should pass. You offer an imme- diate play in one suit only, with mere Di. K 10 x x Cl x x protection in another. With Sp. x x Di. KJ x x Hts. x x x Cl. KJx x bid two no _trumps, for the reasons ex- plained. But with . xxx Di. KJ x x His. x x X Cl. KJx you should pass. The high cards are! GOOD TASTE TODAY BY EMILY POST. Famous Authority on Etiquette. Post. Assets of Success. ¢ EAR MRS. POST: My moth- [ er and I are disagreeing as | to the greatest gift of suc- cess. I hold that nothing can compete with beauty, except perhaps wealth, which seams to | attract friends in droves. We are not in want, but we are certainly not rich. And Iam not beau- | tiful, even though I think I am good looking as an av- erage type of girl. My mother says that beauty is not everything and neither is wealth, She says that charm is far more important, and that you have said so. I say that I know charm is an asset, but that beauty and money are a thousand times greater. 8o we are leaving our ques- tion to you.” Answer—The reason charm is the | greatest gift with which a human being can be endowed (or can develop) is that it is something its possessors hold | as long as they live. Beauty, on the other hand, leaves those who have be- | come most dependent upon it, bank- | rupt at the very moment when age approaches and they have nothing else f to fall back upon. And yet, if Cin- derella’s fairy godmother were real, and | if she were o grant whichever human | attribute a girl or a young woman might ask for, it is safe to say that ninety-nine out of every hundred would think as you do, and answer, once. AMAZE A BEAVERS IN YELLOWSTONE PARK HAVE BUILT A SIX-FOQT DAM OUT OLD ARAB COINS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY FOUND IN THE UNCOVERED GRAVES OF VIKINGS ., Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIMS$————m | tective and re-entry holding. | mnj an | however, tremely unwise gamble to have bid. ! with “their tongues in their SCIENTIFACTS—BY ARNOLD. INE PAGE. the same, but you now have a split hand with two unprotected sults and only one suit in which the declarer can make a play for three or four tricks. ‘The club holding is now em{ . gm- t offers no hope of producing a' low-card trick in your hand. Convert one of four jacks into a queen or change one of the jor suit holdings to J 10 x or Q X X the ralse to two no trumps weuld be in order. Find the Right Fit Before You Press the Bidding. My extreme reluctance to make other | than minimum responses or rebids until | a definite fit is discovered, or, if you prefer, my unwillingness to be enthusi- | astic about 13 carcs without reference | to the cther 13, is often assailed as over- cautiousness, Nevertheless, Sir Derrick | Wernher and Mrs. H. L. Reterson| (holder with Mrs. Jay 8. Jones, jr., of the women's pair national champion- | ships both at auction and at contract) | obtained a sweet {op score in a recent, Atlantic City tournament by their fine bidding of the fcllowing hand: Mrs. Peterson, holding Sp. x x DI AKXXXXX Hits. — Cl.AK=Xx bid one diamond. Wernher held s 0 x ' B %S 2% B osxx but, whereas the others all responded with two no trumps and ended up in three no trumps, my old teammate mis- trusted his lack of diamond lu{hport and bid two clubs. He felt sure that Mrs, Peterson would rebid in scme way, as she is strictly a Sims player and had opened the bidding as dealer. She bid five clubs. Knowing this raise to mean four clubs to A K or A Q with ample confirmation of the primary strengm‘ behind the opening bid, Wernher bid six clubs. “Double” from the player on his right, holding A Q x of hearts, QJ x x in spades, Q J x X in diamcnds and two clubs. Redouble from Mrs. Peterson. Declarer had no difficulty in drawing trumps and ruffing the dia- monds, making a grand slam, which, it would have been an ex- (Copyright. 1933.) Mr. Sims will answer all inquries on con- tiact that are addressed to this newspaper with self-addressed. stamped envelope. “Oh, dear godmother, let me be the most beautiful girl in the world!” A human wish, but really a foolish one. A thousand times rather to have said, “Let me be as ugly as a mud turtle if you must—but give me charm that| shall never fade.” In fact, I can pic- ture Zeus and all the other gods of Olympus bestowing the gift of great beauty and the gift of great riches cheeks, even with a cruelty of intention almost like that of offering glowing white coals to a little child! Perhaps your mother may have lived long enough to follow the careers of women who, a few decades ago, were the great beauties. Perhaps she has noted the changes in character of the great majority of the ioo suddenly rich. I do not deny the pleasure as well as the security that money gives, nor do I minimize the ceaseless privation that lack of a reasonable income brings. I would not belittle the advantages of beauty. Both these become treacher-| ous possessions only when they are in sole occupancy of the minds and hearts of their possessors. (Copyright, 1933.) N Spanish Sauce. Cook two tablespoonfuls of chopped onion in two tablespoonfuls of butter or other fat for a few minutes. Sprinkle one tablespoonful of flour over the onion and quickly stir in two cupfuls of canned tomatoes, half a cup of chopped celery, one chopped green pspper and | simmer for about 20 minutes. Add four tablespoonfuls of chopped cooked ham or bacon, a little chopped parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Serve at MINUTE Woop CHEMISTRY- SYNTHETIC wooDs i EITHER HARDER THAN TEAK OR SOFTER THAN CORK CAN NOW BE PRODUCED. | THE k. NG WHO REMEMBERS? BY DICK MANSFIELD. Registered U 8. Patent Offios. ‘When Lilllan Russell, one of Amer- ica's favorite actresses, was advocating milk baths? Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED. Nervous Babies. AM excluding from the category of nervous babies those infants who are so injured in their perilous journey into the world as a valid excuse for nervousness It is the so-called “nervousness’ of the normal infant with which I am at the moment concerned. All babies jump at loud sounds. Call this what you will, but it is a per-| l’ecll{ natural phenomenon. We would hardly consider it an indication of nervousness, though if baby were sub- jected to it long, it might inevitably lead to that state of emotional inse- curity. . | The nervousness of bables is de- veloped, as a rule, by their treatment. They are handled too much, talked to overlong, joggled ebbut and amused when they would better amuse them- selves. They are treated to radio en- tertainments, often high-pitched and raucous; they are taken out of doors and subjected to the almost incessant noises of busy streets. They are startled by auto horns, the clanging of street cars, and the shouts and yells of chil- dren. They are put into all kinds of | conveyances which jump them up and down or rock them or swing them, and | they are expected to remzin placid and | good-tempered - under this constant S1TAR, DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Slovenly Husband Gets on Bride’s Nerves. Right to Wear Youthful Clothes. EAR MISS DIX—What Uberty should a wife give her husband? What liberty has a wife with children and not much money? ‘There is always enough money for the husband to go to the club or out with a friend, but what money or time wi¥ a husband give his wife for unw{lunn The 50-50 cases are indeed very few and far between, Generally it is a proposition of 90-10, with the wife getting the short end. 1 MRS. ANN. Answer: When we speak of liberty as between husbands and wives, we do it In an academic sense, because, in realif ch is bound to the other and neither one is free to do as he or she p! without reference to the other. NO MARRIED man, for instance, is free to spend all of his evenings away from home amusing himself, nor is he free to spend his money on his own_ gratifications, nor is he free to philander around as if he were a bachelor. When he married he parted with his birthright of freedom for the sake of having & wife and children and home. Unfortunately, many men do not seem té realize this before they marry. Or else they are not willing to pay the price, but welch on their bargains. 8o we have the common spectacle of husbands who have their cake and eat it, too. They use their homes merely a3 plages to eat and sleep and from which they step out to places of amusement. They spend their money on themselves. In every way they arrogate to themselves all the freedom of the single man while they enjoy the blessings of the married man. WHAT & row these free married men would make if their wives claimed similar freedom! What martyrs they would consider themsehves if their wives clapped on their hats as soon as dinner was over and went forth to enjoy themselves, and left them to wash the dishes and put the children to bed and spend their evenings waiting for the gay ladies to return home! While neither the husband nor the wife is free to do as he or she did before marriage, it is not to be denled that the lack of freedom is one of the main things that is the matter with matrimony. The desire for personal liberty is the strongest passion of the human heart. From the very beginning of time men and women have fought and bled and died to gain it. and accounted no sacrifice too great to achieve it. THE'R!: are husbands who cannot go out of an evening without their wives making a row over it, and who have to furnish an alibi for every hour they are away from home. There are women who cannot buy a spool of thread without asking their husband’'s permission. There are men who are not free even to eat what they want, and women who ‘wouldn’t dare to join a bridge club or stay out 30 minutes late at a party. As to what liberty a wife should grant her husband, I should say it would be: Freedom to indulge in his own personal tastes and habits and opinions without being nagged about them: freedom to have his man friends come to the house: freedom te go an man parties now and then: freedom to indulge in outdoor sports in moderation. And the husband should give his wife the same liberties that he enjoys. DOROTHY DIX. DEAR MISS DIX—I am married to a man whom I love dearly, but he is so untidy and slouchy in his appearance that he is getting upon my nerves. I want to love him and admire him. but a slovenly. unshaven man has always been repulsive to me. My husband is a professional man and I represent to him that his appearance is a handicap to him, but he says that is ridiculous. He buys me nice clothes and expects me to look my best. Why can't he see that an unattractive man is just as little pleas- ing to a woman as an unattractive woman is to a man? BRIDE. Answer: I don't know, unless & man thinks that he is so irresistible to women anyway, and that to be well groomed would be like gilding the lily and painting the rose. It is queer that men who set such store on personal appearance, and who never want to take a girl out unless she is waved and manioured and powdered and painted and dolled up to the minute are so often so careless of how they look themselyes. OP COURSE, the real reason behind every man’s slouchiness is laziness. It is an effort to shave. It takes time to get his hair cut. He would have to exert himself to keep his shoes shined and his clothes pressed, and nervous excitation. No one argues that babies should be removed from daily life and reared in | a total absence of noise. That would | not be beneficial, even if it were pos sible. But we must realize that babi are easily excited by just the ordinary business of daily living, which they cannot possibly escape. They need nothing additional. Within the limits | of normal good care, they need daily | handling, they need to be talked to in | moderate tones, they need to be no-| ticed and smiled at and played with at those hours in the day when such exci- | tation will be natural. It is unnatural | for a child to be reured without any | of this wholesome attention. More babies are made nervous than are born nervous. The stimull in any ordinary household are quite enough to make most babies highly excitable and | nervous, unless the wise and sensible parents’ make some effort o protect | he is simply too indolent to do it. It is easier to let thi follows the line of least resiatance. But he makes o mistrur S are concerned, because they loathe a dirty, y A Smodinic, deoaue U rty, slouchy man and are ashamed ‘The man makes an even bigger mistake in business if he thinks that his appearance doesn’t count. Little as he may like it, he is largely judged by his clothes, for these furnish us with pretty reliable tips as to his character. It is a safe bet that the man who is 'so careless that he gets soup and gravy stains cn his coat and lets his trousers bag at the knees will be equally” careless about his work. DOROTHY DIX. 5 . Dlm MISS DIX—Won't you please say something to daughters who do not want their mother to look young? I have four married daugh- ters, who think I ought to wear elderly clothes. I have white hair that I want to have dyed, but they say that will be a disgrace. They also don't think I should go to parties. I do not mean anything wrong by dolling myself up, but I have a jolly disposition and I think white hair should not mix with galety and I like to go to parties. Answer: Tell your daughters to mind their own business and get you as pretty clothes as you like. But don't dye your hair, because that always looks dyed. and that is ugly. You will see plenty of white heads at parties. DOROTHY DIX. (Cowyrisht. 1933 them from additional excitement of the secretaries to Senators and Representatives—has ri- valed the Congress itself in the working out of the “new deal.” This group of young men and women, who, by day labor in congressional of- fices and once a week at night meet in the caucus room of the House Office Bullding to debate the problems be- fore Congress at the moraent, in| many instances, have “legislated” weeks ahead of the real Congress. Prohibition re- peal was approved | here long ‘before Congress took final action. Beer, the economy bill and employment relief measures were passed weeks and months before Congress gave its approval. As a matter of fact, not only has the “little congress” forecast the action of the House and Benate in regard to these measures, but the distribution of TH.I “little congress”—that organi- zation on Capitol Hill composed |yeas and nays has been surprisingly the same. Whether its reputation as a legisla- tive prophet will continue remains to be seen. At a recent session recogni- tion of Soviet Russia by the United States was approved. The “little congress” is conducted in much the same manner as the Con- gress itself. Its rules are about the same as those which govern the House of Representatives. And the organiza- tion is much the same. | “Mr, Speaker,” at present, is George | Stewart of Californja. “Party leaders™ are pamed to lead the debate on each' A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK BY HERBERT PLUMMER. " *PATENTED EQUALIZER in sensational | majority is men. | gress itaelf,” sa Speaker Stewart. It has serve nent parts in the “little con; question, but every member usually now serving as members of t| manages “to get time" to express his nan) _ one Kvale was his father's ‘xlx‘egvz.dgze;e are few special rules Um- o veare” o Capitol Hill and members of the “little congress” | the little congress” at one time. don't pretend to represent the views of their Congressmen. They may with the boss during the day, but ‘when in the House. Has Wife Less Freedom Than Husband? !(or membership, but at present the “It's a good cross-section of the Con- , too, as a good train- ;m; ground for Congress. 8everal of j the secretaries who have taken promi- 93: 1953, 25, SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y, CORY. I oughter be writin’ ’'iss scream on Qeorge Washington, but I'm watchin’ | & blue-bottle fiy tryin’ to get out the winder. He don't see what's keepin’ him in—serves him right fer not stayin' out in the first place. (Copyright. 193 How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. The Word “Sinister.” In common usage the word “sinis- ter” implies evil. Specifically anything | sinister, from & sinister face to a sin- | ister omen, is something in which lurks evil or harm, the location or position | of the thing being immaterial. But not so0 in its origin. “Sinister” we have from the Latin, meaning left. Originally it described something appearing or observed on the left, as opposed to “dexter,” the right {In the days of chivalry a knight's gauntlets were identified as for his | right or left hand by “dexter “sin- ister.” It is from the old sy erstition that the left side was inauspicious or unlucky that the term acquired the connotation with which we are familiar today. | (Copyright. 1933.) My Neighbor Says: Always let a cake stand in the pan in which it is to be baked five minutes before putting it | into the oven | A mode of freshness of eggs is to hold them ascertaining the | | | | to the light. If an egg is clear, it is good, if thick, it is stale. If there is a black spot attached | | te the shell. it is worthless. I A drop of oil will prevent door hinges creaking, and it will cause | locks and bolts to move easily. Care must be taken to guard the floor under hinges and the con- tents of drawers from being made greasy by sprotecting them with newspaper. Flowers that are to be sent away should be packed in a box of pasteboard (corrugated is best) and sprinkled over with small pieces of ice, then cov- ered with wax paper. They will arrive in perfect condition in hot weather. (Copyright, 1931.) CURTAINS DYED THIS NEW WAY HOLD COLOR AFTER 25 WASHINGS RIT chemists have patented an amaz- ng penetrating powder wafer, RIT dye. This causes the dye to saturate every :‘;{o u.:: Ihrehld comnleu‘ly through. Such thor- - ougl penetration of Young Paul Kvale of Minnesota is | gireaking and uneven dyeing impossible. secretary | Moreover, in 300 tests this “deep” dye- h"d.id | ing was proved to hold the color jewel- his father's death, Kvale took his place fabric makes | clear after 25 washings! | The new-type RIT—no longer a soap | —dissolves in 40 seconds, like lump Another youngster—W. Carlton Mob- ' sugar, utterly without scum or sediment. they get into their own sessions the ley of Georgia—elected to fill out the Use Instant RIT for dresses, under- secretaries often take the opposite side. Unexpired term of his boss, Representa- things—everything you'd like to have “There's even a little mud-slinging at tive Ruthe: times. last Both men and women are eligible proceedings of the “little congress.” JOLLY POLLY | A Little Chat on Engli BY JOS. J. FRISCH. 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