Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1935, Page 43

" Nature’s Children Abalones (Haliotidae Family). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. ALIFORNIA is the only State where you may find the aba- lone in the United States. The finest specimens of ear shells are to be found on her coasts. On the rocky shore of the Indian Ocean, Africa, Australia and nearby islands they are alco found. An abalone shell iz one of the most beautiful you can add to your collection. As you know, the high- grade mother-of-pear] is made from them. Many shells are exported to Paris and other European markets, for o use in inlaying in cabinet work, as well as for ornamenting knife handles, but- tons, card cases and many other articles. The creature is most interesting it- gelf. In the first place, it is & uni=- valve, like the snail, and not a bivalve, like the clam. You wonder Thow it is able to cling to its saucerlike home. Inspecting it, you will find it is fastened to the middle of saucer. Empty shells show the scar. Much support is given the body by the in- turning Tim on the left side, and also der the coil. lm'l‘h‘; abalone thrusts his head out from under the edge of the shell, right below the row of holes. First a pair of long tentacles will appear, then matter from the body. These holes they live to be. two eyes on short stalks and a broad snout will convince you that you are looking the abalone in the face. The tip of the wide foot is pointed backward, under the spiral, and all around the outside edge of the shell there is a fleshy fringe, which is the margin of the mantle. The creature makes good speed on his only foot, especially on smooth rocks. He clings to the surface with unbelievable strength, and it takes skill to dislodge him, once he is an- chored. If caught unawares and pushed off, he is easily caught with & boat hook. The foot is made into deliclous soups and chowders, and in Japan and China is dried and salted. Here it is a most important staple sea food. The food consists of marine vege- tation, and is gathered in by the long, rasplike tongue, that licks “the plat- ter clean,” as it ambles along over the green covered rocks. The holes are most necessary to the mollusks. They are like port- holes of a ship. Through them the long feelers of the mantle are thrust. Water that has bathed the gills is thrown out through them, and the last one is used for discharging waste have nothing to do with the age of the abalone. It is not known how old The roof or outside shell layer is rough and horny, and must be re- moved with an acid. The inside is highly polished and exquisitely colored being pearly, iridescent and lustrous. The enemies are the large sea birds and rats that haunt the shores. (Copyright. 1935.) Contract — BY P. HAL SIMS. Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the greatest _living contract and auction player. He was captain of the r_enowned “Fpour Horsemen” team, now disbanded, and has won 24 national champion- ships since 1924. These articles are based on the Sims system, vu;)_uch includes the one-over-one principle, which the Sims group of players was the first to employ and develop. Way It Might Have Been Played. Mrs. Culbertson. 4 9-7-6-5-3 & 7-2 “The bidding: Past South North ‘West Pass 7 CL (2 1 CL (1) Pass Pass Pass IRST. The correct bid is one diamond. Since we both use shaded club bids, however, my | wife knows that I will not mis- interpret a club opening, and she gets a great deal of enjoyment out <‘ of bidding on singletons. | Second. I'm going to seven even- tually. Why not now? A club was opened. With a spade opening, the heart finesse must work for the grand slam. As it was, Mrs. Sims had the alternate play of drop- ping the queen of diamonds in one Tuff and discarding three hearts from the board on the ace, king and jack of diamonds. Seven could not be missed the way the cards lay. ‘Were there such a thing as a double Vienna coup, this hand would have| been it. East wins the club opening | with the jack, cashes the ace and king | of diamonds, discarding hearts from | the board and then enters dummy with | the ace of hearts, refusing the finesse. | 8ix clubs are run down, one right after | the other, leaving this situation: | A K-Q ¥ None *Q % None A J-10 YK 4 None &% None The last club is led. North, who must retain the queen of diamonds to top the jack in dummy, is forced to throw a spade. The diamond is dis- carded from the board, and the squeeze reverts to South, who is clinging to his king of hearts. Presumably, he, too, throws a spade, and the last two tricks are taken by the ace and nine of spades. Bedtime Jimmy Is a Philosopher. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. The worst is never quite so bad As someone else you know has had. —Jimmy Skunk. along where Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck were telling their grievances to each other. “Here is another being treated the same way,” said Johnny Chuck. “What way is that?” asked Jimmy. “Do you know how many babies you have got this Spring?” asked Johnny. “No,” replied Jimmy. . “Won't Mrs. Jimmy tell you?” Peter msked. J]:MMY SKUNK came ambling “I've never asked her,” chuckled Jimmy. . “Aren’t you curious? Dont you want to know?” asked Peter. “Not particularly,” replied Jimmy. *I'll know soon enough.” “Will Mrs. Jimmy let you in your house?” Jimmy chuckled again. “She hasn’t anything to say about my house, but she won't let me in hers, and I know better than to try to make her,” said he. “It is just that way with me” agreed Johnny Chuck. “I helped to dig that house where Polly Chuck is living, but now she seems to think that it is her house, not ours. So I have to go live by myself. Peter here isn’t much better off. He knows he has some bables, but he never has seen them.” “How many this time, Peter?” in- terrupted Jimmy, and there was a gleam of more than a little interest in his usually dull eyes. “I don’t know,” replied Peter. “Don’t you know where they are?” a asked Jimmy. “No, I don’t,” replied Peter. Jimmy sighed regretfully. ‘“That’s too bad, I do love young Rabbits. That is, I mean—" he paused. “Yes, I know what you mean,” re- ll‘hd Peter, “Well, it you hope to | came from Lancashire about 1682. Stories Who Are You? The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. Pemberton THIS is the name of a very ancient English family and it was no doubt from them that the chaperly in Lancashire was so called. Lanca- shire was the ancestral home of the Pembertons for many generations. The coat of arms here illustrated was borne by the Rev. Thenezer Pem- berton of Pennsylvania. He was & descendant of Phineas Pemberton and New England settlers bearing the name Pemberton were James, who came over in Gov. Winthrop’s fleet and was a free man of Charlestown, Mass., in 1630; James, a free man in Newbury, Mass, in 1646, who, in| 1652, removed to Boston; John, who | came to Boston in 1634, but later moved to Newbury. Descendants of this distinguished family are today scattered into prac- tically all the States. (Copyright. 1935.) Sonnysayings. Us went a-Mayin'—baby got a flower, an’ if I ain’t mistookin,’ I got a wood-tick! have a Rabbit dinner on my babies through finding out from me where they are you are going to be disap- pointed. I don't know where they are.” “Which goes to prove that you are not being so badly treated yu you think you are,” said Jimmy. “What you don't know you can't tell, and that saves you a lot of worry, if you did but know it. You and Johnny here think you are abused, you be- cause Mrs. Peter won’t tell you where your babies are, and Johnny because Polly Chuck won’t let him live with her. You fellows don’t know when you are well off. Jemmima, that's Mrs. Skunk, you know, won't let me in the house, but I'm glad of it.” “Why are you glad of it?” asked Johnny. “Because,” replied Jimmy, “I don't have to be bothered and annoyed with a lot of babies crowding and crawling over me and crying to be fed. I don't have to worry about them. I can go and come as I please with no one to get in my way and stumble over. As I have said before, ygu don’t know when you are well off.” "'fhero is something in what you say,” admitted Johnny Chuck. “Children are all right when they geeltv:m enounc: etg look out for them- ,” continued Jimmy, “but until then they are better off left to their mother, and I am better off too. I may be a .bit lonesome once in a while, but that is better than being worried and made uncomfortable. 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