Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 29

Winning Contract Gnventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence. Pressing. CERTAIN master player who has been losing steadily for the last several months re- cently asked Oswald Jacoby if there were any caure for it other than bad luck. Jacoby replied: “Cer- tainly. You have been ‘pressing’ your cards. When your opponents open the bidding, you feel you must defend, whatever the cost. When you see a safe partial score, you are always trying for game; and with a safe game, for a slam.” ‘The player replied, “Nonsense,” and ed to cut Mr. Jacoby as his partner. The first hand of the rubber was the following: South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable. ®4-3 ¥ 9-8-6-5 * K-J-3-2 & K-9-6 & A-K-Q-8-2 ¥ A-Q-J-4-3 .6 & A-T ‘The bidding: South, West. North 14 Pass 1NT 3v Pass 4 ¥ A4 Dbl. Pass Pass West opened the ace of dia- monds, and subsequently made two trump tricks, thereby setting the slam contract two tricks. Jacoby now said to South: “There is a perfect ex- ample of your pressing. We have lost a game, plus a 300-point penalty, merely so you could be brilliant.” “Well, if you had the king of hearts instead of the king of diamonds,” South replied, “I would have made &ix.” “Yes,” said Mr. Jacoby, “and if the moon were made of green cheese and could be brought close enough to the East Pass Pass Pass earth, it would solve our food prob- | lem. Why not bid the hand intelli- gently? Why not open either with a two-bid, or, what is better yet, open with one and then jump to four hearts over my one no-trump response? I| would have read that as a slam in- vitation, showing a tremendous two- suiter, and if I had held four hearts 1o the king and a doubleton spade and the king of either diamonds or clubs, I would undoubtedly have bid five hearts for you.” (Copyright, 1936.) The Four Aces will be pleased to answer Jetters from readers if & stamped (i-cent). self-addressed enveloped is inclosed with It _vou desire the pocket outline of the Four Aces system of contract bridge send. with your re- quest, s stamped (3-cent)_self-addressed, large-size envelope to the Four Aces, Inc.. 130 West Forty-second street. New York City. and you will receive an outline with- out any charge. ‘The next article in this series will appear Wednesday. - “Each One” BY W. CURTIS NICHOLSON. ‘HE following letter has been re- I cetved from Malcolm F. Stith of Richmond, Va.: “Use has been made of the words ‘each one.’ Isn't the use of ‘one’ fol- Jowing ‘each’ superfluous? I have read somewhere that since ‘each’ is ‘one,’ the use as here would be unnecesary, if not incorrect. “I am not attempting to pick flaws, but am merely asking information.” New Standard Dictionary: “. . . Syn.: see apiece; every—each other, each one the other; sometimes, loose- 1y, one another . . . every one of any number or aggregation considered in- dividually, or as having a character and relation in common with others while yet having a position and pecu- liarities of its own; each one; as, each ©of the members of the church.” (Copyright, 1936, How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. “Cockeyed.” *“This is the most cockeyed piece ©of tax legislation.” —LANDON. NFORMAL, slangy, colloquial as “cockeyed” may appear and sound, it is none the less respectable and legitimate, bears sufficient signs of its origin to identify it beyond doubt, and its history is an open book. “Cockeyed” is a Gaelic legacy; in its original tongue it was represented by caogshull, meaning squint-eyed, the root coc signifying “to turn up.” ‘The word has been in the English language over 100 years, among its early users being the poet, Byron. (Copyright, 1936,) | Dies Eating Cookies. CALCUTTA (#)—A law student of Dacca Bengal bet a friend he could eat four cookies while swimming under water across a large tank. He dived under and began to eat. A few min- utes later his body floated to the sur- face. He had died of strangulation. Sonnysayings “I DIDN'T think there could be s0 many hills in 300 acres,” said Sally Hart, stand- ing in front of the dilapidated farm house in Maryland and gazing back over the route they had just traversed. ‘ kind of rough,” admitted Brooks Marshall. “But maybe I can sell it for you.” He spoke without conviction, pluck- ing burrs off his trousers. Sally’s canary - colored roadster stood in the driveway and he beamed at it longingly. “Haven’t you taken enough pun- ishment for one afternoon? Let's head for Washing- ton and I'll buy you a dinner and a show.” She shook her head stubbornly. “If there's not much chance to sell this place, I'm moving out next week. So I've got to see what sort of shape it’s in.” “You're not going to live on & farm!” exclaimed Brooks incredulous- ly. “Aw, Sally, you're fooling.” “Indeed I'm not. I never was more serious in my life. * ok k * HIS expression still * indicated a rank disbelief that any one like Sally would deliberately seek seclu- sion in the country. “I've thought things over pretty | carefully since father's death,” she | pointed out. “I haven't a chance of getting a job in Washington without some experience, and on a farm it would cost very little for living ex- penses while I'm deciding what to do.” “And what do you think you would eventually do?” “Study for a teaching position in one of the rural schools, or better | yet, work out a method to make this farm pay.” = He threw back his head and roared with laughter. “What's the matter with my idea?” “You belong in the city, for one thing. All your interests and friends are there. Don’t you suppose you could muddle along for a while like the rest of us and see what turns up? There's no disgrace in being broke these days.” “It isn't a question of disgrace. I want to get my feet on the ground. That’s the trouble with all of us. We're mudding along, as you call it, walting for something to happen and wondering why it never does. I, for one, am ready to get to work.” * % % x AS SHE spoke, Sally's cheeks be- came flushed with excitement, and Brooks sucked in his breath sharply. “Gosh, you're lovely!” he said, tak- | ing an involuntary step toward her. i “Why don’t you marry me, Sally? You | know T've aked you to dozens of times.” “That's not what I'm talking about,” she cried. “Marriage is only dodging the issue. For example, you sell a house or a lot once in a while, or any other kind of cat and dog that hapens to turn up, but it isn’t making The definition of “each” from the | * Jiving by along ways - “You're telling me!” he groaned miserably. “My father was a fairly rich man, and in the natural course of events I should have inherited his money instead of this moth-eaten farm. You would have inherited your fam- ily’s banking business if things hadn't happened to banks. Don't you see that it's time for us to quit hoping for miracles and start from scratch? He spoke without conviction. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. - PASTURES NEW By Horton Jacques. That’s what I mean. Wé both belong to that unfortunate class which was edu- cated to preserve money rather than make it.” “You could al- ways marry it” he said, and wished in the next instant he he had never let the words slip out. * k k¥ W ITHOUT deigning to reply she turned on her heel. “I didn't expect you to under- stand,” she flung at him over her shoulder. “If you don't mind wait- ing I'd like to go through the farm house once more before we leave.” She walked away, and as he stood staring after her uncertainly, the overalled figure of s man came stumping up, tralled by & mournful hound. “Howdy,” he greeted Bropks. “I'm Jed Coates. Live down the road & plece.” He jerked a thumb in the direction from which he had come. “You folks own this place?” “Miss Hart does. It belonged to her mother’s family for years.” “Them were the Deerflelds. Mighty fine people, I've heard tell.” Jed squinted at Brooks appraising- 1y before continuing. “Is she figuring on selling the farm?” “That was her intention,” he re- | plied absently. “To finance a course in business training. Want to buy 1t?” “Might.” ® k ¥ X BH.OOKS suddenly gave serious con- sideration to the man beside him. He saw a lanky frame supporting & shrewd, leathery face, and enough in Jed’s manner to assure him that he spoke in earnest. “You don't look like your crazy,” he observed. “Do you actually mean you would pay money for this farm it it were for sale?” “Mister, there ain't a farmer for miles around here that wouldn't be | glad to own it. Not after the drought we had last Summer.” “What do you mean?” “Springs. Don't you know what it's worth to have live springs when every one else had to haul water clear from the city? There's more danged water on this land than all the rest of the farms in the county put to- gether.” Brooks gazed at the wrinkled hills on Sally’s farm with a clearer under- standing of their true value, and he wheeled on Jed, demanding: “How'd this place be for chickens, and maybe a herd of dairy cows?” “All right, I reckon. There's plenty of good grass.” “Just a minute,” ordered Brooks. “I've got to talk to Miss Hart.” He started off at a gallop in the direction of the farm house. Sally was standing in the doorway, and when he came up to her he could hardly wait to blurt out excitedly: “See that man down there? He wants to buy this farm, only you're not going to sell.” 'm not?” T1l say youre mot! Oh, Sally, darling, let me stay here with you. We'll run the place together, and raise cows and chickens, and—and kids!" He held out his arms, and Jed Coates’ eyes widened with astonish- ment. ; “Come along, houn’ dawg,” he said after several moments. “We best be gettin’ home.” (Copyright, 1936.) Guests of Knights. In the middle ages the Teutonic knights lorded it over all the coast lands from Danzig to the Guif of Finland, and it was one of the regu- lar occupations of the young fighters among the chivalry of Europe to spend Rice a Ia Chinese. Chinese recipe for cooking rice: “Washee lice in cold water bellee muchee. Water boil all ready muchee quick. Water shakee lice, no burn. Boil till one lice all rush away in an exciting Summer exterminating | po Lithuanian and other heathen as guests of the knights. | set in hot oven, make dry, eates all up.” Remember ! NOW YOU CAN GET GUARANTEED RUG CERTAINLY CLEANING you want your rugs cleaned on the most modern equipment obtain- able—by men thoroughly experienced in theirwork.Yougetjust thatat. anhattan. 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You will find him in the ‘West Indies and the warmer parts of the Atlantic north to Key West and France. Most sportsmen have met some fine specimens of sailfish about the Florida Keys, where it is common. Handsome ones have been taken at Newport and Savannah. There is no intention found in the make-up of the sailfish to become a prisoner. Every inch of him is fight, and you can see what he has to back him up in his decision. During the Winter more pictures appear in the newspapers of de- lighted fishermen on their vacations standing beside sallfishes, strung up to look their longest, than at any other time of the year. Hours and hours of grueling toil are sometimes necessary to land one of these fel- lows. Tired muscles, burnt palms and ruffied tempers count as naught when a sportsman can stand beside a con- quered sailfish to be photographed. ‘You must go to deep waters for the sallfish, and in the Summer they swim in pairs—honeymooners, pos- sibly. ‘The sword is said to be used for obtaining food and also for self- preservation from hungry brothers and sisters. Large fish are speared on the lance-sharp sword and smaller fish are said to be stunned by a slashing stroke of the spear. Mackerel, menhaden, squids and herring are said to be the choice food. ‘Whales and sharks are the only neigh- bors that can handle the sailfish. Moving slowly along the surface of the deep water in quiet weather, you can see the sailfish and sometimes the shark suckers or remoras that seem to hang around the larger fish to pick up “leavings.” Sailfish, being very rapid swimmers, have been known to go at such speed as to drive their swords into the bot- tom of a boat. If they have been har- pooned, they have been known to rush a boat and in their anger to have driven the sword into the side of the boat, injuring & member of the fishing party. The fish must be knocked in the head to prevent the capsizing of the boat. But it is a grand leaper, and gives all the excitement desired if it does make the mistake to be hooked. Of late years, it has been discov- ered that the flesh of the sailfish, firm and white, is most delicious. The demand has been far greater than the supply, and the swordfish, close cousin, is also very popular as a food fish. On rare occasions you may pick up the sword of the sailfish along the beach. It can be cleaned, deodor~ ized, shellacked and used for s paper weight, Having a sailfish mounted is too costly for most fishermen; they must be satisfled with a handsome photograph. However, if you want excitement this Winter, try to land & sailfish and then make an effort to put your feelings at the time of the struggle in writing—you will dis- cover how scarce words are for your purpose, (Copyrisht, 1036,) Jolly Polly A Little Chat on English. BY JOS, J.'FRISCH. AN AUTOMOBILE 15 A CONGLOMERATION OF NUTS AND WITH THE BIGGEST NUT G. G. B—An sutomobile is not s conglomeration of nuts and bolts, but rather an orderly collection or ar- rangement of them, in conjunction with other materials. A conglomera- tion is & collection or gathering of dissimilar elements or ingredients into & cohering mass. Send s return envelope for the leaflet, “Drink, Drank, Drunk.” Novel Radiator Cap. ‘The radiator cap on Eleanor Pow- ell's car is fashioned in the form of a dancing slipper. Psychology BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS, Mental Pictures. YOUR. mind may be described in many ways. There is one way of describing the mind which few persons even pause to conside:. It is this: Your mind is your equipment for vis- uslizing the world about you. You think what you see, and your feelings are only your interpretation of what you see. Some persons are sble to imagine better than others. That is, they are better practiced in the art of seeing their world in the abstract. A few are s0 gifted in the art of see- ing in the abstract that they become artists and inventors. On the feeling side of thej nature they are able to interpret their imaginary pictures and thus get great pleasure in being alone. That’s why truly great thinkers im- press their neighbors as being queer. The theater has always been and always will be the greatest entertain- ment in the world. This is 50 because it helps the masses of mankind to use their minds. A movie may not be true to life, But if it helps the average person to organize his abstract im- ages of some phase of life it thereby enlarges the mind of the movie fan. (Copyright, 1936.) 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