Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1936, Page 26

Nature’s Children Smooth Sumac— (Rhus glabra). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. OT so very long, ago you met the poison sumac, a member of the family to avoid. Here is one of the friendly members, often seen in the same locations as the handsome staghorn. The sumacs are small trees or shrubs, with very lovely foliage in the Spring, Suramer and Autumn. In the early part of the year, the tiny leaves are folded very close together, unfurling with every bit of encourage- ment the sun has to offer. At this time, they are a soft, tender green. Later they have more depth in their greens, and late in the Autumn they are a glorious riot of color. One thing about sumacs is that they choose unsightly places to glorify. Have you ever noticed how faith- fully they work to cover ugly banks, and the poor soil they have to use? Yet they manage to get the best out of the soil, and produce spicy, red- coated children, to attract the at- tention of the birds, en route South, or which have arrived for the Win- ter from some place farther North. Since there are only five members {n this group, it is not difficult to {dentify them. There are two species that are poisonous—poison ivy and poison sumac. The former has three leaves, and there are some that have toothless leaves or those with a few teeth. The leaf of the poison sumac 1s not winged between leaflets. The shining member has leaves winged between the leaflets, the staghorn has brown twigs that are hairy, and the leaf is toothed. This one always has | smooth, whitish twigs. All sumacs have tiny greenish white flowers that hang in clusters. Some of the clusters are compact, others loose. There are many cruising in- sects to be found sipping the nectar and packing their polien baskets with the golden dust which they desire Winning for a wee loaf of bread for their infants. In the Summer you hardly notice the green cone-shaped clusters of the maturing fruit. Toward Autumn, be- fore the sumac's leaves have turned, the fruit has taken on the lovely shades of crimson that deepens by Fall. of scarlet attract your attention at once. The gray bark of the twigs and branches blends with the color beautifully. The berries have a very spicy tang, and you do not wonder that the birds enjoy them so. Each little nutlet is covered with this de- lectable jacket. The seed is dropped by the bird many miles away from are distributed. In barren spots and where ugly buildings or unsightly places cannot be changed a group of sumac would make the place look different, and this member is considered the best for decorative planting. It is claimed that the unripe fruit in Summer | makes a very delicious, cooling drink. This sumac has sent her children everywhere East of the Rocky Moun- umbia and Arizona. Try trans- planting some of the youngsters, or plant some seeds, so that your bird day. (Copyright, 1846,) Contract BY THE FOUR ACES .. in D. Maier. Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken. world" : her system Cue-Bidding to Slam. HILE it is usually difficult to arrive at a successful slam contract, in case there has been an oppos- ing opening bid (unless the opening bid is & psychic), occasionally an op- ponent’s bidding will help rather than hinder. At the same time we wish to give due credit to Lee Langdon and Harold S. Vanderbilt for arriving at @ grand slam contract after a sound opening diamond bid by East. East, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. Mr. Langdon. Mr. Vanderbilt. The bidding: East 1e 3s 54 Pass Pass After East's diamond bid, Mr. Van- derbilt, with a freakish hand, decided to proceed slowly—hence, he merely overcalled with one spade. However, after Mr. Langdon's two-heart bid, Mr. Vanderbilt saw distinct slam pos- sibilities, and after East's bid of threa clubs, he made his first slam invita- tion by cue-bidding in diamonds. While Mr. Langdon had no outside strength, his heart suit was very strong—hence he felt justified in jumping to four hearts. Now East was perfectly willing to- sacrifice and went gaily on to five clubs, whereupon Mr. Vanderbilt, being unable to decide whether he and Mr. Langdon had a small or grand slam, invited seven by the cue-bid of six clubs. Now Mr. Langdon studied his hand. While at first his partner had merely overcalled, he had subsequently shown enormous strength by cue-bid- ding in both of the opponents’ suits. 1In addition, instead of simply bidding six hearts, Mr. Vanderbilt had made a cue-bid in clubs at the range of gix, intimating that the grand slam could be made if Mr. Langdon’s heart suit were absolutely solid. Having arrived at this conclusion, Mr. Lang- don contracted for the grand slam, which was a laydown. After trumping the opening dia- —_—e Fast Flying Boosts Mines. Rapid and sometimes almost hourly fiying service is keeping the goldfields of New Guinea in touch with bases on the island's coast. The development of the Wau region has been entirely due to the use of airplanes. Even the machinery was flown in sections to the mines for assembling. West, Pass Pass Pass - THE NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY CLOSES OCTOBER 20 To order a telephone, extra listings, or adver- tising in the yellow -, pages just call In Winter the bright, upright cones | the mother tree, and thus the sumacs | places, for the species can be found ||| tains, and even as far as British Co- | | friends will find food some Winter's | How It Started BY JEAN NEWTON. Impromptu. N THE morning of the day in whose afternoon he was to ad- dress the House of Lords, Lord Morley was writing in his room. “Come in,” he invited, in response to a knock on the door. “Is yeur speech ready?” inquired the visitor. “You see me” Lord Morley in- formed his caller, “laboriously pre- paring my impromptu remarks!” Paradoxical as the distinguished statesman’s statement may at first sight appear, Lord ¢Morley may not have been at all just having fun with |a bon mot. | He undoubtedly knew that im- | promptu—shades of boredom and res- | ignation—is the practically straight Latin “in” in, plus “promptus,” readi- ness, at hand. hand, it has come—long live spon= poraneous. (Copyright, 1836,) Sonny;ayings 2 I don't care so much about gettin’ the seat ob my pants tore out, but my muvver telled me t' keep out ob a draft! Strangely enough, instead of now | connoting the prepared paper at | taneity—to mean offhand or extem- | has beaten every in existence.) mond lead in dummy, Mr. Langdon | | drew two rounds of trumps and then | | ruffed two spades in his -hand to establish the spade suit and fulfll his contract. (Copyright, 1930. Four Aces will be pleased to answer Jetters from readers if a stamped. 3-cent. salf-addressed envelope is inclosed with each communication. If you desire | the pocket outline of the Four Aces’ sss- | tem "of contract bridge. send. with your | request. a stamped, 3-cent. seif-addressed, | large-size envelope 'to the Pour Aces. Inc. | 130 West ‘Forty-second street. New York City, and you will receive an outline with- out any charge. appear Wednesda, 10 The next article in this series will | Vic REGULAR S1ze 30c All Your Wash Completely Laundered verythi 4 READY TO WEAR—READY POUNDS ONLY AVOID MANY COLDS 3 At the first nasal irritation or sniffle, | | apply Vicks Va-tro-nol—just a few drops [ up each nostril. Used in time, it helps i prevent many colds entirely. KS_VATRO-NOL Bedtime Two Old BY THORNTON W. BURGESS, Old friends are almost alw st alwass best, eh true by test: This 18 Proven {Iioia Mother Nature. ETER RABBIT and Bob White D are old friends. Yes, sir, they are old friends. Ever since he was a very little fellow Peter had known Bob White and been very fond of him. You see, they had always been neighbors. While Peter lived in the Dear Old Briar Patch he had always spent much time in running about over the Green Meadows and up in the Old Pasture, and somewhere, sooner or later, he was sure to encoun- ter Bob White. Early this bright October morning Peter had started for home, after | having spent the night over in the | Green Forest. He was hurrying along, lipperty-lipperty-lip, in order to get to the Dear Old Briar Patch before jolly, round, bright Mr. Sun should get much higher in the blue, blue sky. Peter doesn't like to be out in the open in broad daylight. You see, | he knows that sharp eyes, such as those of the Hawk family, are always watching, and that they can see for a | very long distance. | Lipperty-lipperty-lip ran Peter, and suddenly stopped with a little gasp, followed by a long jump to one side. Something had exploded right in his | face. At least this is the way it had seemed. What really had happened was that Bob White had taken to his | wings, those stout, whirring wings, | right under Peter’s very nose. He had | scared Peter, but Peter had scared | | him. So it was a mutual scare. Almost as soon as he was in the | air Bob White had realized that it was only Peter Rabbit who had so nearly stepped on him, and of course in a minute Peter had realized that it was Bob White who had suddenly | | jumped up In Peter's very face. Bob made a little circle and came back. | He alighted just in front of Peter, ; ! “Goodness, Peter Rabbit!" exclaimed | Bob White. “You gave me such a | start! I thought you were going to jump right on me!” | | “well, if I scared you, you scared Help You DOUBLE QUANTITY TO USE YES—-—Manlnttan’s Economy Service takes care of everything— Stories Friends. 1 ”'///%/"/// i W “GOODNESS, PETER RABBIT,” EX- CLAIMED BOB WHITE, “YOU| GAVE ME SUCH A START!” me just as badly,” retorted Peter. “It's nice weather, isn't it?” Bob White sighed. Then he sighed again. Peter opened his eyes a little wider and looked at Bob White, “What, may I ask, are those sighs for?” demanded Peter. “Don’t you know?” asked Bob White. IMMEDIATE “How should I know?” Peter in- quired. “You said it is beautiful weather,” replied Bob White. “Doesn’t that fact remind you of anything?” “Nothing special,” replied Peter. “It is beautiful weather, isn't it?" “It is too beautiful,” replied Bob White. Peter looked puzzled. “I suppose you know what you are talking about, Bob White, but I don't.” said Peter. “How can the weather be too beauti- ful?” “Have you forgotten that this is the month of the terrible guns?” asked Bob White. ed up his ears. “I had forgotten that,” said he. “Are you sure that this is the month?” “Absolutely sure,” replied Bob White sadly. “The terrible guns are not so bad for you as they are for me and mine. I don't know why it is, but those two-legged hunters with the terrible guns seem to delight in hunt- ing my family. Why they want to kill us, I don't know. We never have dore them any harm.” “Perhaps there won't be any hunt- ing season this year,” suggested Peter. “I wish I could believe that,” re- plied Bob White. “Anyway,” said Peter, “Farmer Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy won't allow any of those two-legged crea- tures around here.” Once more Bob White sighed. “But the children,” he said, “haven't yet learned to stay where it is safe.” (Copyright, 1936, ORDERS All This Week To encourage early ordering, free from the ""eleventh hour’ rush, we offer each year at this season a discount on orders of Personal Christmas Cards Every approved manner of radiant greeting is here, individual in theme and technique. Your name may be imprinted “informally”’ in smart new types to match the greeting or engraved ‘’formally’’ from your plate. Orders placed during this week, ending with Saturday, October 17th, will earn a discount from our regular prices. After this week, full rates will apply for the remainder of the season. 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