Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1936, Page 34

Winning Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maler, bdfin' team-of-four, inventors of ti existence.) Unnecessary Signal. ALDEMAF. VON ZEDT- WITZ, on of bridgedom's greatest players, has one particular aversion, when playing with a mediocre partner. He hates to have his partner signal him that he holds high cards in any suit. Mr. Von Zedtwitz believes that he can ususlly ferret out his partner’s strength himself, and that by sign: ing, his partner merely gives the de- elarer useful information. Mr. Von Zedtwits tells all his partners never to signal him. and while we ourselves do not go that far, here is a case which somewhat substantiates his viewpoint. South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable. 4 A10D0B 54 13 102 The bidding: South West ' 2NT Pass SNT Pass &NT Pass Pass Pass ®outh, having overbid slightly with his opening two no-trump, should North have passed his partner’s jump raise | to five. But he decided to gamble on the alam in no-trump. Weet chose a spade as his safest 78t Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, world's jem that has beaten every other system opening and declarer immediately saw that the slam probably depended upon West's holding the diamond king. If West held the king of dia- monds guarded, and in addition the king of hearts, declarer might even- tually be able to throw him in and obtain an end play. With this pos- sibility in mind, he ran off four spades. On the last round East made the vociferous signal of the jack of hearts and declarer discarded a club. Declarer now played the ace and king of elubs, then led the queen of dia- monds. West refused to cover and declarer continued, winning the third, round in dummy. He now led the queen of clubs, discarding his losing diamond, then a small heart away from the queen. When East played the 10 declarer allowed him to hold the trick, and won the last two tricks, when the signaler was forced to lead away from his king of hearts. Had East not informed declarer as to the location of the king of hearts we are quite certain that the hand ‘would have been lost. (Copyright, 1936,) The Four Aces will be pleased to answer letters from readers if a stamped (3-cent). self-addressed envelope is_inclosed with each communication. 1f you desire the pocket outline of the Four Aces' system of contract bridge. send with your request & stamped (3-cent). self-nddressed. Ia. size envelope to the Four Aces, Inc., West Forty-second street, New York Ci and you will receive an outline withor anv charge. The next article in this series will appear Priday. Cathedral Long in Building. Cologne cathedral, the largest Gothic ecathedral in mnorthern Fu- rope, was begun in the thirteenth century and completed in the nine- | teenth. JZZ«W&@Z Feshhions FOR THE GENTLEMAN SMOKER’S HE smoker is fair game for the DELIGHTS. | gift giver. Whether he favors cigars, eigarettes or pipes, there are literallv thousands of gifis, smari i1 ap- pearance and fascinating in their ingenuity that will please him. he smokes, your gift problem i (4} pretty well solved. Check hiz favorite form of the weed and give him a generous supply of the particular brand he ewears by, or give him something with which he ean light, puff through, earry or atore it. Two lighters that function without wick or flint. You might choose either one of these two tobacco pouches with im- punity. The top one is tal striped silk rep with an oiled silk interior, while the other is of leather with talon closure and 18 streamlined. A ehrome pipe rack that the late Ohie Sale might have called a “four holer.” This modern crystal and walnut pipe tobacco humidor also provides room for four pipes. A modern cigarette case of metal and enamel is smartly pe: by three initials on its cover. Traditionally smart is the pigskin, seal or morocco eigarette case that is fairly fiat and ecarries 20 oig- arettes. (Copyright, 1936.) Queries on men’s fashions will be answered by The Evening Star, in eo-operation with Esquire. Address Star, Washington, D. C. ~ Man's Fashion BEditor, The Bvening THE EVENING STAR, WASHI Sonnysayings © 1930, King Posrrs Syntem, Tuc World g somrved Am I runnin’ errants fer Drandpa? An’ pennies is rollin’ in t' our bank! Golden Christmas. OCHICAGO, December 16 (#).— Christmas has turned toward a gold standard this year. Last year it was predominately a blue Christmas—blue snowballs, blue holly wreaths, even blue bewhiskered Bantas, Now—even though blue is still pop- ular—there is a trend toward gold in holiday decorations. Many of this season’s Christmas | cards are in a gold-and-brown motif and they are considered smart. Packages sent out by those folks who like to keep up-to-the-minute in fashion will likely be wrapped in gold paper or trimmed with gold seals or tied with gold ribbon. Gold and white, gold and brown, gold and red or green are popular color combinations. Gold and white is being used for Christmas table decorations, such as white candles set in candlesticks of white poinsettias with gold-tipped petals, and a table service of white trimmed with gold. The gold-and-brown combination is a favorite for Christmas wrappings, tied with ribbon of the same colors or just plain gol Wo RN\ W For Babies R, Bedrtimie S_tories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. “Pis sometimes well if you, perchance, Are forced to met through circumstance. ~—Old Mother Nature. ETER RABBIT couldn’t recall & year when Jack Frost had been so late in coming to the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. He had lingered in the Vast Meadows of the Far North and no one had felt badly over that. “I wouldn't care if he never came,” said Peter. “I would,” Beaver. “Why?"” demanded Peter. “Because we Beavers have worked 80 hard to prepare and make ready for his coming that I would feel that we had wasted our time should he not come,” replied Paddy. “But he'll come. He always has come, and he always will.” “And when he has arrived you'll wish he hadn’t,” declared Peter. Paddy shook his head. “Wrong, Peter,” sald he. “I like Winter. We Beavers have nothing to worry about then. We have plenty to eat and no risk in getting food, for it is all under |ice and no enemy can catch us, as | might happen in Summer if we didn't | keep watch all the time. We can | sleep when and as much as we want to and not feel that we are loafing or wasting time. Yes, sir, I like Winter. We've only one job to do before Jack Frost gets here and we are all ready to do that.” “What job is that?” asked Peter. | “Put a new coat of mud on the roof | of our home,” replied Paddy. | Peter looked over to Paddy's house, | out in the water. “It looks pretty well plastered now, if you ask me.” said he. “It is, but that is old and dry and crumbly. A coat of wet mud put on just before the coming of Jack Frost | will be frozen hard. Then in the Win- | ter no one can break into the house, | even though they can get to it on the ice,” explained Paddy. The next day was still warm, but Peter discovered that Paddy and Mrs. Paddy were hard at work. They were bringing mud up from the bottom of the pond and spreading it over the | roof of their house. He couldn’t talk | to them because their house was out | in the water and they were too busy spoke up Paddy the Jack Frost Takes a Hand. | caused them to linger. & Lo c S lmead. to come ashore. Honker the Coose swam in where Peter was. “What's he doing that for today?” asked Peter. “He says he expects Jack Frost to- night,” replied Honker. “Why? Today is just like yester- day. - How can he know when Jack Frost is coming?” “I don't know,” confessed Honker, “unless it is the same way we Geese know when to move on. It is a sort of feeling. I have an idea we will be leaving tomorrow. We certainly will if Paddy is right and Jack Frost ar- rives.” Honker and his flock had been rest- ing there in Paddy's Pond. They were v » =t c 0 (4 A “I WOULDNT CARE IF HE NEVER CAME, SAID PETER. | on their way to the Sunny South for the Winter. The warm weather had | Usually at this | time of the year they were far on their way. Paddy's Pond and its | shores had been a gathering place for | the people of the Green Forest for the last week or two. Most of those who had had work to do to prepare for Winter had finished it. Paddy and his family had their food pile ready for Winter, had inspected and repaired the two dams and had been resting. Buster Bear was still finding food, and so had not really thought about find- | ing a place to sleep for the Winter. | And then Jack Prost took a hand | Paddy was right. Jack Frost did ar THROP Sk Of “Every-day Land” —from the tiniest heir to the grown-up miss accept Queen Silk and King Cotton’s modern slumber accessories. A. Junior misses’ tailored gown with bias-cut skirt, Tearose and blues, sizes 13 to 17__$3 Others for girls and juniors___$2.25 to $5.95 B. Girl’s lace-trimmed pajama in weighted silk crepe, tearose or blue. Sizes 10 to 16, $3 €. Cotton for girls, one and two piece, printed and plain; sizes 2 to 18, $1.15 to $3. The style shown $1.65 D. Balbriggan Tuckstitch, pompons. Aqua and peach with brown. Plain colors of yellow, blue and peach___ Sizes 16 and 18___$2.50 -$2 GIRLS’ AND JUNIOR Misses’ FURNISHINGS, FOURTH FLOOR. A hand-quilted satin comfort, pink and blue or all pipk - Satin-covered pillow, pi $13.95 ink or Me-do sleeping suit, with two pairs panties $1.25 Inrants’ Pornismines, Fourta Fioom, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936. rive that very night. Along the lhm‘clpreny bad. And yet, he claims, n‘mm bets should be very careful to there was thin ice on the water. There | was no doubt that Jack Frost had come. He stirred up a lot of activity, did Jack Frost. At break of day Honker and his flock took to their great wings and were on their way, headed | for the Sunny South. Paddy and his family worked with misht and | main to get the roof of their house well plascered with another coating of mud for Jack Frost to harden. Bus- ter Bear began wandering about more | than ever. He was hunting for such food as might be found before the ground should freeze, and at the same | time he had an eye open for a good the Moose began to think of a return to the Vast Wilderness beyond the Great Mountain. The Squirrel cousins | hurried this way and that to get all the scattered nuts they could find be- fore snow should cover them. There are busy times when Jack Frost comes and takes a hand. (Copyright, 1936,) Manners of the Moment T SEEMS that women don't take their betting seriously enough. At least that's what we've been told since the election. If they are married wom- en, 50 the rumer goes, they never think of paying their betting debts them- selves. They always (allegedly) shout out to their hushands in public gath- erings, “Oh, darling. Have you dollars? I lost my bet with Hen Making a pal pay up like tha something he didn’t do seems to Henry YOU'RE SURE TO BE KISSED IF YOUR GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS IS A FINE NEW RADIO POTOMAC( ()/(r/n'r POWER COMPANY /A/mfl(/: wice would be absolutely unethical for him not to collect the five bucks. The re- | and the husband feels like a thunder- | storm, and the only one who thinks everything is fine and dandy is the | wife who lost the bet. We've done our best to explain to Henry that if a husband is paying for everything anyhow, it seems natural that he should pay his wife's betting losses. But Henry says there's some- thing wrong about it. He wants her to save the money out of her spinach and celery allowance. Anyhow, considering his attitude, | sult is that Henry feels like a worm, | pilfer the money in secret. Then they can pull the money from their won pocketbooks when called upton to pay up, and every one will be happy. JEAN. (Copyright, 1936,) Germans to Erect Plant. German concerns are expe:ted o construct, the large Zonguldak electria generating plant at Turkey. Road Hog Is Fined. For being a “confirmed road hog* Gordon N. Armstrong was fined 25 a$ | we think probabl. 1w v] place to spend the Winter. Flathorns | P! ly all women who | Dromore, Northern Ireland. 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