Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 35

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. i THE MOUNTAIN BOYS. LIFE'S LIKE T Sonnysayings IN BOYS MAYBE ONE OF WELL - IN VIEW OF FUTURE- === IT WILL PROVIDE THAT YOU BOYS WOULD REMUNERATION UPON ATTAINING UTOPIA — A BENIGN DEPART- ANY MORE \ % W 7 a < ‘NID. LIKE TO AGK YEARS OF SENILE DECLINE- URE FROM THIS MORTAL QUESTIONS ILL=YUM, Z S A QUESTION CON- INSURANCE. 1S A BOON AND COIL AND THE GOLDEN SMILE YOU'D CARE CERNING INSURANCE . BENEFACTIUN TO MANKIND —| OF WEALTH UPON THE FORTUN ATE HEIRS. I am all black an' blue battin’ at skeeters! Ya got t' creep up on 'em an’ then make a gentle pounce! THC CHEERFUL CHERUB I Like the pine tree though its sed And croons so mournfully along It has » poet soul A+ 0 Nl N Sondnn 33 I think = T tieaits sadness LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. into song. Now-Now! | [ WHO'S EXCITED ?)| | FLL KILL HIM, 1 TELL : HM-M-M-- NO_ US e YZ“‘ESY'T M _NOT You'! !:!LL HIM! O You ( ATTENTI(E)I; TO = o || TELLN t-(o;m ‘gou:N TH' 1 HEAR? BETTER STILL- HIM- HE'S JUST GROUND GLASS - NO NELSON - ExSHER fLL GIVE HIM -roS ‘fll-lé B TALKING THROUGH USE TAKIN' ANY MORE PONTGET ) | LL WILL THAT] | |} 'ooG - EATCHER - HA! HAl SIS e E EXCITED! 5 5 REALLY DOESN'T MAVYBE HE : THAT'S WHAT MEAN A WORD T, BUT HE SURE COULD : fl s FOOL ME--- EH, SANDN? i 5 Winning Contract. BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier, O8- wald Jacoby, Howard Schenken world's leading team of four. inventors of the system that has beaten every other system | f"exhience | Varied Bidding. ()E of the characteristics that dis- tinguish the really fine plaver is the method in which he varies his | bidding to fit the eccentricities of his partner. In today's hand Theodore Lightner was playing with a man we might call a “slamomaniac” and ac-| cordingly, when his partner fnally | ; brought him to & slam contract, Mr. i D - TANT FAIR v, TWAT's JusT Lightner neld enough additional val- | [ TS 12 AL SORT OF 1) JAKE TR i : et i | SUT 6 THE RUTA] WHAT WE's ues 50 that with careful play he was [T et . ' COURSE, BLT IF GERVICE STOPPED FAIR, BUT- | P GONG 1O BPlc o Srn Bomine Daoen: [T RIGHT - FOR EVEN A% LONG AS ONE WHOLE | o South, dealer. A irleche — 5o/ Both sides vulnerable B | ) ! aJ64 V62 ¢AKJID3 aA94 10 J 3 7] Q G £ 191 10 & 2. 41 Mg R A K 6 “BUT, HONEY-BUNNY-BOO, WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH A MINK Mr. Lightner. COAT IN THIS WEATHER?” The bidding: South. West North. East. 4 o 2V Pass Pass 3 NT Pass 3 & Pass 4 6 Pass 4 & Pass 5 & Pass 4 NT Pass Pass Pass 6 & [ S0 YouRE GETTIN . "N Mr. Lightner's bid of three no trump @ ers! I'D BETTER TAKE A LOT OF FIFTY NINE BERRIES | 5 8o RGO ue R L el L 15’0505%?\;,5:@, ORRC T EORGOT vae\g:;::?xg ou:IAKE wf,c‘; 'f,f{TEH 'f}:w CLOTHES~ J. P IS SUCH A A MONTH, HEY 2 X e e Lo reevd el Lo SUMMER CAMP FOR TH' | AND S&ND FOR BUSY MAN HE'S LIABLE TO i he would have passed. However, WEEK--BUT T g [T} RORGET YO SEND FOR US FOR ewc! AT REST OF TH' SEASON !! NOU WHER WELL, WEL o North did make the control showing | "' LEFT IN SUCH A WH—SJSMMM\NG . FISHING, K x AR TiaT JusT DANDY | .| | bid of four clubs. Now Mr. Lightner | RUSH - ER- TOO S went to four spades. Again North el HANY cheseNG AN\(%J;.‘SOW:EQ CLIMATE, should have passed, but instead he g \ bid four no trump—a distinct slam | try. Now Mr. Lightner undoubtedly | should have jumped to six spades, but | he still knew his partner, and accord- ingly merely bid five spades. This bid was, of course, a mild acceptance | of the slam invitation, since otherwise | he could have passed four no trump. | So North, who had already overbid | his hand substantially, continued to | | | the slam. | In our opinion, the normal biading to reach the slam would have been an | immediate jump to four spades by South over North's three diamond bid. WE ARE A COMMITTEE, APPOINTED 1 Anr ASKED NOBOOY -3 LADIES, I'L SPEAK TO THE Now North would have been justified BY THE MOONBEAM CLUB, SENT HERETO |' || TO FIGHT OVER ME _ ITS RATHER I/ Two MeN AND ASK THEM NOT in showing his club control by a bid ASCERTAIN WHETHER YOU APPROVE OF UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MANY \ T FIGHT OVER ME _NYOU DIDNIT / of five in that suit. whereupon South JTHIS BRAWLTHAT 1S SUPPOSED O BE MEN WANT TO MARRY ME_ /{1 | could have jumped to six spades. But P 4 TS BEGINNING TO BOTHER as it was, Mr. Lightner's bidding was — 1 ME A UTTLE |. far better. He had allowed for his 5 K partner’s overbidding and still reached the slam. The king of clubs was opened and won by the ace in dummy. The ace and a low diamond were played, Mr. Lightner ruffing high and playing the ace and then the 10 of spades, over- taking with dummy's jack. The king of diamonds followed, & club being discarded. Another dlamond was ) ~Z ruffed again high, East’s queen drop- A PRIVATE,, FIRST CLASS, ping. Mr. Lightner now led the deucg IN THE U.S.ARMY, RECEIVES of spades to dummy’s six, which he THIRTY DOLLARS PER MONTH had saved for re-entry, discarded his 7l last remaining club on dummy’s fifth -—By GENE BYRNES diamond and conceded the ace of - - hearts. [ 7 b LG - 7 » INOW WHEN YOU WHAT ON EARTH 0O YOU - (Copyright, 1837.) NOW KICK YOUR FEET . 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