Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1937, Page 29

e e “I SAW YOUR HUSBAND WITH THAT BLOND AGAIN TODAY. A SMALL WORLD, ISN'T IT?" BRIDGE. —By WEBSTER PARDON ME, GENTLEMEN, BUT WouLD You MIND REVIEWING THE BIDDING P i AFRAID | WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION O 1937-4v-Tninywe can. LETTER-OUT BY CHARLES H. JOSEPH. AVAUNT REVEL LEWIS MOLAS MONADS | Letter-Out and the braseart does it. Letter-Out for a sidewise glance. Letter-Out and he killed. and sand Letter-Out and he condemns. | Letter-Out for a mixture of elay Remove one letter from each Word and rearrange to spell the word called for in the last column. Print the letter in center column opposite the word you have removed it from. If you have “Lettered-Out” correctly it's information. Answer to Saturday’s LETTER-OUT. Letter-Out and every business should have one at least. ASSET STALES PAPERS PARSES |R | Letter-Out and now it is good VIPER | v I T iy W DRAWS Letter-Out and he gets ready for the exam PREPS Letter-Out and it is out of date. PASSE (Coprright, 1037.) 4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. Sonnysayings o 917, King P By, e, Wcd gk (- W ) /) A feller's just wastin' val'able time killin’ skeeters, Baby. They makes [ wish I ctg:“old get very tmy, [ know what [d do Winning Contract. BY THE FOUR ACES, (David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier. Os- wald Jacoby. Howard Schenken world's leading team-of-four. inventors of the sys- tem that has beaten every other system in existence.) The Howell Double. N MATCH-POINT scoring at du- plicate bridge, a player gets one match point for every team he beats on any particular hand, whether he beats by 10 points or by 1,000. Accordingly, let us consider this situation: You have bid two spades, which you figure is the limit | of your hand, and your vulnerable | opponents now bid three clubs, which | you figure is close to their limit. You now say to yourself: “If they make three clubs undoubled, we will get a bag score anyway, since at most tables the players with our cards will be allowed to play two spades. If we beat three clubs undoubled, it is but 100 points and not as good as the 110 we would have made for two spades. Accordingly, I will double this contract. If we set them one trick, it will be a top score; if they make it, it will be a bottom: but if they make three clubs undoubled, it will be practically & bottom also.” Here is an example of a Howell dou- ble which went wrong: East dealer. Both sides vulnerable. aAQT YAKQ42 L] dJ952 AKJ1054 J Ayt N [ eKQ18S The bidding Fast. South. Waest. Pass Pass 16 Pass 19 18 3e Pass Pass 3v Dbl Pass Pass Pass ‘While North's double was, of course, eminently sound, it left South in a tough ppsition, and his one-heart bid appeared to him to be the best wrig- gle. When his partner finally carried North. Dbl 2v | him all the way to three hearts, at | which point he was doubled, South ex- pected the worst. But when he saw the dummy, he realized that there was some chance of making the contract, and accordingly went about it as well as he could. West opened the king of diamonds and, when it held, shifted to the jack of spades. South finessed the queen and promptly led the jack of clubs. East played the queen, declarer the | king and West the ace. West now led the king of spades, which was won by dummy’s ace. Declarer now entered his hand with the eight of clubs and ruffed a diamond with one of dummy's low trumps. One round of hearts was now played, West failing to follow, and now declarer led another club, win- ning with the 10 in his own hand. He now led a low diamond and ruffed with dummy’s remaining small trump. Since East was compelled to follow, this gave declarer his seventh trick and, since the ace-queen of trumps were left, he made his contract for a top score. (Copyright, 1937.) ‘The Four Aces will be pleased to an- swer letters from readers if a stamped (3 cent), self-addressed envelope is in- closed “with each communication. Tt you desire the pocket outline of the Four Aces' system of contract bridge. send. wit] 8 tamp cent), self- 8§z fo the Four Aces. Ing.. West Fol second street. New York City. and you il receive "an outline without any arge. Scientists to Study Rays. Scients of Cambridge University, in England, are on their way to Bafin Bay to study cosmic rays near the North Magnetic Pole by means of captive balloons. —_— Twizeler Answer. Dad is 35, Ma is 30, me is 10 and| brother is 8. | MOPSY —By Giadys Parker | THE MOUNTAIN BOYS. A GOLD NUGGRT AS $lfRL AS T'M BREATHING. AND THAT FOOL WA$ ABOUT TO SHOOT IT IN Hi1$ SLING SHOT. I'VE &0T A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP AROUND HERE. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. — = HELLO, MR BLABBLE - JUST PASSING AND THOUGHT J "D DROP IN- £1 BRITTLEWIT. WHAT 0O YOU wANT ? WHY, ER ER, 600D MORNIN', CRICK— GOOD MORNING, MR.STRALE A I WONDER \\ 4 JUNCTION"-/ ik THERE'S A\ Zf3 CRYSTAL P MAX, OTIS AT ONE TIME BOXED FOR A I LMING AND HE HAS CON- SENTED O SHOW YoU NOWADAYS WHEN A FELLER IS IN LOVE WITH A QOIL, HE HASTA BUY HER A DI'MOND RING/ FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE! THERE'S JEFF SITTING ON THAT POST AGAIN SOUND ASLEEP! @ WAHL - WHAT WE OWNS 1S5 BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE J WELL THE MISSUS AND ME, AND NOw THAT KID - TS PRETTY EXPENSIVE YOU KNOW --- OID YOU JUST HEAR WHAT ! SAID ON THE THOUGH, | SUESS - WELL, THE NEXT I'D LIKE YO GO TO CRYSTAL LAKE -- CAN T HIRE A BUS AROUND HERE 7, WHAT Y MeEAN ! G/ Ho YouR HANDS UIKE THIS -NOURE AS WIDE ~AN'HE HASTA SPEND THE REST OF MIS LIFE WOIKIN' TO PAY FOR IT./ Coming Right to the Point, It’s ot a Bad Ide WEEK HE WALKS OUT THE BACK WAY IN HIS SLEEP AND WOMOER IF GHE WAS TELLIN' ME THE. TRUTH ¢ CUTE LITILE NUMBER — DUMB, B— 1 3 —Bv PAUL WEBB. = === AN’ THE WEST BY COUSIN BURDOCK OVER THAR. KNOW MY BUSINESS -- NO AMATEUR - YOULL THET'S THREE TIMS6 AS MUCH AS I CHARGE TW' HOME FOLKS BUT THIS IS SUMMER TRADE AN’ I GOTTA CLEAN UP WHILE T WIN THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS, WHEN CLUBS WUZ TRUMPS, INSTEAD OF DI'MONDS ’