Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1937, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGION, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1947. B—1i5 N Rl s B IFE'S LIKE THAT Sonnysayings THE MOUNTAIN BOYS— —By PAUL WEBB AH DON'T KNOW WHAT | GO AHEAD BE! O.K. IT'S A DEAL. THERE ! WHAT You | wiy - we're cone AH DON'T RECKON TUST SIGN YOUR NAME AIMIN’ TO DO WITH |TO GET SOME To0LS ) YOU'LL FIND NO MORE. . WUTHLESS LAND ON | MIND. THERE'S ON THIS PAPER AN’ THAT LAND? TAINT | AND DIG OUT ALL _{/THAT'S MAH GOLD SNAGTOOTH FALLS / PROBABLY A FOR- WE’'LL_GIVE YOU THR GOOD FER GROWIN'/ OF THESE. LITTLE TOOTH — AN’ IT/5 THE. BUT AH'LL TAKE- IN THESE FORTY BUCKS. A YELLOW PEBBLES. ONLY ONE. AH EVER FORTY DOLLARS 'GOLD NUGEGETS THEN WE'LL LOAF AN’ NO LESS. DOWN THERE., FOR THE R.F_;T' OF OUR Come 1907 King Fanres Srmns o Woid ngbe sernd | T'd be a knight errant, only they | ain't a dragon or a damsel left in the | country! THE CHEERFUL CHERUB . [ oched doors are narrow-minded t]—xing:. Suspicious natures tl’\ey reveal — If all the doors were opened wide - ¢ T 5 | SHE'S SLIPPING . . . . THE MEN ARE BEGINNING TO COUNT THEIR | b' thieves might LITTLE ORPHAN CHANGE." e too proud L Ry ¥ ,t" steal. NELSON, THINKING OF Hv--You Ha! HA! YEAH- SHE FELL ‘ T CAME AROUND SO NATURAL- ODERN MAIDENS ANNIE'S WELFARE! HER FUTURE! L] | WERE SINGING | 1. ANNIE? FOR IT HOOK LINE SHE WAS WORRYIN' ABOUT TH' I NEVER GUESSED - OH, I'M AS | CAME HARDLY AND SINKER=--- COURSE BRAT, SO | SAID WE OUGHTA H SO GLAD - ANNIE MUST HAVE IN--+ | NEVER (| REALIZED IT |_HANDLED [T SMOOTH- TAKE OUT SOME _PROTECTION, TOUCHED HIS HEART AS SHE MYSELF - 8l ) SEE? BUT | CAME DOWN HEAVY HAS MINE- TRA--LA~LA=--~, 1] ON TH' INVESTMENT-FOR-TH"KID, TUM---DA-DE--DA-- [} . : = ANGLE = WOW-DID SHE GO FOR IT! Y j ; . P P Yes! Hal Hal R . i PRETTY GOOD= Winning Contract : . ) : e TREN oL % | ’ TAKE _THE NEXT BY THE FOUR ACE STE! (David Burnstine. Merwin D. \ r wald Jacoby. Howard Schenke orid s | leading { four. inventors of . tystem that has beaten every other system | iR existence ) No-Trumpist at Worst. TNLESS our hand calls for it we | are never in any hurry to bid no| trump. It has been our experience | that if a hand should play at three no trump it will eventually reach that spot without either partner hurrying | to bid no trump. Accordingly, unless your hand definitely calls for a no- trump bid at an early stage, it is ad- | = = STUCUEED ] 3 visable to continue to bid suits and| |= = YES, JASOM ZKEEP OE TR HELL ®? WAG BLOWM T show vour distribution, QUIET, NOW=- WE'LL : GEE THAT THE GPARE INUINELL LEATHIE ?* HAS (VONDER - HE WAS BLOWIW TO In the following hand South’s hurry WAVE A HAVE GTEAM UP-HIS NAME'S ARYONE e\ejy SMITHEREENS | to get to no trump not only resulted DOC;C:& N i MARK LEATHIE- TLL FIND WUA in his being set at & game contract, | A = > < e = | but at the same time probably cost . N—) f’ ) ) NEVER FEAR, him a slam. which he and his partner x b . e otherwise might have bid and made. South. dealer Neither side vulnerable. 8-10 1907 The A P AR Rights Reserved *1 WARNED YOU ABOUT SPENDING YOUR VACATION HITCH- HIKING.” EBSTER—Life’s Darkest Moment. MERE, CADDY, SLIP THIS STUFF i TH' BaG. PuT TH' SWEATER AN' TH' Box OF CIGARS IN TH' BI8 PockeT, | st STUFF TH' Box OF BALLS S Pass | g = IN WITH TH' CLUBS, An TH : SN Pass| P UHEW! T GAVE oo 'L F1m Looking T o el 1 eoT T NES SR, SEZ I TO MSELE gox of TAPE An' TH' can g SHORE ! FOR TH' CARE- MUGG WRITE LETTER ALL RIGHT, ) IF THEY COMES THEY LL G'T oF PIPE ‘TBBAGEC‘;OSAIYPLACE hsl‘nclggfltfi}lll.\', u]m;o ]Sn‘mr:i Arhauld WHEN T ALMOST 3331? Nwo%‘ You wE?WERE BUT HOWD I HERE ALL RIGHT, 'N' IF THEY, You CAN EIRD . e ree clubs instead of two b STEPPE| N B MUGG'S NO MORE TIME COMING? WHY KNOW YOU DON'T COME, THEN I WONT \'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PIPES| |no trump on the second round. we RN STEBREDRO rCOTg‘gGE.MV e SN e WEREN'T YOU AT) MiGHTN'T CHANGE )) HAVE WASTED MY TIME o, woU, CAN SouEEZE Conir hold North absolutely blame- NAME IS BOWERS) YOUNE THE STATION TO ss on this hand. since there was no EOUND HiM! | | MeET b v N SOMEWHERE reason why he should not have bid X [T g ; Sanizalnibal St ) three clubs over his partner’s two no s i z LAST MINUTE, trump instead of raising him to game 5 - in a parrotlike manner. Against the three no trump con- tract West opened his fourth best spade—the six-spot. The singleton king was played from dummy. East went up with the ace and returned the trey. Declarer played the nine, West won with the ten and now studied the | situation. Partner’s return of the trey | of hearts showed one of two things— (a) that his original holding was ace- three alone; (b) that his original hold- |ing was four. He now reasoned a| S D AT little farther and said to himself: 1 SUPPOSE IVE WHAT DO VouU 'r\%:‘: .:;—_Ahf:;DG%N@ “Suppose my partner held but two | S0T TO GET ANOTHERmeE AN P AINT T© PUT YOU IN THE i | spades originally. I had five, dummy AF I ; had one, declarer must have held five | ECOILION ER “:E 5;—‘2:5% | HOSPITAL — NOW HE'S SO AMILY , BET T originally. But if he had held five LL RIGHT © MAD HE'S GONG ™ on’ ME ! spades, he would surely have bid them SEND YOU STRAIGHT at some stage. Therefore, he cannot ™ MORGULE have held five. Hence, my partner HC:Y Agay. G = e must have held four originally.” AS. KILLGORE, West accordingly laid down the queen of spades. East unblocked with the seven. South's jack. of course, dropped, and two more spade tricks set the contract \\ (Copyright, 1937.) 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